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Mftdfam of fcrpntMJOB Among the JapMMwTorifm in Canada.
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�option. R wouW >ot>e accurate t� saf that tfcey air eatjujmrtic over fc* prut-pecb. Both the difficulties of anew adjust-meht to * different ewiraoiten t and the f ra-gile security they* might obtain are important (Jetemng factors, But there are those who, richly see that a new.period of struggle and sacrifice i� indeed necessary for in Advance the sake of a growing generation of ^^^^.W^WNW children, ', ; .
- T>j**ts%r*�4-�v�fv 4-Vn* 1i*as>+c! " For if parents are truly conscious of
Reporting tne Facts . ,th^needs 0fW chiu^ AM if tfi**�
� Such unexpectedjuibKcttyJm&Afi^ giy.cn of any imik^tanetf to them, it should be to a recent :t><Litori*fc from these columns that clear th^ran^inHerllTtt^lyTprukmgefl-sta^Ui� it'niav.be Worthwhile, to repeat the iwiXu- their present homes eatmot be considered.
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G^^" ' i v '� ' A ikf* '�* l^v- f* '*''* toemhip -- A NB� Uenni&on �-'".**��.� �- * . �
0�**�*i Bates: 4fe *r Mwrtk fUtfor Six
Mltor
Eastern Matchmakers
When we wore very yqting and under-
facts. - \ v , vigorous and manly spirit of standing oh
- And what are these facts?.They are ecr- ".one's own two fcqt, , �' ' <
tainly not of our own manufacture. Neither art they vague, , unsubstantiated rumours of the type which .the politicians love to play up at'our expense, ;-Nor are they the
typical hysteria-imagined assertions eharac- sumdably romantic, we used to snort in a .teristie of the neurotic "holier-than-thou manner characteristic of youth at a good attitude consistently displayed by- a Vaneou- many customs of our older people. We still
� -ver paper in its frequent attacks upon us. The -snort at a great many, although a good deal facts are simply those presented by an inter- less explosively and much more tolerantly. hationally-reeogni/,ed public organisation, But in one or two instances, that, 1111-whose methods of sampling public-opinion arc patient disdain has been gradually trans-credited with considerable scientific accuracy, formed by the alchemy of time, observation In the middlo of February last the Cana- and experience into something that amounts dian Institute of Public Opinion released almost to approval.
through leading newspapers across the conn- Thus it is that a. recent announcement
try the results of Investigations conducted by from Toronto seems worthy of restrained its research start'. The figures published by the commendation. A committee of the ouici" Institute provide us with the facts., ' generation evacuees now living in that city
Fifty-nine per cent of the persons polled has, been formed. One of the chief services*
.-.across the.country,were-definitely..� favor of .wjiieji thej^mjmiUee .hopesJo.render Js_m allowing Canadian-born citizens'of Japanese UK* field of matchmaking. They have, in origin t();stay iii Citmula; Of the balance; 8 per f^t, gone so laras to:make arrangements lo cent were undVeuletlv Ancl a nm^ 3J5 per eent cxpiTssetl ^ expelling m^
imntp of��'eiti/eiis'i,- ^ &?�plH� alu( alx>' !)c ij*# assisted in this work
�: /: ^Pisenssing^ils in
N:institu;t^ >vr(^e jiiaK (jfit^ >B ^ni^ot'fincv \v
^ib^-thesx' ligures^ �sioivis that {it:h^ast six ^ lhe:raeia'ci;^oasi::provii^ eeonoinie mvd;^
y^inii(n'an.:rciti^)s^ot
past t>vo'v:years^^^
;y.QU)i'g: pc-opleovhojiiight be^eb^iieeriled'^i'e:
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'tilt OnwtHotiofi tad By-Lawi of the S^hy-Ed Club which wa* pasted tmanimotuly at the] -second meeting ; during the month' of Slarcb is $ sound � constitution, Clearly vrittep, and the committee whkh drafted1' the writing aeserves -thanks and praise for a job well donej__' -/ � ,
. We would,,inte^ at ThistimeT-'tor" .draw attention of the members to one important 'article�namely ar-tkle 2 whicK states the purpose^ of ^the/Club,_r'The purpose of-the or-ganization^sfiall Be to�promote-^ better and fune"r uride'rstanding of Canadia^ ,citizenship among the
thbefg~throiigh"physicali sccial� and educational activities," ' ' The, dictatiortary defines citizen-shijp, as, "the^ state" or princrples,- of a citjzen",* and ' citizen as -"tno native of a city or an inhabitant,v who enjoys the freedom and privileges of the city in which he resides."
Two words in the preceding sentence should induce Vome form of ; reflection for the,Nisei. We mean "freedom and privileges". We believe that another phrase could be" injected into the definition to bring a clearer picture of what good citi-� y zenship deserves. Our phrase �
wo�Ud be ". , . with the fulfilling of all oWifationi and responsibilities rtquii^d of ,a citisenl",
* The obligations and reponaibili-tiea ,of a citizen are many. They begin within,his immediate family qrcle, extending to his wprk, ,to his community, to his, e"ity, and to
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many. They l&egin with an obligation to his folks living � else Where in Canada to trod ihe narrow and strajgHt .path. He has an obligation to his empToyeTlo~(lo~h{s^wpTkr'to-� the best of his 'abilities.' 'He .has heav}^ responsibility to the com- * "munify'in" Which he. claims to be-a-,-citizen. . ", ' .
It is a High purpose we Ijave se{ ..
'for the^Sophy-Ed'cfub,' "to,pro- * mote better and fuller understanding "of Canadian citizenship," .and likewise, the obligations and responsibilities we have are many. But with faith in ourselves and in � our abilities, and with the courage to view the facts as they are, the Sophy-Ed-Club promises to be. a worthwhile member of the many organizations contained within the friendly house of the Young Men's
\ Christian Association in Hamilton.
Pacemakers in School Journalism
ild �etj put- a-fter t
ItJjH^V-^ir^^^
,idiahs'--do:''nW
The four hundred some odd pupils of the Lemon Creek School all took a deep breath and blew out an imaginary candle on April 7 to celebrate the first anniversary of the school.
To commemorate this occasion, the students have printed a special issue of the "Scholastic", edited by the capable Akira Kimura and his assistants.
This issue} has surpassed all expectations�an assumption based on the previous editions. .The improvements and " professional like' set up of the anniversary edition indicates the great step forward from practically nothing 'to a worthwhile �.�/�achievement. Originally equiped . with only the barest essential materials, a small cash donation froin the P.T. A. and an .editorial: staff- pf students, and tea-bliers, most of '�whom . who had no ;- previous experience. in work- of -'.this-;
type;^he v% ' tiiier many - obstacles in its- path
siiice/the; first edition came off 'the
press . hr September 22, 1943, to : attain \ its present : success; ��...This.
school newspaper ; would come . iii~ ^thel^anie category; with- niany;:Df
the" betteir.high school newspapers -in this -^writer's :-'q>pmipn>;; ; ,-- -�,-'. '^- �'�. v : -;- Mo<|ernistic s^ighUin^/ designs ; , and >� printing, ; attractive JliMSt#a--V.lloiis oii; the :p)ages; .b^/ art; editors ;
cluded in the .issue.
Within these pages is, the his-tory of the school since the first school bell clanged on< the memorable day in April. No doubt memories both pleasant and; a few unpleasant ones, assailed the students on thumbing through these pages. Of coming to a damp, jstill-green-lumber smelling classroom. A room lighted by only two' windows and exjuiped with only rough desks and chairs made in a last minute rush by the carpen-
ters. Of their first .encounter with their ' inexperienced Nisei teachers
fas Noboru Matsubaj ^writes wilh a schoolboy imagery of the first day .at school: "This wasv the. time when everybody else and I were as quiet as mice. .The room was like
: a quiet calm ocean \vith its fishep. aiid .. -the.. . |eacher was like the '
/steamboat �which would 'constantly break the silence ;of the sea." . -; ; One mrtes � the quality bf: -this : "
^ti$ trying U> lj^ ^)0(1\^ of tlie \vimL--M. ;-; '-'": i :^ ?^ >� ^ ; i: ; :. ; ^bl^yP^RJiii'.ii^ atul^uitiible^yoiui^wonien;
:; r ;v ^ V' - ^: \;.;:;; v;v :.:'..:;:..;': v ^^^-^ %-f^-^j for the^siinplitv purJK)se <>f iviarriagie^':'-..-�-:o/'v":
IK has heeiV-sjajdUhat love Ortriil; find ;a
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^ >' >Si>ijn^ ^Kitle^
ligife'iteiS^g^
y in tl\e seriou^ wt^itle^diph
fc-!ea^tiw^"^rok;;".^^ ^J^y (nf0';soi:nethiiig.y Ami>vheivthe elements
A roiiidi siir\W of oimH<nV throi^
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joizu -are, /one qfVtfie. "outstanding"
:^f eatates^bf -.-th i is : ieidiUd;n;;^>:i �: v > � -^
: : Editor' K'imura Sho^rs^ouniil judt
gtnehi in' tli^ placement, and his
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&S.C^7 officials ^ as
isteV; schools^: of -the -\in:i;e-.t i or towrts.:: -Essays, Vpjut .= doi tigs; phy sieaT", soci al ; and , fediica-tional activity, -reports ara also iiii*
urprise and admiration; But later reflection T)rings/n '.m'ore .��co.nfuj-eil"; emotic>n--7of pride and relief and anger. Pride; in .the 'thought that -. our'growing children' can give ?uch; ^ liphvbjistration of /native;- intelli-. ^ncif an^; talent. 'Relief >in ^thfe vStli^ughtv : tiiat- -^ij; .; the: ^unha jn>y-^jev>ntgi.^f; the -p^st>i>^j^:s ;does ; ; ; not^se^nv seriously -to haVe dininied LV th^ir ; brigktveyed ;ehthu&ia"sni] And ;; va^^ Jn -the-- thoiighfc .of ^hos� who; : �; ^a)^: |tiU;.SQ ;ih|iifXerabjy^
;their bwnJ prejudices ^thaf they' caj^ :: ;..:; not see; whiit :fe^if ^evident^ JHej^. :" ':�� Suriji^V is Z hjiman ^^erlaV :: rwhi<;h ^needV; bnlySf a if en<foura^eiirtent; ^ .'�:;' b''bf':ih<|Stim^bl^VY ;'Do�s V i
interior ;>>
opnuoti
Reveals ^hat of^ alt to thc^ liire^of e;tstvni :-' bright Infills, none arv inofe alfectied l.hati Hie
in t lie pishst t wp^y ears,;: it d(>^s
thiat a little inan^madc hiterfertiice. i
hring to^c'ther suitahJe port ions of each':'sa
iuifnWr of vmm^ wojii^i Mlio haVe ^( ^han^ \vhok niight
^ for the months in Ihc Si'airitv <
Tfierc arc indications thai the . of atktjn.ito teai'luiit: staffs !\�r tlu- fntvr-Hin
:"iih;ic' >vc do atlinit liat hbugft no" I()ngcr yoia^gr-afui nrm it )ii;S "n�" t ton ca>y; to \vrilc this. '' a if av it \*.: -
�tFfoai ^hiH togetkir Canwla^) -: War is a -revealinjp thing: Like: an -X-ray, it �shows symptons !n the .body: of: a -nation which in timi? of peace are not. alwavs so. obvious. Stntrn?, too, are.unposied whkh-iTi peace-time might b�e weathered, or
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,.:tsf .. Vat. rtiay. Vrnck -a"
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:*ith .the Fifth Army Inciiietrtal ixjfornrati
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be * majt^r pruhitrm hi .the a >itii�;K)n i'whidr naturally causes ceni an^mjr p^imit^ lor tVir tnU'tv>t iri.-ilic of th* jr diiWrrn Js �HK- as wctt-as Jt i* prtwrwufifcy. Hut nabnv of fctarkir IOTA
ta an adNqalV sohition
befound,
IT > �H ftoeiiuMiii fcl a of jjMrmti <e�i lo be \trnn*
rejrar
? in the "unit
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Mr. Kdiwu. a.* Secretan of :tbe . tT. & Na^-y, jsayj : ^there i? one � in natv>nal <iefehce that
1% .19 w^f!\ ^"-
:..the- years ahead;.-
lops as ^^haVe
fa<ie{f!Mrts arid be.;-honest,'"'I?-.'
^refuse "to- allow "our conyicti--'
'��afeut what is Hght to be. .-Wi
: bhmketed. : : \. ;� :
Men of Canada:mu5t be mcr.
character, '&**i c-nough to�;� ^
.without- aml'itLVri: -und' -to :-"-'; . "otiiers for leac
to do" ah. in? _
passion for perfectjofi; . enoagh t^io'the rigii't thtng..^'-^�
cant - job "
the
For unstrupuloj?
He found -that. *}rf av^ragic agr c�f waiv 27. cff .whic?* IT ;Srr c^;? wer* all mre kigh *rboo~: |
ijto mod c�rry Bodibi5t t*l>�a�v* in little tbrlr yocfcrty frhcn^ber f* oio actJeo. OOiet? Mttwu The taxtal^s
b*�
i>f�;>�!�. p>op?e ar.d -ft
li X -
srard � *rmameet
fbre .of cnii1 citl�e��. ao
it walk of': life tfcey may tlwtr tsr*�, there wil! .te.littfe
arxTwbo ^re they ar�
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. whetber in -'the on Fari5at�ert Hili
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