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No. 47 KEIO UNIVERSITY (Price. . . .Annuar (Postage inclusive)X,en..i.O:.08) July, 1954

"BUNBUKUCHAGAMA" The 17th Keie America Society '

met on June 18 from 4 p.m. inthe Lib]'ary Memorial Room. Miss

Georgia Sealoff, visitmg facultymember of the Keio Library

School gave a talk op "My FriendBunbuku Chagama introduces Me

to Japan," before an eager for-eign and Japanese audience who

vL'ere thrilled to heay their old,Sltiefgui/!i?ukbuYachf.Ograe.i:,?,r'..udeiy

translated means "Luck Bringing Tea Kettle." It is a folk-tale based on the ex]stence of a tea kettle enshrm,ed at Morinji Temple in Gunma Prefeeture. Studies of it have .f iven her a fascinatmg in- sight into the 1ife of the Japanese.

She came to Japan in 1952 to teach ltbrary scienee and man- agement of ehildren's library in Keio. Re-readmg the folk-tales of Japan, she said she relived her child experieBces again.

Miss Sealoff opened her lecture by saying that teo many scholars have overlooked children, and that sfur= would like to talk from a child's, point of view rather than from a scholar's. "Bunbuku Cha- gama" she said, had a universal appeal, for the peaeeful peoples of the tale are common to all soelet!es.

During a short break in Miss Sealoffs talk, a "Kami-Shibai" (picture drama) was presented, telling t.h.e tale of "Bunbuku Chagama" by Mrs. Matsunaga, a staff of the Library School. She told the story dramatica!ly as she exhibited a pieture of each scene, which incidentall: is a popular method of story telling

in Japan. , in birief, it went as follows; A tea kettle, bewitched by a badger, was first in the posses- sion of a pmest of Morinji Tem- ple, but the priest, finding out that it was a badger in disguig.e,

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tea kettle. "! brin.ct good luck to thern who treat me kmdly." Though clumbf,ounded, the hnker decides to exhibit it in a show and by the acrobatie trieks of the badger kettle, makes much mo- ney and good fortune befalls him. The tinlger !atex- enshrines it at the terniple. The kettle still exists

as a treasure m Mormji Temple vgThich stands not Åíar from Tokyo.

Miss Sealoff's colleetion of old picture scrol!s concernmg "Bun- buku Chagama" and Åíolk-toys were difsplayed, but she explained that they were not a eolleetion, but they were just gathered in qgtxder to relate things, so to give the Eeeling ancl significance.

She stressed that children are the same the world over, and that this was a tal,e for world under- standmg, a tale of tihe past and Å}ancy.

She elosed her lecÅíure by say-- ing that her "Bunbuku Chaga-• ma" vy'ould take a trip to her home town, Seattle, Washington, to spread magic and friendship when she returns to America.

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Malaya te visfit Keio

During July and August, fiftystudents (mcludmg twelve wom-en) and a few members of theacademic staff of the Umversityof Malaya are for the first timernaking a study cum goodwilltour of Hongkong, Philippines andJapan. The party is scheduledto arrive in Yokohama on the31st of July by tihe "Cambedge." Mr. Bhupinder Singh, Secretaryof the Far East Tour Commit--tee of the University of Malaya,sent a letter to the Viee-Chan-cellor of Keio University asking,after eonsulta.tion with the JapanTravel Bureau, to make arrange--ment fot the party to visit KeioUniversity. And also he statedin his letter that the party islooking forward to meet studentbodies, members of the academicstaff and learned societieag andhold forums and diseussions toexchange knowledge besides visit-ing places of educational interesbs.

Keio University and the stu-dents are very willing to weleomethem, and will do tlieir best tobe serviee to the party. s

LIBRARYTOPICS Prof. Robert L. Gitler of KeioUbrary School, left Japan forAmeriea for a short stay thereby air to attend a conference ofIibrarians held at Mirmeapolis,Minn. as the representative oÅ}Japan Library School on June 19. He has been teaching at LibraryDepartmeng. of Keio for near]yfour years as a director ef theLihrary School. He is to be baekhere again in July.

**w Accordmg to the recen+. an-nouncement which Japan LibracySchool of Keio has received fromthe Washmgton State School As-sociatio]t, the Assoc!ation har- con-tributed two fifty-dollar--scholar--

ship for the commg year in ho-nour of Georgiat Sealoff, whosebrilliant worl: in Japan LihrarySchool has been recogmzed bythat association in her mtEipre-

MR. ROLLER OFFERS SCHOLARSHIP Mr. E. Roller of Seattle, Wash-

ington said in his formal letter of

May 18th to Prof. Kiyooka, Di-rector of the International De-partment that he desired to Åëreate

a scholarship. Appreciating the

lÅqindness shown to him by UmeHara, a friend of his, duru g his !trip m Japan, he had wanted toestablish a scholarship in some

university in Japan. So Mrs.Hara informed Prof. Ushioda whoin turn communicated with Prof.

Kiyooka. On Apri! 28th, Prof.Kiyooka wrote a letter to himinquiring details of his plan. He

answered to it in the above-rnen-

tioned letter, Conditions for the

scholarship was as fol!ows.

"A. \36,eOO ($100) a year willbe given to a student of Engineer-mg Faculty who needs finaneialaid for finishing his or her um-versity edueation.

B. He or she should cerrespondwith Mr. Roller censidering hnnas hi$ or her `father' (ttieamnf.tvery good friend for liEeÅr telhnghim about himself or heiself andhls or her family.C. He or she should endeavourto put two students ttirough col-Iege w'hen he or she is estabiishedin life, and they should promiseto do the same."

This generous offer of Mr. Rol-Ier is deeply appreeiated, but theEngineering Faculty after deli-beration ielt that the condition

C will o' e too difficult for a recipi-

ent. Therefore though the money is already deposited in the Uni- versity treasury, a letter is being sent to Mr. Roller to mquire if something could be done. In the meanwhile seleezion of recipient is bemg withheld.

tation of Å}he school library pr.o-gram. Those who will be award-ed the scholarship musL be wom-en to train for school library workat Japan Library Program.

Terror oF "-Bom6 From

The Political Economy Societysponsored a leeture-meeting con-•eernmg the A&H--bomb problem,en June 22 from 1 p.m. at room33 'The meetm,g was opened bya member's address saytng thatsince t;he "Bikini" experiment, itmade us open our eyes wider tothe destruetive power of the H-•bomb-the demolition of mankinditselt, and asked if we knew thereal facts of the H-bomb, radio-lactive tuna, fission produet, ete."The aim of this meeting", hecontmued, "is to make you underN•stand 4,he real existmg facts con-cernmg this problem." From the politkcal point oi view,Mr. Kihachiro Kimura, a mem-ber of the Upper House, talkedunder the title of, "Will America

Contmue Producing A&H-bombs?" He said that, as alreadyheavy tax is imposed upon theAmemcan pe,ople, te lower thecost ot wect"pons, they will pro-duce more H-bombs and strength-en their air--force. He said theA-Nbomb dropped on "Hiroshima"was ll6th of the cost of regularbombs, so the H-bomb "damagecost" must be unmistakablycheaper.

Next, a business man, Mr. Mi-.tsugu Yamaguchi, director of theToto-Fishery Co., gave his view-point on "Flshery at Stake." Hesaid that the main reasons whyfish are not being eat as before,is beeause newspapers have ex-aggerated the news beyond ne-eessity, and that the difference of"counts" of the Geiger eounterannounced by scientists keep thepublic puzzled.

The speech, "Radioaetivity andthe Human Body," by Ass't Prof.Yamashita ef the Keio MedicalDept. Radicactivity Section, gaveh]s medical explanation. The greatfuss of radioactive tuna and rainare bemg made without any sci-nyentific ground, and as long asthis radioactive condition does not contmue, the danger is not soserious, he said. He concluded

that m the case of an H-bomb explosipn, not only radioactivity,

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rnents of the present. Thoug})there may be a difference oÅíideologies, religion or creed, byuniting with peace lovers of theworld, he said he has a firm con-viction that peace could be esta-blished,

Ass't Prot, Hayakawa of theTokyo University of Technology,spoke on "What is the A&H-bomb." After explaining thedisastrous power of the H-bombtechnically, he assumed the effeetof the H•-bomb if used m war.He staf.ed that Japan js in themost tragic position because ofits geographical location, and ofthe U,S. military bases in Japan.The usage of the H-bomb andthe rearmarnent problern, will de.-cide the fate of the existence efthe Japanese race, he stressed.He closed his speech by sayinghe has a strong belief that peace

movements are becomin.ct moreactive and that the Korean Warwas a good example, becausejapan's "cry of peaee" would notlet the Japanese participate in it.

Keio Wins in Debate The Keio Oratory Society wasthe winner in the 8th Keio-Waseda Debate which took plaeem Rooni 23, Mita, from 2:OO p.m.,July 10, sponsored by the AsahiShlmbun.

The subjects were:-In political field, "Rearmament isindispensable for Japan's secur-ity•'

In cultural field, `'The Education- al Bills would invade the neutral-

ity of education." In eeonomic field, ' "Japan's independence in econo-my should be attained by the pro-

motion of her foreign trade, re- jecting i n t e r n a l-development theory3'

SVMMER The 7th annual SummerSchoolin.ct of the Keio Correspon-dence Course is to be held duringthe summer vacation ef Keio Uni--versity from July 21 to August31. This year the Schooling willadmit 2500 students, includinggirl students, about 89o of thewhole. Aecordmg to the data of the lastyear's Schooling, the percentageof the students of three Depart-ments is expected this year asfollows:

Total Number 2500 Economics Dept. 509o Literature Dept. 409o Law Dept. 10erio The students ean freely chooscJLhe lectures they want to attenclout of inany lectures, such asEnglish, German, Physics, Mathe-.matics, Economics ete., by the

professors or the assistant pro-

SC"OOLING TO BE OPENEDfessors of Keio University. As the evening course of theCorrespondence Course has notsuch a reereation as the CulturalAssociation or Athletic Assoeia.tion of the Keido University, theauthorities of the School havearranged a plan of the recreationfor the students, wbie!i includesa lecture meeting, a concert, aplay and a movie part3r. Duringthe session, the students are alsoto have a camp for a couple ofdays at Hayama Seashore in Ka-nagawa Prefecture or at Yamarnaka Lake at the foot of Mt. FujJ'in Yamanashi Prefecture. For those who have no rela-•tives in Tokyo to stay with, KeioUniversity offers the building o[its hi.cth school eourse at HiyoshiCampus for their lodgings whichw!ILaccomrnoclate about 700 stu-dents.

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ANOTSUPON A hght rain was fallmg and the anticipated view of Fuji-san

did not materiahze. This did not dampen the enthusiasm-the ride from Yokohama to Tokyo was fi11ed with excitement: the crowd-- eci streets, the energetic people, the sight of extensive and active building, the fear of an aceident since all the ears were drivmg on the "wrong" side. My first few hours in Japan promised to brmg a crowded and exciting year. Those hours have extended into ten months and now I must accept the 1iterai meanmg of "sayonara." "!t must be" that I' bid farewell to Japan and to my many friends and associates at Keio Un!versity. However, ! take with me the most fascinating ex- perience of my entire life: the thrill and invaluable experienee Qi' "mter•pcultural understanding." And I feel it is in this phrase that we must Iook for hope in a world fi11ed with mounting ten- sions, inter-nakon confiicts and rr,isunderstandings.

Prior to my arrival, a greater p,art of my academic life and rny few years of professional work h,ad been concerned with the study of Japan, her people, cus- toms and problems. Of neces- sity, I judged Japan by purely Western standards, laeking the necessary experience for observ- ing from another point of view. Now, Japan is within my experi- ence and my previous knowledge has become much more rneaning- ful. I can leave with a greater understanding of what 1ife means to the Japanese people, of how and why they think and aet in cGrtam pattems. My experience seems to indicate that to achieve a proper understandmg of a for- eign country almost demands that one actually experience the civilii- zation of that land. In that re- spect, I have been most fortun-• ate. But the greater problem is how to reach this kind of inter- cultural understanding outside of actual experience. This, i believe, requires a greater degree of wisdom and in- telligence on the part of all peo- ple, espeeially of those privileged to receive a higher education and endowed with a greater mental capacity. Edueation places a greater responsibility on the in- dividual than on thgse less privi- leged. The value of education does not lay primarily m the greater opportunities which are opened to the graduate, but rath-ny

er m the development of new knowledge through a deeper in- sight of the past. Perpetuation ot knowledge is of no value un•- less the mistakes of the past are thereby rectified in the future. TDday, more than ever before, the educated person holds the moral responsibihty of trying to be aE rational and as ob]ective as possible in viewing the problems of both his and otiher nations.

In many cases, I have found that vihile our two countries may use the same terminologv., the meanings differ, based upon the particular sociolegical and his- torical foundations. Though we stnve toward the same objectives, we may employ dissimilar me- thods. Greater understandmg may be fortheommg as people more thoroughly realize that what is suitable for one nation may not neeessarily be applicable to another.

By MR. ARAN. D. SMITH FullbrightStudent of Keio Uniyersity

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One area in whieh I feel greatmisunderstandings may arise be-tween Japan and other peoplesis the field of Japanese pohtics,In Japan there is much talk about"demoeracy"; in newspapers, dis-eussion groups, and English-speaking contests, the "democra-tic" theme seems to be on every-one's mmd. Abroad, one hearsmuch about the "new" Japan,although now punctuated with aquestion mark about the reeentDiet riot. At home, the news-papers raised a unanimousicryagainst such violent tactics, butthe people aeted as though theDiet were something apart fromtheir sph2re o.f responsibility. The democratic tradition, in anhistomcal time sense, is still very

young in Japan. The strugglefor the development of a demo-cratic way of life eovers cen-turies oi Westem history. Thesepages are fi11ed with struggle andnoble deeds of men of deep faithas the people forced their willupon reluctant rulers. In Japan,the tradition dates only fromaround the end of the last centuryand is significantly different. qer-

tain demoeratic forms were im--posed upon the people by govern-ment. By this very act, the pre-iogative of democratic develop-ment was taken by government,the source of authority for cen-tunes, rather than falhng uponthe individual for a "grass root"or basic growth. Thus, democra-tic practises are not firmly rootedin the consciousness of the peo-ple. While there is no room forcomplacency, the situation shouldnot be grounds for discourage-ment, but mstead a source ofchallenge.

This challenge exists on allfronts. Politically, the peopleshould come to realize their re-4sponsibility for the political ac-tions of their elected representa-tives, while oMcials, on theirpart, should recognize that it ispolitieal and not party respon-sibility which is of primary im--portanee. Economically, therernust develop a greater freedomof init!ative tor creative andimagmative research and econo-mic development and the elimina-tion of the behef that the waysof the past are suMcient for thepresent. Socially, individual ex-pression and greater freedom ofinter-D. ersonal relations must bereeognized and given greater em-phasis over the family and per-sonal-relationship system rootedm the past. A more open ex--change of opmions and ideas mustbe striven for; the ideal should beto find the best solution to aproblem rather than to be con-eerned with the personahties andinterpersonal relationships in--volved.

Bringing the dernocratie processdoirtrn to a fundamental opera-tional basis requires a kind of"house-cleaning." In the homes,as a greater degree of respec+. is

given to individual differencesand digmty there will fiow a

greater democratie attitude inpublie life, For, indeed, demo-cracy never can become a reali-zation in government untiht be-

eomes the pattern m inter-per-.sonal relationships, both privatelyand publically. A growing sense

of public responsibihty will even-- tually find expression m govem-ment. At that pomt will gov-ernment become more truly re-

presentativehand eease to exist as an institution above and separatefrom the people.

Herein 1ies the future testmgground of the wisdom and mdral

fibre of the people and their lead- ers: to find lastmg solutions basedupon the charaeter and develop-ment of the people. While manyof the problems have arisen from

the fact that Western eonceptshave been grafted onto a Japa-nese and therefore relatively alienbase, the answers must be soughtfrom within. Indeed, the resultsrnay be the same as found inother nations. However, by bring-

ing forth solutions based on na- tional character, the standard will

become not one of comparison,but one of value to the society,both domestically and mterna-

tionally. In a word, native initia-tive is needed.

On the youth of Japan, espe-cially the present generation ofKeio University students and

their compatriots in the many educational institutions throvigh- out Japan, falls the responsibihty of being courageous and wise insearching for new and progres-

sive ideas in answer to theseprobiems. Mr. George Kennan,famous American diplomat, inspeaking of his own country,made the followmg appropriateremark: "A nation which excuses

its own failures by the sacred untouchableness of its own habits can excuse itself into eomplete disaster." Japan is not alone in facing. Iheproblems of constantly searching

for new answers to the ever•- changing pattern of dynamic civilizations. As with petsonallivmg, so it is with a natioi"L's

existence that a time eome$ when the future must be faced realls- tically with as little emot{cn as possible and the greatest dt,gree of objecinvity obtainable. Sup-port and eneouragement will be

forthcoming to the extent that at- tempts to solve problems are un- dertaken by one's own initiative.

On a personal level, one of the greatest problems ! shall faceupon my return to my countrywill be the question of what I

consider my most signifieant ex-perience in Japan. I fear thatproblem is almost impossible to

answer simply. However, through--out all my attempts !know will run the theme of the

friendlmess and generosity I metwith everywhere. Indeed, thereseemed to be no insurmount-

able barriers to personal friend- ships created by national differ- ences That friendliness wiU bc) one of my most eherished mt io-riries of Japan and her people Thisagain proves that human nature

is similar regard!ess of ".he vaiy-ny

ing national environments. It is my fondest hope that someday this friendliness based upen per--sonal worth and respeet may find

its translation into the poheies of governments and intei'national relations.

My greatest regret upon leavir g is that I ean in no respeet suffi- eiently express my heartfelt ap-

F]VHE MITA Keio students are to be con- gratulated on pubhshing iegu- larly a journal in a foreign lan--

} guage without eensorship or su- pervision by faculty members,- the `istudents' own periodical in English." In this respect perhaps it resembles Canadian or Amer- ican College papers more than the other English language stu-• dent papers which I have seen bere. But since the purpose for which any paper is pubhshed deter- mines its policy, it would be quite unfair to compare the .Mita Cam•-pus wrth student papers published

in America, where Enghsh is the natwe language, The object of American college papers ]s to keep their student body mformed of all aspects of current campus activities, a task which is presum-

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ably performed locally by theMita Shimbun and the KeioShimbun. Indeed I cannot ima-gine Canadian imiversity studentsproducing a campus paper oiequally high calibre in a foreignlanguage. The primary object of the MitaCampus as indicated in ibs firstissue, is to give foreigners a clear

understanding of the variousaspeets of current Japanesethought from the Keio studentpoint of view. The May issue onthe H-bomb and the one on thecurrent pohtical situation zllust-rate how faithfully the editors

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University and the "Waseda Guar-dian emphasizes international stu-dent frienckthip.

The content of any paper isinfluenced by its purpose, whichin turn dictates the emphasis sbe placed on the various tYabELof news and consequently /ttSYHspace allotted. Because of ztseditorial policy the Mita Ca"rpustends to stress material with someinteinational interestreither forJapanese or for foreigners, ratherthan items of purely local in-terest. Thus fu!1 reports weregiven of addresses by such in+.er-nationally known authDuties asDr. H. J. Carman, Columbia Uni-versity, and the mef.tmgs of theKeio America Society, some ofwhieh were devoted to demonst-rations and explanations of suchcharacteristic Japanese actlvitiesas tea ceremony, ancl flower ar-rangement, or such diverbe topicsas memories about a famous Ka-buki actor, Dan]uro Vll and atalk on Bunbuku Chugama, aJapanese folktale. News itemsconcentrate on notices of prefes.sors or students who are eithergoin.ct or returning from studyabroad, or of forei.oners comingto Keio. One aspect of Keio life whieh (Continued on Page 4)

By MISS ANNE M. SMITH Visiting Faculty Japan Library School Keio University !attempt to carry out this policy. Although I have not seen of the other English lan- papers to make any valid ' Isuspect from the I have seen that each ene a slightly different purpose. Aoyama Trojan, for exainpte to glve generous space to items, the Rikliyo Echo is the organ of the Eng- h Speaking Soeiety of St. Paul's

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SAL'i'" LAKE CITY-Japaneseresidents in most of the Pacifiestates are "sick and tired" of theso-cal!ed scholarship studentsfrom Japan. They have no usefor these youngsters whom theycharacterize as just spoiled "kids"and good for nothing. The managing editor of theleadin.o Japanese language news-paper m San Francisco said "Weare naturally interested to doeverything for the scholarshipstudents from Japan, but theyare simply too spoiled to Learnthe American way of hard work-ing and strugglmg." "When Japanees pioneers eameto Ameriea, they struggled tolearn English, to earn a piece ofbread, to raise their children," he

contmued. "Today the Japanesestudents are gettmg too soft. Wehke to help them as much as wecan, but we just don't like them."

fi.preciation for the !nnumerablekindnesses and guidance shownto me Keio and throughout Ja-pail Through such generosity Ihave found a second home in thisland. A certain dissatisfactionshall always follow me until thatday in the future when I can re--new my residence in Japan.Meanwhile, my duty and mypleasure shall be to continue myefferts to obtain an even clearerknow!edge of things Japanese inthe interest of inter-cultural un-derbsanding.

Here in Salt Lake City, an in-fiuential Nisei leader summed upthe attitude of longtime residentsin the United States towardyounger Japanese. "We had to work hard to getour education," he said. "Todaymany Japanese students are givenE,c2gethJes'..,lrISe,ig,.,ea.xy,i2,g,

their heads." "They know Enghsh all ri.dht,"he continzted, "and they knowhow to darLce," but `Cunfoirtunate-ly, many of them are sad cases." "VV'e ]ike to see in them some-thing that appeals to us-someindication of being the fine lead-ers of tomorrow," he said. The above is reprinted fromNippon Tinies June 29, by its staffwriter, Mr. Tamotsu Murayarn, a,now touring in America. Are thEy really scholarshipstudents? Are they not thoserich men's sons who were sentover by some obscure means be-eause they were not able to passthe comped,itive entrance exami--

nation for a Japanese college? In any ,:ase, this report is achallenge to us. Will the readersof The Mita Campus in Americahelp us re]ieNe our puzzlements?Any letter eoncerning yourknowledge or experience vLrith aJapanese student m America willbe apprec]ated. Please addressyour letters to The Mita Campus,Ke}o University, Mita, Minatoku,Tokyo, Japan.

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JAPAN,S "SEVEN SAMURAI,, -The pieture that had beeri aWaited with much interesi, for its release m this first half-year iNas "Seven Samurai." This pic-•ture was written and directed byAkira Kurosawa who is not o]]ly

the leading director in Japan butalso of world wide fame throughsuch work as "Rashomon" whlchwon the Grand Prix at VeniceFilm Festival in 1951.

In producing this picture, whichieatures the first "western" spec-tacle made in Japan rnany recorclswere estabhshed; it took 315 daysto make (4e days for the normalfilm); 2300 horses were used; 210rnillion yen spent compare with40 million yen for the normal'PIillllleteh'isettoCIieai background is ;he

Warrmg'Era (about 1500 AD.) Aband of bandit warriors haLl pil-laged a viIlage the year bofore.At the openmg of the picture,they are talking about reattack--ing thrs village again when thewheat crop is m. A farmer whooverhears this in the bushes sec-retly informs villagers of thistact lrhere is left no way forthe villagers but defending them-selves to save their hves. But how can they do so? Theyare not armed and naturally un-trained for fightmg. The oniyway of escapmg from the pos-sible annihilation was to hiresome samurai to resist the ban-dits. At least seven samuraiwere needed to cope wnh a bandef forty. Thus the story developswith the mustering of the sevensamurai cand their eombat withthe bar.dii,s.

Being poor, the vil!agers can-not pay the samurai much. Allthey can do is to let the samuraieat riee as much as they want.Samurai who are both strong andhungry are eargerly searehed.Kanbei, who became the head ofseven asmurai was persuaded atfirst and the other six unemploy-ed samurai were recruited oneafter fJhe other. The pieture de-picts so mterestingly and vividlyhow the samurai came to join,with separate episodes in excel-lent delineation of the characters.

At last the bandits come. ThreeaWem. come to the village forreeonnaisanee. They are m-stantly killed by the samurai andthe enraged villagers. Learningthe whereabouts of the bandits'hide-out, three samurai guidedby farmer Rikichi make a sur-pnse atte,ck by night. Rikichihere finds his beloved wife whowas kidnapped by the bandits theyear before. She, beholding herhusband, cries like mad andthrows herseif into the fiames.In this atack ten bandits arekilled, but also one samurai dies. H- ereafter the bandits attack thevillage day and night, the samu-

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rai and the villagers fighting 1ifeor death struggle with the bandits.In this tense, breath-taking stage,a love story in interwoven. Youngsamurai Katsushiro finds out thata beautiful maiden of the vil--lage, Shino by name, is disguisedas a man. Passionate love growsm their hearts in spite of thestrict differenee of classes in thefeudal society that prohibit sucha love affair.

When the final dawn attack isover, all the attackers have beenannihilated. Peace reigns everthe village again. The pictureends wi+.h an impressive scene ofpoetry and solerrm beauty; on thenew grave mounds stand threesurvivmg sarnurai quietly. Thevil!agers are peacefully plantingriee, smgmg rice planting song.

'Kanbei murmurs to himself,"It is not we who have won. Itis the peasants. The peasants willlive with the earth forever."

Although it takes three andhalf hours for the showing, thisJapanese version of "western"spectacle never tires the specta-tors. Some critics pointedly saythat this film can be taken asthe expression of the rearma-ment movement, but it !s apparentthat this film is not made undersueh intention. The humane at-titude of samurai and villagerswill show that.

In the first half, the characterportrayal of seven samuraus ex-cellent. In the last half, thedynamic scenes of fights are ofthe kind that the Japanese filmsrarely attained m the past.

The fact that, accordmg toToho Company, this picture drewmore people m the up-town thanin th-e down-town area meansthat the mtelletcuals estimated"` Seven Samural" as not a mere"western" but as a higher andmore artistic work.

The suceess brought by thisf}lm is a milestone in the field ofspectacle m Japan; moreover weare taught again that mass pro-

duction of poor quality filmsshouldibe opposed. With much ,time and money,a good picture ean be producedand that it pays well.

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It was-`cloudy but dry, whenthe fifth Keio-Waseda soceergalne took plaee eat Korakuenstadium at night, June 18, asabout 12,OOO watched.

At 6 minutes in the first half,W. scored the first goal, as K'swere, somehow, manimate in thebegmnmg. Till the last 10 min-utes, though both two had manychances, they repeated vain ef-forts. K. wing's passings werenot keen, while W. was oftenpr- evented by K's good defenee.At 43 minutes, Sakai, K's wing,took a pass from Matsuzawa onthe left and shot into the lowerright corner of the goal. At 44minutes, however, W's sudden at-tack by the nght wing added

Round Up of Keio Raittius Society

!aooking for a better worEd

The origin of the Keio Raittius Soeiety was m Fmland, and this society m early years of Showa began its aetwities under the gui- dance of the peace apostle, Dr.T. D. Walser with the aim of

makm.ct the decadent society in Japan pure, hopeful and comfort- able for our livmg.

One day, in June, a reporter had the chance to interview a representative of the Keio Rait-t tius Society, and he stated will-ingly: "Raittius means Purity,Healthiness and Freshness m Fm-msh language. in the beginning,

the society aimed at building up a better world, prornoting themovement of temperanee and pro-

hibition of smoking in coop`"era- tion with other societies. Butafter changes oS times, moralideas in the world have changed,and so we could not persist m

our activities of early times, and the charocter of our soeiety has natura!ly altered. "After the war, work earnp is the most characteristic activity of

our society. It intends to build up good surroundings so that theorphans and otheT unhappy child-ren, who are apt to be forgottenm the world, will become strongmmded and pure men with brighthopes. But we are making everyeffort so as not to result in onlya welfare work."

As one of their aetwities, theyhave been holdmg meetings forchildren on the children's day,May 5th, every year since fouryears ago under the assistance ofthe Yomium Shimbun and TokyoPrefecture Govemment. .

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As other activities of the so- ciety, they hold meetings for the study of pohtics and economics with Prof. Chigusa, the President of the society and the open door activity with Mr. P. V. Oltman, the adviser oi" the Raittius, and

so on. In concluston, the representa- tive said, "We are seeking a bet- ter world through our activities. What is a better world? It de•- pends on ourselves and will be connected with the purpose of our life to the end. There are four traditional slogans of our society-Purity, Healthy College Life, Virtues of Modesty and Re- coneiliation.

"The Raittius Society is where those who long for a better werld meet together and discuss on their lives and polish their in-- dividuality and views for social life. We believe that this is di- reetly conneeted with our truly significant college life2'

A fine society of sincere mem- bers. Best w!shes for their suc- cessful future trom Mita Campus staff.

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another point, and moreover,taking advantage of W. back'serror, K. eame up to W. again.

At the 14 minutes in the last.ha!f, K. hact a free kick by W.Oka's pushing foul, which scoredthe final goal. K. played carefulfootball the iest o! the game andran up a 1-O leacl. They played a seesaw gamewith brick movement which ex-cited the spectators all throughthe time, cool breez added muchenjoyment on the sultry ,eumrnernight.

Keio Records Successive Victories in K-W Periodical Basketball

Match

The 12th periodical basketballmatch between Keio and Wasedawas held at the ganda NationalGymnasiurn on June 6 frorn 1:30

pm Our team was expected to bemuch superior to Waseda teamboth in offence anc[ defense. Thistime also, our team gained vic-tery, it was the 9th Keio victoryirL the 12th annual duel mateh.As might have been expected,indeed, it ended in our team'sone-side-Agame, so, it may safelybe said that it was unworthy ofthe game between K-W. The detail score is as follows' High Sc]hool

Keio 45 vs 37 Waseda OB. Keio 75 vs 55 Waseda University Keio 63 vs 52 Waseda

Keio Volleyers Carry off

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Assembling some 6,OOO peo-ple, the seventh volleyball league-match revas played between thethree universities of Keio, Wa-seda, andX Meiji, at the Den'enColosseum, Tokyo, on June 20.This was sponsored by the Athle-tics Organizations of the threeuniversities.

The rnatch between Meiji andWaseda ended m Meiji's success,and the one between Keio andVV'aseda resulted in favor of Keio.

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Hon. Pres. Prof. Eiichi Kivooka

Editor in Chief- M. KaivanabeBusiness Manager L -"-S. HasuiAssist. Business Mgr -- M. AraiAssociate Editor -- - -- M. ShimazuLiaison Dept. ---." -. R. Tsv,daINews Editor -- ----. -J - "- K. ]M[ita

Feature Editor -" - =-----H. IshiiSports Editor --Y. YamamotoArt Editor -+---H-. LL ---.K. SatomiAdvertising Mgr. - M. Yae.oashiCirculation Mgr. .- T. Matsumura

Reporters IshiguLno, Konda, Ueno, Inoue,Sakiyama, Mu]'akami, Otake,Akagi, Tashiro, Kanda, Ohoka,Tsuda Mano, Hasegawa, Sawa-zaki Shirai, Hiraide, Yamaneuchi,Ochi, Hattori, Kurahashi, Kashi-wabara, Nakahashi, Yahagi, Fujij,Saito

Advisers ProÅ}. rvIil io HirarrTiatsu

Lect. Hideo Nishioka OMce The IIita Campus, Keio Univ.Mita, Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo. 0Mce Tel: (45) 2318

EDITORIAL "HOW A PARLIAMENT SHOULD BE" The desperate struggle be-tween the Liberals and the So-cialists in the midst of the dis-cussion of the fourth extensionof the current Diet session on thenight of June 3 represents thetrue nature of Japan's pohticalcr!sis throughout the 19th sessionof the Diet. The iiot hit when the Social-•ist members resorted to force at-•tempting to block the Govern-rn.enVs bid to extend the Dietsession so that aetion on the Po-lice Bill eould be taken. This is the grave problem for;is, as Japanese ParliamentaryGovernment is end"otpgEred. by theclash zhe like of whieh has neverbrolen out in Japanese pJliticalhistory in its Diet. Until up tonow, the L!berals have attemptedin rnany cases to win over theProgre"sives xn ocder to pass the})i]ls ,:rtrough, 'bu'L that served for

nothing but to encourage and ex•-eite the Socialists in the result.And finally the Socialists blew upagamst the Liberals with violentforce on that night. The Liberals whose eonfidenceof the people had been fadmgaway through exposure of a seriesof big seandals, have forcedthrough a number oÅí bills favour-able to the party taking advant-age of its majority m the Diet. As to the Socialists, they mustbe blam-ed for usmg physicalforce and violence m order tocounter a majority party's abuseoÅí power. And they must beeharged with having resorted tofilbuszer and dilarory tactics merder to shelve certam bills. Such taetics would only baek-fire as a confusion m the Dietand a degradation of Nationallegislature.

Tlie Diet is a sacred plaeevrhere any violence or physiealforce is forbidden. The Par!ia-roentary Government is earriedwith the Ma]ority's principle, thatis a foundamental prmciple of ademocratic country. T.he majority members of partyhave been e!ected from a num-ber eÅ} candida+.es by the people ingeneral. So, the responsibiilty of

having good leaders or badleaders is m the people's hands.

In our Japanese Censtitution,it is said, "Supreme Power is inthe hands of men," INit to seefrom the different point of vNiew,it could be said that people havecommitted the power to tlie re-presentatives in the Diet to dealwith whatever Åëoncerning thecountry's administration alongthe hne prescnbed-by the Con-stitution, For that purpose when-ever we select them, we mustknow the true eharacter and per-sonality of the representatives. This is a very important mat-ter. If we have elected a num-bber of politicians who would actm their wayward way, it is aresponsibihty of the people. Butbesides these essential problems,we must have a broad knowledgeabout the ,recent system of pohtics. Japan has changed into a demo-cratic nation sinee nearly nmeyea.rs ago when the war ended.Nme yeais is a short time eom-•pared with other democraticcountr]es where they have hadtrue meanmg of democratic pol!-tics for hundreds of years. Itmight be said that Japan is m theprocess of becommg a democraticnatlon ]n a true sense. On the surface, Japan is knownwidely as a demecrat!c eountry inthe vvorld, but m the inside, wetaste a number of shortcomingsas a democratie nation. We mustimprove ourselves step by stepselectmg good leaders, and keep-ing our democratic governmentand parliamentary government byall means, and at the same time,we must be watchful as to thetendency of the rise of the righust

wmg m Japan as well. As to the present Japanese poli-tzcal situation, the Yoshida ad-minis,tration, we have tasted andexperienced a number oÅí scan-dals and bad reputation, and thefact ]s that people in general havelost trust m the present regime.Of eourse the blame for the sadstate oÅ} affairs which the Dietfinds itseif in during the currentsession lies not wholy with theLiberals. The other parties are at faulttoo. They should feel responsiblefor the case and must not lay theblame on eaeh other. They musttry to recover the eonfused situa--tion by reconciliation. At thispresent time, the will oÅí the pee-tple is m favor of a disolution ofthe Lower House for reconstruc-tion of the Nation's legislature,as that will be the basic courseof the Diet representatmg thepeopte to aet ifi union with thevoice of general masses, So our hope is that the parha-vment itself wdl be dissoived, tosay nothm.es of Yoshida's cab!netitselE. Next time, we will knowmuch more about the representa-tives and we shall be able toelect the person whom we eantrust deeply m admimstem.nbd ourcountry after an exact selection,

VOICE OF YOUTHThe Birth ot National Defence Forces

B)' S"gursc Has"i, Junior of Law DePt.

At las.t Japan marked her first nion by the forcestep towaTds rearmament byehangmg National Safety Forcesinto iNational Defense Forces.According to the National DefenseBoard establishment law passedin the last Diet, National De-fense Forces consist of army,navy, and air forces, all of whichare le.crally qualified to dbfendJapan in case she is attacked byforeign forces. Though the gov-ernmer}E# has been msisting tliatthey should not be rnilitary forces,all the people cannot but regardthem as de facto forces. The Artiele Nme of Constitu-tion provicles that the Japanesepeople Å}orever renounee war asa sovereigi right of the nation,and that land, sea, and air forces.as well as other war potentialshould never be maintained.Howevear freely this provision ismterpreted, we eannot possiblythink the newly-born NationalDefense Forces to be constitu-tional

Meanwhile all the Japaneseyouth is thorou.crhly agamst therearmament, Their voiee tendsto the abolition of ineomplete andunconstitutional forces, whichgwe our economy not a smallburden. Another reason for theabolition oÅí the present DefenseForces is the fact that they are"employed" by toreign funds.Their zmiforms are quite thesarne as United States forces andthe weapons are given themthrough the INC[utual Security Actaid. Almost all the soldiers aregathered from the unemployed;for them mihtary services areonly means of hvelthood as therewas no other occupations forthem, Such Armie-s must beabloshed by all means. Needless to say, ful! safeguardof Japan in this atomic age underthe present economic poverty isalmost impossible. However, wecannot depend forever on theUmted States to defend our coun-try as an independent nation andÅ}urther more we cannot say de--fimtely that all nations of theworld will respect the n.eutralityof a nation which has renouncedwar. Then what are we to do? As for zhe security ot Japanafter the United States Armiesleave there will be no way butto depend on the Unitect NationsOrganlzat!on. The most dangerous is to admitthe National Defense Forces asan estabhshed fact as rf therewere no help for it. The onlyway open to us m order to re-alize the abohtion of National,De-fense Forces is te repeal !t inthe Diet. However, the presentDiet is such a one as to passlaws m defiance of public opi-

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of majority.We can no longer recognize theDiet as the represeptative of thepeople. In a democratic countrysuch a Diet has no raison cL'etre. The Diet should be dissolved atence. And we cannot be toocaretul in electing our true re-presentatives next time. Or ourhope m Representative govern-ment be forever lost.

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fiected in the paper, is the empha-sis placed on extra eurricularactivities. The attention paid tosports is charaeteristic oE moststudent publrcations. Football,

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baseball and rowing are a!1 fea-tured. What I miss are reportson intTa]rnural athletic events-but perhaps these are not as com-mon on a Japanese campus as athome, Although the paper iscalled The Mita Campus, I pre.-sume it represents the university.A very small corner is devoted tonews trom the Hiyoshi Campus,but I rnissed seeing anythingtrom either the engineers or themedieal students. Is this not anexample of a too limited outlook? The format of the Mita Campuscompares favorably with othercollege papers. On the whole itsiayout is remarkably good. The1isting, above the editorial, of theresponsible staff is quite profes.sional. In fact it is the onlyJapanese student paper I haveseen whieh also Iists the reporters,

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FO/?GET, BEMr. Tadahiro Konda, Senier of Law DePt.

We are greatly disappointedand have lost our confidence inthe members of the Diet by theiralmost ineredibly savage meleewhich happened in the AssemblyHall on June 3. The Cay shall,remain in our hearts and in thehistory of the Diet as the mostshameful day. The present mem-bers of the Diet will realize howgreat our disapA p-ointment, non-confidence in them, ind!gnationagainst them were, on thcL dayoi the next election. It is naturalthat they should be greatly blam-•ed for breaking rules of parlia-mentalism, for betraying our con-fidenee. But we must not forge'tthat they were chosen by our-selves. We should be blamed inthis respect.

As long as we remember this,the shameful inelee will be turnestinto bitter but preciou$ rrT.edicinefor us. The more dangerous side ofthis aceident, however, sti]1 lieswith only a little notice, A per-son, whose confidence m parlia--mentalism is pure and grea!, moreoften falls into such a danger asIam going to say than an in-different person do. The danger

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We may mistake at the firststep, but vLTe can improve thedefects by the next time. Thereis a kind of system of govern•-ment which is eflicient, and, underthe eontrol ef an excellent leader 'there are fewer dangers of mak-ing mistakes than those oÅí ours.We cannot, however, expect- thenext ehance under that systemfor only ene mistake would be afatal mitsake as we have learnedbefore. 1, therefore, would like to say,"Don't forget, but be calm! for thechoice is yours."

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