An Independent Organ For C anadiann Oi
VOL 17 �NO. 91.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1954.
TORONTO, ONT.
RAMBLINGS
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.By Y. E. T.
"What's a beauty contest?"
;isked my kid brother.
"Well," I said, "you know whin contest means and you know what beauty �-means, so can't you figure put ; v ." ..
"Oh, a contest to see who's the beautiest, eh," said my kid brother. " . . !
"Nc>t exactly," 1 corrected. '�'The girls have to be able to sing, or dance, or do something."
'�Sure, they gotta know how to swim," said my brother flatly.
''Not n ec es&ar i 1 y � what nuikes you think they gotta know how to swim?" >
"Every time I see a picture of a beauty contest, them dames are all in swimming suits," said my .brother. : ' ��.
"Didn't you have a swimming suit before you knew how to swim?. And didn't you wear your swimming suit before you r .-;'.-'.'�'
"When it's hot, y&u wear your s\vimming: suit," said my brother sarcastically. - ,;.'
''With these girls, they wear swimming suits and they're hot/' I said, and enjoyed by own wit-tieism. ; .' ;,,'.- -�'. /. ;. . ; ': ���' . . "1 bet Marilyn Monroe .could wiix a beauty contest," interjected my kid .brother. . !
"That girl with the oversized eyelids and oversized . . ."and I caught hold of myself in time to realize. I. was talking to a ten-year-old. . �-..,�
When beauty contests become a topic of conver&atiori for t(?n* vear-olds, it is certainly time to consider the merits and demerits of holding such contests. ". Immediately, \ve are faced with
� a problem. Mow can rational arguments be presented oh beauty contests when almost everybody has a fixed emotional attitude toward^ them ? If you like beauty contests, no rational argument is going to make you dislike them, and if you object to beauty contests, no reason is going to vindicate these displays of female pulchritude, . . '
With this in mind, let me tell you how I"-"came to-rationalize v:-;y tolerance for the holding of boauty contests. The common criticism to the
'holding .of beauty contests i<
that the riches showered on the
wir.r.er car. be ni^re wisely ard
V'roftiab'y spent elsewhere. This
�ft-heard objection s<?e:r.s to rr.e
~~erry unjustified. Don't "we of-'-.T scholarships to brilliant stu-fi-'T.ts. and don't *-e encourage ;..i*i*:aS>y or artistically laiected ;���:--ths to take advantage of God's ?''.*. Nobody object.* t^> a borr. -:t-�r or a bora athlete if he z muikm ar.d w-ns a f<x-g as we;:. Why <h.>\i".d ar.y-obj�ct ;f a born btasty
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Japan Trade Ministry Accepts Suggestion Of Canadian Gov't
TOKYO. � The Canadian government recently submitted a suggestion.to the Japanese Ministry of Trade to ^end several top Japanese exporters to sell their ware* directly to Canadian merchants/ .
On receipt of this advice, Japanese .trade . Officials havo abandoned their plans for a second �mission'- to nvake another short trip next spring. Canada stzggest-ed that the Japanese might stay for a period of two months and deal directly with the
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Operator of Vancouver Rooming House Robbed Of $700 Goin? to Bank
VANCOUVER: �'. A rooming house operator lost nearly $700 to a .pair of fleet-footed thieves who snatched her purse after she, told them she could not rent then) a room. The theft took place last Friday. -:'.,;
Victim of the daylight attack was Mrs. Joyce Kbdaira .of Heathcliffe" Apartments. Mrs. Kodaira 'was on her way to the 'bank with her rent receipts and a friend's funds-when a man and his Avonian 'companion accosted her on the stairway of theapartment building,-
Godfrey Show Winner
NEW YORK. � Yoko Matsuo, "23, of Franklin, N.J., was winner of the weekly Arthur Godfrey. Talent Scout TV show Nov." 1, .and appeared for a week thereafter. A violinist, SlissMatsuo is a graduate of Jxilliard School of Music and has appeared in concerts in New Kngland.
send in stories, etc., for nc holiday issue
Experienced and youthful writers are urged .10 Kend jheir literary efforts to the New Canadian for. I he forthcoming Christmas and New Year Issue. Send us your articles, poems, etc., now and break into print with NC's year-end edition.
Budding writers are especially urged : to submit their short stories for cash prizes in our contest.
Cowboy Roy Kusono,Eleven, Wins First Proe In Musical Talent Revue; Hamilton Girl Second
A ne�r capacity crowd of 700 applaiidedsmd laughed through four hours of entertainment at the Ukrainian Hall as the Toronto Young Buddhists' Society, presented its eighth annual' Fall Con
A well-mixed variety of vocals (in Japanese and Kngli�h)J
odori, other musical selections, comedy arid drama were presented
.by u hard-working Bussei committee headed by emcee Kunio
Scholarship Winners
Ian Yamanaka was awarded a Kiwanis proficiency scholarship and .-Lucy Kono received a J. W. Morris's. Memorial history scholarship in commencement ceremonies held last Friday, at Bloor Collegiate Institute in Toronto..
Miss Kono also received the S. -H.'-' Menzics Cup, a school prize for girls for scholarship, games, character,-and leadership.
Tokyo Prerniere/Slated
:RO'SI'E, Italy. � The ,. joint Japan-Italy filming of Puccini's opera "Madame.. � Butterfly";'' is well under way, and .is to be i completed early next spring. World 'premiere' Will be held in Tokyo. Sally Nakamura plays.; the role of Duke Yamadori.
lteHeldNflv,a By Kent JCCA Chapter
; CHATHAM, Ont.^- A Testimonial Banquet in appreciation of its many local benefactors has been jplanned by the Kent JCGA. The event is scheduled for Nov. 24 at 7 p.m. at thc:YMCA, Park Street, Chatham.V
Guest speaker for the e veiling will be Blake Huffman, M.P. for Kent' County. Approximately 22 honored guests have been invited,
No doubt niai\y people outside the county would be interested iii attending this banquet. Tick-eLs (at $2.00.) may be obtained by writing to Murray Kayahara, 144 King St. E.. Chatham, not later than Nov; 20. : � M. K.
� This ilrange, disease of modern
NISEI *GOT BREAKS'; URGED HELP OTHER MINORITIES
Eleven-year-old Hoy Kusano, toting :t guitar, and decked in 'i ooniplete western outfit including' a- ten-gallon hat, charmed the crowd \vith his convincing rendition of "House of Gpldn. Tho young" cowboy, was awarded -first prize-, over twelve other 'contestants, in the feature of the concert, the .Musical Talon t. Hevtie.
Pat Fujino, a Hainilton entry, sang "Uno Machi Jowa" to gain second prize, and Mary Koyama took the third prizeAvith a classical selection, "Polynaisse in G Major� Opus 52'V at the console. �';' - .:. '.,".''"'.-. -. '�- � .'. '':'�'.'
.'.' Commendable efforts were also giyeii by. Jiin Tokiwa ("Count \rour B 1 e s s i n g s Instead of Sheep"), Katie Ito ("ttirth of the Hlu.es"), (icorge hyanioto ("Hey There!"yx Betty. Ishida ("Little Shocinaker"), Ruini Hyoji ("Man-shu Omoeba"), Haru Oiye. ("Nagasaki-No Ochosan"), Joe Ume-tsu ("Smile"),r Teresa Shimono ("If I Give My Heart to You"); Masako Nagano (bdori� "Haru Sairie"), Susumu Yoshida (accor-dian -^ "Carnival in Venice'').
Outstanding features of the rest of the programme included Mac Ikuta's singing performance of "Jinsei..No Minato", "Ona Sendo". l)y Toronto's No. 1 odori, Terry Yamashita, and. Jo-Ku-Ri by '.-Mrs. Nishiniot<>.
A skit; "Iken" (two-bil lee, lure)T was .very popular as the hall echoc-d with laughter for a well-enacted comedy. Final presentation on the programme was a three-act play, "Mito No Na-sake Wu Hi I)e Kaeru'1. s
Congratulations are due the Bussei concert committee: Tin Goto, Tosh Hori, Kunio Suyama, Charley Shimizu, Jake Yoshida. Mrs. Fujiwara, ;Mrs. Nishimoto, Mrs. 'Hi-sa Baba, and Mariko. Izukawa� for a Wonderful show;
Wflstcoast Notebook
by GEMCHI OHASHJ
in Vancouver
NKW YORK. � The- Nisei., ."as .a minority group that came through the test of war with a record unequaled f> take their rightful place a's American*;, heip �thvr ar.d later rity groups, like the Puer-t � Rican?. to establish therein ?�ciety.
Thi- �a.~ i he n;�--s-?age giver, hv the Rev. fsraei Yost. chapiair, of th-1 l'/th Ir.fantr>-'BartJLi-^. at the r-c^nt 442rd
, fonner Can>p Savage
commander, stressed the rn!e that Nisei can play in making democracy work.
"Tou got the. breaks," Yost .said. "For example, the 100th Battalion was made up of older Nisei. They were more experienced. They knew "whv and what they were ffghting for. That �-a* a break."
The Gf-rrr.an.=. Irish. Slav?, and other? went through the Trill, h^ sa'd. The Bndahead,-had their day. They paved tn<� way ia war. la peace they can he?p others toward aeirocrmcy.
NOV. 17. 1944 -
M on t r ra L � Local relc�c^-com-niunity indicating that theory of dispersal and r^-^^-Ul^n-i''-!^.: can b*;., out in pract.ir��-'..
Library School
UHC assistant librarian Ann M. Smith has just returned from �a. year of teaching 1.65 studonts in Japan's only library school at Keio University, Tokyo.
"The old idea of libraries a.s storehouses of books never used is still prevalent among Orientalsi" she said, "but the Keio I'., I;ibrary School is an example of the growing aware: ness of (he importance of books and libraries.
'.."The beaming Nipponese stu-de.nls showed keen interest in the tit.sk of librarian^'cy.e'ii \yhcn they heard loct.u res th roKgh interpreters," slu* continvied, "and they are going out to all partss, of Japan to revitalize the/country's 'libraries when they finish the course."
Before�.'�retfirnjng here, Miss Smilh was presented with ft furoshiki <clolh briefcase,) by her students in Tokyo.
A Correction
Kiyoshi Kujisawa w;i.s- an ox-change student to Keio U. from UHC for the. IWtt-51 term, not from Keio. as erroneously :stated in the- Oct. ii7 issun.
Brieily Noled' . .
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