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•ss a couple days ago
dea of how patriotism
ay be perverted to the I
it degenerates into a

ligh t
an air
austerity pervaded the Hompa
uddhist Temple last Sunday ao
vnoon as children and adults
ike gathered to celebrate the
rthday of Buddha.

you may have read that
a
nets in a downtown cafe
rrongly to the manager
ing of a certain piece of rives from various
as Johann Strauss' "Blue
be " the best loved waltz in techno- of unify amono- t
world—a piece that will never oik] g'enenu ion was r
e its enchantment nor its memW ednesdav nigh; a? the
es for me.

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It is difficult to believe that
people could descend to such
loathsome forms of patriotism.
As for myself, "h
it's
always been, and
It's going to be, no matter what
the language.

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Black and White

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The singing of much loved chilin which
(he 1 loin pa.
Sundav Schools
part, and speeches highlighted (he
a 1 f ernoon's
mat ions.

in endorsing- a proposal
lac social welfare division.
It was felt that both internal

and external conditions make it

imperative
that
organization
among the Nisei should be
strengthened, and that the in­
fluence of the first generation
might prove a stimulus to any
movement for unity within sec­
ond generation ranks.

When
patriotism becomes a disease, just
f\e the dread syphilis, it breaks
Out in a great many forms. Recently
m Caigary a mob of civilians and
Schers attempted to assault a
Brief reports were also heard
Negro musician, whose sister had from the newly formed economic
married a private in a Calgary regi­ and vocational research commit­
ment.
Vi
tees. A proposal from the latter
that
an essay contest upon conA pack of wolves, driven by
iger, will track down and slay crete suggestions for improving
I t^e r quarry, relentlessly and merci- economic conditions within the
He^sK. A pack of human beasts, Japanese community was apamen by inflamed prejudice and proved.
unniiged mental balance, presents
evening, April 12. the
a cespicable contrast,
directors will hold a round table
conference with Hisanori Kano,
the
agricultural expert and min­
Yellow Press . . . And yet, I
can^t believe that men at heart ister. who arrived recently from
^anf to fight, to hurt, to slay. I the University of Nebraska to
have not yet met the man who took assist farmers of the Fraser Val­
f^ deliberate delight in human suf- ley in meeting some of their prob­
Ur'rg, that represented human suf- lems.
’fonrg alone
^tf>

V

ocational Essa
Contest Mooted

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1AMA TAXI
SEymour 1414

Ph t
One of th e most picturesque Buddhist rit
or 'tlower fest
teas observed at
1 emple last Sunday.
In the above see,
i ographer. little Hinak o Kuramitsu, daughter of Mr. and M
Kuramitsu of 2
snapped ta kin a part
ceremony. She i;
v is pouring amacha. a kind of sweet' ^ea <
bron
wage of the child Buddha in the hana-mido^
flower shrine
i nSuring [ ong I if
I n th immeata.tr centre ,
foregro
the familiar i
burner. In the background
on both sides of the altartwo precious scrolls: the o
on the left portrays the >
disciples of Buddha, th one
right Shot ok u I cit^hi it^hi> was
argely instrumental in introducing Buddhism to Japan
lot a detailed account of the hana matsun
hana matsun pi
two.

rwacuate Base
PRINCE RUPERT. —Jap.
anese residents of Seal Cove,
adjacent to the
city of
Prince Rupert have been
given orders to evacuate
from their homes. The Dep­
artment of National Defence
will establish an airplane
base upon the site.

Rakusho Hosni.
: one oi (he most eminont Buddhist
priests of Japan, who. in keeping
iwhh the
festivit ies.
cred a sermon on the life of Buddha.

Kauame Yamamoto,
dent ot the Canada League of
Young Buddhists' Associations,
spoke briefly on behalf of the
In honour ot the occasion, the
(ladies of the Hompa Fujiukai paid
I visits to the patients in (he varijous hospitals taking with them
i flowers as gifts.

Visiting "Agricultural Missionary"
Has Colorful and Varied Career
by ) oshimitsu Higashi

Iconics into contact.

He went on to say a few words
When 1 was a child I used to stand I
about
the meeting at Haney,
in ‘lwAgf men robed in clerical or(Priestly garb. Io me they lived in; where he lectured earlier in the
I am trying to approach
iand belonged to a world apart, even day.
various
problems of the farmer
pn their dealings with ordinary be-i
X \amer, in time of war, a fine
Ungs like you and me. But at the | not only, from the technical but
h^rc noble quality such as loyalty,
iTainku Nippo lecture classes last! also the economic angle."
Perverted and distorted — often
(Wednesday. 1 met Hisanori Kano, i He informed me that there was
'X , °
PresA which teaches
;who shattered the last shred of that, i much room for development and
, JW and destruction for the enemy
I
illusion in no uncertain terms.
improvement, and stressed the necesthan love and respect for JCCL May Sponsor
j National JACL Prexy
sity
of producers and consumers’
gne s country; which finds the flam। 1 hud heard that he had graduated
Nisei Debate League
| "Nisei of the Year"
co-operatives, based on sound foundgng war headlines ample justifica• from the agricultural department ofri,;.
and principles among the
Ition10' the f°UfeSt editorial vituperThe formation of a debating!
। theu Imperia!

CHICAGO. — "Every minorityL
PT University
Univc™H ' ~
Tokyo:
panese.
league with, teams entering from’ group
in the country, no matter of^,
.hadr ^omc ? studY agriculIn his lecture, filled with anccvarious Nisei societies was raised what racial origin has benefited bv i
T
the
’-Jnivcrsrty of Nebraska
;,^
b b that our country cannot
bs a possibility Tuesday night, when
AT fA whcrc ^ gradu - !
7p°i f° W3r W|'^ 3n unflinching re- the executives of the Vancouver the championing of human well-T7
being," as typified in the work of>
^ bonours- Contrary;
’JT
Win ^l ^ won; and
Walter Tstkamoto
as
national
‘° "'Y
as
national
pres-!

'
*° underst3nd that we do
met to discuss the program of activ- j ident of the Japanese American Li
amazement.
.
W” Rano talked into
^filled *e l°' nOt because we 3fe ity for the coming months.
Citizens' League, the Chicago Jap-i^
wcannS the knfol
^ hate ^ bl°od ,ust
A cup is available for the com­
'i X" We ^e "o alternaanese Young People's Association ■pnesisdrcss'
petition, and it was felt that the
believes.
“H-h-h-how is it that you're’1
IthinAiT V15^ to Preserve everynumerous orators now being de­
A conference of Japanese dip­
■J
9 that is dearest to us.
In selecting Tsukamoto, youth-that? 1 asked him later
veloped in oratorical contests
lomatic representatives in South
IjT r'minded of peaH Buck's could turn to debating as the next ful Sacramento attorney, as the' _ . m an Agricultural missionary,'
America
will be held at Rio de
said he. "I’m not
theologian, but
"Nisei of the Year,” ‘
logical
step.
Janeiro for five days, starting
*•
u On ,u^ a formidable people
IP her
ganization commended his work in something in the line of a medical May 14, and will be attended
Plans
for
a
widespread
member
­
review of Corporal Hino's
Hino's
opposing the anti-alien bills in the missionary. I’m just as much intcr- by Japanese ambassadors, min­
a
r
f and Soldiers".
| ship drive with door to door can- California Legislature.
, ested in the material as spiritual
T “ lf. the Canadian
vassing
were
tabled
until
the
next
needs of people.”
i isters, and consular officials in
people are
* * *
ir\
meeting, when they will be consid­
ormidable
CAREER OE SERVICE
। South American countries.
4
ered in detail. The same fate befell Po*el1 Church
Sotomatsu Kato, Minlster-ati One word pretty well sums up| large, will also attend with his
n-vu
mis one little cor- a proposal to sponsor an essay con- Radio Sunday School
fk,' 'brou9b what he sees
his brilliant career—service. Whether!
and test asking for constructive critic­
Following up a very successful Un the role of a priest of the Fpw staff of three. Kato and his
ii'et -nTd 'T' ln his caPacity to
isms of the Citizens League.
program ast Sunday, the Powell Icopaban Chord,. Which rakes bln, staff will sail from Yokohama,
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Cat h Ta?d Vet B 90 m
Kunio Shimizu, treasurer of the apanese United Church will again lover ten centr.il states from Ohio and April 16 for New York, whence
ano 7 ,
P thinks is his duty, chapter, and executive secretary of
they will travel by plane to Rio,
InV , “ ?in3 if w'th the very the National Council was appointed m haXonTioT the UnitediIllinois in the East to Colorado in
Following the conference in
u n
\
i
West, or as an agricultural exL
^votion and as the Chapter's official representathe Brazilian city, Kato will at­
k
‘ 2 IS,
being, m see five to the Japanese Welfare Fed- Church Radio Sunday School, April (pert, in which position he has been tend the parley of diplomatic
»T
'V ?WX-2“ ^00- Engaged to Jst farmers in
be
rs Japanese tkn
7
c
"c J^pdriese v
hole on earth " ^^ Ormidable eration. As such he will assume the 4.30 p.m. Miss Ritsu Shin will be Fraser Valley, he
representatives to North and
is
keenly
interested
Central
America, to be held in
office of secretary of the Federa- the soloist.
in the welfare of all with whom he Washington.

The

Newsfront

Diplomatic Parley
sTo Be Held in Rio

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THE NEW CANADIAN

TO THE EDITOR

Sil

The Vanguard of Nisei Opinion
Telephone Tit duly (Cm

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Kirche, Kinder und Kuche

Likes Poetry

—the Niseiefte Slogan?

Ed if or.
• New Canadian Editor. The New
Dear Sir:
■aham Lincoln said .‘Dear Sir: I confes*
created equal . . .
eligible in search of "All men
very much about p.
:;ei mate should cast his eyes . Colour, race or creed should nut joy those written bv
rhe fort e fields across the
feci the opinion of any man. in ( T here’s somethin;:
: border which are now teeming with
democracy such, as ours.
llldr aPPeals io me.
expert cooks and contented well‘'^‘ CU1 iosity was a
should be accepted on their
—. (In Germany at the pres- ^^aT ydien “The D
*ne'ent time we see the spectacle of jP2 22^6^ under the m
value of the expression, “the
an entire race being reduced toFao |or ^m under
to 3 msn s
.
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, lS; poverty and driven from the'^011 ^lat she w
it
< Stomach jP^ttb Ni<pi thrnnnprl tn.
M
, '
' V'T "country.)
oho
i the Japanese - American Courier;
thought
about
it?
(Cooking School to polish their rust- i
‘ leie aie good and bad in
‘‘A Faithful
l ed talent and to learn new secrets ' ^ei'y face and the men who arAI _
i Vancouver.
(of this womanly art. I he school was ' cvsei v ing should be accepted on j
lone of the biggest events of the 1tlie^ mer*ts' $ut lew really live;
(season proving that no matter what’up 10 !llis democratic principle.! A Bouquet.may be their outward attitude, Nisei P JaPanese b°f is born in Canada ( Editor. The New
a Qian
|women realize that their place . . (with two strikes on him. He has:i Dear Sir:
i a much harder time than a white :
I the home.
to make any sort of success
y°^ sPiendid work in th
1
Interesting note-—sprinkled
(and there among the enthusiastic (111 1He' Soni& yhlt® boys may Miu.mastM^e^
^-^
(women were a number of men whoi^ er„^e^ heads off because °UCwdi
for many
Ue Xr’
iit seems are preparing for the!'?«
getting the job. >» ;and ? ^1 , “ .t; y
(worst.
( [act the Jap” had to fight fori
> r ' d d
lhU1 aav:
j Wish The New Canadian wouM!^.,iOb T^ ''“ f1’3*'' t,me Im^tXw Ni"^
What >s rhe pniequisce

Thoma

--noyama, Yoshimitsu Hhrashi,
Irene Uchida, Minoru Yatabe.
BUSINESS MANAGER
Edward T. Ouchi

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Let’s Grow Up!

One ol our most grievous faults as children of an immigranl group in Canada is our failure to understand the
changes taking place in our community and in our dailv lives.
So lew of us understand the basic processes bv which an
immigrant group is slowly absorbed into the life of the
larger group around about us.
because we lack that understanding, we 'are too
prone to think of ourselces as singled out as the special
(sponsor one here in Vancouver, then - !‘ing t0 'eep lt- 11118 does 1101
victims of a cruel fate, and to think that we alone have
Erma Watanabe
| maybe all the eligibles will remain mean that he regrets he was born ,
Cloverdale.
to face problems created by racial prejudice.
(Japanese,
as
God
has
created•
(in home fields instead of drifting to
i
him.
And so we shy
ems; wc (the country in search of brides.
A better chance to secure bee
Bui if these apparently selfish, i understanding and peace
sit back in our little
our little
(“The Bachelors" Are
greedy, wolfish animals
WOUld'
P
sentimental childish dreams with our companions in misery.
Has been
cast off their disguise, we'd have । Vancouver.
And then, when the dream explodes, we escape from hard
Talking about eligibles, Seattle
tacts by plunging into a round of social amusement with takes the pie in the formation of
the same companions, trying to convince ourselves that our a club extraordinaire. “The
The Birth of a Religion
problems actually don't exist.
Bachelors,“ complete with offi­

valuable.
piopct perspective, giving us the opportunity to understand
just what it is all about.
brom the sociologist's point of view, the basic process
oi contact and assimilation between two racial mours is

cers and emblems, is made up
solely of boys who have no
“steadies.” It's a most exclusive
club requiring the highest qual­
ifications for who can resist the
charms of a wily woman? A court
martial awaits anyone who is
caught going steady for over two
weeks.
What would happen to any such

organization up here especially if

the

y a confhcr between what the sociologist terms some scheming woman got wind of
e patterns of the two groups, that is. a conflict who's who in the club? Just try it
and find out.

vivid illustration of this clash in

She Had So Many
Children!

Children Celebrate Birthday of Buddha
April is one of the most beloved of all months in Japan
April is the month when everything takes a new lease on life
the air. The early mornings have a delicious crispiness
about them. The trees are beginning to burst into leaf. Later the
landscape is transformed into a veritable fairyland of sott-huea
cherry blossoms and the air is scented with their ravishingly deb
cate fragrance. This is the month when the boys and giiis"Mar
their new grades at school, Appropriately enough, it is aDo -w
month of Buddha’s birth.
. . . THE KAN-BUTSU-E . . .

held by the first generation and Canadian school
How would you like to keep track
The celebrations known as the Kan-butsu-e or “the anniveihJ '
of
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great-grand-children,
their
oi
the
birth of Buddha’' take place on the eigth.
.oe iXisei s task, our task, to find a "golden
(parents, and their parents' parents?
mean oetwen these two sets of standards—a 'set of
There is great rejoicing in the temples, and the faithful
Now, if you were centenarian or
who throng the places of worship show their enthusiasm by
mmeh will bring the greatest satisfaction to ourMrs. Hachiroemon Hattori, aged 90, i
showering money and coins into great collection boxes stand­
to our parents and to our Occidental friends_ a
.of Furuichi, Hyogo Prefecture, that
ing just inside the entrance to the temples.
mines which can be adjusted with the passage of
is precisely what you would be try­
The children take the most prominent part in the festival.
ing to do. Hattori's family is the
meet changing conditions and beliefs.
They
are to be heard singing Buddha’s birthday song:
largest in Japan, And no member
nd because Mr. Saros analysis is based upon a broad of
“In the old, old time, some three thousand years ago—it
gigantic clan has died or
understanding of the whole situation, his message for us to beenthisseriously
was on the eighth of April, when the cherries are in full bloom
ill during the last
develop the pioneering spirit." to display greyer resource- fifty years.
i
a gladsome sound loudly echoed to the far ends of all the
Imagine all the birthdays to re- j
iulmss and initiative, to devote more of our energy to the
worlds. Heaven and Earth were rejoicing at the birth of Bud­
dha. He had entered the womb of his mother, Maya, in the
serious question of making our lives worthwhile/is all the member, and the Christmas presents
(
to
buv

form of a white elephant, having left the Heavens of content­
moie urgent and convincing.
ment
for the sake of suffering man. At the moment of his ।
This Story Really
W>|M' AtO l"T "'3t Wc cast off Ih( val-^
birth, he pointed upwards with one hand, and with the other |
iy y ot our childhood, and assume the duties and resnon- Rings the Bell!
downwards, exclaimed, M am all!' Then he took seven steps ,
Joe Oyama of the L. A. Rafu
^”P the outlook and spirit of mature young men AM
to the right and seven steps to the left and a lotus flower p

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(0 piQnccr in economic
.
. '
1 3s nor only 111 making a living that we
J
I
We WCre Pionccrmg in 'the whole field
o human relationships, in the responsibilities which
W M TH 10 tht ,Mher’ '" 8mwinS. up to manhood and
cmanhod. instead of remaining childishly mental.

tel s grow op!
NATIONAL DEFENCE

Shimpo tells this tale that he
heard in Alabama: In Alabama
when you go into a show, all the
white people sit downstairs, and
all the Negroes upstairs. When
the
white
people
downstairs
laugh, there is silence upstairs—
until a bell is rung, then the
Negroes sitting upsairs laugh!
A slight exaggeration about the
color line, but it hits the point
right on the head.

Orientals has some importance in Child Podigy Brags
“There are convincing argu­ the matter of national defence. A A Brilliant Bow
ments against permitting any sullen, ostracized Oriental popu­
” v. ho
r c vcm
11 ds and our Na
We
have
our Jd
Saitas
considerable amount of Oriental lation scattered along the British kamuras, but we hav e
to see
immigration, but it is difficult to Columbia coast could be a serious our child prodigy. Seattle Japanese,
see any reason, logic or justice matter in time of war. A friendly however, can boast of Masa­
in denying important civil and loyab politically satisfied group shi Hashida, I 1 -year-old violin vir­
political rights to those that are could be of great positive help to tuoso, who was presented in a bril­
permanently settled in Canada, the defence and naval intellw
----- liant recital last Tuesday. Highlight
genee
especially to those born and edu- sei sice.
°
Violet Anderson----in •of the programme was the sparkling
wiled in Canada.”
•‘World Currents and Canada’s Mendelssohn Concerto, a half hour
nique and delicate finesse of a ma­
"The treatment accorded to i Course.0
ture artist.

sprang up at every step.”

t

According to the sacred accounts, the Queen mother was a I
turning to her own home for the birth of her babv ami on the "4 .
happened to rest in the flower garden of Lumbini Park, AH a bo t
her were asoka blossoms and in delight she reached out her nA'
arm to pluck a branch and the Prince was born.
. . . THE HANA-MIDO . . .

In the actual ceremony, the sacred image of Buddha
vithin a specially constructed hana-mido, a sort of bower or shr
made of flowers.
Boys and girls wearing special kimono approach the lianamido and pour amacha, a kind of sweet tea, over the image<
insuring long life, and offer small posies of flowers. All the
while, the priests chant hymns in honour of the infant Buddha
to the strains of ancient Japanese musical instruments, andat intervals, little girls perform a ceremonial temple dance.

This ceremony which dates back more than a thousand yea’J^
and whose origin is most probably in China, has come to be knovMj
more popularly as the hana matsuri or “flower festival,” and T observed throughout the whole country.
In places where the celebrations are staged in a more lark- ;5
manner, the image of Buddha is borne through the streets in 5
gorgeous palanquin or sometimes on the back of a big wh;- d
elephant in a flowered canopy.

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THE NEW CANADIAN

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sseis and Canadian teachers
Think 0! Nisei Moral Standards?

To Appear Again

Nisei Mine Sweepers

J.C.C. L Clearing Snags From Fraser R.

Principal Sato Gives Some New Slants
irom

results of

id circulate

UGV

t rum

'in of die Eras

genera; sou
i st riot will under..

i ive

dous

Hoping to repeat their suc­
river bottom in the vicinity of
cessful campaign of last season
in raising funds for the Surrey- ; known snags. When the cable
East Richmond-Delta Chapter ; hooks on to the snag, the two
boats come together.
Then a
of the Japanese Canadian Citi­
shackle is slid down the cable
zens’ League, members of the
forming a noose around the
chapter will work the river
snag, which is then pulled up
from Woodward’s Slough to

by
the boats.
New Westminster. a distance
If the cub les do not fasten onto
of over fifteen miles.

er bkyiifferem opinions entertained bv
in mtentrs wert^F to their different moral
(ionaires.

Ulltc

and Canadians. Mr. Sato said
that the Japanese viewpoint is
based primarily on the Japan­
ese family system. The Japan­
ese show great interest in peo­
ple closely connected to them­
selves but have comparatively
little concern about those with
whom they have no direct deal­
mgs.

coitimg to the Issei, the good :
- of the Nisei consisted of i
Ter of answers enclosed in I
nhesis): high moral stand-!
e snag or if the sung is too
Fishermen, who find the
(A: liveliness and cheerful-!
(dirge,
dynamite i
once of
a major difficulty
!•)>. lack of class conscious-!
in fishing in the Fraser, will di . it- This is where Ilie quiet, efficiTo; respect for the female i
the chapter,
willingly into their pockets.
Portraying the leading role
5c no good points (8).
j hhat the Canadians criticize in
rom Oikawa, has the opportunity
eng their points were enu- phe Nisei as a lack of initiative, of Ada. a kind-hearted teleMine Sweeping
.of displaying hi s prowess as a

phone
operator
in
the
play.
•ed: disrespect for their eld- (too much reserve and backward1 lie method used in removing
ind at the same
(3D lack of manners (11); (ness. conforms to the Japanese "First Class Matter," Aki Hyodo.
[lie snags is very similar to tin nine Likes his life into his own
perseverance (11); no ideal of reverence, filial pietv and above, who won the Best Act­ ( operations of the Navy in
ton no spirit of application gentleness of spirit. On the other ress trophy in the Young Peo­ ; ing the deadly magnetic sweep i hands. Up to a hundred sticks of
no sense of responsibility hand, what the Issei would con-( ple's Union Drama Festival, ; which have become a mines phmamite are used in making a
major ( blasting charge.
disobedience (3).
demn as disrespect, impoliteness I will again be seen in action at ; weapon in (he war today.
Canadian Teachers’ Viewpoint
and disobedience, the westerner! the Japanese Hall. Aoril 27
;
With several hundred feet of
i be teachers of Britannia, would interpret as indicative of
I three-quarter inch cable towed
mg George. Technical and spiritedness, sociability and a co- i
! in. . 4 .
, behind, two boats sweep the
Giandview high schools. Temple­
RADIOS
ton Junior High, Strathcona and
▼ * ^l
Government
of
China
is
"not
a
MacDonald public schools who
Moi eover, Mr. Sato showed that!
refrigerators
step in a program of force but
were interviewed declared that the Japanese base their critican achievement of moral force
323 Powell Street
Niseis were studious (20); well- isms on educational and cultural
pnd
justice,"
Tang
Liang-li,
Direcbehaved
(20);
careful
SE ymour 4121
standards which are thirty years
( tor-General
of the
Publicity
-did-txorking (11); attentive to old. The Issei like all first gen­
! board ot Nanking, vigorously asdetail (11); respectful (8); obed- eration people are inclined to for­
:
sailed U.S. Secretary of State
lent
n^at (6); ambitious get their own youth.
Coidell
Hulls
non-recognition
In taking after the western
statement of March 30.
Among the Nisei’s shortcom- mode of living, the Nisei are,
“It is obvious.’; declared Tang!
'Xs they listed: lack of initiative
comparatively speaking, getting
"that
it is not China's well-being
l ’1, tendency to keep their opinmore out of life, the principal
which counts with Hull and his
wns to themselves (5); the aping stated. Through their wider use
The
determining
TOKYO. — In a farewell mes­ countrymen.
o. me defects of their Canadian of leisure time in sports, social
and COMPANY
factor
is
American
interests.
sage
to
General
Abe.
newly-ap
­
mends (3); emotional reserve intercourse
and
pleasures,
pointed ambassador to the new Sino-Japanese co-operation was
'-A no faults (2); no comments
amusements, hobbies and other Central Government of China, at opposed not on the grounds that
intellectual and physical pur­
Different Standards
a national party held in his hon- it is not in China’s interests, but
suits,
they
are
living
a
broader
!’i enlarging upon differences
our at Hibiya Park last Saturday’, because it is thought it. will be
304 Dunlevy Ave.
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and fuller life. ■
%
"i the viewpoints of the Issei
Premier Yonai emphasized Jap- injurious to American interests." |
As. yet’ the standard of living'tin's ultimate aim in the Far East.
9
of the Japanese is lower than
He declared that Japan ex­
REAL CHINESE DISHES
that of the Canadians. Thus in tends a full measure of co-op­
SERVED AT
conclusion, Mr. Sato declared eration and support to the new
that the Nisei should exercise regime, in expectation that the
more pioneering' spirit, devote Nanking Government would co­
more of their time and thought operate fully in the construc­
to their work and try to aim at tion of a new order in the Far
252 POWELL ST.
economic independence and se- East, and assist in the estab­
| curity. as they are to pass their lishment of a permanent peace.
b
I lives in this country.
Appreciating the enthusiastic


j send-off given by the nation Gen­
eral Abe said the situation in
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East Asia could be settled as soon
k
as the dictatorial regime in China
(abandons a pro-communist policy.
Pointing out that Japan’s guid­
ing principle for the settlement
of the China affair consists of
C^VOUA
good neighborliness and econom­
ic co-operation, and that the new
!
Central Government has been or314 POWtLL STREET
anized along those lines rhe
ambassador hoped that it would
grow to be an effective stable
government.

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Again for a concert in the

Audi- , to lie forgotten.
ed upon to speak before a gath­
His wide opera experiet
ering? Are you one of those who yorium April 17. has made four

appearances
in
this
city
in
made Mr. Thomas familR
envy those who speak so ef­
space
of
three
and
a
half
years.
fortlessly, so fluently and so
all the principal baritone
Mr.
Thomas
Similarly,
his eight year.A
convincingly in public? If SO.
land
approached
by
no
oilier
artin light opera have’ ziH’
the following notice is for you.

W'ch i!
mi

Favourite Artist Returns Io Cit*

Have you ever experienced
what is commonly known as a
A aneouver's favorite a
m Stanley Pari
John Charles Thomas, the emin- patrons flocked t
case of "knock knees" or "stage
fright when you have been call­ ■ent baritone who returns
loved baritone in a prograr

time

IP

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adv ant.i

.idler yr rosebuds while w may."
n said that Howers were put into the world

r

. ist of international

remarkable knowledge
j
At the meeting of the Van- ; ing here in the past ten years.
pnore popular types of •
: couver chapter of the Japanese I
'he earth."
Vancouver music lovers will rea Hower fills one with awe at the i Canadian Citizens' League held i member the delightful "Festival | _ An analysis of three BI
Howers tell you oi its wonders in a ! last week, a group of enthusi­ ■ of Musical Comedy" last summer ( Thomas gave in New
A cals an astonishingly w li
mysterious
universal language that never changes astic members got together
of selections. There wm
with time.
with one of the leading elocul
etition
in his numerous
1 here is a custom that originated in the Orient long ago of expressing i and made special arrangements
Mr. Thomas is able io sn;c
ones thoughts and feelings through the language of flowers. But this! tionists in the city, Mr. Carle­
a
moment’s lot ice
d Will;
custom, we regret to sax. is slowly passing away before the cruel glare of j ton Clay, to conduct a public
:
notes
some
speaking
group.
five hundred >
Q'l!u' 151,11 (',linb I'1'" Howers do not speak, for Huv possess no soul, j
but they do speak.

I hey utter a hidden language that is revealed to those!

i:\ni Y POST

-'i HE SOCIAL DICTATOR

to dinner in a restaurant alone
uh a
gentleman, nor will sb
r dine in his apartment—that was one of th
stein rules of society twenty years ago when an American woman suddenly
1 rom an ordinary society matron to the leading
authority
And from then on society became but
m
Post relax my
with het as she grew more ami more lenient.
U e bar
■ fo know her
imornm ver books ol etiquette, her newspaper columns, radio talks,
and even personal letters, but how many know anythina about her
besides oemy the author ot the famous book of do's and don is.

Starting April 12 classes will
be held every Friday evening
from 8:15 at Mr. Clay’s studio
on Georgia at Granville at a
price that is within easy range
of your pocketbook or purse.

Remember, you don’t have to
be a member of the JCCL to
join. The thing is that you need
these lessons!

Children Please
At Hompa Concert

“Beware of Strange
Women” is Moral ; which include American sopo

(French. German. Russian. UK
and folk songs of all nations. '
Mr. Thomas is a great lover
"Beware of strange women’’ i
khe
out-of-doors, particuarly U
is the moral which Chozo Fu­
jita, Seattle gardener, probably ‘terested in golfing and yaditiK.
learned following his conversa­ I At 6:30 in the morning, when ;h,
tion with a gypsy woman, who ; last of New York's gay pleasure
asserted she was "an emissary ;seekers are straggling home fro?
.night clubs. Thomas is wakHe
of a higher power.”
jup. ready to begin another dav
in a gar- i bristling with activity.
den near his home, when an
Seats are now on sale at Kelly's
automobile stopped and the I
(Music
Store, 632 Seymour Sti
woman alighted and began to

For Gardener

Hmlv Price, the daughter of a distinguished Baltimore architect
talk with him.
bdwm Mam Post. New York banker and sociable, quite early in
The gypsy woman declared
among New York’s "400”
ner married Ide came to an abrupt end with i The unconscious grace and un­ to him she could foretell the
a quiet divorce. Then began the career of Mrs. Price Post, making aiaffected charm of little children, future. Fujita rpeorted to po­
hying lor her two sons in the years when society looked iskv cc at any ! Pt11^ cheeked and bright eyed, lice. During the conversation,
well born woman who dared to accept money for her work.
i entertained the audience at The the gardener said, the woman
lo spite ot society's disapproval she turned to writing. and foJHonipa Sunday School "Hana grabbed him by the arm sev
novels with a society background appeared -^Q^'T’ (Hower festival) Concert eral times.
betorc the public in
When she had gone, Fujita
but k was not until she had almost which climaxed a day of
reached the mature
ot 5 0 that Rkhard Duffy, publisher knocked celebrations at the Hompa Hall found that his wallet with
on her door, and overnight Fmily
$10.35 had gone too.
Post's word became law to every Hast Sunday evening.
woman from the top of the ladder to the bottom.
a teeming audience of
1 o limit'd Post, reared in a cultured home, a book
.parents, friends and children, a
devoted
evil re I
bin atier much strategic
j varied program of dances, short
Japanese play , vocal and instru- i
1 lien the hitherto unknown author suddenly found herself th mental select ions by different
focus of ah attention. Bverybodv had beco
1 classes and inniercial concerns beexed
©
I

lividiuils
were
presented.
•ws made a ;
sudden change. threw out
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with linger I
Oue ot the prettiest numbers
i was a "tulip" flower dance by
'harm and personalit
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: iiny tots who danced across the
the answers to their puzzling questions id grooms suddenly found all
on the pages of " tiquette.” stage with naive and touching
i ms one book became th mainstay of the social world
continues charm.
to remain so.

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■•John Charle s Thm
Auditorium. U i iker

Jiro Nishimura. 0;
lumor B
were Susumu Miik
Masao Ni
shi. Then on
Jiro
Miiki .mo Shige Fukumoto i

Punier)
Towel 1

West m jn

d detesting serial
Sarayamj. She
in particular and
her
ire moments to
are knitting, sev
3 nJ collecting new recioes
badminton and softball and
I swim,
7 amiko
of a studious and

3 part of the lea
Jare now made arrange
Club. Ge
!
1 i
i
i
oecome a nurse.
nig.
Hear
meet once or twice a
p.m.
sharp
Assisting
in
private homes.
the advertising
play. l-'orui
technical tattles
section
of
the
vi
i
i
p.m.
25e.
w sewing machine has
school "Campus
i 2 . —Powe! 1 Unite
Chronicle," we find our Molly
Matric Vignette .
An embry­
:i i.< gated anonymouslv
Presentation of the Irish CoinY
ese Hall. qy. S.00
Fujita.
>y ihe Unit.
onic genius is studious Hideo Miura,
Jd^ “First Class Matter.' Will i------ —
whom we expect to
inighlight a concert to be present
The school caper is now hi pi ogthe schools
by the Ladies' Aid and
REMEMBER THE RITZ
ress.
With
a
goal
e
f
$150,
t
j Women’s Missionary
th & FRASER, APRIL 25
Floren
son is working feverishly
fRisks and test
he Rowell United ChurJCsatnW
Hl
Y P. ROLLER PARTY
vnm
cm
service
his
oO
ibs,
minimum
quota.
are his delight
ay evenir r. a m i! £7. q- ;b .v
i
he
really
The first Junior Church ser j Matric Vignette ... A aid who delving into {hin the Physics
j tokes Senior Matnc Chemistry,
The comedy is the same play
? of the Steveston
litscvpy sound waves, radium rays
. Lemngs to the Chemistry Club
I which captured the city cham- ; United Church
carried uni who likes Algebra
.en quantum mechanics.
I Pionship in the Greater Van­ Kith great success. There was a
host of all
j
subjects
is
Akiko
KageHu
D
cspy
'^
1
'^
°nd Social Studies he
Help Wanted
couver Young People’s Union
Itrsie turnout of approximate!v SO
manages to keep himself "over the
WANTED: A
; Drama Bestial last February
young people with visitors from 3d that she has a charming and
enaiy personality.
farm hand
0 plus board. I It will be presented by the same the Richmond United. Brighouse
An athlete of renown, he starred
Tor particulars write Be.
When away- from h
j cast, mcluding Miss Aki Hyodo.
1 nited. South Arm United and
n
the NippMsu soccer team in the
1 ne New Canadian.
I Miss Koto Yatabe. Miss Norah
St. Alban s Anglican Ynono- ptlQ.
i bujjta, Hajime Suzuki and Wes- pie Societies who rallied tm
t'other tennis and badminton; and applies mighty- wicked stick at kendo. In
Transportation
। ley Fujiwara.
io hear an inspiring sermon of her algebraic skill to the mathemat­
U's less strenuous moments, the
ical intricacies of contract bridge
fAbT COURTEOUS SERVICE. ? The Play also ‘Weared on a Kev. Horace Burkholder.
After High School Akiko intend* Hompa harmonica band keeps him
Aanata Taxi. Highland 0765. Mogram given by the Attic Plav-। The well-known young peopled
occupied, and now that spring is
uHhe Carleton ChW studios, leader urged the listeners not to go through Varsity and then to here, you II find him abroad with a
DATXmBLE SERVICE
his wm be the first time the only ‘'to live and let live" but “to visit Japan. 7 here she hopes to mas­ candid camera.
/Whne. anywhere. Takata
ter the Japanese language in every
-•Xi.
Powell. TRinity 0836. Kcal community will have had live and help live." and. further- detail.
"

Altogether i busy man, his sucvne opportunity to attend en more, “to follow the gleam."
cess
in life is assured, if success in
; masse.
Among those who were pres­
KING GEORGE JOURNAL
school days is any standard for
PIONEER REPRESENTATIVE
ent were Mrs. Burkholder. Rev
Finally the long-awaited com- judgment,
A 'k"° las als°been a™»?«i and Mrs. Fiiinamote. and brer in binati'C
h
for
the evenin ReV Ha"'is“" 'il'i'C
radio and phonoaraph is to
YtAW'W
itor the concert, which is I
purchased. The enthusiastic
7 ot Canadian Memorial who

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i^ld to raise funds for the
® I f you
had
ave your eyes
campaign,
started at Christmas, netbeen
speaking
(Fare work of the Women’s
carefully examined and $
Red $40 and with the fund swelled
United Church.
iSionary Society.
proper glasses made for
py a contribution from the Extrayou, you will be able to
j Curricular Activities Association the
see
an cl
think
i combination is due any day. It will
more clearly.
be used for gym work, foreign lanji
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are very
(Continued from Page 1)
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R. S. RHODES
mn-.Wutions made bv Japanese im­ . • J per ducat and "dutch," Matmigrants in opening up and develop­ rics and ex-Matrics will traipse
Optometrists
to
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the Imperial Valiev. Sacramento piece orchestra in the Cafe Room
Valley and in Nebraska,
of the Hotel Vancouver. IE01H
own farm is located.
jwhat class!—Ed.)
his message io
i
An added feature will be the
tens
that the
most str
i boys in tuxedos.
605 \\. Hustings Vancouver
Metrics Taka Tlikaido and Kusame economic and liv­ ।
bi
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the
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THE NEW CANADIAN

APR 11

NISEI NEWS FROM FAR FLUNG CORNERS IN B- C
Weir Opens New
Ganges School
Nisei Confirmed

i Li M

Elects Executive:

JCCL Meet

B y M, N. C. P a t o r

Prince Rupert Patte
By Hiroshi Hamasaki
s Ek;

By Y. H.

Knim

, me monument.

. . from station : News Notes
your reporter ' Niseis emplev
i Cannery
work! up
: home to
couver s

opem'd
airman. Mr. Tamaki, I nd New School Opened
1 he opening ceremonies of th
o' tne second annual
ppon AYPA Active
i man
ting vo'c ihm
new
Consolidated
School
■>
Him
w।■r<■
niSiiup K1X. Blsnop C
■ Vil
Ganges wore held Monday, Apri
(
ah-donia.
showed
pictures of
I. with Dr. G. M. Weir. Provincia
‘ne visited here March 2h
Grad mile So
rk being curried out
i The problem of pulling or dv
llle the series for the ui.
: Minister of Education, officiatin';
its miwthiL
glican Church, in
; mit inn
Following the ce
A aril 7:
t ho eonwmi
Caledonia at the
i * neo of fishermen
as then con mmi was held ar the Harbour c.
Yasuo Yamas!
meeting of the Nippon ent title-holders. Standard
elm irma n
Jlonso
Hotel.
Aim
of this city, was an Ai
e noted a
Mitsuo Sasaki, president;
ne pictures were great.lv
*


'•vert* Dr. \\
and Mr. e Joyed by all tin? members and Kazu Nakamoto, our Wtw
siiko Ynmumnlo,
star. Many of the Xig'j'
Engagement Announced
• Willis, Superintendent of Educa-:
iwncls.
t ion.
out to see Kazu perform, b
Mr. and Mrs.
i. .‘Howship and Devo­
At
officers, together with a this community C. Kumagai of
te relate, Ocean Fall
on behalf of the local Jap
emnmittec ()f three com­ engagement of announce the
who contributed^0^1 h^”^-?1 discussion upon
their
eldest
prising K. Kadonuga, Miss K.
the meaning oi Easter was held
to the building of the SC|1OO1
daughter
Taeko
to
Mr.
Jishiro
Oseki and it third as yet un। among the members, with Hiro | Isa me Kayama has been f
Sato, a former resident, now
[charged from the hospital a
mimed, will ca rry on the work
fill
Hamasaki
leading.
Miss
Heaps
living in Steveston.
Nisei Confirmed
of retiring officers
introduced her sister, who is visit- Gias returned to his home in p.
Kano,
*
*
*
included ■ ing her at present.
Haruye Yoshihara and
Dance Coming
{among the 36 youn people of ;
Halibut fishermen have left
1 he kindly local school
i-'IXjF
W “' "’"-School Graduation
for
the halibut banks. amonc
(hat tl
hulk nt
WHss C. Lawley, with (he assist Li.niation services here. March
them many young men fror
sponsihility and
lance of the people ot the com pl. with the Lord Bishop of VicLnder auspices of the Prince Steveston, Vancouver, and otheK‘en shifted n younger mem । muiiiiy.
is laying plans fo r a toria administering the sacra .Rupert Gakuen. the Language southern points. A recent sr
bers. this,
iitTh year o: the ‘ dance in the near future.
merit of confirmation. Rev. C. H i School held its third annual rival is Kay Hirano.
Kai may imean the
ning
Is of the affair will be Popham conducted the service : graduation exercises, March 21
a new era
! imed to lake the pupils oi a Pic-| and Rev.
at the Japanese Hall. Many of
Ho-hum. Spring is hei
[nic trip.
icon ver read the lessons.
ihe students received diplomas
“Bering Sea” Launched
i An evening of fun and ’ oTic is ;
rnd participated in th program. | Skies above are clear now
Receiving confirmation were
Turning
Speakers included Mr. Yaniather uewsfron
Dor Prince Rupert.
in ^guaranteed for one and all so I Peter and Mary Murakami.
Celtic we find the new fish pack | watch for the date, folks.
j Philip and
After a week or so of
Luke
Murakami, ■ naxa. president of the Japanese
or, •Bering Sea”
* * *
successor to i
i Victor and Jim Okano, Gordon । Association. Mi-. Shimizu, presi­ are now enjoying the fine s
the ill-fated "Takao, which burn- i “Bright Sayings”
dent of the Gakuen, and Mrs. Sue­ weather, and hoping that it
and Tomiko Nakamura, and
>’d to the wafer lino last year.
hiro. president of the Seikokai continue.
i of the Isseis
Grace Numajiri.
With
Mothers'
Association.
‘i came to Canada at the a
is
up-to-the-minute i
Through The
Canadian ||
craft, owner und captain K. AdaMiss Itu Kanaye, on behalf
i about
• we. the Japanese young people of 1
('hi is well prepared to meet what :
rs oi age.
{Ganges, wish to extend our ! of the student body, thanked
For Real Japanese Dishes J
lisherman hopes mav lie I came hero when

the
teachers
for
the
work
they
Uhauks to Rev. Popham in prepar-i
1
the uggest fishing
iI
i n ' ^°°’
replied a not her,
ing us tor the confirmation.
{i had performed during the year.
a moon.
j old.
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By Crusher
recently under the auspices of:
After several weeks of elabor- the Rupert Japanese Association
are preparations by the Britannia was held at the Japanese Hall, !
jl
IT IS SOFT. SANITARY & SOLUBLE
Store employees, the Beach Store March
Very Rev. Dean J. B.
i dance in aid of the Red Cross Nillson- assisted by A. Tsuji, ofAGENT FOR
"as held Saturday night. With "^’i3^^ at the ceremony
ZXZXo 1^,wa,
a
service
3 82 Powell
7875
-t a Hu danct hall was crowd-1 was held with Rev Ohashi of
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Bw,c"'’P<»'t Ewington officiating. Rept
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I noticed several
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Hollows attempting io escort Bet­
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Mas
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CANADIAN

'Royal q, j3,j|

i Seek Success In Japan

Sevesfon JCCA Hears Disease Talk

find khe rcp!i .pfion of the hapbeen denied them
i tee country of their birth,

&

xs ar On
at ther

t

"But what," a^Ked tnc Surxc
mmittee of
Gir
I
ooi, "are the
the determinina
was make for the Nisei's
Japan? Are they able t:
the
ai
vocational problem, ar
=r
finding happiness?"

1

id 11

before takinq this
p. in order to avoid imhapess and tragedy in married

’ruinations

in- ■
WO I

b tlms (in vem'renI

11

the ausn
Westminster
iiku
ss is

Ida \’
K. Shimmukaha

pioneer
J ana mwe
liii

xvm by IT-, menu of Health xvere shown
well-known, explained by the speaker
man. under
to c a r>

A moving picture, "B;
|gram for Hie eveniiu
Of the 437 Nisei samph
io Can." prepared by Ju
1 x I I nder tne capahie u i reel ion
<■ Ishii.
—u per cent were working
cial
Oepannnnt of l-'iNu
[Mr. Z. Samata. a play th
ai ui
Welfare
>f
time. But of these some ini
tracing the whole s
I of the evening, is hep
: Canadi
■facts were brought to light, which
irom catt'hing the
throned
iniro- the various cannin
must face such dif- may serve as a guide to other Nisei,
' to die dramatic p
.duced !ht> principal >
the axerage sec- contemplating a future in Japan.
and its ultimate distribution to
■’ scntation a very well balam
Dr
.
Shimotakahara.
Jinese or Japanese
consumer was also shewn
1 musical einenahnm
;
upon
disease,
urged
I will
provided. Many Mi
iieoMii .xism. energetic presi
Huve Deen an
. that young people contempl.itbent
of tin' JCC.\, was chairmat
portant factor. Of the men, it was
uni
st
marriage
should
undergo
lor (he evening.
redound that 50 per cent had actually among them many surprise pre- ;
sentations
will
be
revealed
in
the
'
graduated from colleoe, an additi
naractens- a| ?0 per cent from hich
did o: tuture Crosbys,
prow no handicap i while 16 per cent had attended \ c- i uyes. Hoosier Hot Shots.
etc.
ommon sense prevailed
As
an
added
attraction
: cational schools. In the case of thJ
a Ion
^ams that because
none
women, 2S per cent had graduated 1 th the mvel-studded local ta-1
they are, he ‘-.from collide or
; lent.
from
irom Vancouver ami :
f
nd
opportunities
.
p
er
cent
f
1Cm
badness
. dun lying districts will also b
Hher
" ; ented.
aVer39!’ youth: 37 per cent from mg a sc <
ohna wwyg rcaliz- i R . .
,
,
b our
will make up
ustration instead of ! Bur
WaS 350 ,Cund that
Okihiro, Japanese
! touchstone
perior western
education
ci a ry
wcessiui acmexement.
to securing
a poswi^n'-°i Summerl’d'^
ck Seki, treasurQ ‘this season, with entries from The
OXY.
and
Katakami. (
Small wonder, then, that the Japan. I he problem of learning the i
Susaki.
Jim
Robinson, I
Nisei turns, xHth wondering eyes I language, history and culture cf I
Junior
Robinson
and
Satoru Ak;
XV;!,
to the great nation across the Pa- I their new home, necessitated serious '
cific, where he may merge with i study. Thus
irrey. and a nexx- squad,
i. xv
of the Nisei employed
the people, indistinguishably from I 50 per cent of the men
mb School.
pm
i lit' meeting drew up the
and 47 per
the rest. And many turn nor .cent of the women had
Spring
is
in
the
air.
Birds
xvi
lowing schedule, (flip it out for
sing,
^ bh I oshio Nishijima . ,.
had to atmerely their eyes, but also their I tend various
gentle
breezes
blow
aud
the
.
11
iciemw this season:
brilnir, a meeting of the
schools and colleges or ;
feet, hoping that there they may i had studied priva tely
hunt Okanagan sun rides li is yas held at the New Westminster
Anril 21 Riverside
chariot every day.
ujummsnoro Park, 10:30 a.mJ.
1 he larmers are burning prunVocational Difficulties of the Nisei in Japan
!S 11
the IIMO sou
Ladner
vs. Taiiku Juniors
ings. spraying and gening
son are:
Men Women orchards in shape fur the sc tson.
(Ladner Park, 3:00 p.m.)
। >
-Lack ot knoxvledge of Japanese
* * *
-Lack of preparation
in right work _________
dent: Tsuguo Suzuki,
14 Ping Pong
(Quemsboro Park, 3: th)
Prejudice because of race or foreign birth
lantly.
9
3
ibo
visitors
I
On Sunday. .March 3.1. the
both '
rounds
4
o\xna
Bussei
Ping
Pounds
3:00 p.m.)
Poor health
the
'Hail
the
Champ!
of

he
Summerland
Muy 12-.. Giant
OiHtr difficulties
raiiku Juniors
A
[Nisei Club. Two rousing matches
But in the last event.
(Quecnsboro
Park.
I3:00 p.m.)
M iss
[were
dished
up.
the
locals
takine
Sakae
Kito of
Riverside vs. Ladner
Vocational Difficulties
Summerland
[question. Lack of "pull" and con I the first by
(Ladner Park, 3:00 p.m.)
Proved he- skill by defeating
Difficulties facing the Nisei are [ nections, here as elsewhere, proved Kelowna taking the latter.
Shigeru Harada, ace Kelowna
May 19 Taiiku Juniors vs. Giants
nx-ny,
addition to the lack of a to be a disadvantage.
Sunday. April
flick artist, to the tune of 15-5.
saw
the
local
(Queensboro Park. 10:30 a.m.*
\rcwledge of things Japanese. A
paddlers motoring up to t he She was presented with a pen
Vocational Advantages
Ladner
vs. Riverside
ictie or vocational difficulties is inOffsetting these handicaps, were bollard City from a return com- and pencil set, awarded to pen
the
boro Park, 3 p.m.)
^Tn9' reveaimg as it does that
certain assets where the Nisei had baL Although they fought gal- best player at the games, ,
iMay
the language handicap has
Taiiku Jrs, vs. La
the edge over the native-born young
^en
important,
the
lack
of
training
(Ladner
Park, 3 p.m.)
!6'
people. Chief of these, of course, were frankly dubious and pessimistic
A,t
as Deen equally important. To
Rio breathtaking tub!'’। Giants vs. Riverside
was a knowledge o. English. Special concerning the Niseis future ~ in !,°uts
^?e' !0°' wesfern birth and train­
:i

appetizing supper was [ (Quetmsbm-o Park, 3 p.m.)
^raining in business and professional Japan.
serve.
's proxed to be a disadvantage, lines, too, proved to be a great ad­
n tired but happy bunch* h°llle ' J?';1?S ending second and third
. -xe some employed were preju- vantage.
■will p];iy • out a knockout pa me
As for women, clerical work I tired because of the games and J
The third asset, to which some I
‘ ° (le,ernntlb the right to play
■ wen
well, ‘ ,
_ Tu y' some of the men found of the Nisei attributed their suc­ offers the best opportunity, al­ Hwpy because
- ’ >0UrJbe first place h ‘am for the chamthough the field is becoming Juess is as g00d<
J? kk of JaPanese citizenship
as mine
cess, was their own psychological more limited. In the opinion of
।pionship. The final playoff will
?L^'nSt them' although the make-up, personality traits such as
Amari Sha born.
be a two-out-of-three series.
the Nisei interviewed other oc­
Jn"b~£ ^^ ^at since the maaffability, sociability, efficiency and: cupations such as teaching, trans­
o, the Nisei work for foreign
a broader outlook on various prob- I lating and home economics offer
45
"'J.llL^y not be a serious lems.
। the greatest opportunity.
to
FLOWERS FOR EVERY OCCASION
if/
to
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Battle It Out At
Table Tennis

Methods of Securing Employment

But one s vocation, important as
it may be, is not the whole story of
। trough friends or relatives
...25
46
happiness.
There are important so­
1 trough schools
— 5
cial and psychological factors which
' Sr°U0h applications
3
enter into the picture, and the Nisei,
1 In rough advertising
both
men and women, are divided
6
.-C°'her methods
4
4 almost evenly in their preference
either for Japan or for the West.
the second generation,
For the former, psychological rea­
Opportunity?
foreign birth, actually land
sons
are most important—the feel- I
_ apan. This is always one
So far as the question of oppor- mg of equality of race and a.grow- ।
16 question that
e step int0
^nses when tunity for the Nisei in Japan is con- ing attachment for the country. But j
h A table Aow'innTd , JaPan- cerned/ if is largely a matter ofcon- for the latter the material comfort !
f° . 9 how the Nisei jecture. On the whole, there are of the West summed up briefly in ।
Lea,,'C since friendr J j S !S Z6" many fieids open' ranging in im- higher wages, shorter hours and j
the most '
d fe atlVeS P°rtance from foreign trade, engin- better,climate, more than offset the I
r. The schook11^^^ means eering, clerical work and diplomacy disadvantages.
sn "ant Dart

Payed a down to rnissionary work. Some of
o’ positions. hS P'ng the Nisei the Nisei felt that all fields were
■----- ---- J open for the right men, while others
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Page 8

THE NEW CANADIAN

From the Dugout
Sunday League

Sunday Leaguers Rarin'io Go!

Schedule

THE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE

COMPANY OF CANADA

npin Yimminy. dot
rmiF.:.- (hat ibis
' Du1 grand upmiiii

ri’, mgs nave popped up, such
as tn? usage of senior Asahi
Established 1 869
. Head 0
Players only with the consent
My.
of the executive board, and the
my.
1V time dors fly’ He­'..’JU- abclismmg of the old custom of
Announces the Appointment of
is work, will be (ho h
"Japanese Time." Yes sir. playDummy sriies (hat will carry
ei s will have to be on time this
into the hoi summ<t da
year, or their team will have to
HUling (O ;il! tlx quib- forfeit one whole dollar to the ■
as their Japanese Agent for
ihmi' who's miterin
ami league’s rather thin treasury ;
IH H , Well file .kipa m-st ■ for every 15-minutes tardy. If '
Time
British Columbia
LmigUoS
debut looked dubious
not there by half an hour after
11 —Unions vs. Giants— 2:30
biii now it's all
Phone: Office—MArine 1746
led. they're the time scheduled to play,
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Fujis
mt imlly going to swint into acwell you just automatically lose I
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t ion (bis Sunday. Yowsah. One the game.
.'! Asahis
I’uions—11: 00 | [Company's Vancouver Branch Office
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rch enemies, Union Fish.
31 -Giants
Fujis—
year
like
(hi'
Iasi,
the
vh<> cuiiii'd olf the championship
’ill be nine inning affairs.
0
Asahis - h'H year despite our super-colos- but
the number of games to be
Unions—
il preuimioms will meet, the soml
will be considerably short culled killer Giants at 2:30 in the
May
Time
i si >t game ot the 40 season at ine 1. Hadi team playing oppos5—-Giants
Unions—11: tit)
nines only four games, makI’<»well Grounds.
Sukiyaki is Sour
ing u grand total of 12 games for
The
warm
spring
days
are here and baseball, tennis oolf and
Papa Hoshino
whole season.
12—Unions
Asahis— 2:30
summer sports will swing into action, but this columnist''is still S■
At precisely the same lime
12-Fujis
Giants

2:30
Okuda
Nuisance
dumps. I ve often wondered why so many scribes have
.
Yei eslon's rather partisan
column
and
after
a
short
time
left
it
hanging
in
the
air
Giants

11:00
hull Luus will be able to root for
-’.verc jolt to officials at the
tne rex
victim. And dang it that's just the way I feel right now.
their home town team. For why
19- - Unions
meeting was the bombshell
Fujis— 2:30

Last week I looked ahead for the golf tourney write-up
shouldn’t (hey root, they’ve
by "Rosie" Okuda
rhe first named is the home
space, but old man weather was unusually mean and waited a
the leagu
treasurer, that the treas
best pitchers from
team.
w ’week until Sunday to let go his torrential April showers To adI lammond playing with their nT
in ;t rather deflated con
to '
enough to meet any j tentative plans for a hard-tinn meanness he makes old Sol appear again on Monday Ye. .r
hoys, ami altogether their pros­ : dit io
m- buy Hu. much ..eel- (Imme. and arranging for eitherF'rTiUT^
too.
pect tor the pennant looks plenty
for either i1
'S. so what s the answer?, rhe Hastings Auditorium or (he Chamoion
h
e handicap tourney will be played off this Surd?.
lesy. For (heir first intended vic­
Mickey Murakami and: Orange Hall as the site. The dale took advanJL
,SuZukl' hrank M«yasaki and Doc Bam-,
tims. they take on the newly-born
p
Okuda are busy making'as
ver
1ms
not
ho™
advanta
9e
of
the
one
week
reprieve and set off for ve old
;
making ■ as yet has not been settled.
7o
f 6
WednesdaY corning and managed to sauee^T
btt ptized
"Powell
fl
lb
holes
before
the
call
to breakfast.
'
through the kindness of Mr. Ho-i
Crystal Gaxinj
Miino of the Dowell Drug Co.
Usually about this time of the year every sport scribe takes a craA
d
t
PredrcNon on who's going to win the pennant, so I decided
of Roy Yamamura, "Viva cl ;
to
watch
the
last
in
. , practices,
r
, but SundayT's rain washed away all workouts
presidente!" a number of new
and it's one Iheck' of* a job to pick the winners by glancing over the
or
1
'll ®Jhiilll|'B!l||!i!;^||'||>|i||;Jj|i;||J^
lineups.
UtlU :
ii
The snow on Grouse, the winy successful season, the Fuji exec.Since my predictions are widely known to be always wrong
THE NEW CANADIAN
m
iter playground of
skiers.! tnives have called an annual do
and
mv a jinx
/ SeiCCt
” WO“ld be
lik<
of
j has just about melted, and already ' inA meeting for Friday, April 26
SAY YOU SAW IT IN
Hammond
'’, nOOSe'A’ "y ’' n0 P"* 1 tU’k the Stevestonpm the big hill, stumps and rocks at ,he banquet room of Henri's
Hammond combine Will be the team to beat this year. That is
(illlK&lligMflldiiqiiiili l!»iilMlWilli8iih!lln4’d^
Wising jure appearing, making it unsafe at
the corner of Georgia and
Z T .Tr SLaWU"” sHcks w'th **e (hh town boys and
f o r unher skiing. Just once more, l^ranville. After the banquet which
doesn t switch to the Giants. Yes sir, as far as the pitching staff
RENT A
before the Fuji plankers call Riggins at 7 p.m.. Vice-President
A
quite. a; party will be formed this P'uck ^imizu will take the chair)
iSu
vi
Sunday for a
re k to and call the meeting for the elecHurrah for Mr. Hoshino! Again the generous druggist toqHhx
mer
Dam Mountain. After that, they'll 'tion 01 new executives and hear aid of thTUcTT- Mf SY J te Po-" ^ Co., have c«t r
.ill hang up their ski togs among reports from Kou Higashiyama
sDer
«ue Z
!
' y dCCidin9 ,0 vn“ a ,em in >™ Japanese
yphe moth balls, and wait for an- and Cece Okawara.
is rhe VO
T T
SCted '“ play under the Powell Drug banner '
$pther winter. Another winter of
eX s bo
S^ PWe" ^ team wiH be a rrTxture of
r: J
Thc highlight of the meeting
yy Plentiful snow covering the haz-i
the
nZ
y
,
e
ar
M
'
kad0
pbyers
3nd
3
few
Ichiguns.
If
a
Ie.
f
Fjardous. tree-dodging trails of Kan-' will be the presentation of the
newcomers make good, they're going to give some tough opposition
^idahai. the last quarter-mile down-) Paramount cup to Frank Hata­
roen
.
Nippatsus Are Giant Killers
Fl hill slopes of the Rig Hill, tricky! naka. speedy Fuji ace who won rioht
as i
the^S0ccerites' wh° 90 under the name of Nippatsus are a”
spurns down to the Lake. A wish I the trophy in the recent ski
Rath
J
amaZ,n9
the
W3y
they
hurdle
some
of
the
touab
meet
with
Seattle
Rokka
Club,
25c per hour, plus mileage
^i hat was granted only for a short
Can;
opposition they have come up against.
season.
the social end of the evening enJdTh/Va 7 .alWapane!e soccer team called the Fairview Che : "ave
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0 climax this short, but most p'^ be under the convenorship
that
ha d 3t ™
Tn '" the Jwile League. This scribe tried he ,
) of Kou Higashiyama and Yuki
but
t
2s'"3
e ,eam' ^ ^ «sre really good, and the.
j j Yoshida. Movies of the Fuji skiers
V “ ^Y? °Y bUt they ^Y
lick their taller adverse,) i • apge
J I taken at Rainier by Messrs. KaInnu.
°' ^e °^n'on that Nipponese were not made
i )shino, Onami and Takazaki will for snrrer Yj .tY
N »X Jt.
f ^'PPatsus have now
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now definitely
definitely changed
changed my
my mind
mind Ii
also be shown.
Nippatsus in the,r first year in the G.V.A.A. have made a dandy shew,ng I
W
I) Since this banquet is a strictly ^ere s doping you win the
cup this Saturday, boys! We'll be root no k swer
for you!
Jibe permitted only by invitations
'^LLL

ROY YAMAMURA

Sukiyaki

Skiers End With Social Trimmings

Closing Banquet and Dance Scheduled

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Dance Coming

Another gala function planned
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the classy White Rose Ballroom
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The orchestra in at
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