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The schoe] authorities an-ncunced the pmncipa]s of its at-taehed sehools on i4XpTil 1. Thenc'wly-appGinted pr]ncipals areas followsSenior High School ef .Agricul-ture Keiichi Yoshida (Piefessor ofthe Facu]ty of Economics)Gii]s' Senior High Schoo] Hisashi Washinosu (Professoiof t"ne g.'aeulty ef Economieb)Junior High Sehoo] Teruo iV{irtemura (Professor ofthe ]graeu]ty ef !.aw)Elernenzary Sehoe] Kazuyoshi Nakayama (Profes-soy of the Facu]ty of hterature)Sehoo] of Fereign Languages Ryozo Iwasakj (Professoy ofthe Factu]ty oÅí Literature)

Keio Cultura] Federation The Instkate of InternationalRelations of Stanford Universityhas been exehangmg "xro stu-clents xxrith Bei'hn Vniversity ]nXK'est Gerrncany m a favorable re-.qu]t before the Stanfoicl-IÅqe!oAAfflllatlon of Stanfc,rd Ulllvel'sltvtied up vtTith the Keio CuJturaiF"ecleration Iast year TheStanforcl-Keio Aftf}liatien is noNsrplannlng "Lo lnvlte one studentfrom Ber]m Un]vers]ty and one:kom Keio UJmvers]-L.y. Ocla. che seleeted stuclent. isthe son ot' the ex-Olympic champof hop, step, and J'uinp, MikioOcla, and a tepÅ}neselltative of tlieGerman CuTtural Soeietv aiida]bo of the Union of rSokyo Ger-man Soe]ety Staniofd VniverslT.v is ]oeated 'about Å}'o,ty lqlcmeters south ofSan Franeiseo and the ]aigestuniversity in tbe "VVest of theUnitecl States. OcTa will stuclvthere for 9 months.

sivclenis2600ieave campus itNiore thcan 2600 students werehonored the baehelorship as the.crraduaticn cerefoony of KeiGi-]uku Univetsity fer 195)5 washe]d at the Mita eampus onMa] ch 25. Fukutaro Okui, Dean of theUniversity, stiessed in his con-gratulatory addr'ess that it wasdesirable for the giaduates tohave tlierough and certam re-cogmtioA of theJr present situa-t}on m the actual worlcl Pres]clent Kojj Ushiocla andP!of Toyotaro Suhara, repre-sentmg t'ne professors oE Keio-Gi.]uku Umve!s]ty. also offeredtheir congratu]atiens. In hisspeeeh. President Ushioda de-manc3ed thcnt the giaduates$hould yealize their own abilityand responbibil]ty to beeome re-speetab]e rnernbers ]n the de-mocratle eountry. [Che nu"rnbex' of graduates is asfollows: }7acult'y of Il.lterature .. 412 ., ,, Eeonornjcs.968 , ., 1[Ltaw ....... 984 ,, ,, Engineemng 175 Schoel oÅ} Medicme .,.. 85

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A Keio,student ]s to attend the I]"iJst i4Lsia-Africa Conference "'hich "nll be helcl fro]n rv[av 5 tor the penod of five ciai'$ rti Bandun.cr. biclenesia. Student representatives from 45 coun- tiies in the Aslan ancl Afmcan eoulltl-les wll] partielpate lll tllls eonference ancl hGt diseussiong are expeeted to be matle anion.g them The progress of the coopera- tion and strEngthening of f-end- ly re]ationship among the stu- clents m these contments, stabili- zation of peace, ancl niltigation of world tensions wil1 be talked irrespective of diffei"enees in be- lief ancl ideolog!es. 1]be participat]ng Japanese student from IÅqeio Universitx' is So.1i Saito of the Federation of Student UNESCO CIub of Ja- pan. 'The Japanese Delegation is consisted of e]even representa- twes from Ieading federations m Japan.

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The reeogmtion eeremony ofthe Frazer Pmze took plaee lnthe Memorial Hall of the IÅqeioUniversity Library on 5'ebruav.v21 and five Ke]o stuclents wet'eawarded The Frazer Prize was estab-lishecl m 1953 in memory ofG.S Frazer, the ex-eultzual at-tache of the Briti,sh Embassx-.who was deeply connected "'iththis Universitv. This eom-memoratlve prlze ls supportedby the British Emioass.xr, theBritish Council. Hokusei Pmnt-mg Company, and Shell OLICompany. The ]udgeg of the Pmze verdic.t-ed that al] the theses were soLtof forrna], beeause the wmterssticked too much to Englishgrammar. The prize winneis are as fot-lows:First prize (\.9.0,eOOÅr "Wordsworth" by Rellgo Mae•

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The entrance ceremony ofKeio-Gijuku University was heldon the Mita eampus on April 11."Dhis year, abcut 3,OeO freghinenwere adpnitted to the Universitv.The nuniber of freshmeii hag in-creased remarkably. As ]t wcfts yainv and windv mzhe mornjng, at" first the eoni-memerat]ve eer'emony had beenscheduled to be held in a grandleeture toom, though it could11ot adllllt a]1 the fl"es]111)ell at

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Cspac]tly audienee fiHed the.1'Iepnoria] k"a]] of the Keio Um-versity Library tor the monthlyKeio Ameiica Society meetmgon Marcb 28. IIr. Kohposul(eX'amada, presielent of the Yama-da Heiar}do Cempany and alsoa noted ]acquer clesignev, wa.qlllvited dis tlle .cruest ]eetuel'eL"of the meet]ng He spoke onJapanese laequerware with hisabundant lÅqnow]edge of the avtof ]aequer and taseinatecl hisaudienee F:ol]owmg the ]eeture and ex-hibit of laequerware, !VItt Yama-da presented to a]1 a presentpaekage oi" five pairs of ]aecsuevhashi (chopsticks). Dtu'ing the meeting, Eiiehi ]xri-yeoY'a, DEan of the lnternationaLDepartment of IÅqeie Univerqitv.announced that two pergong had1]een appomted as officers of theSociety. The new]y-appomtecladvisers are Dr. Gorclen T.Bowles, Assistant ]IV[anagmg Di-ieetor ef the Internat!onal:!{Iouse, and ]ivIr. Glenn Shaw,Cu]tural Attaeh6 of the Amer-ieaii Embassy, both well knownAmer]eans m Japan. Next regular meeting will beheld en .4tpnl 2e at the Il.ibrar.v.Robert L GiUer, Director of theLibrary Scheol of Keio Universi-tv, xv]ll be the speaker ancl is.gupposed te gwe a Iecture on"Buildmg foiT Ton3em'ow "

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da, senier ef the Engl]sh L]te- rature Departrr]entSeeond pmz.G (\10,OOe) "Tlie Character of the Eng- lish" by Akira 'Takeuchi. freshman of the Facu]tv off Law "An Eye en Great Bmtam's Forei..on Poliey" by IKeito Sai, freshrnan of the Graduate Course of LawTlnrd prize ('EiT5,OOO) "Contmbutien ef En.crlish Peo- pie to Modern Civilization" by Sumiko Yamada, Correspon- dence Course of the Faulty of Eeonomics ".4X Study on British Under- writeis" by IÅqow M"da, Graduate Covrse ef EconomtÅës "Study en Roi[nano-British Libraries --- Attestation oÅí Existanee of Libraries in Ro- man Brjtisb" by Seiji Yama- moto, Graduate Course of }Iistory

once. Foitunately ?)y 1.he tin'rsethe eeremeny wab epened. thpvain had stopped, and all theÅíreshmen and the]r parents at-tended the cerc-mony togethc-ron zhe .geuth()rn univei'sitygrounrls. Deati 17ulÅqut."•ie ekui incade }i]scongratu]atoi-:1 speech as folloxv.q:"Fn".qt of a]], I Åëongratulatc yoiion your entranee tq Ke}eUm-versitv, but vv'e niust always bear!ii eur n?ind tihat xve shozildpu t'E ut) truth .s }n eerely. XVeinusL endeaxor lc thrive ]n the!rlea[ academie atmosphere onour campus." In harmony w]thDean Oku]'s speeeh, PresidentKop Ushioda c]aimed the fre.sh-tnen to awake to Uie]r respen-sibititv and t]t]e as the studentgof IÅqoio Un}ve'fsity, and thatthey shoul(l study bard to buildup cheir chayactey during thenlifoui-yea]" schoo]-days at Keio. AEter the eeremony, a parentreinarked. ]n answer to the m-tersriew of Th6 Mi ita Campub,that :he atmesplr]e]'e ef Keiotseepned rathcr p]ain in cont}tastte what is genexa]ly beheved,while one cf the freshmen ex-piehsed, with .areat ]oy, his im-pression on ei7tering KeloUtiiversitrg7 tinat 1ie felt, first .t'tfall, ve]ieved x"ery niueh. The detaii namber of fresV3-n"ten is shown be]ow:Facultv oE ]I]cencmics .. . 9, f35F".{cultv oE La'"7 . ...... Ie46Faculrxr of Literklure ..... T')'29,v"`lehool of ),Ied]cme ....... 77E:,iaculty of' l:, ng]neiung .... :L)76'IiotaL nunibev ... ..... .. :ÅrL86i

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pmlacement section It is reported tl)at the )e.q.ultoE finding e}np]cyment for thpgvaduates of this year are ecm-pat'atively good, cempered vnththat oE the ]ast year. The resu]zq reveaied bv `thc)Plaeement Sect]en are as' fc]-lows: (As of ]vlarch 3], 195()) The Facu]ty oÅ} Eeonomies: 93 pev cent == (the numbc-r of those "ho have got po.s'j- tions) -;- "he number et applieantg for pcsiuenb) .. rt,27 ÅÄ 7Sl The Faeu]tv Df Law: SS per cent = 627 -L 't'12 The I?acu]ty cf Lderature: S3 per cent = 133 ÅÄ 160 Most of t]ie giaduates of theUntversity have iound their em-p[oylnents ln rnanufacturing ln-dustries, and cemmerejal fieldswhile few graduates have enter-ed lnto gevelnment oMees 6susual. it wds revealed.

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.s' evsrice as rhe DirÅíetor Schoo]fov the seeond te]jn. oÅ}' 1955. rE]]}eLnFlei,ii B"IIetim vn]] serve forSi"?N-4L (Student En.cJish News-'h}aper A.qboeiation of Japan). asthe Directer Sehoej accord]ng tothe agreenient of SENA. .NIe]j]BLtlletin's tenn ib fer the firsttertn of 19,']'6. On .A,pril L)O, rl)e gEAera] mEet-ing of SEN.4L is L.ehedu]ed te behetd at i7Xdieiji' Universit.y.

The meniberq})ip of txvo newntiinglish papers, the K.G. Timresot' IÅqwansei GaL'uin Un!ver"sjtyand Thde liejiro 'gat]err cf japanWomen's Unlversjty wi]) be onthe agenda.

geaying and coming [nvited Professor J. van iNcst-rand ef the I{]story Departnnentof the Facvlt.y ef Literature,Keie Univer.q.ity, ]eft Japan forthe United 'b"'tates Apri] 12. Hcitad held the ehair Espeeia]].v. foithe Department cn Europea"nHistovy. Mr. Charles B. Fahs. Chair-inan of the Social Seienee De-partmerit of Roekefel]er Feund-aLion, is schecluled to vjs}tIÅqeio Univerbn'ty on May 2.

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aboifg mita hiS# On the school campus, Mitahas naturally a different atmo-sphere Erom that of Hiyoshi.Those who came to Mita hillfor the fust time, having finish-ed two Jrears' Junior course,find sornettung new and un-known m the eampus. Therels somethlng of a un!versltymoi"e in Mita than m Hiyoshi.Prot'essors walkin.cr here aRdthere froin sennnair to elass-room anct students relaxmgthemselves on the bencheslook}ng at inasts oÅí ships aRdthe sea beyond. Some are chatt-ing on the sunny lay,n. Andat the same time Mita makesus feel more of "Keio." [l]he Gothic buildmg of thelibrary impresses its sdhouetteon Keio boys. NVIien they leaveschooi they remember IÅqeiowith the fanLiltar scenery of thered-blleked bLuldmg. They havea kind ef longmg for the 1ibrary.Even the idle who neverfrequented to the library insehool ctays feel a nostalgia. In-deed, lookmg up at its imposmgfeature as we go up the gate,we feel a strong asp]ratien toacademism. The stuclent hal], "'hen lunchtimG cornes, is so Åërowded withstvtdents with eurried-rice oyham-clee, in one hand, and milkin the other. The rush is ]ustlike a trarTic jam and it is be-yond miagination for the out-sider. Here we find a reaiseene of the over-population ofJapan and of IÅqeio. The over-population is seen everywhereat Mita eampus. In this regard,Hiyoshi campus looks muchmore open, wide and spaeious. Mita street is a familiaravenue to Kelo bovs. Mitastreet seems to refleet thecharacter of the un!yersitv. Itis said that there are so manymahJong houses on the innerstreets. And on the other hand,only a few bookstores perfune-toril.v keep their shops. Usuallythey are ill-stocked of aeademicbookb'". Iv is unnecessary forKeio boys to have bookstoresnear their school and they areapt to play 'v;rhen thev haveleisure. if not, they make effortto funid out leisure to play.a cenlyry ago At present the gp-ographicalnarfle Mite sometimes rneansKeio-C-tiiuku. A eentury ago,however, the manslon oÅí theShimaicara elan stood on thehillock now erowded withstudents. In 1871. Keio-GiJukzi boughtthe feudal lord's mansion anclthe land for less than 600 yen. Keio-Gijuku founded in 1858,",as located at Shiba-Shinsenzafroni 1868 to 1871, but a nume-rieal increase of students neees-sitatecl }arger builclings. In thosedayb' immediately after the col-lap-qc-- of the feudalistic sy,sLenitli-ere could be found lots of va-eant .rnansions in Tokvo. Thepeople coneeuned with Keio-Gi-juku ran about throughout To-kvo to chDose the best site. Their unanimous cholce wentto the mansion of the Shima-bai,a elan. However, the heipof the Tokyo Municipal Ofieewas neeessary Åío take a leaseof land the Shimabara elan heldanc't to buy its mangion. For-tunately, at tl]at time theGovernor of Tokyo askecl Yuki-chi Fukuzawa to inake a reporton the western poliee system. In those days in ']]okyo, sold-iers were on patrol with gunson their shoulders to 1Åqeeppublic order. Thls made a rudeiin-pres'sion on the people. There-foÅée, the Governor xvanted toadoD.t a western police system,but he was totally i.gnorantof vihat it was like. This service to the loeal acl-m, irustfatlon faeilitated thematerialization of the desires ofthe people eoneernecl.

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-vprogressive thoughts mto Japanthen. Just as freedom of studyis now insisted, he advoeatedit. So his Keio-Gijuku admit-tecl xvhoever wanted to studvand every obstacle in the waywere swept away, even the gatevvThieh shut out people was notfavored. But now the gate igbuik on Mita hill uucler" thepresent day circumstanc)$. Maboroshi-no-Mon will v;tel-eome yeu all whenever you takea s•tep to Mtta hill or Hiyoshiheights so long as you Arish tostudy, although nowadays, d]f-fel-ellt frOlll the l)aSt [lgeD", ell-tranee exammations block .vourway to Keio University.

about hiyoshi When gettmg off the HiyoshiStation and an easy, broad as-cent is lined with big gingkotrees on e!ther side, everybodyfeels a sing.ular excttement forsome days aftei' the matricula-tion because the scene has anall' of sonlethlllg so]elllll. It maybe an exeitement resu!tmg froma lofty wil] to seek truth; for heknows from the start that .q.eek-ing truth is the first mission forhim. Fortunately or unfortuna-tely, however, it changes mtosomethmg in most cases of Keiostudents as time goes on. The fact is that there are twoexits to the r]ght and left inthe Hryosln Station; one is fac•ing to the ascent and the otheris to the place where manyshops ancl rooms are opened forKeio students who would 1ike todrink coffee with talkativefriends in the $mart-!ookingatmosphere or to play mahjong,bi]liards and so on. Eaeh morn-ing, whieh wav to go is a prob-lem offered to such students. In the campus, of course, yovcan find students who assume astrong attitude towards the.q.eentertainments; they never cutclasses, take notes seriously andnever get confused just beforethe examinatinons. But vevyrare is the number through Hi-yoshi lr,fe. for it is similarly satdthat students who are seekmgafter pntertainments are few.After all, the school color ofKeio is formed of students whoput their interests half and halfm learning and entertainments.This may be a wise xsay for in-clividuals, but is not an agreeabletrend. This color has given im-pretssions to the people that Keiostudents are blessed with moneyand prefer entertainments ratherthan Iearning. No wonder thislmpresslon ls not proper, smeemost people only see a side lifeof Keio students who are rambl-ing the streets, sometirnes withgn'ls ancl have no idea aboutHiyoshi and tlieir Hiyoshi lives.Sueh people should call at Hiyo-s}u to see the phenomena cover-ing a small hill. It is sure that the soleinirt iin-pression they get in front of thehill would fade away to catchthe sights of the h]11-top whichis dotted with barraclÅq schoolbuildings, exeept the whitethree-stoned building and theywill not be able to find an aud!-tol'lulll natul'a]ly pertainlng toa universit.v. On a windy claystuclents eannot xs'alk froni bar-raek to barraek with their evesopen and on a ramy day, wlth-out ]orLg boots. [L'heye are Åíour dining hallsfov stuclents and one Eor teach-ers. About sanitary arrange-ments, many dehberations havebeen done. What sort of dishesare savory? NVhy, there is notellmg about it, but eatinbcr isbelieving. Needless to say, agreat deal of things to be mi-proved has been improved upto (late However, there aretoo many things waiting forappropriate improvements inHiyoshi and these aspeetsgive a vivid account of thelack in funds of Keio Universityas compared xvith other privateuniverslties. In the end, it can be said thatin the case of Keio, the emphas!sis put on improvements ofedueational systeni rather thanon the mei'e extension of equip-ments, especially on the sehoolbuilclings.

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IÅqeio Umversity vs Hosei Uni-versity and Waseda University vs Tokyo Umversity at theMeiji Shrme Ball ?ark. Keio

has not eaptured the Emperor's Cup since 1953, though it hashad the power and skill asmueh as the winners of the

league. Seiiehi Sakai, ex-manager of the Keio team, resigned last fall and Seiji Inaba (formerly S.Takatsuka) has sueeeeded theposition oÅí manager Sakai. Nexvmanager, Inaba was a bnllianthurler of the old tradihonalK-NV series and was a manageyof a non-peo baseball team be-fore eoming to Keio.

On a balmy day of spring, areperter of The Mita Campusvisited manager Inaba and sue-ceeded in drawing out his hope,expectation and outlook of thecommg spnng senes. He begaa to tallÅq calmly, `'Idon't have confidence in v;hatthe sports writers say beeausethe effect oÅí mass commumca-tlon is apt to abnormally im-press the team eondition uponthe young players vv'ho are notprepared for mental stability. "In collegeate games, fightmgspint is one ef the most essen-tial powers. I thmk our reampovv'er eompared with last yearwas not redueed by the gradua-tion oÅí ex-captain Sasaki, secondbaseman, and ace-piteher Fupta.I'm sure the battmg order isthe most powerful and sharpestin the league mcludmg Ikemshi.Hmo, NalÅqata, Nagano, andcaptam Moroki." When aslÅqed Nvho will fill theposrtion ot second base, Inabasaid, ""Vhe position of ex-captamSasala wili be succeeded bv:E[onda. He is nbt inferior x" oSasalÅq] in fielding and battmg.He vyii]l do his best I believe.

"It ts sure that I can't finclany defects in the positions,"Inaba smiled awav. He blewoff the anxiety about the pitch-lng staiT. "Whether they masuse the speed ball or the curveball or msicle work. our pitchersare all exeellent; ]uniors Haya-shl and Hmo have talent. andsophomores Takahashi and Ta-tsumi are good. Up to t-he lastfall senes, Keio had depencle•-1too mueh on the mght arom ofeTK-ace pitcher Fu]ita. I`L is inypleasure to see how theseyoung hurlers will display their.crood pitching thls spnn.ff."Inaba is knovvn for his skilt-fulness m bringing up yoLmbcrpitchers. He gontmuecl by say-ing, "But the on]y thmg I amsvorr'ied about ls thei! experi-enee. Vvrhen tbe peculip"r attno-sphere, wh!ch the league gamesat Me]3i Shmne Ball Park have,exeite.g the heart of yoLzngpitchers, they will not be ableco do their best even if the.yachieve the ca]mnes.R. that isneeded in this point, Wasedaand Rikkyo are superior to Keiobecause they have expenencedpitchers."

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The annual Keio-Wasecla IRe-gatta was helcl on April 1, onemonth ahead of schedule, on the6,OOO meter eottrse oE the Su-mida River. Thou.crh it vixas un-usual to have s•now in Apnl, itwas a big day for the Keio crewto galn vletory for the fi1-sttlllle 111 fiVe Yeal'S.

Keio oniv needs one morexvin to even the record of l2vietories, for WTaseda's 13. IÅqe-io' s bigger and heavier erewreached the goal in 20 minutes34 seeoncls, ]eaviBg NVasecla be-hincl by fixre-boat len.crths. IÅqeiotook the lead froin the startingpoint and didn't give NVasecla aehance to lead all through therace. On the same day, a women'screw of both umversities wasintroclueed for the first tiirne.However, Keio's four-woinencrew was not so suceessful asthe eight. [Vhe women teamlost by three-boat len.qths

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the {amiiy of The surprise you may havewith so huge flow of peoplepouring into the exhibition Nvillsoon disappear the moment youenter and see the first few pie-tures on t.he wall. They havea strange but strong power tomake us frank, pure, and honestbefore them, that, is, they ripoft' our masks we wear in ourdaily life and turn our eyes tothe very nature of us, the hu-mans. Our humanity is too exces-sively buried in the rigid anclmeasured niechanism of thepresent world We may safelysay nowadays it is the over-whelmingly big social mechan-ism that doinmates and regulatesus and never viee versa. But this photographical ex-hibition is strongly opposed tothis. It does not try to persuadepeople its appeal with writtenwords, but it tries to be themirror, as the compjler EdwordSteichen says, which refleetsthe depth of people's heart andwake the beautifully naturalhuman feelings that we havebeen burdened as a gift froingocl since the begmning ofhuman history. Seeing the pictures, those ofus who have been entangled inthe busy and monotonous lifewill surely leel as if they foundan oasis in a lonely desert. But after sweet and affeetion-ate pictures of young lovers,mother's love to her ehild, m-noeent and amiable ehilclren,and friendly fathevs and boys,we are destmated to watchvividly the troub!esome complexemotions in our heart, envy,malice, }'egret, resignation, wor-ry... But they are also theoriginal gifts to us and we evenfeel somewhat a beauty fromthem. Isn't it because of Mr.Steiehen's warm love to thehumans? Then we are Ied tothe most terrible mirrors refieet-ing our eruelty and craziness,War! How !s it possible to 1Åqill ourfelloxv human, he may be afather of a ehild waittng for hisreturning or a lover of a younbcrgirl who wishes to have a peace-ful home with him. The pieture of a dead solclieris impressive. Imagine how his

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XXrhat is more ghostlike stand-ing is a vast empty black wall.The pictures of the Atomie-bombvictims were hung on that wallfor a few days smce the open-ing. BLtt they were withdrawnafter the eontt'oversial visit ofthe Emperor to the exhibitionwithout seeing these victims'p!etures because the l)romotor

,of the exhibition had curtainedthem, ancl as the result of theMr. Steichen's request to with-draw them because thev arenot fittmg to the aim of the ex-hibition, having a politieal eolor.It is very diMcult to tellwhether the:T are not fitting ornot, but there is no otherehoicesince the eompiler hiniself ask-

ed to do so. But thev should beshown to aH the people of theNvorlcl, if not !n this exhibition,as the worst tragedy to human

resulting from the abnorma! progress of science and be ahelp to revert the seientifie

power mto a peaeeful use. Ancl this very eonstructive power and laL-l ors of humans to eon-quer the mountams, desertg,rivers, and even the atom itself,

is also eau.ofht by the mirrors oÅíthe pieture. This power is awonderj'ul, and beautLful at the

same time, gift to humans and is the hope for the commgfuture, realizing dt'eams.

Though almost all the picturesare those oÅí foreign people, weneed no interpreter or explana-tion. They eome straight into

our heart and strike it. Surelvit is a colllmoll tLAeling amollgthe people ali over the worldtbat can act as the bridge be-tween the pictures and us, andto share the common feeling ispossible only beÅëause "vLTe are allthe irnembers of "'!'he Family ofMan7'

The exhibition now on shosvat the exhibition room in theTakashimaya Department Storeis increasmgly impressing thepopulation m Tokyo and present-mg them with ceaseless subjectof eonversation. It is no doubtthat the exhibition will be wel-comed enthusiastically in othercities of the counti'y.

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STUDENTS, OWN PERIODICAL IN. ENGLISHHonorary President. Pief Eiiebi Kiyooka -Adviser Prof. Mikio HiiamatsuEditor-m-Chief .. . A Mano Bubinpss Manaffer ... . T MikiManagmg Edito] M Nakahashi Advertisement ManagerT Chonan Editor . S Enclo Cn'eu]ation Manager T FupmetoNe-sFeature Ed)tor H Nakaza"a Art Editor ... .. K KohyamaSports EdJtor . Y. Fulzi Photesriapher ... .. N Gunli REPORTERSYaegashi, Kanda, Ka-amura, Kurahashr, Ochi, Hasegawa. T$ukazaki,Tsuda. Sa-azaki, Mem Kcno. Tange, OccKa, Hattor], Ixvai, Abe, Eto. Hon-guehi, Kageyama. Matsumoto. Mat$urr}ura, Milyajima, Shimizu, [l]akagi,Yahagi, Watanabe. Yagai, Abe. Fukuda. O.rrihma, I]ctda, Kawanaka. Naka- Ogawa, Saitb. Sasatan], Sckino, TaXeda, Takeda, Yamanobe,rnura, Naganuma.Yoshizumi. OFFICETHE }EITA CAMPUS, Keie Un"er3tty, Studpnt Hall Room No 20, INfiita.Shiba, Mmato-ku, Tol"o. Japan. Mrta OMce Te]. (45) 2318Sing]e copies: Friee \IC Annual subscnptien rate' \200 c12 eepies}THE MITA CAMPUS ]s piiblished eveiy rnonth durmg the acaclemic tyear,and nolicies of THE MITA CAMPUS a}e the respons]bility oz' the studenteditoxs Statpments pubhshed here do not nFepssanly refieet the opimonsof the scheol autheriUes e} any department ot' the Un]versity

ggeÅëticit law yewgsg@pm The Pubiic Eiectlon Law Revislon Bill, whlch hasbeen subrnitted to cieliberation o{ the special commit--tee Gf the Diet, is the focus of the unprecea'ented con-troversy in the politicai history of japan. This BKiwhich stemmed from the need to establish politicaistability under the two-party systern alms to set up thesmall constituency -system (one representative fromone constituency) in place of ihe iarge one now inforce.

All the leading newspapers are accusing the Gov-ernrnent's Bill of being full of polMcai considerationsto secure the political llfe of the present Diet membersof the Liberal-Democratic Party, although not opposingthe srnall constituency itself. The $ocialisÅ} Party claimsthat the purpose of the Blll is to root the Sociallsts outof the Diet. It is true that the Governrnent's Bili tosubdMde the constituencies forces a disadvantageouscondition upon the Socialists-splitting the socialistgrounds lnto pieces to minimize the aggregation ofthe socialist votes. The pubiic is showing antipathy tothe vulgar attempt of the Liberal•-Democrats to blockthe socielist power. This is very evident in the pubiichearing in the Diet on this Bilj now under woy. The democratic election shouid be carried outunder equai ru]e, and it is undesirable that such abullying Blll should be passed by the pressure of theoverwhelming maiority without the agreement of themtnority. To our regret, however, iT is irnprobabie that theGovernment would fail in the passage of the Bili, asfar as the Liberal-Democrats are rullng the Diet withoverwhelmlng maiorEty. Sooner or later the SocialistParty wiil hdve to bear the severest triai in its post-warhistory.

Why are the Socialists afraid of the Election LawRevision Bill so much? To us the core of the con-trcversy seems lying here. The Sociaiists are not onlyscared by the one-sidedly subdMded constltuenciesbut also by the smaH constituency systern itself. Onthis point we demand the deep refiection of the So-cialist Party. Up to now, the Socialists have dependedtoo much vpon the power of organized iabor" andhave neglected to form their political foundation lnthe feudaiistic, rurai districts. Moreover their policiesare too abstract and fantaskic to he acceptable to therealistic and conservative rustics. it is clear that as longas the situation remains unimproved, the smali con-stituency system will be unfavorable to the Socialistsforever, and no cleep-rooted growth of the SocialistParty can be expected. It is high time for the SociaiistParTy to reach its rnaturity, especially now is ihe timewhen the Liberal-Dernocratic Party is losing popularconfidence. Peradoxicdlly, the conservatives' effortto check the growth of the Socialists is giving the Iatterthe chance to wake up for penetrating into the feudal-istic areas, home-grounds of the conservatives. The true growth of socie"srn in japan clependsupon how the Socialists wiU utilize this chance. Thegreat road to the socialist rule in Japan lies neither lnthe Machlavellian way to block the passage of theElection Law Revision BiK nor in the reliance upon thepower of organized iabor. The Sociaiists must knowthat what they can reaiiy rely upon is only the con-fidence of the people in all parts of the country.

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as weNcoming word eee With the advent of spring a new term for studerttsbegins. We wifsh to extend our sincerest welcome tothe newcomers to Keio. To those w. ho sought Keio astheir AUma Mater, we find something in comrnon, anda feeiing of brotherhood befalls. We bellieve each new student has come with newhopes ancl ambitions to attain a higher education lo beo more usefuif element in the society that awaits themafter graduation. Your intentions are good ancl shouldbe festered. As is vsuaiEy the case, most stvdents beileve thatd university edvcatEon is an extensien of what theyhave ieft off a/t other schools, a continuation oMeam-ing. Yes, fin e-i sense that is quite true. E-lowever, tln.asv

concept of a7 university education wouloi become rnean-lnggess l4t it gs thought that it is a piace where lÅqnowl-edge is crammed into one's head at iectures by pro-fessors. gt is a place where you are teavQ-hT. or rcnthergeam, how To think through the funcganmeruTai lÅqnowi-edge ycu are taught, to see wiah yovr own eyes, andto feel w'lit"n your own hands. There is no ene to teach you the true rneaning oflife, of your existence. Thls cannot be taught. Theeniy teacher fis ycurseiÅí Though four years of yournew schooif i;'fe may he short, it may be one of themost irEiportant stages of your life. it is hopeQta that your new environment will Lfte`[ ,r.O•,f/gtSlfbL9,9? iY.OUK'.ia.[d that you mBy be abge to spend

The Nai'a Joshidai ('ÅíETomen'sUniversfizy) Shimlotzmo, comment-ing on their eclucatlon systemvl-aat the complaints about thegenera] edueaticn eourse wasderiveC frorn its dry. menoton-ous ]eezures, insis+Led that eachumveysitv shGu]d .cro its ownway, ferV the university authon-tles deeided to Jay emphasis onthe genera] education eeurse mspite cf the poor staff teachers.It 6ffered rwo ways; te comebaelÅq te zhe o]d speeializingcourse system or to eompletethe .cenera] edueat]on ceurse.

The Keio Gijuik'u ifgaknbuShimim]rm (Schoo} of Mediicine),qeembcr eft tlle neT,v graduates ofthe 1955 sc:neol terni, baicl thataz cne tmie doetors were able toasc•enc? a iathei high position,econemica]jy and soeial]y. butnewadayti'" TJne gyaduateg fromt]le Sehool cf !sJfedlclBe musCtaee a road i"u]] of difficulties.It sajd tl')at when they are eon-fronted w]th sGeia] evi]s, theys]ieu]d no'., ie]ieve that thesoeietry itseltF eep.slst.q cf evilsand ccrLfi]czs. rS;ie soeietv hassuch a clark fithgvl ect, but at thesame t2ni.e it has a]so a brightone. T,hat the affaivg oi bv]glitaspeets atu4acÅ}L little atÅíention asthey are natuya]. and on zhe con-tyary, tlae affairs of the darksicle give a gre?,t mlpresslon tothe peeple was the reason thege"ePienredgtaoVbeefWa]h/Yoftdha9akSaOffCaie,,`.,Y

The paper eenc]uded that thenew graduateg shou]d stridetbGir first step ]n soeiety, be]iev-]ng firni]y the fairness of soeiety,which ls tlie shortest vL7ay tocleve]ep `Lhemse]ves.

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fr'em fhe $fesdentst presstributed its inaet]vity to thetact thaz the Unive]"s'ity's stu-dents eook mterest oii]y ]n whathad direet re]ations xNrlth i]iepnand pro fi ted b" o]elv tln •o- ]] in c]]v :,-

dual se]ves, net the w]iole. Andit wa. eaused, "t] e paper stated,by the negativity and pags]v]typrexrailing among the stuclents,and the ]aek of effort in genera]to look mtc the reajit,y and teevereome d]Meu]t]e,g jt offeyedto them. At tlie sarntn time thepaper uyged that a]] zhe new]yeleetec] members of the Cem-mittee be sjnce]"o, ecager andereative in :"u]fillmg their dut]es,takmg up plans consistent withall deinands the students had morder to do away wizh tbe abevementioned prob]em. 'VIie No(Iai ShimoTolllimL gave the.criaduates, of th]s yea) a ]nes-sage that they must nct qaythat gehoo] dJft-ers th'oJ-j] soc!etvand it niighz be neetfis)ary forthem to cmt]eize thelr own de-fectg obJeetive]y and ca]m]y. Thepaper vLTislied them g]oiy anclsuceess, and expeetecl theni tohave the brave pioneer spirit toelear avvay Uie rnany d]fflcu]t]e,q.It ask'ed t]ie gracluates, to ]naicholl alld llolst up "L]le nE'Vv flabcr. Of

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educationgE sysfem under hot debafe Thcts Japanese educational s.v, s•tem is now at its turnin`.r-point.The nation-xv}de hot debates onthe ieeent tenclenev of educa-tional po]]cv was )nc]torl whena .cr,.roup of leadmg college pre"i-dents in Tokvo, ]neluding Pres]-dent Tadae Yanaihara and Forni-

er Pi esident Shigeru Nambara oiTokyo U'mvergity, and Prof. R]-saku Mutai ot IÅqeio University,issuec[ a ]omt statement warn-ing tliat the Gevernment-propo$-ed eclueational ieforni b]llg willoverthro"' the pmnc]ple of acade-nlic freecloni.

I"ast Deeember. Pres]d{)nt. Ya-naihara. ag the ClnaH"tnan of theLeague of tine Presidents ef Na-tlollat t'n]vel'g]tlcJ.s', clalnlc)d thptthe i"t]in!ster of Education tchi-ro Ilivo$e .-houlcl tnaintainpohtieal neutra]ity in the eduÅëa-tional adnnn]sty,al)ion, c{]idhlloukl 11ot ]lltel'f(Jl-e ln ,)c,ld(Alll]c

afi'an's [L'he l",tberal-DcinoeratieGovernnient had, however, sentto the D]et tne trl]'aft of the "LawCoiieernmLg tl,e S.vsteni dnd 1:•n-forcement ef Leeal T],ducationalAdninllstration" and t])e `'La'kvRegulnting tbe Textbook ferCoinpulsory and IIigl)-SchoelEdtteation" Nyithout consultingthe CtLntral l:, dueatlonal De]ibei'-ation Coune}I, the Educat]oa"Iinister's aclviqory organ

The dvaft. aims at coritvalizmgthe educationa] svstem-niakmbÅëthe local education board ]neni-bers appointeeq of the prefec-tur?.E .cr.overllor". g'tvln.tbr the "Iln-

iqter of EducaUen the right roaclvise and lead the ]ocal eciuea-tionat adni)niqtration ancl toappoint the mei'nberh of thcTextboek Commiss]on who ,giveofiicial approval lo rhe textboolÅqg:,and so on-and, eventually, tl)eiNIinibter of Edueation' will in-terfere ]n aeadelnlc affalrs. n-respectlve of Ule first ]ntentlon.

The claim of President Yand]-hav.a "as negJected and thus, onAIareh L)O ten lea(hng presiclents"atned the GoNermnent, in thetr]Olllt btatelllellt. tO lllallltaln thepolitical neuti'ahty in the fieldof eckleatlon.

'rhe translation of the JointStateinent Coricerningr the Ten-{lency oÅí E(lucational .4S.(lnkiani.str-ation is as tollo}vs:

It is the soleinn principle thateducaUon shou}d be independentoi the current po]]tical ,s"itua-tiens, a'nd that the systein andfundainental lme of edueationshould niamtain its neutvalityout of pohtical struggle. To ourbcrl'ecftt ]'e.cr.1'et, the 1'ecellt tendeney

of edueational adniinistyatienseellls to deN]ate fl'olll thlspyineiple For exaniple, we can]nentic)n the rei'orin bills o6 thcLoeal Education Board and t}ieSv.tem of Textbook. The pur-pose cf those retorm bil]s does11ot lleL ln a pal'tlal !'evl,gloll Ot"the otcl systeni hut in a radiea]upheaval of demeeratic educa-tienat systeni, and to make thematters worse, they betray theopen mtention te aeeelerate thelllellllatlOll ef 1-eStOl•lng tlle l)Ve-Wal' ..c;ovel'11mental colltl-ol onedueat!on. Th!s inebnation xN'jll sooner orlater violate the freedoxa efg.peech and thougtit. It is nctlong ago that the (leinocvaticsvstei7rt and prine]ple of eduea-tion "'as estabhshed, and, theve-fore. it ]s ieasonable that thereshould be a need for partial ve-vigionb But. the fundairneptaTspn'it of the e.s'tab]ishment muEtbe held fast. Whenever theIegislative revisiQn seems desh'a-ble, the Government should askpyoper de]iberation or..oan: todiscuss the niatter carefuRy, andinvlte the expert opinions cfthose coneerned at large, ardhear the pub]ic opinion. Thus,for the first time aftey the ful]deliberation by these organs. theGovernnient may draft a rLavSsc-ry btll, and then lay it }3eforethe Diet. It ig strietly dLAsiredthat the Governinent should bemodevate eneugh not to dvaw!n ha.ste such a radieal btll asto overthro"r the present bNy. s-tem. and to take aU possiblemeasut'es to get it througb theDiet.

Looking with anxiety Carthermto the future of nationat educa-tion which makes its ss'av steag?-fastLy in the right dir'eetion, wehereby sign this joint statementto demand grave refleetion onthe part of the Government andthe Diet, and alsc to call Cor thegreater ascendaney of pttb}icoplmon.

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