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An Independent Organ For Canadians Oi Japanese Origin
VOL 17 �NO. ,23,.
WEDNESDAY. MARCH 24, 1954.
TORONTO, ONT.
Veteran Judoist F. Hatashita Cops Eastern Canada Blacky t Crown
By GEORGE
; TORONTO.� Rising to the cheers of over eight' hundred bo'h j'Veii.lor.tal and Japanese/spectators, ;ird degree blackbelter Frank H:v.:^hita of Toronto climaxed the. Third Annual Kastern .Canada
"Jii'.io Tournament held Saturday, Mar. 20,'at the spacious. YMHA Ma:! in' Toronto,- by defeating his final/contender, 2nd' degree Mac Oik;i>va.al?o of Toronto, to capture the Eastern Canada'..Klaekheltei? Individual Championship Trophy. !. �'" � ' .
� Team 'Matches
"�!T: ihe team "competition., e'on-
. fh;il:->i, earlier'.in the evening, .the
K^K'ku'an;. of .Toronto succeeded
..':>� nosing out the 'team from
HiiWiHon. in the . finals �'� to bo
. ;. v, -arfU cl the 5-man Team Champ.
i'V.-hip: Trophy returned by last
;. ,)va>:-s champions, the. Hatashita
.fu<i!:> Club of Toronto, �� . '
A thrilling and-awe-inspiring evening was enjoyed by the capacity crowd as (he program cpnt-nu'iicoil with :fhe team competition. Toronto Westend "Y", Tor: onto Broadview "Y", St. Jean (Qmv). Toronto Ha.tash.ila,.- and .Montreal 'Seidokwan w:ere elimi-
-.intcd iiv the first round, while
/the" second.-.round. ?.aw tlte defeat of Toronto YMHA and Ottawa.
hi'thr ?emi-finals, London bowed <H!', to the. Toronto Kidokwan, .-� va �.-ing' t he Kidokwan and. Ham-� ;Hl'Mf to' face .each other .in th? f^:al content, Tc-nsion mounted a^
'�.;'!�[� battle; concluded in a 4-4 .:k-. UopreseiVtatives of the two
;-.i!'a!>iS':wero. then selected for the
'.<i<-diling"bout '-T- -Mils Kaminq for
Cornerstone Laid for Kamloops Buddhist Hall
K:AMlA)OIv^ ^ Commonce-
inent. .of ' ennstructL>n -of tho Tempi*.- \\\ 'Kamloon-?' ied with u veremony'o-f the laying of the cornerstone on-;M:ir.',I4. ' :' -.' ' � .' ,/ ' \ '
Karli'er,'it \\-as announced'.by 'the',..president" of the Kamlooiv* lUid'lhisl Cluirch that a .d->ivati<y.^ ti>\vards the ... erection of the liiuldhist Temple was received from former'ambassador to Canada Sadao :lgiichi.
WHS Schools Did Much to Help Nisei Evacuees to Better Educatioi
From Nelson Daily News
NKW DKNYKR, �.!.�� C. � Japanese -Canadians, evacuated from .the coast . diir.ing. .-the war and . forced to :rttond special. schools hurriedly sol up .to accomodate the-in, have certainly done well. Women's' Missionary. Society members were told here. A Japanese Caliadia'n. recalling !
n .and T. ; Wakubayashi 'fer Hamilton. �-. .' .
As iho crowd settled to a hush, Iv.urriuo caught the taller ancj Heavier YViikabayajshi momentarily off guard and succeeded in effecting, a spectacular shoulder-tliro<v. bringing .the entire house -.down, in a thunderous applause. THe t�o points gained thereby �avy � the Kidokwan the team (.'lianipionship.
'."'"�.'� F'^rth-degree iiolden Shigeo rrura of Toronto officiated f-'-re'o. .in the tea'm 'matches: �-xlmutely.. half of the mcm-�":; ih'e- various'teams were
Wackbclt Kve'i'.t
� -.i'.ivr. that followed, ele.ven .-'.;:.is weiv defeated in th"? ! '.�::..i''.'-und.-.The second found � ".:::�..! ".Oki:':uir;i. (.Montreal). !
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shita, John, yielded as K'rank....' superior by two decrees, felled ' him in a neat topple.
This-.left three: men for'the 'semi-firials. Set-ohd degree Oika-wa drek.' 'the st.raw bypassing him to the finals';;, leaving -first degree Takahashi to meet Frank .Hatashita in the bout for a place in. the ! final event. Hatashita quickly subdued Takahashi.
The stageWas.now set for the final bout, biit the contest was �.short,', "-as (he smaller Oikaw-i yielded to an inescapable throat-.hold by Hatashita in the early moments of 'the five-minute tussle. Hatashita thus suceecled in retaining his superiority as a third-degree biackbelter.
The individual bouts-were adjudicated by sixth-degree holdor Shigetaka Sasaki of Ashcroft. 1J. G,, who js believed to be tlie highest ranking judofet iiv- Canada! The individual chanrpioriship cup .-was"'presented, to Frank Hatashita by Mr. tooni - Udo ='of, the. Japanese. Embassy., while fourth-degree, Y. Mukai served -in presenting .the team, trophy to the Ki<lokwanT Announcements ami timely ox])];inations iii l'>ng-lish by7 Frank 'M.oritsugu at the microphone- accompanie(i all Uii) bouts-and clarified what was! go-iiig on to the niany,.Koi'i-J:�P''inDSVV onlookeis. ... '..'.' . . . , .
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Mar. 2-1. 1914
Ottawa. �.House .of ..'Commons' gives,first reading to bill amending criminal code and making illegal 'the...utterance or .publication of racially � difcriminatory statements.. - �'/.''-�., ' ;
Toronto. .-- Key. K. Shimi/iu comnumces duties in Toronto as ":mp)-ale officer" at Church of All Nations and'Metropolitan Chuieli House. : "� :-'-.-'.��.
Toronto.� Amendment to dov-ernment's'�ahti-discrimi.nat'ioij bill, making it an .offense to refuse. employment,' on racial grounds urged in Ontario. LeKislature. �..-
the ;'Lakevie\v Hi^h Sehoo!" s])iin<ored by Tuvnt-r Memorial Cniled Church, reviewed the work" of the school fuui described 'what its students, had gone .on-to'.do. in later life. ' ,. . 'Teachers at tlu> New Denver School were Miss Oweiv Siiltie, Miss. Mi-leu � L;i\vsi>ii, and Mrs. John Rowe. .-�-.. ' . .
"Ves, we all have good jobs now;. Most of us have got ihlo the line of work wo want to do
' and we reali/e how much wo owe to the old Lakeview High/'
, the young Japanese Canadian who graduated from the AVM^ High School at New Denver said. : � .
The New Denver school chose as-its school motto , the Latin phrase: .'".lYr Ardua' Ad Magna" --- ineaning "Through Difficulties to (ireatness." :
"During the three years that the school operated, we >tniR-Rled through difficulties aplenty. Now we rejoice -that the .'story of the great ness, can he tohl," continued the speaker.
In a recent brief and incomplete survey made of the former students and graduates of the New Denver School, some' gratifying, facts en me to light..Out of fifty students' of whom definite -information', could be oi)tained, .five of the-girls have :become
The school was>et up as. an Ve^tered i innses aiul two of
emergency- measure during .the "waf> . There . were also , si.in.ilai sclV(X)ls. in. Lemon Creek Tashme. :--!' /:� �-:'/-- ".' .""�.
Survey Indicates One-Third of Japanese Americans Not
a group of nine U.S.: to- determihe "to. whar extent ^assimilation of Japanese Ame-vi .cans into U.S; society has-progressed.! and to what", degree AiTicrican. deinu'ci'^cy. had- be'ei; comprehended by them," the lives of 1.212 both Issei and Nisei re:
-�'.CHJCA'CJO, 111. ��-�^ In an aiw- .four yearV fr�>m January l{)47 to lytical survey undertaken here by Fx>Liruary. 1051. . ; .
On the basis of this research. among other things it was found
,:.that M^.l percent .'o.f- the Ja]>ahese.. Americans, w^re not 'a<ljusted .to normal -social life in the United
�States, of which 45.7 percent
sidcnts of Chicago were systematically :studied: for a period of
Young Boddhist Leaders of Ontario, Quebec To Hold Thfee-OayDonvention at Hamilton
H \M1LTOX. � Under the theme "Better Canadians through hism"; the 'sixth 'Annual Eastern Canada Ymmg Buddhists;
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i >umi (all of Toronto>
^�U-aied by- 3rd decree
Hafa^hiia (Tor.). 2nd de-
;*�-� Oika�a (Tor.) and IM
"�la- Takaha>hi (OUa�a)
Vi!>. Ont- of i he hiah-
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Buddhi
League 'Conference'..".has been scheduled to take
on April K>. .17 and IS. . . 'Convention chairman Dewey
Uchida has announced-that large
delepations ' from''"'Montreal' and
Toronto art expected to.partici-! pate.: and bis. committee is now i busily engaged in preparations't*).' ' assure the-deli'uatfs a highly en-\ joyable and ihstrucliM-.wvt'kend.
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; Consul Hirotci to Visit Ottawa, Toronto
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..thn 'r-d.iiy co!UiHVti'>:i j)V. oentr�;d '.ari-uiui � th�- -" ,,f' -l^tt-
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(Nisei returned from Japan); ami <)'(>..") percent Isser. .
Nervous disorders wcr.?/ foun 1
anv<>ng. -r>;>,-4 'percent- of .the .Japa-V
-iie--e "American'.*!. ..of which th--
predomiiiant ~ number '. (~'ii.W\ )
was Issei women. :-' . ��' ;
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Iiv thi- vocational field, of sixtv Nisei studied, 27 were skilled or semi-skilled" workers, ..while (hrey held high managerial" positions.. In-coniparisoh, tho majority of �'.'. .;{11 lik.-.:-ii!i;b<-r of Iss^-j were clause;! ;irt as un.-kiili.-d or sr-mi-skilled .!:t-b"Urors. .and f>iJy two could- be fourul in.. }>"si'i<'i:s -that niight 'b?';.�((rv r�"-gar<fe<'l as b--ir';g i;; a'" vnai:ag'p-r-"; .j.j^ �'
I them have taken postgraduate i courses in public health; three of a the boys are taking up medicine
at the University of �: Toronto;-..
anothfr is studying'optomelry ut
the same unjversjty.
Of (wo gjrls who finished the undergraduate courw ;ih-"jJh"'ar.-.'. macy, one is taking post-gradual e work, the other is in the pharmacy department of the AVomen's College Hospital; five of tin- hoys, have none in for" eiiniiieeriivg. chemical or elec-�Irical, and one of them is with the gover.nmrnl in Ottawa. ..'�'
One girl, after graditating from university, is working, in the Civil Defence Depart men! "in '.Ottawa; -nine are working in offices ns stej\ograj)hers ai\d bookkeepers; oho boy has risen.'in five years t'o the position-of offic'/ manager; another is in architecture at the University of Toronto; four are .teaching in govorn-inent' schools; two 'boys ate taking Courses leading to-a clfartered arc-ountant's degree; one girl has A.'in Aits; and thf others >iiXg ^uch varied things vis r: physics cmir-e.s - at Mc-Mastcr University, dicing labr>ra-
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