Page 1
SECTION
ONE
The
New Canadian
HOLIDAY
VOL 14 —NO. 99
TORONTO, ONT.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22,
The Nisei And His Japanese Heritag
IN THE PAST, chiefly during the
pre-war period, there was some conflict
between the ideas of two differing
groups of Issei as to whether the Japa"
nese language should or should not be
taught to their children. '
In the post-depression davs of the
late tWieS When ^ork was
often difncult to obtain, especially for
the Orientals, the Issei at times did look
across the Pacific to Japan as the land
f°r thei1’ more Posing
hildren. In large measure we can unerstand this attitude when we consider
uro
^ tinW’ Nisei Spates of
Workin^ ^ ^mber camps,
and that English-speaking university1
graduates were no doubt in some de™d in an ascending Imperial Japan.
he other group, however, felt that
children were Canadians who
would find it extremely difficult to
adjust themselves to the conditions in
the homes of their forefathers, it was
unnecessary to teach them a useless
^n?age‘ F°r thiS gr°Up’ the future of
the Nisei lay in full Canadianization.
It must not be assumed that these
By HIDEO MIMOTO
I often wonder if this misinterpretation . has
. not been made
---- when I hear
i nsei with no great amount of knowledge
about Japan making ridiculous state
ments about the culture of that country.
In order to be a cultural link, one
must understand the culture of both, be
able to interpret the one for the people
possessing the other. The question aris
es. Av hat does Nisei Joe know about the
ast. In the way of language? In the
way of ideology? In the wav of poli
tics, economics, sociology? On each of
these scores we are forced to answertittle or nothing—that is, as long as we
Ure sneakino-
Evaluation for Nisei Joe is so far__
bad. Is there something which we can
do about it? That is, if w assume for
the moment that we want Nisei Joe to
be a cultural link between East and
In the way of language, it will be no
doubt an overestimation to say that even
e
With the rupture of the cultural link
me part of a Nisei to further an under
theory as applied to the group, the
standing of the East in the West.
question which would seem to remain
Indeed. 1 think one will find that
is: in what direction do we wish to ad
among the various different foreign elevance? The question, it seems, has been
which have settled in the new
answered by the sociological facts of
world, thete. have been a few who have
the post-war Nisei life—toward Canataken up the study of the culture of
dianization. For better or for worse,
theii parents. Professor Jeanneret, Prin
the way was to some extent forced upon
cipal of University College. Toronto, and
us by the evacuation, and to some exHead of the French Department there,
tent conceived by us as the more desir
is. I am told, a second generation Can
able way to proceed. We have decided
adian of French Swiss parentage. How
not to lemam as a cultural minority
ever such people must be few- in num
group.
ber
because, granted that tbo people
Now the analysis which I have made
who wish to become scholars are few
fur the gioup must not be thought
.'in
in
number anyway, those who wish to
ply in
individuals. lnspecialize in the study of the culturedeed we have in
:ia some Nisei
religious, literary, or social—of another
who after years of study in Japan have
country are indeed even fewer.
returned to their country and have been
Is then the hope of claiming- any kind
contributing in no small way to the
of Japanese heritag-e impossible, except
furthering- of understand!ng of Japan
for the few who would want to take up
among
English-speakim
Canadians.
the study of Japan on a specialized bas
With due respect to the Reverend T.
is? I think the question can be answered
Tsuji, I would like to cib the Dharma
in the negative. Many of us like to read
class and the Asoka Society (study
foreign literature, study foreign art,
groups of Buddhist philosophy) which
h^en to foreign music, and examine
are some of the results of an effort on
(Cont'd. on P. 16)
oi the adult Nisei would be
end even newspaper Japanese.
4 somewhat larger number will
be
,
speak Japanese with some
represent entirely the pre-war
oegree
of
fluency.
What is the soluti on ?
attitudes of the Issei. Indeed thev mi-ht
language schools
be considered to be the extreme "in both
be
suggested,
but immediately the problem
for BADMINTON
directions. Along the way between these
is
■
seen
to
VICTORY SMILES
two extreme attitudes lay the others
,
gigantic when we realize
^r Me Japanese are now dispersed
.with varying degrees of reluctance in
hr
?USn°Ut lhe ^’mfry, that even in
abandoning the old, and embracing the
,, , centres as -Toronto and Montreal,
new. As suggested above, the economic
tne
Japanese population is nowhere conand social factors must be considered
rated in
before one can pass judgement on
“little Tokios.” If
tl
however,
these
difficulties
are consid€> M%
people who held these attitudes.
eiec, and language schools are built
The war, the evacuation from
4„
the
we find fil , that the qualified teach. G. coast, the ghost town davs
ers are few and second, that very few
resettlement, and the relative acceptof the
sei want to be a cultural link
nce of the Japanese in the economic
especially
if it
it entails
entails so
so much work.
and social life of their fellow Canadians,
m
cne
way
of
ideology
one might say
ong with their complete political ac
the
same.
The
ideologies
of Japan are
ceptance seem to have settled the old
numerou
and to become acquainted
question now in the way of Canadian
with
them
would require much intenization.
sn-e study. Further, to have any idea
Here I do not intend to revive the
of the relative strength of any of these
question along such ridiculous lines as
neologies is a. task tremendous even
of returning to Japan. But when one
for
experts in the line. In the way of
stops to take stock of events which have
p01it,cs eco-wmies and SKio|()gy (a'bo-lt
decisively changed one’s wav of life
one
}'^C1 risei Joe has only second hand
must decide on the way to proceed in
°f Sections of rural Japan
ie future. One does not want to resign
oi
fifty
years
ago), the picture is even
I to inevitable sociological forces. Sim
more
dismal.
ple humanity makes us look back with
The illusion must be broken. Nisei Joe
some nostalgia—to ask whether there
as a group is incapable of being that
is not anything of the past which might
cultural
link of which some over-enthu
be retained, and that with some advan
siastic person might conceive. The Nisei
tage.
a^ non-JaPanese culturally and if they
V'e are forced to recall that old and
sul
have anything seemingly Japanese
much abused sentiment—that the Nisei
m their mental make-up, they are ele
must be a cultural link between the
ments which are quickly disappearing.
East and the West. I do not mean to
The reasons for this are two-fold: the
say that this concept was necessarily
culture of Japan as brought to this
ever understood to apply to the group
country by the Issei is in large degree
as a whole, but I wish to examine first
rural Japanese culture of the earlv 20th
the implication of such an interpreta
century. This, established in a foreign
tion if it should be made.
country, underwent numerous modifica
tions due to the diversity of its ele
ments and the difference of the new
environment. To a large extent th- Ni
sei’s knowledge of whatever thev refer
SECTION ONE
to as Japanese is that which they saw
I ^e Nisei And His Heritage
and assimilated in “Little Tokio . Van। The Year Is Over... ........... 1...2Z
couver, B. C., or in “Ghost Town Inter2 I
I The Cnristmas Theme
9 S '
]°r B’ C' The Second reason is obviousI How To Choose A Mate ..
with the diffusion of the Japanese over
!
xmas Came To Our House
such a wide area as from Vancouver to
j Christmas 1.951 .............
4
Montreal,
the greater contact with th«
f Jupbeans Mean “Ocha-zTkFZ
THE MOST POP I J
_ .
— Eob Suzuki
I lhe Grotesque____ ___ _
otner elements of Canadian life makes
has
13
place?
b' Ie3PS and bound?^ Toronto
badminlo,b a game which
[ 20th Centuiw Journey............ Z?
14
our ways less and less even Japanese
l
aspirants of the game as nietmpH ?
’ Montreab Hamilton, and other
au Canadien.”
asaki, ladies doubles champions in flip r ’^'e are Toki Yonemitsu and Toshi
Tournament hetd in Toronto th.P5 spring. 6 ^^ -'""“=’ ^ Open Badminton
CONTENTS
ONE
The
New Canadian
HOLIDAY
VOL 14 —NO. 99
TORONTO, ONT.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22,
The Nisei And His Japanese Heritag
IN THE PAST, chiefly during the
pre-war period, there was some conflict
between the ideas of two differing
groups of Issei as to whether the Japa"
nese language should or should not be
taught to their children. '
In the post-depression davs of the
late tWieS When ^ork was
often difncult to obtain, especially for
the Orientals, the Issei at times did look
across the Pacific to Japan as the land
f°r thei1’ more Posing
hildren. In large measure we can unerstand this attitude when we consider
uro
^ tinW’ Nisei Spates of
Workin^ ^ ^mber camps,
and that English-speaking university1
graduates were no doubt in some de™d in an ascending Imperial Japan.
he other group, however, felt that
children were Canadians who
would find it extremely difficult to
adjust themselves to the conditions in
the homes of their forefathers, it was
unnecessary to teach them a useless
^n?age‘ F°r thiS gr°Up’ the future of
the Nisei lay in full Canadianization.
It must not be assumed that these
By HIDEO MIMOTO
I often wonder if this misinterpretation . has
. not been made
---- when I hear
i nsei with no great amount of knowledge
about Japan making ridiculous state
ments about the culture of that country.
In order to be a cultural link, one
must understand the culture of both, be
able to interpret the one for the people
possessing the other. The question aris
es. Av hat does Nisei Joe know about the
ast. In the way of language? In the
way of ideology? In the wav of poli
tics, economics, sociology? On each of
these scores we are forced to answertittle or nothing—that is, as long as we
Ure sneakino-
Evaluation for Nisei Joe is so far__
bad. Is there something which we can
do about it? That is, if w assume for
the moment that we want Nisei Joe to
be a cultural link between East and
In the way of language, it will be no
doubt an overestimation to say that even
e
With the rupture of the cultural link
me part of a Nisei to further an under
theory as applied to the group, the
standing of the East in the West.
question which would seem to remain
Indeed. 1 think one will find that
is: in what direction do we wish to ad
among the various different foreign elevance? The question, it seems, has been
which have settled in the new
answered by the sociological facts of
world, thete. have been a few who have
the post-war Nisei life—toward Canataken up the study of the culture of
dianization. For better or for worse,
theii parents. Professor Jeanneret, Prin
the way was to some extent forced upon
cipal of University College. Toronto, and
us by the evacuation, and to some exHead of the French Department there,
tent conceived by us as the more desir
is. I am told, a second generation Can
able way to proceed. We have decided
adian of French Swiss parentage. How
not to lemam as a cultural minority
ever such people must be few- in num
group.
ber
because, granted that tbo people
Now the analysis which I have made
who wish to become scholars are few
fur the gioup must not be thought
.'in
in
number anyway, those who wish to
ply in
individuals. lnspecialize in the study of the culturedeed we have in
:ia some Nisei
religious, literary, or social—of another
who after years of study in Japan have
country are indeed even fewer.
returned to their country and have been
Is then the hope of claiming- any kind
contributing in no small way to the
of Japanese heritag-e impossible, except
furthering- of understand!ng of Japan
for the few who would want to take up
among
English-speakim
Canadians.
the study of Japan on a specialized bas
With due respect to the Reverend T.
is? I think the question can be answered
Tsuji, I would like to cib the Dharma
in the negative. Many of us like to read
class and the Asoka Society (study
foreign literature, study foreign art,
groups of Buddhist philosophy) which
h^en to foreign music, and examine
are some of the results of an effort on
(Cont'd. on P. 16)
oi the adult Nisei would be
end even newspaper Japanese.
4 somewhat larger number will
be
,
speak Japanese with some
represent entirely the pre-war
oegree
of
fluency.
What is the soluti on ?
attitudes of the Issei. Indeed thev mi-ht
language schools
be considered to be the extreme "in both
be
suggested,
but immediately the problem
for BADMINTON
directions. Along the way between these
is
■
seen
to
VICTORY SMILES
two extreme attitudes lay the others
,
gigantic when we realize
^r Me Japanese are now dispersed
.with varying degrees of reluctance in
hr
?USn°Ut lhe ^’mfry, that even in
abandoning the old, and embracing the
,, , centres as -Toronto and Montreal,
new. As suggested above, the economic
tne
Japanese population is nowhere conand social factors must be considered
rated in
before one can pass judgement on
“little Tokios.” If
tl
however,
these
difficulties
are consid€> M%
people who held these attitudes.
eiec, and language schools are built
The war, the evacuation from
4„
the
we find fil , that the qualified teach. G. coast, the ghost town davs
ers are few and second, that very few
resettlement, and the relative acceptof the
sei want to be a cultural link
nce of the Japanese in the economic
especially
if it
it entails
entails so
so much work.
and social life of their fellow Canadians,
m
cne
way
of
ideology
one might say
ong with their complete political ac
the
same.
The
ideologies
of Japan are
ceptance seem to have settled the old
numerou
and to become acquainted
question now in the way of Canadian
with
them
would require much intenization.
sn-e study. Further, to have any idea
Here I do not intend to revive the
of the relative strength of any of these
question along such ridiculous lines as
neologies is a. task tremendous even
of returning to Japan. But when one
for
experts in the line. In the way of
stops to take stock of events which have
p01it,cs eco-wmies and SKio|()gy (a'bo-lt
decisively changed one’s wav of life
one
}'^C1 risei Joe has only second hand
must decide on the way to proceed in
°f Sections of rural Japan
ie future. One does not want to resign
oi
fifty
years
ago), the picture is even
I to inevitable sociological forces. Sim
more
dismal.
ple humanity makes us look back with
The illusion must be broken. Nisei Joe
some nostalgia—to ask whether there
as a group is incapable of being that
is not anything of the past which might
cultural
link of which some over-enthu
be retained, and that with some advan
siastic person might conceive. The Nisei
tage.
a^ non-JaPanese culturally and if they
V'e are forced to recall that old and
sul
have anything seemingly Japanese
much abused sentiment—that the Nisei
m their mental make-up, they are ele
must be a cultural link between the
ments which are quickly disappearing.
East and the West. I do not mean to
The reasons for this are two-fold: the
say that this concept was necessarily
culture of Japan as brought to this
ever understood to apply to the group
country by the Issei is in large degree
as a whole, but I wish to examine first
rural Japanese culture of the earlv 20th
the implication of such an interpreta
century. This, established in a foreign
tion if it should be made.
country, underwent numerous modifica
tions due to the diversity of its ele
ments and the difference of the new
environment. To a large extent th- Ni
sei’s knowledge of whatever thev refer
SECTION ONE
to as Japanese is that which they saw
I ^e Nisei And His Heritage
and assimilated in “Little Tokio . Van। The Year Is Over... ........... 1...2Z
couver, B. C., or in “Ghost Town Inter2 I
I The Cnristmas Theme
9 S '
]°r B’ C' The Second reason is obviousI How To Choose A Mate ..
with the diffusion of the Japanese over
!
xmas Came To Our House
such a wide area as from Vancouver to
j Christmas 1.951 .............
4
Montreal,
the greater contact with th«
f Jupbeans Mean “Ocha-zTkFZ
THE MOST POP I J
_ .
— Eob Suzuki
I lhe Grotesque____ ___ _
otner elements of Canadian life makes
has
13
place?
b' Ie3PS and bound?^ Toronto
badminlo,b a game which
[ 20th Centuiw Journey............ Z?
14
our ways less and less even Japanese
l
aspirants of the game as nietmpH ?
’ Montreab Hamilton, and other
au Canadien.”
asaki, ladies doubles champions in flip r ’^'e are Toki Yonemitsu and Toshi
Tournament hetd in Toronto th.P5 spring. 6 ^^ -'""“=’ ^ Open Badminton
CONTENTS
Page 2
PAGE 2
THE NEW CANADIAN
The New Canadian
An Independent Japanese-English Organ.
Published on Wednesday and Saturday of each week
as a medium of expression and news outlet
among those of Japanese origin in Canada.
KEN ADACHI ............ .
TAKAICHI UMEZUKI
KEN MORI ..................
Office Hours:
8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Monday to Friday.
9:00 a.m.-12 noon,
Saturday.
479 Queen St. W. —
-................................ Editor
Japanese Section Editor
Subscription, in Advance:
$3.00 for six months
$6.00 per one year
PLaza 5005 — Toronto. Ont.
Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Dept., Ottawa
THE YEAR IS OVER
Despite the utter confusion of ink, printer's pie, jangled
nerves, bleary eyes and discarded headlines that governed
our lives for the past few weeks, it is with a contented frame
of mind that we write our final editorial of the year now that
The New Canadian's thirteenth edition of the annual Christ
mas issue has finally been "put to bed”
In our last editorial of the waning year—pounded out
as usual several minutes before the deadline—with Christ
mas on the doorstep and the New Year perilously impend
ing, we strive to strike the proper keynote, the expressive
- hyperbole, the apt phrase, the correct embroidery and col
ouring to end 1951 with a flourish.
Saturday, December 22, 1951
The Ch ristmas Theme
By JACK NAKAMOTO
“Peace on Earth, Goodwill toward Men”,
is the heraldic cry at this time each year,
but th^fu11 import of it seems to have been
long lost in the hustle and bustle of com
mercial Christmas. The famous passage from
St. Luke’s gospel has come to serve merely
as a beautiful accessory for gay Xmas deco
rations in store windows.
The passage perhaps can be broken down
and enlarged upon for better understanding.
“Peace” means that first of all we must
have peace within ourselves before we can
hope to project it toward others. It is that
sense of poise and quiet "which comes with
our completely letting go of our negative
feelings.
If we envy our well-to-do neighbours or
scoin the church-goers, inward peace cannot
be ours; if we are at odds with ourselves, we
cannot hope to be even-tempered with our
fellow-men. To clear the cobwebs inside of
us, we must replace them with thoughts of
kindness, cheerfulness or any other positive
virtues.
.... cm Earth” is obviously our own
physical world whether it is darkest Africa
or New York City—a world 'hypothetically
placed between Heaven and Hell. Whereas
Heaven is the place of eternal bliss and good
ness, and Hell is the abode of lasting misery
and evil, our world is neither the place of
g-ood nor evil. The implication is then that
in^ our world confusion and conflict are rife"
“Goodwill” is a projection toward others of
our inward peace. It is the giving of our heart
with clear conscience and in utter sincerity. ~
The genuine smile or sincere word of ap
preciation- and encouragement that comes
with complete faith and understanding in our
fellow-men is our token of goodwill Ynd
human nature being what it is, we must make
the first move to offer our friendship to
others.
............ toward Men” means our atti
tude of sincere goodwill to literally every
mortal under the sun regardless of his colour
creed or rank. He may be the humble Chinese
laundryman to whom we have been mentally
turning up our nose; she may be the little
girl with whom we thought it was a nuisance
to be friendly; or he may even be our em
ployer whom we have regarded with awe
secretly hating him.
We are human and cannot hope to live up
to every word in St. Luke’s quotation, but
at least trying to live up to it as much as
we can is a noble aim in keeping with the
true spirit of Christmas.
Thus, as we “eat, drink and be merry”, may
some of the “Peace on Earth, Goodwill to
ward Men” have a special meaning for us at
this time.
Notwithstanding the present kaleidoscopic disorder of
our mind, several strong impressions of the year in the
sphere of the Japanese Canadians are quite clear. We have
tried to be accurate and faithful in the week-to-week chron
icling and reporting of the achievements, the successes and I
the failures of the Japanese Canadians in 1951—of gaining
of scholarships, of opening of .new business enterprises, of
carrying out of community affairs, of participation in political!
OU7
oo6e
By "ERICKA”
j attributes are present in the
prospect, then age should not be
a barrier.
Last but not Ieas.t, is the mat
ter of affection. Is he good-nat
ured, kind and considerate? If
so, remember, “he who hesitates,
is lost”. Do not wait another mo
ment, for this species is rapidly
becoming extinct.
This is one of the most cori- cheaply as one .
and social fields,—so that we need not go into detail here.
| troversial of topics perennially
Another question to consider
r
j.
.
.
*
discussed by columnists, psycholis that of compatibility. AVould
ormer enters in their end-of-the-year editorials since ogists, guidance teachers and the
you rather sit at home in front
The New Canadian was first issued in 1939 may have had | mdominable spinster or bachelor,
of the fireplace while he would
Ix at all possible, have an osThe operations involved are rather go out to a fight? If so,
io temper their mood by the sombre tinge of the restless
pre
tentious wedding, for the divorce
worthy of the tactical advances he may not have to go out to a
war years, the darkness and the tragedy and the pain of
laws being what they are in
war m a d e
by General Eisenhower fight.
and evacuation, and the uncertainty of relocation. '
Canada, it will probably be the
against Italy during World War
Still another aspect of the only one you will ever have.
Although these crises have elapsed but only a few II.
question is that of background.
Gone
are
the
days
of
Omar
short years ago, we feel safe in stating that the majority of
This entails primarily education,
&
Khayyam,
when
it
was
not
neces
but
also
includes
manners,
habits,
the Japanese Canadians are reasonably happy and con
sary to find in a single person the. and speech. If you find these qua
tent, having now fully adjusted themselves to
the change Qualities required for connubial lities acceptable, then there is
in their lives brought about by an extension of
their econo- bliss. In order to find a suitable the matter of intellect. It is most
mic horizons.
mate today, it is necessary that important to respect each other’s
%
a woman have the beauty of Ve views on all matters, from cur
Today, it is the Nisei who are the leading force in the nus, the cunning of Sibyl and the
rent events to the washing of
gRICHARD Y. NAKAMURA g
Japanese Canadian group. In their evolution into maturity charm of Delilah. A man should dishes.
both of age of mind, they are fulfilling the promise of yester have the patience of Job. the
The matter of age may be a g
MAS J. TAKAHASHI
wealth
of
Midas,
and
the
wit
of
serious impediment to an im
year. No longer do restless youths ponder over the bleak
R. C. A. F.
George Bernard Shaw.
pending
marriage. However, if !S
and gloomy outlook of acquiring a standard of living equit
However, with preference as to enough of the above-mentioned
OTTAWA
able to others of other racial origins while hamstrung by
shape and colouring set aside
bigotry and race prejudice and other obstacles—real and and all-powerful love excluded,
imaginary, economic and political, social and psychological, I shall proceed to enlighten any
nstead, they have passed through a stage of cynicism and would-be Thomas Manville or his
eason J
female
counterpoint
on
the
qualia losing of faith in Canada into an outlook that is bv com
ties to look for when choosingparison, refreshingly positive and fresh.
a mate.
Once you have found a lucky
It is truly, the "day"of the Nisei. Although not by any
prospect, stand on youi* best beMr. & Mrs. Harry Miyasaki
means a carefree generation—being necessarily sobered by
haviour, keep your eyes open,
the continual search for security which is the basis of man's
Miyasoki Bros. & Family
and if you are a woman, your
eternal struggle to live—it is a generation that has much mouth closed. When contemplat
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—
3321 Dundas St. W.
to Oder, in leadership in the Japanese Canadian group and ing a subject for a life-long
TORONTO
as a contributing force in Canadian life, the latter an obli companionship remember that
the life span of a man is sixty
gation which must be more fully realized.
} ears while that of a woman is
u
iS
9eneration which has grown up, conscious of sixty-four years.
The first, but by no means the
the Canaaian mood and spirit, trained in Canadian schools
L3he4
most important quality, is that
of education or "plain hard knocks”.
of appearance. Is he clean and
neat? The fact that he is tall.
It is a generation, therefore, that
tinue to dark and handsome i entire! v
irrelevant to the problem at
c„.„
Tailors
Canadians, a future built
the
ture of endurina at hand—the left hand that is.
strength and beauty. It reMR. & MRS. PETER KARATSU
1952 and the fol- Tills brings up the problem of ?
.inances. M ill he be able to suplowing years for the Nisei
458 YONGE
to
KI. 0904
jort you comfortably? Gone is
this task.
Toronto
■he old adage, ‘two can live as
I
ASCOT CLEANERS
VICTOR
THE NEW CANADIAN
The New Canadian
An Independent Japanese-English Organ.
Published on Wednesday and Saturday of each week
as a medium of expression and news outlet
among those of Japanese origin in Canada.
KEN ADACHI ............ .
TAKAICHI UMEZUKI
KEN MORI ..................
Office Hours:
8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Monday to Friday.
9:00 a.m.-12 noon,
Saturday.
479 Queen St. W. —
-................................ Editor
Japanese Section Editor
Subscription, in Advance:
$3.00 for six months
$6.00 per one year
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THE YEAR IS OVER
Despite the utter confusion of ink, printer's pie, jangled
nerves, bleary eyes and discarded headlines that governed
our lives for the past few weeks, it is with a contented frame
of mind that we write our final editorial of the year now that
The New Canadian's thirteenth edition of the annual Christ
mas issue has finally been "put to bed”
In our last editorial of the waning year—pounded out
as usual several minutes before the deadline—with Christ
mas on the doorstep and the New Year perilously impend
ing, we strive to strike the proper keynote, the expressive
- hyperbole, the apt phrase, the correct embroidery and col
ouring to end 1951 with a flourish.
Saturday, December 22, 1951
The Ch ristmas Theme
By JACK NAKAMOTO
“Peace on Earth, Goodwill toward Men”,
is the heraldic cry at this time each year,
but th^fu11 import of it seems to have been
long lost in the hustle and bustle of com
mercial Christmas. The famous passage from
St. Luke’s gospel has come to serve merely
as a beautiful accessory for gay Xmas deco
rations in store windows.
The passage perhaps can be broken down
and enlarged upon for better understanding.
“Peace” means that first of all we must
have peace within ourselves before we can
hope to project it toward others. It is that
sense of poise and quiet "which comes with
our completely letting go of our negative
feelings.
If we envy our well-to-do neighbours or
scoin the church-goers, inward peace cannot
be ours; if we are at odds with ourselves, we
cannot hope to be even-tempered with our
fellow-men. To clear the cobwebs inside of
us, we must replace them with thoughts of
kindness, cheerfulness or any other positive
virtues.
.... cm Earth” is obviously our own
physical world whether it is darkest Africa
or New York City—a world 'hypothetically
placed between Heaven and Hell. Whereas
Heaven is the place of eternal bliss and good
ness, and Hell is the abode of lasting misery
and evil, our world is neither the place of
g-ood nor evil. The implication is then that
in^ our world confusion and conflict are rife"
“Goodwill” is a projection toward others of
our inward peace. It is the giving of our heart
with clear conscience and in utter sincerity. ~
The genuine smile or sincere word of ap
preciation- and encouragement that comes
with complete faith and understanding in our
fellow-men is our token of goodwill Ynd
human nature being what it is, we must make
the first move to offer our friendship to
others.
............ toward Men” means our atti
tude of sincere goodwill to literally every
mortal under the sun regardless of his colour
creed or rank. He may be the humble Chinese
laundryman to whom we have been mentally
turning up our nose; she may be the little
girl with whom we thought it was a nuisance
to be friendly; or he may even be our em
ployer whom we have regarded with awe
secretly hating him.
We are human and cannot hope to live up
to every word in St. Luke’s quotation, but
at least trying to live up to it as much as
we can is a noble aim in keeping with the
true spirit of Christmas.
Thus, as we “eat, drink and be merry”, may
some of the “Peace on Earth, Goodwill to
ward Men” have a special meaning for us at
this time.
Notwithstanding the present kaleidoscopic disorder of
our mind, several strong impressions of the year in the
sphere of the Japanese Canadians are quite clear. We have
tried to be accurate and faithful in the week-to-week chron
icling and reporting of the achievements, the successes and I
the failures of the Japanese Canadians in 1951—of gaining
of scholarships, of opening of .new business enterprises, of
carrying out of community affairs, of participation in political!
OU7
oo6e
By "ERICKA”
j attributes are present in the
prospect, then age should not be
a barrier.
Last but not Ieas.t, is the mat
ter of affection. Is he good-nat
ured, kind and considerate? If
so, remember, “he who hesitates,
is lost”. Do not wait another mo
ment, for this species is rapidly
becoming extinct.
This is one of the most cori- cheaply as one .
and social fields,—so that we need not go into detail here.
| troversial of topics perennially
Another question to consider
r
j.
.
.
*
discussed by columnists, psycholis that of compatibility. AVould
ormer enters in their end-of-the-year editorials since ogists, guidance teachers and the
you rather sit at home in front
The New Canadian was first issued in 1939 may have had | mdominable spinster or bachelor,
of the fireplace while he would
Ix at all possible, have an osThe operations involved are rather go out to a fight? If so,
io temper their mood by the sombre tinge of the restless
pre
tentious wedding, for the divorce
worthy of the tactical advances he may not have to go out to a
war years, the darkness and the tragedy and the pain of
laws being what they are in
war m a d e
by General Eisenhower fight.
and evacuation, and the uncertainty of relocation. '
Canada, it will probably be the
against Italy during World War
Still another aspect of the only one you will ever have.
Although these crises have elapsed but only a few II.
question is that of background.
Gone
are
the
days
of
Omar
short years ago, we feel safe in stating that the majority of
This entails primarily education,
&
Khayyam,
when
it
was
not
neces
but
also
includes
manners,
habits,
the Japanese Canadians are reasonably happy and con
sary to find in a single person the. and speech. If you find these qua
tent, having now fully adjusted themselves to
the change Qualities required for connubial lities acceptable, then there is
in their lives brought about by an extension of
their econo- bliss. In order to find a suitable the matter of intellect. It is most
mic horizons.
mate today, it is necessary that important to respect each other’s
%
a woman have the beauty of Ve views on all matters, from cur
Today, it is the Nisei who are the leading force in the nus, the cunning of Sibyl and the
rent events to the washing of
gRICHARD Y. NAKAMURA g
Japanese Canadian group. In their evolution into maturity charm of Delilah. A man should dishes.
both of age of mind, they are fulfilling the promise of yester have the patience of Job. the
The matter of age may be a g
MAS J. TAKAHASHI
wealth
of
Midas,
and
the
wit
of
serious impediment to an im
year. No longer do restless youths ponder over the bleak
R. C. A. F.
George Bernard Shaw.
pending
marriage. However, if !S
and gloomy outlook of acquiring a standard of living equit
However, with preference as to enough of the above-mentioned
OTTAWA
able to others of other racial origins while hamstrung by
shape and colouring set aside
bigotry and race prejudice and other obstacles—real and and all-powerful love excluded,
imaginary, economic and political, social and psychological, I shall proceed to enlighten any
nstead, they have passed through a stage of cynicism and would-be Thomas Manville or his
eason J
female
counterpoint
on
the
qualia losing of faith in Canada into an outlook that is bv com
ties to look for when choosingparison, refreshingly positive and fresh.
a mate.
Once you have found a lucky
It is truly, the "day"of the Nisei. Although not by any
prospect, stand on youi* best beMr. & Mrs. Harry Miyasaki
means a carefree generation—being necessarily sobered by
haviour, keep your eyes open,
the continual search for security which is the basis of man's
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and if you are a woman, your
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—
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the life span of a man is sixty
gation which must be more fully realized.
} ears while that of a woman is
u
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9eneration which has grown up, conscious of sixty-four years.
The first, but by no means the
the Canaaian mood and spirit, trained in Canadian schools
L3he4
most important quality, is that
of education or "plain hard knocks”.
of appearance. Is he clean and
neat? The fact that he is tall.
It is a generation, therefore, that
tinue to dark and handsome i entire! v
irrelevant to the problem at
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Canadians, a future built
the
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Saturday, December 22, 1951
THE NEW CANADIAN
How Christmas Came To Our House
By CINDERELLA
a ten-year-old and her first real Christmas
S
£
I shall remember the Christ
different at Violet’s house.
answered candidly, “But I do!”
mas when I was ten. No other
There, there were mysterious
“But, you’ve got to give her
Christmas can mean as much
bundles hidden away in clothes
something really nice!” insisted
to me as the time when Christ
closets. I knew because Violet
Violet. I guess, at that time,
mas really came to oui' house.
would let me sneak into the
she didn’t know that we didn’t.
Mother and Father were good
closets to feel them. There was ' have cherry centres at our
people. It wasn’t their fault
the smell of tantalizing good
house. They were only for
that they found themselves with
ies—crisp, golden shortbread
guests.
an over-imaginative younster
with scarlet cherry centres,
Mother’s present became the
on their hands rather late in
nutty Christmas cake burstingmajor issue of our life. My
life. Mother was practical; Fa
v ith fruit, and brandied mince
ter and I discussed it in bed. Do
ther a good provider. I guess
pies. I used to spend hours,
you think she’ll be cross ? We
it was a good combination for
my chin propped in my hands,
thought that one over carefully.
a less-imaginative child. Father,
sitting on a stool, as “Mom
But the excitement of adven
I was to discover later, had a
Cantwell”, with a handful of
ture was upon us mow. We de
sense of humour which could
sugar, a cup of flour, a dash of
cided upon a pink, silk blouse
smooth the sharp edge of mo
this and that, concocted delici
—with cascades of lace, spiked
ther’s disciplinarian nature.
ous little confections while tel
with diamonds. At least we
Until I was ten years old,
ling me stories of Christmas in
thought they were diamonds.
Christmas Day was like any
England when she was a little
My sister clapped her hands
other day, except that we had
girl. And if I were very good,
and said. “Then mother can
a Christmas tree, and lots of
I was allowed to lick the bowls.
come to our Christmas concert
visitors came for dinner. The
I once asked mother why we
and watch you being an angel!
tree was beautiful, all aglow
didn't hang up our stockings
She’ll be the most ‘beautifulwith shining ornaments we
like Violet did. Mother said:
lest’ mother there!”’I was old
were told not to touch. I used
“Mari, don’t talk foolishness!”
er. I wasn’t quite sure about
to curb the urge to crush one
Mother’s mind, I decided, must
Mother coming to the concert.
of those shining things in my
be like an orange, easily sec
My heart grows soft when I
hand. I don’t think I was detioned, one section for sense
think of us, shopping with
structive. I was curious and the
and the other ior foolishness.
“Mom Cantwell” for mother’s
. forbidden and the unknown had
There was no “in-between”. It
present. “It’s going to have dia
•the same effect on me as a red
was as simple as that.
monds in it”, my little sister
flag to an angry bull.
I woulon't admit to anyone
chanted as she was swept along.
Christmas Day -was mother’s
that we didn’t have Christmas
And if “Mom Cantwell” saw
busiest day. If Mother hardly
at our house like other people.
the incongruity of it all—a
noticed us, Father was kind. He
It was a kind of. childish pride. , pink, silk blouse shining with
always crumbled five dollar
It was like confessing that we
sequins on my Japanese mother,
bills into our young fists, whis
didn’t have ten toes or a tongue.
wiry of frame, in her stout,
pering “Happy B i r t h d a y”,
Somehow, in our childish hearts.
practical oxfords, thick stock
“Happy Easter”, or some such
my sister and I we -e aware
ings and the everlasting apron
greeting that when the Christ
that something was missing,
around her middle as she did
mas contribution came along,
Anyway, we never said we
the cooking, washing, ironing,
we automatically and dutifully
hung up our stockings. Violet
wood chopping, and gardening
slipped it into our fat piggy
and “Mom Cantwell” simply
as well as any man—she never
bank for “by and by”. Mother
took it for granted that we did.
said so.
used to pronounce it “buni-bai”.
THEN IT ALL changed the
WE WRAPPED and unwrap
I felt “bum-bai” "was over a
Christmas I was ten. Violet
ped that blouse at least twenty
hundred years away.
asked us, “"What are you going
times,
if not more. On Christ
I V AGUELY connected
to get for your mother?” My
mas eve, my sister and I
Christmas with the Christ
little sister was honest. “Mo
sneaked it under the big tree.
Child in Bethlehem, the Santa
ther” . . . we never called her
“
Mari”, my sister said to me,
Claus who kept the pot boiling
mama in those days. The bridge
“It looks so lonely, all by it
for the Salvation Army, and
of understanding was not yet
self.
I wish we had more preFather’s crumpled bills religi
built then. “Mother doesn’t
sents to put beside it.
ously being put away in our
want anything. But I think it
“We can pretend,” I said.
Piggy- And always in the back
would be nice to get her a big
Naomi
wasn’t so sure if pre
ground was mother’s harrassed
box of chocolates . . . the ones
tending was enough. So we
look as she got ready for vis
with soft, cherry centres in
bought down all our newer pos
itors.
them. ’ Violet asked “Does your
sessions,
wrapped them up to
I thought Japanese people
mommy like chocolates?” My
look like presents. “But Mari,
didn’t have Christmases. It was
sister was practical. “No”, she
it’s no fun at all! I know what’s
in them!” “But now it looks
like Christmas at Violet’s
place,” I said.
*
*
*
eadon J
lifted
“Merry Christmas, Mother!”
We practically had to drag
mother away from the kitchen.
Mother’s gnarled, workworn
hands, with the broken nails,
played with the gay red ribbon.
My sister, hopping from one
foot to the other, kept saying
“Merry Christmas ! Merry
H. MATSUBAYASHI & SON
Christmas! Do you like it, mo
ther?”
SLOGAN SOYA COMPANY
Manufacturers Of
Soya Bean Products & Orientdl Foods
P. O. BOX 58
i
3
SLOGAN CITY, B. C.
It wasn’t like I had dreamed
it would be. Mother was so
quiet. Her eyes didn’t dance
like “Mom Cantwell’s”. There
was a peculiarly misty look in
her eyes, but she set her lips
in a grim line and said, “Mari,
you shouldn’t have spent so
much money!” Just that. I took
Father’s hand then, and his
strong hand over mine, warmed
my cold one. “Papa,” I whis-
PAGE 8
pered, “she doesn’t like it.”
And for dinner, Mother put
“Of course, she does”, he
on her pink silk blouse. And she
said. And then he said “O Hat
said, “Vou're a g-ood girl, Mari.”
su” very gruffly to Mother.
I felt warm all over. Mother
Whenever he called Mother that
was the most “beautifullest”
it was pretty serious.
mother in the world!
I saw Father take my sister
OTHER CHRIST M A S E S
on his knee through a blur of
have come to our house since.
tears. “And where’s Papa’s pre
But the Christmas we bought
sent?” he asked Naomi. “We
mother a pink, silk blouse
didn’t get you one. Papa!”
stands out in my memory. God
“What, Naomi, no present for
forgive the comparison but the
Papa when there’s all those
silk blouse was as ludicrous as
presents binder the tree!” Papa
an Easter bonnet on a very
teased.
scrawny hen. But that didn’t
“Don’t be silly, Papa. They’re
matter. In my eyes it was
all 'let’s pretend’ presents. I was
beautiful. It was the Christ
pretending . . . pretending
mas I discovered Mother was
Christmas comes to our house
soft inside. It was the time, I
too!” To prove my words, I ran
learned through Papa, that
to the tree, hoping to cover up
faith, at some time oi' another,
my disappointment and hurt so
is bound to become strained,
he wouldn’t see. There, clum
and that it requires a helpingsily tied, were two parcels, not
hand to be restored to the shin
“just pretend” ones, but real
ing thing it should be. It was
presents. There was a sleeping
the day I discovered that Christ
doll with real hair and eyes
mas was not just a day, but an
that shut and open for Naomi,
experience in human underand a pair of shining black pat
standing.
ent leather shoes with two but
That was the day Christmas
tons for me!
really came to our house.
calon
Mook’s Snack Bar
P. O. Box 422
Greenwood, B. C.
eajon 3
J. M. YOSHIOKA, M.D,
P. O. Box 609
errtj
ear
Greenwood Shoe Shop
IMAI BROS. RADIO & ELECTRIC
Harry & Mas Imai
P. O. Box 579
Greenwood, B. C.
Season’s (greetings
CALGARY
S. KUWAHARA
H. KUWAHARA
T. KUWAHARA
EDMONTON
S. INOUYE
F. INOUYE
REGINA
G. KITAGAWA
R. HORI
3
Saturday, December 22, 1951
THE NEW CANADIAN
How Christmas Came To Our House
By CINDERELLA
a ten-year-old and her first real Christmas
S
£
I shall remember the Christ
different at Violet’s house.
answered candidly, “But I do!”
mas when I was ten. No other
There, there were mysterious
“But, you’ve got to give her
Christmas can mean as much
bundles hidden away in clothes
something really nice!” insisted
to me as the time when Christ
closets. I knew because Violet
Violet. I guess, at that time,
mas really came to oui' house.
would let me sneak into the
she didn’t know that we didn’t.
Mother and Father were good
closets to feel them. There was ' have cherry centres at our
people. It wasn’t their fault
the smell of tantalizing good
house. They were only for
that they found themselves with
ies—crisp, golden shortbread
guests.
an over-imaginative younster
with scarlet cherry centres,
Mother’s present became the
on their hands rather late in
nutty Christmas cake burstingmajor issue of our life. My
life. Mother was practical; Fa
v ith fruit, and brandied mince
ter and I discussed it in bed. Do
ther a good provider. I guess
pies. I used to spend hours,
you think she’ll be cross ? We
it was a good combination for
my chin propped in my hands,
thought that one over carefully.
a less-imaginative child. Father,
sitting on a stool, as “Mom
But the excitement of adven
I was to discover later, had a
Cantwell”, with a handful of
ture was upon us mow. We de
sense of humour which could
sugar, a cup of flour, a dash of
cided upon a pink, silk blouse
smooth the sharp edge of mo
this and that, concocted delici
—with cascades of lace, spiked
ther’s disciplinarian nature.
ous little confections while tel
with diamonds. At least we
Until I was ten years old,
ling me stories of Christmas in
thought they were diamonds.
Christmas Day was like any
England when she was a little
My sister clapped her hands
other day, except that we had
girl. And if I were very good,
and said. “Then mother can
a Christmas tree, and lots of
I was allowed to lick the bowls.
come to our Christmas concert
visitors came for dinner. The
I once asked mother why we
and watch you being an angel!
tree was beautiful, all aglow
didn't hang up our stockings
She’ll be the most ‘beautifulwith shining ornaments we
like Violet did. Mother said:
lest’ mother there!”’I was old
were told not to touch. I used
“Mari, don’t talk foolishness!”
er. I wasn’t quite sure about
to curb the urge to crush one
Mother’s mind, I decided, must
Mother coming to the concert.
of those shining things in my
be like an orange, easily sec
My heart grows soft when I
hand. I don’t think I was detioned, one section for sense
think of us, shopping with
structive. I was curious and the
and the other ior foolishness.
“Mom Cantwell” for mother’s
. forbidden and the unknown had
There was no “in-between”. It
present. “It’s going to have dia
•the same effect on me as a red
was as simple as that.
monds in it”, my little sister
flag to an angry bull.
I woulon't admit to anyone
chanted as she was swept along.
Christmas Day -was mother’s
that we didn’t have Christmas
And if “Mom Cantwell” saw
busiest day. If Mother hardly
at our house like other people.
the incongruity of it all—a
noticed us, Father was kind. He
It was a kind of. childish pride. , pink, silk blouse shining with
always crumbled five dollar
It was like confessing that we
sequins on my Japanese mother,
bills into our young fists, whis
didn’t have ten toes or a tongue.
wiry of frame, in her stout,
pering “Happy B i r t h d a y”,
Somehow, in our childish hearts.
practical oxfords, thick stock
“Happy Easter”, or some such
my sister and I we -e aware
ings and the everlasting apron
greeting that when the Christ
that something was missing,
around her middle as she did
mas contribution came along,
Anyway, we never said we
the cooking, washing, ironing,
we automatically and dutifully
hung up our stockings. Violet
wood chopping, and gardening
slipped it into our fat piggy
and “Mom Cantwell” simply
as well as any man—she never
bank for “by and by”. Mother
took it for granted that we did.
said so.
used to pronounce it “buni-bai”.
THEN IT ALL changed the
WE WRAPPED and unwrap
I felt “bum-bai” "was over a
Christmas I was ten. Violet
ped that blouse at least twenty
hundred years away.
asked us, “"What are you going
times,
if not more. On Christ
I V AGUELY connected
to get for your mother?” My
mas eve, my sister and I
Christmas with the Christ
little sister was honest. “Mo
sneaked it under the big tree.
Child in Bethlehem, the Santa
ther” . . . we never called her
“
Mari”, my sister said to me,
Claus who kept the pot boiling
mama in those days. The bridge
“It looks so lonely, all by it
for the Salvation Army, and
of understanding was not yet
self.
I wish we had more preFather’s crumpled bills religi
built then. “Mother doesn’t
sents to put beside it.
ously being put away in our
want anything. But I think it
“We can pretend,” I said.
Piggy- And always in the back
would be nice to get her a big
Naomi
wasn’t so sure if pre
ground was mother’s harrassed
box of chocolates . . . the ones
tending was enough. So we
look as she got ready for vis
with soft, cherry centres in
bought down all our newer pos
itors.
them. ’ Violet asked “Does your
sessions,
wrapped them up to
I thought Japanese people
mommy like chocolates?” My
look like presents. “But Mari,
didn’t have Christmases. It was
sister was practical. “No”, she
it’s no fun at all! I know what’s
in them!” “But now it looks
like Christmas at Violet’s
place,” I said.
*
*
*
eadon J
lifted
“Merry Christmas, Mother!”
We practically had to drag
mother away from the kitchen.
Mother’s gnarled, workworn
hands, with the broken nails,
played with the gay red ribbon.
My sister, hopping from one
foot to the other, kept saying
“Merry Christmas ! Merry
H. MATSUBAYASHI & SON
Christmas! Do you like it, mo
ther?”
SLOGAN SOYA COMPANY
Manufacturers Of
Soya Bean Products & Orientdl Foods
P. O. BOX 58
i
3
SLOGAN CITY, B. C.
It wasn’t like I had dreamed
it would be. Mother was so
quiet. Her eyes didn’t dance
like “Mom Cantwell’s”. There
was a peculiarly misty look in
her eyes, but she set her lips
in a grim line and said, “Mari,
you shouldn’t have spent so
much money!” Just that. I took
Father’s hand then, and his
strong hand over mine, warmed
my cold one. “Papa,” I whis-
PAGE 8
pered, “she doesn’t like it.”
And for dinner, Mother put
“Of course, she does”, he
on her pink silk blouse. And she
said. And then he said “O Hat
said, “Vou're a g-ood girl, Mari.”
su” very gruffly to Mother.
I felt warm all over. Mother
Whenever he called Mother that
was the most “beautifullest”
it was pretty serious.
mother in the world!
I saw Father take my sister
OTHER CHRIST M A S E S
on his knee through a blur of
have come to our house since.
tears. “And where’s Papa’s pre
But the Christmas we bought
sent?” he asked Naomi. “We
mother a pink, silk blouse
didn’t get you one. Papa!”
stands out in my memory. God
“What, Naomi, no present for
forgive the comparison but the
Papa when there’s all those
silk blouse was as ludicrous as
presents binder the tree!” Papa
an Easter bonnet on a very
teased.
scrawny hen. But that didn’t
“Don’t be silly, Papa. They’re
matter. In my eyes it was
all 'let’s pretend’ presents. I was
beautiful. It was the Christ
pretending . . . pretending
mas I discovered Mother was
Christmas comes to our house
soft inside. It was the time, I
too!” To prove my words, I ran
learned through Papa, that
to the tree, hoping to cover up
faith, at some time oi' another,
my disappointment and hurt so
is bound to become strained,
he wouldn’t see. There, clum
and that it requires a helpingsily tied, were two parcels, not
hand to be restored to the shin
“just pretend” ones, but real
ing thing it should be. It was
presents. There was a sleeping
the day I discovered that Christ
doll with real hair and eyes
mas was not just a day, but an
that shut and open for Naomi,
experience in human underand a pair of shining black pat
standing.
ent leather shoes with two but
That was the day Christmas
tons for me!
really came to our house.
calon
Mook’s Snack Bar
P. O. Box 422
Greenwood, B. C.
eajon 3
J. M. YOSHIOKA, M.D,
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CALGARY
S. KUWAHARA
H. KUWAHARA
T. KUWAHARA
EDMONTON
S. INOUYE
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G. KITAGAWA
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Christmas, 1951
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things, that Christmas is gradu Maybe, ultimately, this \viu b"
ally assuming less the character the real meaning of the eelebraof a narroxx' ceremony' and more Uon of the birth of Christ.
the character of a communal festix'al. Participation is coming to
A Sober Look at Today's Meaning of the Yule Season
take place on a social, rather than
a religious level.
The meaning of an event which
let loose upon the world was so
imentii
rit, difficult to define, but whose
took place some 2,000 years ago
This is the essence of the spi
overpowering a force that it
presence is alive and vital. Be- rit. As it spreads it destroy's nar
is not yet perfectly clear. A
dared not be refuted. Since it
neath
the religious ceremony roxx' prejudice and obscures petty
man, called Christ, was born and could not be
contradicted, and there pulses
a social responsive- differences. Perhaps some day' it
was hanged on the cross for would not die,
it had to be ap- ness that is quick to seize upon
threatening the existing order of propriated
will xvork in an opposite direc
Rev. YUTAKA OGURA
by those whom it
any occasion that brings people tion and Christians will be equal
things.
threatened, And so throughout
TOMEYO OGURA
together and permits them to par ly ready' to participate in the obThis man was a carpenter by history xve
witness the spectacle ticipate in a common actix'ity.
trade. Had he chosen, he might
173 Enfield Crescent
°f oppression and repression in Such an occasion is Christmas seiwances of non-C h r i s t i a n
have lived to build crosses for
groups.
When
it
does,
the
road
St.
Boniface, Man
the name .of Christ and Christ
when the narrower religious sig- to understanding and tolerance
others to hang on. But either
ianity. Today we celebrate the
-^nificance of the obserx'ance y'ields
from God or from the unique
birth of this carpenter, this dis to a broader social communica
circumstances of his heredity' and sident of his time, and continue
tion. At this time our fellowship
environment, -whichever we think
to persecute the dissents of our.
arid g’ood xx'ill are not all artifiit was, he acquired a moral own time.
cally' stimulated; the sense of so
structure of such enormity' that
The Christian idea is a perencial
unity' is not dead in all of us.
by comparison with other men he nial thorn lodged in the
moral
Consider how this spirit is
seemed a god himself. And this fibre of our society. The sensitive
manifest. Consider, for example,
was his undoing.
are pained; the Pharisees seek
one
of the appurtenances of our
We, twenty centuries removed to confound the hypocrisy.
modern Christmas festivities_
from this episode in human his
These things have been said
the Christmas carol. There is the
tory, annually' contemplate what before. There are, among
us, carol itself—a song, in many
this man’s existence has meant enough honest and perturbed
men
and now means to us. In his time to recognize and speak to them. cases, full of religious references
Christ was a champion of the But they are met with silence. and symbols. That is, its reli
oppressed. There have been oth If we are silent because of moral gious content. But it were as
ers in our. history who have chal insensitix'ity denies us compre though a religious subject matter
lenged the hard crust of authori hension then perhaps xve are lost. were too limited a scope for so
ty and fought the oppressors, But if the vestige of a moral joyous and exuberant an activity
whether these latter have been conscience remains with us and and pagan songs and symbols had
Manufacturers & Wholesale Distributors of CANASOY
groups of people or ideas or in we are silent through embarrass »o be brought into carol singing.
Indeed, the singing of carols it
stitutions. But they’, the dream ment there is hope.
self is not of Christian origin.
ers and thinkers, were success
Is this, then, the meaning of
And further, carol singing is £
fully contested and their chal Christmas? Is it an eternal re
2131-2141 Dundas St.
lenge to the body political was minder of our hy'pocrisy and by no means confined to Christ
ian groups. The communal force
destroyed, at least temporarily. holloxx' righteousness ?
Partly,
Christ, too, was destroyed for but not entirely. For even as we is too pervasive to permit a lim
VANCOUVER, B. C.
the good of the body’ politic, or say- -these things we must admit ited participation. This does not
so it was said. But the idea he the presence of an embracing spi- mean that non-Christian groups
are being drawn into the Christ-
3
rffl?isT^s
The writer, Mrs. Misao Deskins,
the former Miss Misao Hatanaka
of Vancouver and Lemon Creek,
B. C., is one of about 30 Cana- ’’
dian Nisei girls married to American ex-servicemen of World
War II and residing in the Uni
ted States. Airs. Deskins tells of
her new life in Kingsport, Tenn.,
as the wife of C. E. Deskins whom
she met in Japan after the war.
4
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At first, I had difficulty, in
grasping the slow unfamiliar
drawl of the Southerners, but as
*
days went by, I .grew accustomed
to their manner of speech, but
every'- so often I laugh at the
mistakes I made in my earlier
days here. Innocence was bliss
*
$
$
ful, since I didn’t realize the
KINGSPORT,
Tennessee is
blunder until my husband innot a familiar city’ to Canadians.
foimed me later. A friend of mx'
By MISAO DESKINS ,
nou/n
erutce
Hoxx'ever, xvith a population of
father-in-laxx' came to the door,
approximately' 55,000, it is one of
and as I invited him in, he asked
the larger cities in the state. on the north by Virginia and
on if my' father-in-laxv was in. To
And although the city itself is the south by North Carolina. To this I replied, “I am fine, thank
FUNERAL HOME
ver7 young, the ultra-progres- gether with greater Kingspor
you.” Wouldn’t you have liked
six’e business management is x_e- it stretches along the Holston to have been here and seen the
Earl Elliott. President
8
ry outstanding, and Kingsport is River xx’hich xvinds through the man’s facial expression ?
715 Dovercourt Road
recognized as one of the most foothills of the beautiful Appa
One of my' thrills was motorToronto
progressive cities in the United lachian Alountains.
PHONE
iug across Virginia’s famous
LA. 3301
States.
Trail of the Lonesome Pine.”
The greatest contrast I find
To mention fexx- of the most betxveen the northern and south This once small legendary' trail, |
outstanding industries in this ern cities is in the people xvho now improved into a spacious
city, the citizens of Kingsport live in them. The citizens of highxvay, was the location for the I
aie very' proud of Tennessee
errt^
mad
gieat motion picture of the same I
Kastman Corporation, a subsidi never in a rush. In the northern title about 16 years ago starring I
and
ary- of Eastman Kodak Compa- cities and in Canada, the sight Sylvia Sydney, Henry' Fonda and
■ny. This huge plant produces of hurrying scurrying people and Fred MacMurray. Farther on at I
ear
chemicals, plastics and synthetic the hustling bustling traffic are the foot of the majestic Appala
yarn. Some of you may have not common, but in this part of the chians are many coal mining I
iced through the Book-of-thecountry, these sights are hardly towns and the mountainous seenb
Alonth Club editions, encx’clope- ex-er seen.
ery drew my mind back to Ledia, textbooks. Bibles and fiction
Hospitality” is one of the mon Creek, Slocan, New Denver
best-sellers that Kingsport has
greatest virtues of the Tennes- and Sandon.
MUNEO KAWAZOE
one of the largest complete book seans. ”Come and see
us,
you
I
am
x
ery
happy
to
be
part
of
binding plants in the xvorld. the
all or “Come go home- is their this new environment and
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j°r industries are the Alead Cor
always open to his friends.
to take a trip doxvn here, my hus- Il
poration. pulp and paper nianu- cheerful -Hurry back’
is a fav- band and I will be more than I
meh incidentally pro- orite expression of the s
glad to hax’e you as our guests.
1
duces
and Time macazme clerks whether in a dime
Materloo, Ontario
store
covers. r>oraen Mills inCM ];)r[r.
M e xvould like to take this r
or an excusive shop.
Phones: 2-5059 and 2-3
opportunity to send our very* best fl
est cotton producers of the south;
Their most favorite and com- wishes to all our friends and to I;
Toronto — Ri. 73s.;
a cement plant; a hosiery plant;
mon dish is soupbeans and corn- the ex-teachers and pupils of the I
and a ‘super-explosive’ plant.
bread, which I beliex'e xvould be
Kingsport is located in the
Lemon Creek School, as well as I
what ‘ocha-zuke” is to the Is
Per Prernluru Dollar”
western jut of the state framed seis.
to the staff of The New Canadian.
i
anil cornbread
is “wtaW
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Christmas, 1951
ian fold. It means, among other will be broadened even ™.
things, that Christmas is gradu Maybe, ultimately, this \viu b"
ally assuming less the character the real meaning of the eelebraof a narroxx' ceremony' and more Uon of the birth of Christ.
the character of a communal festix'al. Participation is coming to
A Sober Look at Today's Meaning of the Yule Season
take place on a social, rather than
a religious level.
The meaning of an event which
let loose upon the world was so
imentii
rit, difficult to define, but whose
took place some 2,000 years ago
This is the essence of the spi
overpowering a force that it
presence is alive and vital. Be- rit. As it spreads it destroy's nar
is not yet perfectly clear. A
dared not be refuted. Since it
neath
the religious ceremony roxx' prejudice and obscures petty
man, called Christ, was born and could not be
contradicted, and there pulses
a social responsive- differences. Perhaps some day' it
was hanged on the cross for would not die,
it had to be ap- ness that is quick to seize upon
threatening the existing order of propriated
will xvork in an opposite direc
Rev. YUTAKA OGURA
by those whom it
any occasion that brings people tion and Christians will be equal
things.
threatened, And so throughout
TOMEYO OGURA
together and permits them to par ly ready' to participate in the obThis man was a carpenter by history xve
witness the spectacle ticipate in a common actix'ity.
trade. Had he chosen, he might
173 Enfield Crescent
°f oppression and repression in Such an occasion is Christmas seiwances of non-C h r i s t i a n
have lived to build crosses for
groups.
When
it
does,
the
road
St.
Boniface, Man
the name .of Christ and Christ
when the narrower religious sig- to understanding and tolerance
others to hang on. But either
ianity. Today we celebrate the
-^nificance of the obserx'ance y'ields
from God or from the unique
birth of this carpenter, this dis to a broader social communica
circumstances of his heredity' and sident of his time, and continue
tion. At this time our fellowship
environment, -whichever we think
to persecute the dissents of our.
arid g’ood xx'ill are not all artifiit was, he acquired a moral own time.
cally' stimulated; the sense of so
structure of such enormity' that
The Christian idea is a perencial
unity' is not dead in all of us.
by comparison with other men he nial thorn lodged in the
moral
Consider how this spirit is
seemed a god himself. And this fibre of our society. The sensitive
manifest. Consider, for example,
was his undoing.
are pained; the Pharisees seek
one
of the appurtenances of our
We, twenty centuries removed to confound the hypocrisy.
modern Christmas festivities_
from this episode in human his
These things have been said
the Christmas carol. There is the
tory, annually' contemplate what before. There are, among
us, carol itself—a song, in many
this man’s existence has meant enough honest and perturbed
men
and now means to us. In his time to recognize and speak to them. cases, full of religious references
Christ was a champion of the But they are met with silence. and symbols. That is, its reli
oppressed. There have been oth If we are silent because of moral gious content. But it were as
ers in our. history who have chal insensitix'ity denies us compre though a religious subject matter
lenged the hard crust of authori hension then perhaps xve are lost. were too limited a scope for so
ty and fought the oppressors, But if the vestige of a moral joyous and exuberant an activity
whether these latter have been conscience remains with us and and pagan songs and symbols had
Manufacturers & Wholesale Distributors of CANASOY
groups of people or ideas or in we are silent through embarrass »o be brought into carol singing.
Indeed, the singing of carols it
stitutions. But they’, the dream ment there is hope.
self is not of Christian origin.
ers and thinkers, were success
Is this, then, the meaning of
And further, carol singing is £
fully contested and their chal Christmas? Is it an eternal re
2131-2141 Dundas St.
lenge to the body political was minder of our hy'pocrisy and by no means confined to Christ
ian groups. The communal force
destroyed, at least temporarily. holloxx' righteousness ?
Partly,
Christ, too, was destroyed for but not entirely. For even as we is too pervasive to permit a lim
VANCOUVER, B. C.
the good of the body’ politic, or say- -these things we must admit ited participation. This does not
so it was said. But the idea he the presence of an embracing spi- mean that non-Christian groups
are being drawn into the Christ-
3
rffl?isT^s
The writer, Mrs. Misao Deskins,
the former Miss Misao Hatanaka
of Vancouver and Lemon Creek,
B. C., is one of about 30 Cana- ’’
dian Nisei girls married to American ex-servicemen of World
War II and residing in the Uni
ted States. Airs. Deskins tells of
her new life in Kingsport, Tenn.,
as the wife of C. E. Deskins whom
she met in Japan after the war.
4
J
II $011113 A3 II(
At first, I had difficulty, in
grasping the slow unfamiliar
drawl of the Southerners, but as
*
days went by, I .grew accustomed
to their manner of speech, but
every'- so often I laugh at the
mistakes I made in my earlier
days here. Innocence was bliss
*
$
$
ful, since I didn’t realize the
KINGSPORT,
Tennessee is
blunder until my husband innot a familiar city’ to Canadians.
foimed me later. A friend of mx'
By MISAO DESKINS ,
nou/n
erutce
Hoxx'ever, xvith a population of
father-in-laxx' came to the door,
approximately' 55,000, it is one of
and as I invited him in, he asked
the larger cities in the state. on the north by Virginia and
on if my' father-in-laxv was in. To
And although the city itself is the south by North Carolina. To this I replied, “I am fine, thank
FUNERAL HOME
ver7 young, the ultra-progres- gether with greater Kingspor
you.” Wouldn’t you have liked
six’e business management is x_e- it stretches along the Holston to have been here and seen the
Earl Elliott. President
8
ry outstanding, and Kingsport is River xx’hich xvinds through the man’s facial expression ?
715 Dovercourt Road
recognized as one of the most foothills of the beautiful Appa
One of my' thrills was motorToronto
progressive cities in the United lachian Alountains.
PHONE
iug across Virginia’s famous
LA. 3301
States.
Trail of the Lonesome Pine.”
The greatest contrast I find
To mention fexx- of the most betxveen the northern and south This once small legendary' trail, |
outstanding industries in this ern cities is in the people xvho now improved into a spacious
city, the citizens of Kingsport live in them. The citizens of highxvay, was the location for the I
aie very' proud of Tennessee
errt^
mad
gieat motion picture of the same I
Kastman Corporation, a subsidi never in a rush. In the northern title about 16 years ago starring I
and
ary- of Eastman Kodak Compa- cities and in Canada, the sight Sylvia Sydney, Henry' Fonda and
■ny. This huge plant produces of hurrying scurrying people and Fred MacMurray. Farther on at I
ear
chemicals, plastics and synthetic the hustling bustling traffic are the foot of the majestic Appala
yarn. Some of you may have not common, but in this part of the chians are many coal mining I
iced through the Book-of-thecountry, these sights are hardly towns and the mountainous seenb
Alonth Club editions, encx’clope- ex-er seen.
ery drew my mind back to Ledia, textbooks. Bibles and fiction
Hospitality” is one of the mon Creek, Slocan, New Denver
best-sellers that Kingsport has
greatest virtues of the Tennes- and Sandon.
MUNEO KAWAZOE
one of the largest complete book seans. ”Come and see
us,
you
I
am
x
ery
happy
to
be
part
of
binding plants in the xvorld. the
all or “Come go home- is their this new environment and
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE
whenKingsport Press. Inc. Other maway of saying that his home is ex er any of you in Canada decide |
Occidental Life
j°r industries are the Alead Cor
always open to his friends.
to take a trip doxvn here, my hus- Il
poration. pulp and paper nianu- cheerful -Hurry back’
is a fav- band and I will be more than I
meh incidentally pro- orite expression of the s
glad to hax’e you as our guests.
1
duces
and Time macazme clerks whether in a dime
Materloo, Ontario
store
covers. r>oraen Mills inCM ];)r[r.
M e xvould like to take this r
or an excusive shop.
Phones: 2-5059 and 2-3
opportunity to send our very* best fl
est cotton producers of the south;
Their most favorite and com- wishes to all our friends and to I;
Toronto — Ri. 73s.;
a cement plant; a hosiery plant;
mon dish is soupbeans and corn- the ex-teachers and pupils of the I
and a ‘super-explosive’ plant.
bread, which I beliex'e xvould be
Kingsport is located in the
Lemon Creek School, as well as I
what ‘ocha-zuke” is to the Is
Per Prernluru Dollar”
western jut of the state framed seis.
to the staff of The New Canadian.
i
anil cornbread
is “wtaW
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THE NEW CANA DIAN
PAGE 13
The Grotesque
❖
COLDSTREAM PLANING MILS
■ YAKURA & SONS
The practiced fingers of a
master sculptor could not have
molded a more exacting and
precise statuesque example of a
vanity.
a dog in pain, the grotesque
A DARK SHADOW moved.
mask plunged the shovel into
The figure wielded a shovel and
the contents of the coffin.
worked with desperate haste.
The animal whimper trailed, f
The thud of steel gouging into
floated and hung in the frozen
soft earth made a shuddering
detail was like deathless poetry
air while his eyes blinked slowsound of fury. Where the work
—from her classic features
h, slowly, in synchronization
men had piled the earth into
with the beating of a thickenthrough a modulating torso that
a neat mound, the ghoulish fig
i^g
pulse on his forehead.
whispered, not in hushed tones,
ure began to dissipate their
He shuffled off heavily,
but in mounting, babbling ex
afternoon toil. Meanwhile the
leaving a trail easily discern
snow had stopped falling.
citement, of the sheer wonder
ible in the snow, a trail that
Steel scraped wood. Wood
of a flawless- perfection.
wandered to a house not far
made protesting crash. Crash
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away. The trail continued wear $
stopped movement. Only mom
the night
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to a room, a bed, and to the
His work was finished. He
smoke
of a cigarette -which spiTHE TIME WAS high noon,
lifted the cover. A stale undu
lalled its grey wake into the
The sun arched achingly overlating smell sneaked out of the
congealed air and wafted into
head. Workmen, piled dirt on a
box and wiggled out, like a
a
nothingness and into a sense
box. The muffled sounds in the
weary strip-teaser finishing her
of anonymity that best describ
bright winter afternoon gave to
torch dance with a last burst
ed
the room.
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the funereal atmosphere a som
of fading energy.
THE ANONYMITY was onbre and dull tempo like a fail
the body inside was still
ly broken by a photo faded and
ing heartbeat. The final shovel
beautiful. Death had touched it
dirty
that had been placed care
of earth was caressed into
gently, freezing the cold beaufully in the chipped glass of
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place and then the lonely grave
ty into a marble-like thing of
the dresser mirror. It showed
joined the fraternity of the lost
sculpture. Soon, however, the
a
couple, the woman beautiful
and the forgotten.
body would waste away into
in all the expansive meaning of
The afternoon light eased into
an ugly cadaver.
the word, the man though some
dusk. Now row on row, the
A moan escaped the man’s
what
plain, appealing in the
tombstones stood; in the halflips. He stood looking at the
eagerness, the shyness and the
. light half-dark, they stretched
body and then stooped down to
glow
in his eyes.
as far as the eye could see,
caress the bloodless face. He
Suddenly, a rapping, insist
impersonal, from a distance, in
ran his fingers through the sil
ent and repeated, broke the si
their uniformity. Then softly,
ken hair, over her closed eyes
lence. The trail had only been
softly the snow began to fall__
and cheecks. He kissed the cold,
too
easily followed. The rap
. virgin white, pure white, clean
unresponsive mouth.
ping and an ensuing splintering
white—until the earth reeled
HIS FACE WAS a study of
mounted into a rising crescendo
with the color. Somewhere
massive stupidity, of sullen and
®I noise. The sound of fury
along the line, purity met debefuddled bewilderment. Only
overwhelmed the atmosphere
$ cay. Nature sneered with venothe eyes set like black char
with an obscene, hostile discord.
’ mous joy.
coals in a setting of a rolling
Then the sound of breaking
■j
Blackness crushed the fading
sea of moles and scars were
glass countered contrapuntally
, light. Where its fingers failed
the redeemable features in an
with the frenzied refrain, like
. to smother the sky, little blot
otherwise grotesque mask.
instilments in a massive move
ches of light escaped to form
Suddenly, with a curious
ment of a symphony. And then
stars blinking with an impotent
whimpering pathetic cry, like
the body, falling with a graceless suddenness, the white snow
on the ground rushing up to
embrace it eagerly.
The snow cradled the sodden
figure tenderly, quickly blot
ting up the red of the blood
while the streaks of a new dawn ❖
danced like awkward ballerinas t
around the figure.
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Roy Isobe
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and GEORGE
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London, Ont.
Phone: 2-730$
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OX. 8313
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Phone: LY. 4996
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Ontario
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859 Woodbine Ave.
Toronto
Mhed
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THE NEW CANA DIAN
PAGE 13
The Grotesque
❖
COLDSTREAM PLANING MILS
■ YAKURA & SONS
The practiced fingers of a
master sculptor could not have
molded a more exacting and
precise statuesque example of a
vanity.
a dog in pain, the grotesque
A DARK SHADOW moved.
mask plunged the shovel into
The figure wielded a shovel and
the contents of the coffin.
worked with desperate haste.
The animal whimper trailed, f
The thud of steel gouging into
floated and hung in the frozen
soft earth made a shuddering
detail was like deathless poetry
air while his eyes blinked slowsound of fury. Where the work
—from her classic features
h, slowly, in synchronization
men had piled the earth into
with the beating of a thickenthrough a modulating torso that
a neat mound, the ghoulish fig
i^g
pulse on his forehead.
whispered, not in hushed tones,
ure began to dissipate their
He shuffled off heavily,
but in mounting, babbling ex
afternoon toil. Meanwhile the
leaving a trail easily discern
snow had stopped falling.
citement, of the sheer wonder
ible in the snow, a trail that
Steel scraped wood. Wood
of a flawless- perfection.
wandered to a house not far
made protesting crash. Crash
She walks in beauty . . like
away. The trail continued wear $
stopped movement. Only mom
the night
ily up several flights of stairs,
entarily.
to a room, a bed, and to the
His work was finished. He
smoke
of a cigarette -which spiTHE TIME WAS high noon,
lifted the cover. A stale undu
lalled its grey wake into the
The sun arched achingly overlating smell sneaked out of the
congealed air and wafted into
head. Workmen, piled dirt on a
box and wiggled out, like a
a
nothingness and into a sense
box. The muffled sounds in the
weary strip-teaser finishing her
of anonymity that best describ
bright winter afternoon gave to
torch dance with a last burst
ed
the room.
'
the funereal atmosphere a som
of fading energy.
THE ANONYMITY was onbre and dull tempo like a fail
the body inside was still
ly broken by a photo faded and
ing heartbeat. The final shovel
beautiful. Death had touched it
dirty
that had been placed care
of earth was caressed into
gently, freezing the cold beaufully in the chipped glass of
<
place and then the lonely grave
ty into a marble-like thing of
the dresser mirror. It showed
joined the fraternity of the lost
sculpture. Soon, however, the
a
couple, the woman beautiful
and the forgotten.
body would waste away into
in all the expansive meaning of
The afternoon light eased into
an ugly cadaver.
the word, the man though some
dusk. Now row on row, the
A moan escaped the man’s
what
plain, appealing in the
tombstones stood; in the halflips. He stood looking at the
eagerness, the shyness and the
. light half-dark, they stretched
body and then stooped down to
glow
in his eyes.
as far as the eye could see,
caress the bloodless face. He
Suddenly, a rapping, insist
impersonal, from a distance, in
ran his fingers through the sil
ent and repeated, broke the si
their uniformity. Then softly,
ken hair, over her closed eyes
lence. The trail had only been
softly the snow began to fall__
and cheecks. He kissed the cold,
too
easily followed. The rap
. virgin white, pure white, clean
unresponsive mouth.
ping and an ensuing splintering
white—until the earth reeled
HIS FACE WAS a study of
mounted into a rising crescendo
with the color. Somewhere
massive stupidity, of sullen and
®I noise. The sound of fury
along the line, purity met debefuddled bewilderment. Only
overwhelmed the atmosphere
$ cay. Nature sneered with venothe eyes set like black char
with an obscene, hostile discord.
’ mous joy.
coals in a setting of a rolling
Then the sound of breaking
■j
Blackness crushed the fading
sea of moles and scars were
glass countered contrapuntally
, light. Where its fingers failed
the redeemable features in an
with the frenzied refrain, like
. to smother the sky, little blot
otherwise grotesque mask.
instilments in a massive move
ches of light escaped to form
Suddenly, with a curious
ment of a symphony. And then
stars blinking with an impotent
whimpering pathetic cry, like
the body, falling with a graceless suddenness, the white snow
on the ground rushing up to
embrace it eagerly.
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figure tenderly, quickly blot
ting up the red of the blood
while the streaks of a new dawn ❖
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around the figure.
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Saturday, December 22, 195]
PAG ■
si
ern Version of Wise Men Bear Gifts
ttempt to Rehabilitate Half of World
0)
fz
k
I
Whatever may be said of the
the war, will appreciate F
annual o±gy of “more shopping
bout a two-to-one chance of sufays till Xmas”, perhaps most tne significance of the job. They I fering from malnutrition, either
°
S°me Poblt or other do will have some notions of the I from too little food or from food
find themselves reflecting quiet problem, centered chiefly in Asia I that is not a balanced or nour
ly upon the familiar Christmas but extending throughout at least ishing diet ....
story,—perhaps even upon its four continents. Perhaps few ac.... You have only a one-toessential meaning. If we do we tually realize its range and im I four chance of learning to read.
mensity.
are reminded of the romantic
A ou will most likely live in a
Duiing the year to come prob I mud hut, with a dirt floor and
quest of the Three Wise Men.
They came from out of the East, ably several hundred Nisei coup no chimney, its roof thatched
bearing gifts and seeking the les will gaze with fond approval with straw. A ou will almost cer
star that shone for the Prince upon their new-born babes. But tainly work on the land, and
they might gaze with deeper
of Peace.
most of what you raise will go
Today, with mankind most de gratitude if each couple realized j to the landlord.”
sperately caught up in the self uneir own baby has only one
Such is the condition of more
chance in nineteen of being- born
same quest with an atom-driven
than one-half of twentieth cen
sense of urgency, there are mod on the Nprth American continent. tury mankind that challenges the
His chances of being born in
ern wise men journeying in ma
“one world’” of today. Regardless
China
and India combined, better
ny directions across the world_
than one in three.
I of the state of power blocs and 1
engaged upon missions which
power politics, these are the con
Being born in Canada his par
A
many thoughtful people now be
ditions of the twentieth century A
ents
will
fully
expect
him
to
lieve
to
be
essential
heve
if anv basis
that erupt into mob violence,
A
for enduring world peace is to live longer than a year, and once seething hatred, and
X
fanatical
past that milestone, his life-exbe established.
nationalism. They will be found A
A
Ihere are the trained scient pectancy is close to 70 years. If in every one of the
unending X
he
is
born
in
India,
however, he senes of “trouble spots” from
ists, engineers, economists, phy
X
vill
have
only
a little better ■Egypt to Indonesia.
sicians, sociologists,—the experts
of twentieth century learning tnan a one-to-four chance of sur
A he attempt to grapple with A
and skill,—at work on internat viving for a year. And if he-is this problem on an international £
ional programs of technical as that one out of four, he still will basis has only just begun. The
sistance to the under-developed have only a 50-50 chance of grow idea is simple. To marshal the
countries of the world. Like the ing to maturity.
tested skills and_ techniques of
i
An
American
writer
has
pointwise men of old, they too are I
bearing gifts. With their know!-'- ed out that two out of three a battle to increase the produc- |
edge and experience, they hope babies born are of “colored” or tion of food and materials in soto contribute to the enormous job non-European stocl and thus:
called “backward” countries. Tc g
If you are born colored, the
of lifting- one half of the world
bring to an end the grinding g
from what seems to be an almost chances are overwhelming that poverty of their people. Several |
bottomless pit of poverty, .star you will be chronically sick plans have now been adopted.
|
all your life—from malaria, or
vation and mysery.
Probably the most notable ef- |
Readers of The New Canadian, intestinal parasites, or tubercu- fort is the program launched un- «
losis, or maybe even leprosy,
whose international perspective
fa the title, “United Nations 8
And even if you are .not chronand ties with their origins have
, Tecta‘«l Assistance to Econom 8
ically sick,
Under-developed
Conn- |
not been dulled in the years weak frond hLX YoV^
omptimen
ea^on
C e
239 St. Clair Ave. W.
Toronto
inn6
Dr. Paul K. Asada
Doctor of Chiropractic
ble From Jan.,
699 Yonge St.
ioronio
Office
Residence — MI. 6384
_ The economic and Social Coun
cil of the United Nations defined
the plan as aimed at “increased
productivity of material and hu t
man resources and a wide and X
X
equitable distribution of the ben X
X
efits of such increased producti- X
W.“ ' • •
$20,000,000 was X
provided for the first six months £
of the program in 1950, raised X
by voluntary pledges from 50 X
member states of the United X
Nations. Canada’s contribution
amounted to $850,000.
The U.N. plan operates on
certain basic principles. Assist
ance missions, that is, teams of
experts, are sent out onlv at the
specific request of the govern
ment of the county in need of
technical help. The aid
given
must not be a means for any
economical or political interfer
ence in the internal affairs of
the receiving country. And the
experts chosen to give advice and
supervision must be chosen not
only for professional skill but
also for their sympathetic un
derstanding of the cultural back
ground and specific needs of the
country where they are to work.
Many striking examples of the
wide range of technical assist
ance could be told, except for »
space limitations. Perhaps a fewwili suffice.
The gi eatest activity has tak-
(Cont'd on P. 15)
greetings
s
Montreal
SAL-LEE INAMOTO
3950 Berri St.
Montreal
Mr. & Mrs. YUKI UNO
and LOUISE
3922 St. Urbain
Montreal
Mr. <5 Mrs. ALBERT K. TAKACT
BOR.
MJPTirs S
7 AMY
X.hAGI
BOB, MARTHA
5906 St. Urbain St.
Montreal
I
K
Mr. & Mrs. I. NISHIO
and FAMILY
7391c DeNormanville St.
Montreal 10
Mr. i Mrs. H. SHIRATANI
and FAMILY
7442 St. Gerrard St.
Montreal
■ Tele.: GR. 1494
My Best Wishes for
Christmas and
The New Year
to my friends
across the country.
M. Grace Tucker
Synod Office,
Prince Albert, Sask.
w
^-
Mr, 5 Mrs. Georgs T. Tamaki
Paul and Alan
54 Fifth Ave.,
Lakeside, Montreal, P. Q
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and
DANCE CLASS
TORONTO
A f
ONTARIO
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v
205 Dundas St. W.
168 Bay St. S.
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Hamilton
1
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Members of the
Canadian Dance Teach ers Ass ’n
Hollywood Dancers Club
.4
extends to all its
members
»J*
friends
A Very Prosperous and Happy New Year
4;
£
greetings
from
'tish Columbia
TORONTO NISEI
MAJOR BOWLING LEAGUE
/Ir. & Mrs. SAM WATANABE
Lower Capilano P. O.
North Vancouver, B. c.
mas
Dr. & Mrs. M. UCHIDA
and FAMILY
573 W 26th.
Vancouver
MILNE & FROST LTD.
phone ha
Mr. & Mrs. HIDEO FUJINO
and FAMILY
Box 70S
Bevelstoke, B. c.
ReV37S2
H-
GALE
3/62 W. 24th Ave.
Vancouver 8
or
^c^®nzie Ave,
Toronto 5
t
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Season s Greetings from the Lakehead
g
Lakehead Nisei Club
Nisei Students Club
Nisei Bowling League
Fort William, Ontario.
£
^2$
Saturday, December 22, 195]
PAG ■
si
ern Version of Wise Men Bear Gifts
ttempt to Rehabilitate Half of World
0)
fz
k
I
Whatever may be said of the
the war, will appreciate F
annual o±gy of “more shopping
bout a two-to-one chance of sufays till Xmas”, perhaps most tne significance of the job. They I fering from malnutrition, either
°
S°me Poblt or other do will have some notions of the I from too little food or from food
find themselves reflecting quiet problem, centered chiefly in Asia I that is not a balanced or nour
ly upon the familiar Christmas but extending throughout at least ishing diet ....
story,—perhaps even upon its four continents. Perhaps few ac.... You have only a one-toessential meaning. If we do we tually realize its range and im I four chance of learning to read.
mensity.
are reminded of the romantic
A ou will most likely live in a
Duiing the year to come prob I mud hut, with a dirt floor and
quest of the Three Wise Men.
They came from out of the East, ably several hundred Nisei coup no chimney, its roof thatched
bearing gifts and seeking the les will gaze with fond approval with straw. A ou will almost cer
star that shone for the Prince upon their new-born babes. But tainly work on the land, and
they might gaze with deeper
of Peace.
most of what you raise will go
Today, with mankind most de gratitude if each couple realized j to the landlord.”
sperately caught up in the self uneir own baby has only one
Such is the condition of more
chance in nineteen of being- born
same quest with an atom-driven
than one-half of twentieth cen
sense of urgency, there are mod on the Nprth American continent. tury mankind that challenges the
His chances of being born in
ern wise men journeying in ma
“one world’” of today. Regardless
China
and India combined, better
ny directions across the world_
than one in three.
I of the state of power blocs and 1
engaged upon missions which
power politics, these are the con
Being born in Canada his par
A
many thoughtful people now be
ditions of the twentieth century A
ents
will
fully
expect
him
to
lieve
to
be
essential
heve
if anv basis
that erupt into mob violence,
A
for enduring world peace is to live longer than a year, and once seething hatred, and
X
fanatical
past that milestone, his life-exbe established.
nationalism. They will be found A
A
Ihere are the trained scient pectancy is close to 70 years. If in every one of the
unending X
he
is
born
in
India,
however, he senes of “trouble spots” from
ists, engineers, economists, phy
X
vill
have
only
a little better ■Egypt to Indonesia.
sicians, sociologists,—the experts
of twentieth century learning tnan a one-to-four chance of sur
A he attempt to grapple with A
and skill,—at work on internat viving for a year. And if he-is this problem on an international £
ional programs of technical as that one out of four, he still will basis has only just begun. The
sistance to the under-developed have only a 50-50 chance of grow idea is simple. To marshal the
countries of the world. Like the ing to maturity.
tested skills and_ techniques of
i
An
American
writer
has
pointwise men of old, they too are I
bearing gifts. With their know!-'- ed out that two out of three a battle to increase the produc- |
edge and experience, they hope babies born are of “colored” or tion of food and materials in soto contribute to the enormous job non-European stocl and thus:
called “backward” countries. Tc g
If you are born colored, the
of lifting- one half of the world
bring to an end the grinding g
from what seems to be an almost chances are overwhelming that poverty of their people. Several |
bottomless pit of poverty, .star you will be chronically sick plans have now been adopted.
|
all your life—from malaria, or
vation and mysery.
Probably the most notable ef- |
Readers of The New Canadian, intestinal parasites, or tubercu- fort is the program launched un- «
losis, or maybe even leprosy,
whose international perspective
fa the title, “United Nations 8
And even if you are .not chronand ties with their origins have
, Tecta‘«l Assistance to Econom 8
ically sick,
Under-developed
Conn- |
not been dulled in the years weak frond hLX YoV^
omptimen
ea^on
C e
239 St. Clair Ave. W.
Toronto
inn6
Dr. Paul K. Asada
Doctor of Chiropractic
ble From Jan.,
699 Yonge St.
ioronio
Office
Residence — MI. 6384
_ The economic and Social Coun
cil of the United Nations defined
the plan as aimed at “increased
productivity of material and hu t
man resources and a wide and X
X
equitable distribution of the ben X
X
efits of such increased producti- X
W.“ ' • •
$20,000,000 was X
provided for the first six months £
of the program in 1950, raised X
by voluntary pledges from 50 X
member states of the United X
Nations. Canada’s contribution
amounted to $850,000.
The U.N. plan operates on
certain basic principles. Assist
ance missions, that is, teams of
experts, are sent out onlv at the
specific request of the govern
ment of the county in need of
technical help. The aid
given
must not be a means for any
economical or political interfer
ence in the internal affairs of
the receiving country. And the
experts chosen to give advice and
supervision must be chosen not
only for professional skill but
also for their sympathetic un
derstanding of the cultural back
ground and specific needs of the
country where they are to work.
Many striking examples of the
wide range of technical assist
ance could be told, except for »
space limitations. Perhaps a fewwili suffice.
The gi eatest activity has tak-
(Cont'd on P. 15)
greetings
s
Montreal
SAL-LEE INAMOTO
3950 Berri St.
Montreal
Mr. & Mrs. YUKI UNO
and LOUISE
3922 St. Urbain
Montreal
Mr. <5 Mrs. ALBERT K. TAKACT
BOR.
MJPTirs S
7 AMY
X.hAGI
BOB, MARTHA
5906 St. Urbain St.
Montreal
I
K
Mr. & Mrs. I. NISHIO
and FAMILY
7391c DeNormanville St.
Montreal 10
Mr. i Mrs. H. SHIRATANI
and FAMILY
7442 St. Gerrard St.
Montreal
■ Tele.: GR. 1494
My Best Wishes for
Christmas and
The New Year
to my friends
across the country.
M. Grace Tucker
Synod Office,
Prince Albert, Sask.
w
^-
Mr, 5 Mrs. Georgs T. Tamaki
Paul and Alan
54 Fifth Ave.,
Lakeside, Montreal, P. Q
^1
T
'00,6 on 6
06
ARCHIE MIYASHITA
and
DANCE CLASS
TORONTO
A f
ONTARIO
A
v
205 Dundas St. W.
168 Bay St. S.
X
Toronto
Hamilton
1
A
*
Members of the
Canadian Dance Teach ers Ass ’n
Hollywood Dancers Club
.4
extends to all its
members
»J*
friends
A Very Prosperous and Happy New Year
4;
£
greetings
from
'tish Columbia
TORONTO NISEI
MAJOR BOWLING LEAGUE
/Ir. & Mrs. SAM WATANABE
Lower Capilano P. O.
North Vancouver, B. c.
mas
Dr. & Mrs. M. UCHIDA
and FAMILY
573 W 26th.
Vancouver
MILNE & FROST LTD.
phone ha
Mr. & Mrs. HIDEO FUJINO
and FAMILY
Box 70S
Bevelstoke, B. c.
ReV37S2
H-
GALE
3/62 W. 24th Ave.
Vancouver 8
or
^c^®nzie Ave,
Toronto 5
t
t
Season s Greetings from the Lakehead
g
Lakehead Nisei Club
Nisei Students Club
Nisei Bowling League
Fort William, Ontario.
£
^2$
Page 15
Saturday, December 22, 1951
- 195]
THE NEW CANADIAN
iW,
PAGE 15
JOURNEY OF THE MAG!
.^Jon doHarscan ^e seen that
sacrifice of the spiritual and cul- I world peace, even as the problem
.
P-opened
late
of
development
s
tural values which may em
(Contd' from P. 14)
al south and south-east Usia as still more vital for endu
J overcome.
Promises only a beginning in the
tremendous job ahead.
en place in agriculture and health. dustries which has been estab
But as increasing attention is
Under the former, missions have hshed by the Japanese armv dur
K
SEASON'S GREETINGS
gone out to help on irrigation mg the years of war occunar^ focused on the problem, the
|
main
needs become clearer. The
ana hydro-power 'projects, soil
wise men, ’with technical
5 erosion control, reforestation, re
As previously noted Canada Mge to do the job must knowlbe sent
storation of grazing and pasture .contributes to the U.N
program
out
to
give
their
skill.
Ta
lands, livestock improvements as a member state. Sin
Tae privilep'ed hole of
? also parthe
and protection. Under the latter ticipates, however.
in the
| world must be prepared to give
campaigns have been organized ombo Plan” which is a sis
part of tli tools and K
in various countries against tu
Program for ‘Vo-operative eco- i
ktrl ton Place,
berculosis, malaria, venereal di nomic development in south
at sacrifice to
Ontario
sease, yaws and bejel. Several south-east Asia”, organized and them elves. The receiving coun- i?
pri- ) tries must
labor with energv,
t countries such as Indonesia and marily among countries of
the
wisdom
and
restraint. They need
Libya, have asked for and re British Commonwea 11 h.
o
lift
themselves,
yet without
s' ceived comprehensive surveys of
Under the
; population and resources, and the is expected
S
that
millio
formulation of long-range plans will be spent
in technical assistfor economic development. Edu ance over a
three-year period.
cational and social welfare as But the Plan
sistance are necessary parts of tual capital development projects, I
the program and a wide range of estimated to cost about ?5.2 bil
assistance has
provided lion over the next six years. I MR.
MRS. S. SHINOBU
here.
About half of this will have to be g
and
Of major importance has been supplied by countries such as
KAZUO
the training program under Canada and Britain, since it is
S. SHINOBU
which technicians
from
the estimated that the
198 Albany Ave.
MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE CO.
countries
countries in need receive ad needing- the projects
Toronto
can only
Phone
198 Albany Ave.
—
LA. 9332
vanced training, either at home finance the balance.
Toronto
LA. 9382
from visiting experts, or by
When it is realized that the
travel abroad in other countries. three major capital development
One of the most interesting projects ahead of us in Canada
cases
related was a request from —the St. Lawrence Seaway, the
A f
Burma for teams of Japanese South Saskatchewan, irrig’ation
technicians, who were needed to pioposal, and the B. C. aluminum
help in restoring the cottage i.n- development—alone will cost a
DR. ROY SHINOBU
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v
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X
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4
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CITIZENS ASSOCIATION
te —season
JCCA National Council
£
£I
Toronto Nisei A YPA
St. George's Parish Hall
205 John St
A Very Merry Christmas
and
Best Wishes for a Happy & Prosperous 1952
Toronto JCCA Chapter
and
Issei Division
Ted T. Aoki.........................
George Tanaka ... ...................
Harold Hirose (Man.)
Kar Kobayashi (B. C.) .. .
Shige Okumura (Man.)
Hiroshi Okuda (Que.) ... . ......
Fred Kayahara (Ont.) ....... .
.................... President
Executive Secretary
... -... Past President
.. 1st Vice-President
. 2nd Vice-President
................. Treasurer
—-... Corr. Secretary
Anthony Kobayashi (B. C.)
Kumey Yoshida (Ont.)
Kim Nakashima (Que.)
Samuel Yamada (Ont.)
Rei Nishio (Que.)
(Que.)
Mikio Nakamura (Ont.)
Toyo Ebata (Que.)
TCCA Executive Committee
Jin Ide (Chairman)
Harry Fukushima
Tokue Kameoka
Muriel Kitagawa
Al Kondo
Mariko Tokunaga
Takaichi Umezuki
Tom Sagara
Densaku Kondo
Fred Sasaki
V otaro Nobuoka
Kinzie Tanaka
Otokichi Onishi
Fred Kayahara
Hugo Yamamoto
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THE NEW CANADIAN
iW,
PAGE 15
JOURNEY OF THE MAG!
.^Jon doHarscan ^e seen that
sacrifice of the spiritual and cul- I world peace, even as the problem
.
P-opened
late
of
development
s
tural values which may em
(Contd' from P. 14)
al south and south-east Usia as still more vital for endu
J overcome.
Promises only a beginning in the
tremendous job ahead.
en place in agriculture and health. dustries which has been estab
But as increasing attention is
Under the former, missions have hshed by the Japanese armv dur
K
SEASON'S GREETINGS
gone out to help on irrigation mg the years of war occunar^ focused on the problem, the
|
main
needs become clearer. The
ana hydro-power 'projects, soil
wise men, ’with technical
5 erosion control, reforestation, re
As previously noted Canada Mge to do the job must knowlbe sent
storation of grazing and pasture .contributes to the U.N
program
out
to
give
their
skill.
Ta
lands, livestock improvements as a member state. Sin
Tae privilep'ed hole of
? also parthe
and protection. Under the latter ticipates, however.
in the
| world must be prepared to give
campaigns have been organized ombo Plan” which is a sis
part of tli tools and K
in various countries against tu
Program for ‘Vo-operative eco- i
ktrl ton Place,
berculosis, malaria, venereal di nomic development in south
at sacrifice to
Ontario
sease, yaws and bejel. Several south-east Asia”, organized and them elves. The receiving coun- i?
pri- ) tries must
labor with energv,
t countries such as Indonesia and marily among countries of
the
wisdom
and
restraint. They need
Libya, have asked for and re British Commonwea 11 h.
o
lift
themselves,
yet without
s' ceived comprehensive surveys of
Under the
; population and resources, and the is expected
S
that
millio
formulation of long-range plans will be spent
in technical assistfor economic development. Edu ance over a
three-year period.
cational and social welfare as But the Plan
sistance are necessary parts of tual capital development projects, I
the program and a wide range of estimated to cost about ?5.2 bil
assistance has
provided lion over the next six years. I MR.
MRS. S. SHINOBU
here.
About half of this will have to be g
and
Of major importance has been supplied by countries such as
KAZUO
the training program under Canada and Britain, since it is
S. SHINOBU
which technicians
from
the estimated that the
198 Albany Ave.
MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE CO.
countries
countries in need receive ad needing- the projects
Toronto
can only
Phone
198 Albany Ave.
—
LA. 9332
vanced training, either at home finance the balance.
Toronto
LA. 9382
from visiting experts, or by
When it is realized that the
travel abroad in other countries. three major capital development
One of the most interesting projects ahead of us in Canada
cases
related was a request from —the St. Lawrence Seaway, the
A f
Burma for teams of Japanese South Saskatchewan, irrig’ation
technicians, who were needed to pioposal, and the B. C. aluminum
help in restoring the cottage i.n- development—alone will cost a
DR. ROY SHINOBU
^ 1
f
v
$
X
X
tV
X
4
X
X
i
*
omplimen
CITIZENS ASSOCIATION
te —season
JCCA National Council
£
£I
Toronto Nisei A YPA
St. George's Parish Hall
205 John St
A Very Merry Christmas
and
Best Wishes for a Happy & Prosperous 1952
Toronto JCCA Chapter
and
Issei Division
Ted T. Aoki.........................
George Tanaka ... ...................
Harold Hirose (Man.)
Kar Kobayashi (B. C.) .. .
Shige Okumura (Man.)
Hiroshi Okuda (Que.) ... . ......
Fred Kayahara (Ont.) ....... .
.................... President
Executive Secretary
... -... Past President
.. 1st Vice-President
. 2nd Vice-President
................. Treasurer
—-... Corr. Secretary
Anthony Kobayashi (B. C.)
Kumey Yoshida (Ont.)
Kim Nakashima (Que.)
Samuel Yamada (Ont.)
Rei Nishio (Que.)
(Que.)
Mikio Nakamura (Ont.)
Toyo Ebata (Que.)
TCCA Executive Committee
Jin Ide (Chairman)
Harry Fukushima
Tokue Kameoka
Muriel Kitagawa
Al Kondo
Mariko Tokunaga
Takaichi Umezuki
Tom Sagara
Densaku Kondo
Fred Sasaki
V otaro Nobuoka
Kinzie Tanaka
Otokichi Onishi
Fred Kayahara
Hugo Yamamoto
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^^Fricndly Greeting E:
2re Thanks for Your phrr
NISEI AMD HERITAGE
greetings
(Cont'd from P. 1)
foieign philosophy. If such is
the case, can we not find as
pects of the Japanese culture to
be of some interest for our stu
dy ?
Although very little has been
translated from the literature of
Japan, Genji Monogatari, and
Makura no Soshi, to mention
ii nappy and Successful New Year
only two, have won high acclaim
in the Occident. The greater ease
and opportunity, for the Nisei,
of learning the Japanese lan
guage might indeed encourage
some of the braver souls to the
study of that language and its
literature. The wide reception
reception which Japanese art has
had in the West requires no elu
cidation here. The ideologies of
Japan are many, but perhaps
§ Buddhism has been traditionally
the largest single influence in
shaping the thoughts of that
country. Other students might
be interested in Ikebana (Kado),
the arranging of flowers; some
students would not doubt be in
terested in the various differ
ent musical instruments. Still
other students might be interest
ed in Judo or in Kendo, and in
the lofty spirit of these arts.
■ ,!^NageMENT & STAFF
gTRrLES BEAUTY SHOP
Complete Beauty Service for both
r
PHONE PAcific 8411
y L. Hastings St.
Vancouver
Such then is in some aspects
the life of Nisei Canada, The
war, and what has happened
since it broke out, have altered
entirely the life of the JapaneseCanadian community. The “Little
Tokio-’ days are over; and we do
not intend to continue as a cul
tural minority group. If the na K
ture of our Japanese heritage K
were the quickly disappearing
ways” of the Japanese Canadi
ans^ we have had little to lose
spiritually in the outcomes of the
last several years.
£
from
Toronto
Mr.
^/
Vancouver,
BERKLEY SILKS
450 Granville St.
S
&
M,,lvrs- T- shimotakahara
LLOYD SHIMOTAKAHARA
93 Stratford Rd.
Hampstead, Montreal, P. Q.
r. & Mrs. CHARLES KADOTA
JENNIFER AIKO
CONSTANCE HIDEKO
2005 E. 43rd
Vancouver, B. C.
Mr. & Mrs. HAJIME SUZUKI
KAREN MATSU
LAWRENCE MATSUMI
665 W 30th
Vancouver, B. C.
In this essay I have tried to
sketch in brief the nature of I
that culture, and the difficulty
of its continued survival: further
I have tried to find the Japanese
heritage of the Nisei, not in
terms of that dying culture of
the Japanese-Canadian minority
group, but rather in terms of the
history of 1500 years of Japa
nese culture—as something in ^
which the Nisei, as Canadians, fe
might take an interest, because
of its greater accessibility to
them.
g
g
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&
Winchester St.
Toronto 5
PR. 1012
a
I
“
r * wsa«oToj
76 Franklin Ave.
Toronto 9
a
Mrs. H. SORA
ROY
DICK
EDWARD
SUMI
KATIE
269 Brunswick Ave.
Toronto
Phone;
ra. 0305
Greetings from the
CHIBA FAMILY
EDWARD SANJI 6 NAOMI
CLAIRE REIMI
&
VINCENT HIROYOSHI
Toronto
s
s
Mr. £ Mrs. S. SHIMONO
535 Dupont St.
Toronto
_ K. HANADA
FRANK G. HANADA
DAVID T. HANADA
247 Lansdowne Ave.
Toronto
^Phona: KE. 8383
g
MODIST1
^i^w^1 marubashi J
5
PAULINE FUJISHIGE
BOB FUJISHIGE
235 Beatrice St.
Toronto
& M£32 r- O- KUNIHIRO
GERALD O.
MICHAEL
C/° St Augustine's Seminary
Kingston Road
Toronto
!
m
5
j
&
ROBERT S. SUZUKI
419 Dovercourt Road
EL. 2447
Toronto
Mr. & Mrs. JOE NAKAMURA
Mrs. S. NAKAMURA
BUTH 6 RONNIE
ft
314 Coxwell Ave.
' Toronto
ft
MUYOZO <5 NOBUKO ARIZA
and FAMILY
6 Geneva Ave.
Toronto
3
■Hi
R^wfr^3; H- T- mayeda
s
RONALD, LLOYD & JOYCE
fl
128 Mortimer Ave.
Toronto S
GE. 9810
Mr‘ ^r^^ AKIRA SHISHIDO 5
DIANE & RONALD
,
■■487 Evans Ave.
Toronto 14
BILL 6 HILDA NARUSE
and RICHARD
98 Connaught Ave.
Newtonhrook, Ont.
Werry Christmas And A Happy New Year
s
Junior Shoppe
4813 YONGE ST.
Lansing, Ont.
I
5h
Si
Silhouette Shop
705 DANFORTH AVE
Toronto, Ont.
Silhouette Corset of Toronto
705 DANFORTH AVE.
Toronto.
Union Store
705 DANFORTH AVE.
Toronto, Ont.
B. & MRS. E. MARUNO
H. & MRS. FRED TSUCHIYA
$• & MBS. S. ISHIKAWA
MRS. T. TABAYASHI
MR. & MRS. C. TAKEUCHI
MR. & MRS. M. MARUNO
l>i»i>^j>^;
2re Thanks for Your phrr
NISEI AMD HERITAGE
greetings
(Cont'd from P. 1)
foieign philosophy. If such is
the case, can we not find as
pects of the Japanese culture to
be of some interest for our stu
dy ?
Although very little has been
translated from the literature of
Japan, Genji Monogatari, and
Makura no Soshi, to mention
ii nappy and Successful New Year
only two, have won high acclaim
in the Occident. The greater ease
and opportunity, for the Nisei,
of learning the Japanese lan
guage might indeed encourage
some of the braver souls to the
study of that language and its
literature. The wide reception
reception which Japanese art has
had in the West requires no elu
cidation here. The ideologies of
Japan are many, but perhaps
§ Buddhism has been traditionally
the largest single influence in
shaping the thoughts of that
country. Other students might
be interested in Ikebana (Kado),
the arranging of flowers; some
students would not doubt be in
terested in the various differ
ent musical instruments. Still
other students might be interest
ed in Judo or in Kendo, and in
the lofty spirit of these arts.
■ ,!^NageMENT & STAFF
gTRrLES BEAUTY SHOP
Complete Beauty Service for both
r
PHONE PAcific 8411
y L. Hastings St.
Vancouver
Such then is in some aspects
the life of Nisei Canada, The
war, and what has happened
since it broke out, have altered
entirely the life of the JapaneseCanadian community. The “Little
Tokio-’ days are over; and we do
not intend to continue as a cul
tural minority group. If the na K
ture of our Japanese heritage K
were the quickly disappearing
ways” of the Japanese Canadi
ans^ we have had little to lose
spiritually in the outcomes of the
last several years.
£
from
Toronto
Mr.
^/
Vancouver,
BERKLEY SILKS
450 Granville St.
S
&
M,,lvrs- T- shimotakahara
LLOYD SHIMOTAKAHARA
93 Stratford Rd.
Hampstead, Montreal, P. Q.
r. & Mrs. CHARLES KADOTA
JENNIFER AIKO
CONSTANCE HIDEKO
2005 E. 43rd
Vancouver, B. C.
Mr. & Mrs. HAJIME SUZUKI
KAREN MATSU
LAWRENCE MATSUMI
665 W 30th
Vancouver, B. C.
In this essay I have tried to
sketch in brief the nature of I
that culture, and the difficulty
of its continued survival: further
I have tried to find the Japanese
heritage of the Nisei, not in
terms of that dying culture of
the Japanese-Canadian minority
group, but rather in terms of the
history of 1500 years of Japa
nese culture—as something in ^
which the Nisei, as Canadians, fe
might take an interest, because
of its greater accessibility to
them.
g
g
«
&
Winchester St.
Toronto 5
PR. 1012
a
I
“
r * wsa«oToj
76 Franklin Ave.
Toronto 9
a
Mrs. H. SORA
ROY
DICK
EDWARD
SUMI
KATIE
269 Brunswick Ave.
Toronto
Phone;
ra. 0305
Greetings from the
CHIBA FAMILY
EDWARD SANJI 6 NAOMI
CLAIRE REIMI
&
VINCENT HIROYOSHI
Toronto
s
s
Mr. £ Mrs. S. SHIMONO
535 Dupont St.
Toronto
_ K. HANADA
FRANK G. HANADA
DAVID T. HANADA
247 Lansdowne Ave.
Toronto
^Phona: KE. 8383
g
MODIST1
^i^w^1 marubashi J
5
PAULINE FUJISHIGE
BOB FUJISHIGE
235 Beatrice St.
Toronto
& M£32 r- O- KUNIHIRO
GERALD O.
MICHAEL
C/° St Augustine's Seminary
Kingston Road
Toronto
!
m
5
j
&
ROBERT S. SUZUKI
419 Dovercourt Road
EL. 2447
Toronto
Mr. & Mrs. JOE NAKAMURA
Mrs. S. NAKAMURA
BUTH 6 RONNIE
ft
314 Coxwell Ave.
' Toronto
ft
MUYOZO <5 NOBUKO ARIZA
and FAMILY
6 Geneva Ave.
Toronto
3
■Hi
R^wfr^3; H- T- mayeda
s
RONALD, LLOYD & JOYCE
fl
128 Mortimer Ave.
Toronto S
GE. 9810
Mr‘ ^r^^ AKIRA SHISHIDO 5
DIANE & RONALD
,
■■487 Evans Ave.
Toronto 14
BILL 6 HILDA NARUSE
and RICHARD
98 Connaught Ave.
Newtonhrook, Ont.
Werry Christmas And A Happy New Year
s
Junior Shoppe
4813 YONGE ST.
Lansing, Ont.
I
5h
Si
Silhouette Shop
705 DANFORTH AVE
Toronto, Ont.
Silhouette Corset of Toronto
705 DANFORTH AVE.
Toronto.
Union Store
705 DANFORTH AVE.
Toronto, Ont.
B. & MRS. E. MARUNO
H. & MRS. FRED TSUCHIYA
$• & MBS. S. ISHIKAWA
MRS. T. TABAYASHI
MR. & MRS. C. TAKEUCHI
MR. & MRS. M. MARUNO
l>i»i>^j>^;
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SECTION
TWO
The New Canadian
HOLIDAY
VOL. 14 —NO. 99
TORONTO, ONT.
n S
Wanted
JC
Anthropology
•ToS
SATURDAY,
DECEMBER 22,
Winter Scene in Ontario
By TOYO TAKATA
It Could Be Our Legacy
For Future Generations
s
s
5
a
S
WHY DOESN’T somebody
would cover the entire process
write about the evacuation?
from the “pioneer” arrivals
That’s a stock question that al
right up to the happy conclumost invariably seems to bob
sion of postwar resettlement.
up when Niseis, huddled in re
It should of course include all
flections, discuss and dissect
the high points such as the antheir darkest hour. A strong
ti-Japanese riots in Vancouver,
message could be built around
diplomatic notes and the agi-eeit, and there’s plenty of meaty
meuts between Canada and Ja
background and punchy drama,
pan on the question of Japa
they rightfully argue.
nese immigration, the Japanese
But why limit it to the eva
Canadian veterans who fought
cuation? Why not the whole
in World War I and the strug
history of the Japanese settle
gles for political equality. It
ment in Canada beginning with
should describe the Japanese
the early immigrants making
Canadian society and communi
their homes in B. C. at the turn
ty, the Issei auj*. Nisei view
of the last century with the
points and attitudes, their relaevacuation and the resettlement
, tions with other Canadians, and
that followed as the choronologthe picture brides. It might conical highlight?
tain anecdotes of
oldtime
Moreover, the evacuation, to
Issei, religious, social, athletic
my mind, has been quite ade
and other activities of the Is
quately recorded.. In “The Can
sei and Nisei, Niseis in Japan
adian Japanese and World War
and other less poignant yet in
II” published by the University
teresting details relating to the
of Toronto Press in 1948, Mr.
Japanese Canadian story.
Forrest E. La Violette has pro
The book, in fact, should be
duced competent treatise of the
a complete coverage of the ap
upheaval. Having lived the eva
proximately 60-year history of
cuation with its fears, doubts
the Japanese in Canada. It
and all its physical and mental
would be a sort of a Japanese
stresses, we might find it lacki
Canadian anthropology, a de
mg in emotional depth and de
tailed study of their political
tail. That’s because we tend to
and social “development” from
accentuate our own personal
aliens, with a strange language
t
— Globe <S Mail Canada-Wide
feeling and experience, while
and culture to a full recogni
XISEI
now
living
in
Eastern
Canada,
such
sights
as
the
above would
Professor La Violette presents
tion and acceptance as Cana
an unimagined thing ten years ago back on the B. C. Coast from whence they came, have been
dians.
an untarnished analysis and an
Now a decade later with once-famniar terms such as Pearl Harbour, evacuation and relocation fading
into
honest documentation of the
One would question what pur
the
scrap-book
lomh
H ,meni°rT’ lhey Can iook forward ^ such scenes with the assurance and ap
pose would such a book serve.
events in the cold third person.
lomb that befit then- role or permanent residents.
The Japanese Canadian story
I have mentioned already that
is unique. With the evacuation
it would have historical value.
take pride in our accomplish
Any documentation of facts or
as the focal point, there is
I believe that at the least we
perhaps most of the material
ments,
and
hope
that
it
will
nothing comparable to it in
events which can become a mo
and the coming generations
will have to come from inter
remain and be remembered. It
Canadian annals. Nor is there
del, a lesson, a moral or a basis
need to be reminded that we
views. To get data on the earlieiis this motive that causes many
for some useful purpose at ‘ a
cannot take what we have, our
any remote likelihood that ano
part of the story, the older Is
successful men and women to
ther single ethnic group will
later date has that value.
rights and our privileges, for
seis will be the best source. But
set up fellowships and founda
As we live .normal, seeming
run into its parallel. Thus, and
granted. Already we seem to
the interviews will have to be
tions in their name. This book
ly unimportant lives, we are in
be losing sight of the fact that
as no such manuscript exists,
done soon while these Isseis
can
be
our
legacy
to
the
future.
it would have historical value
our own insignificant way, play
a few years ago we were denied
are still with us. Thus it is
While such a book when writ
'which in itself is good reason
ing a part in the country’s de
the right to vote which we ac
more imperative to collect the
ten can never hope to be a cur
why suCh a book should be
velopment. We also forget that
cept today as a matter of course.
data than select the writer.
rent
best
seller,
it
can
occupy
tackled. Later, I will try to
Canada is a very young country
How many of us can recall or
.The research will be the big
a permanent place as a historic
show other reasons.
in comparison to centuries-old
have heard that back in the
ger problem than the actual
al piece on early Canada. As
mid-thirties a delegation of four
nations Of Europe and Asia.
COMPLETE STORY
writing. Aside from interviews
time
goes
and
the
present
be
Niseis went to Ottawa to see
It’s only 80 years since, it was
The book that I would like
which, in some cases might cov
comes the historical past, it
the late Prime Minister Mack
born out of Confederation and
to see written is one which
er people now living in Japan,
could
be
placed
on
the
shelves
only 20 years since Canada be
enzie King about the franchise
old newspaper files must be
of universities, public and oth
for Japanese Canadians in
came a power of full political
gleaned, photographs and per
er libraries as a reference book.
B. C.?
stature with the Statute of
sonal letters might be a foun
We need to be impressed and
Westminster passed by the Bri
Although this is somewhat de
tain of information;, books in
tish Parliament in 1931.
to appreciate that what we
viating, it occurs to me that
both Japanese and English
have today is the result of
OUR CONTRIBUTION
some members of future gene
SECTION TWO
would have to be studied.
struggles,
and
sometimes
fail
rations
of
Japanese
Canadians,,
For competent research, it
Thus we are sharing in the
ures, of yesterday. And I be
whatever they may be called
would seem that several persons
political and economic matur
lieve that such a book can serve
then, would be curious to learn
। JC Anthropology . .. .......
j
ing of Canada. We can truthful
would be required. And possib
that
useful
objective.
> East Is East......... .......... ......... 2
about
their
pioneer
antecedents
ly it would take as long as two
ly say that we are the early
IS
IT
FEASIBLE?
just as much as other Canadians
। Christmas Cartoon . ............ 2
Canadians. And the book in
or three years to complete this
today
can
trace
theirs
to
the
; Assimilation .......................... 3
phase depending on the pace
part will permanently record
Now the question arises as
! This Is Home____________ 3
to whether planning and? writ
the Japanese Canadian contri
trat they would be able to car
j Thoughts On Christmas ... 13
early colonists. To them, then,
ing this story is feasible and
bution to that development as
ry out their assignments. Then
we
would
be
leaving
a
record
I Serenade _______________ 13
just who is going to write it?
all this gob of information
an ethnic group within the
of
their
forefather
’
s
struggles,
j Little Canada.............. 14 J
As
to
who
will
write
it
is
not
would
have to be collected and
Dominion.
j A New Steveston............. _ 15 j
and
hardshipsj
as
well
as
their
as important right now as am
There are varying amounts
properly filed before the work
achievements.
assing the information. Much or
of the egoist in all of us. We
(Cont’d. on Page 13)
|CONTENTS |
p
J
x-.
.11
SECTION
TWO
The New Canadian
HOLIDAY
VOL. 14 —NO. 99
TORONTO, ONT.
n S
Wanted
JC
Anthropology
•ToS
SATURDAY,
DECEMBER 22,
Winter Scene in Ontario
By TOYO TAKATA
It Could Be Our Legacy
For Future Generations
s
s
5
a
S
WHY DOESN’T somebody
would cover the entire process
write about the evacuation?
from the “pioneer” arrivals
That’s a stock question that al
right up to the happy conclumost invariably seems to bob
sion of postwar resettlement.
up when Niseis, huddled in re
It should of course include all
flections, discuss and dissect
the high points such as the antheir darkest hour. A strong
ti-Japanese riots in Vancouver,
message could be built around
diplomatic notes and the agi-eeit, and there’s plenty of meaty
meuts between Canada and Ja
background and punchy drama,
pan on the question of Japa
they rightfully argue.
nese immigration, the Japanese
But why limit it to the eva
Canadian veterans who fought
cuation? Why not the whole
in World War I and the strug
history of the Japanese settle
gles for political equality. It
ment in Canada beginning with
should describe the Japanese
the early immigrants making
Canadian society and communi
their homes in B. C. at the turn
ty, the Issei auj*. Nisei view
of the last century with the
points and attitudes, their relaevacuation and the resettlement
, tions with other Canadians, and
that followed as the choronologthe picture brides. It might conical highlight?
tain anecdotes of
oldtime
Moreover, the evacuation, to
Issei, religious, social, athletic
my mind, has been quite ade
and other activities of the Is
quately recorded.. In “The Can
sei and Nisei, Niseis in Japan
adian Japanese and World War
and other less poignant yet in
II” published by the University
teresting details relating to the
of Toronto Press in 1948, Mr.
Japanese Canadian story.
Forrest E. La Violette has pro
The book, in fact, should be
duced competent treatise of the
a complete coverage of the ap
upheaval. Having lived the eva
proximately 60-year history of
cuation with its fears, doubts
the Japanese in Canada. It
and all its physical and mental
would be a sort of a Japanese
stresses, we might find it lacki
Canadian anthropology, a de
mg in emotional depth and de
tailed study of their political
tail. That’s because we tend to
and social “development” from
accentuate our own personal
aliens, with a strange language
t
— Globe <S Mail Canada-Wide
feeling and experience, while
and culture to a full recogni
XISEI
now
living
in
Eastern
Canada,
such
sights
as
the
above would
Professor La Violette presents
tion and acceptance as Cana
an unimagined thing ten years ago back on the B. C. Coast from whence they came, have been
dians.
an untarnished analysis and an
Now a decade later with once-famniar terms such as Pearl Harbour, evacuation and relocation fading
into
honest documentation of the
One would question what pur
the
scrap-book
lomh
H ,meni°rT’ lhey Can iook forward ^ such scenes with the assurance and ap
pose would such a book serve.
events in the cold third person.
lomb that befit then- role or permanent residents.
The Japanese Canadian story
I have mentioned already that
is unique. With the evacuation
it would have historical value.
take pride in our accomplish
Any documentation of facts or
as the focal point, there is
I believe that at the least we
perhaps most of the material
ments,
and
hope
that
it
will
nothing comparable to it in
events which can become a mo
and the coming generations
will have to come from inter
remain and be remembered. It
Canadian annals. Nor is there
del, a lesson, a moral or a basis
need to be reminded that we
views. To get data on the earlieiis this motive that causes many
for some useful purpose at ‘ a
cannot take what we have, our
any remote likelihood that ano
part of the story, the older Is
successful men and women to
ther single ethnic group will
later date has that value.
rights and our privileges, for
seis will be the best source. But
set up fellowships and founda
As we live .normal, seeming
run into its parallel. Thus, and
granted. Already we seem to
the interviews will have to be
tions in their name. This book
ly unimportant lives, we are in
be losing sight of the fact that
as no such manuscript exists,
done soon while these Isseis
can
be
our
legacy
to
the
future.
it would have historical value
our own insignificant way, play
a few years ago we were denied
are still with us. Thus it is
While such a book when writ
'which in itself is good reason
ing a part in the country’s de
the right to vote which we ac
more imperative to collect the
ten can never hope to be a cur
why suCh a book should be
velopment. We also forget that
cept today as a matter of course.
data than select the writer.
rent
best
seller,
it
can
occupy
tackled. Later, I will try to
Canada is a very young country
How many of us can recall or
.The research will be the big
a permanent place as a historic
show other reasons.
in comparison to centuries-old
have heard that back in the
ger problem than the actual
al piece on early Canada. As
mid-thirties a delegation of four
nations Of Europe and Asia.
COMPLETE STORY
writing. Aside from interviews
time
goes
and
the
present
be
Niseis went to Ottawa to see
It’s only 80 years since, it was
The book that I would like
which, in some cases might cov
comes the historical past, it
the late Prime Minister Mack
born out of Confederation and
to see written is one which
er people now living in Japan,
could
be
placed
on
the
shelves
only 20 years since Canada be
enzie King about the franchise
old newspaper files must be
of universities, public and oth
for Japanese Canadians in
came a power of full political
gleaned, photographs and per
er libraries as a reference book.
B. C.?
stature with the Statute of
sonal letters might be a foun
We need to be impressed and
Westminster passed by the Bri
Although this is somewhat de
tain of information;, books in
tish Parliament in 1931.
to appreciate that what we
viating, it occurs to me that
both Japanese and English
have today is the result of
OUR CONTRIBUTION
some members of future gene
SECTION TWO
would have to be studied.
struggles,
and
sometimes
fail
rations
of
Japanese
Canadians,,
For competent research, it
Thus we are sharing in the
ures, of yesterday. And I be
whatever they may be called
would seem that several persons
political and economic matur
lieve that such a book can serve
then, would be curious to learn
। JC Anthropology . .. .......
j
ing of Canada. We can truthful
would be required. And possib
that
useful
objective.
> East Is East......... .......... ......... 2
about
their
pioneer
antecedents
ly it would take as long as two
ly say that we are the early
IS
IT
FEASIBLE?
just as much as other Canadians
। Christmas Cartoon . ............ 2
Canadians. And the book in
or three years to complete this
today
can
trace
theirs
to
the
; Assimilation .......................... 3
phase depending on the pace
part will permanently record
Now the question arises as
! This Is Home____________ 3
to whether planning and? writ
the Japanese Canadian contri
trat they would be able to car
j Thoughts On Christmas ... 13
early colonists. To them, then,
ing this story is feasible and
bution to that development as
ry out their assignments. Then
we
would
be
leaving
a
record
I Serenade _______________ 13
just who is going to write it?
all this gob of information
an ethnic group within the
of
their
forefather
’
s
struggles,
j Little Canada.............. 14 J
As
to
who
will
write
it
is
not
would
have to be collected and
Dominion.
j A New Steveston............. _ 15 j
and
hardshipsj
as
well
as
their
as important right now as am
There are varying amounts
properly filed before the work
achievements.
assing the information. Much or
of the egoist in all of us. We
(Cont’d. on Page 13)
|CONTENTS |
p
J
x-.
.11
Page 18
PAGE 2
the
new
CANADIAN
EAST IS EAST .
_Saturday, December 22
the feminine touch
But Kiphng s famous quotation is proved wrong here
By JEAN PETERS
When Kipling wrote “East is
east, and west is west, and never
i versity of Toronto.
tkTv author was editor of
the twain shall meet”, it seems to
While at Emmanuel, he came
per T^g p*8 Virion pa-.
me he couldn’t have known very
to my city to speak at some misf»d .i
PJes’ ln Ottawa,
many Oriental people.. East is
pl.S
th« Y
«n« I sionary rallies. Being so well
’ ”..!?^.
-----U1C
ioung
east, and west is west, but they
whieK S pape^ The Crusader, I connected with the Japanese peowhich
DiP
peo
wnich covered
covered tho
the Montreal- I Pie
can meet, do meet, and have
theie, I was one of a number
Ottawa
area.
She
is
now
workmuch to give each other. At least,
who gathered in the home of one
Onn with the Board
I have found it so.
of
the Elders of our Church one
or Christian Education for the
Director
of
Youth
Work.
My first contact with any Ori
Saturday night to visit with Mr.
ental people came about in a
Kawabe. Present that -evening
Toung People’s meeting in my Unions in north Montreal.
Here a doctor, photographer, sta
church about two years ago.
One of the most thrilling ex tistician, designer and four dress
That fall we had two Japanese periences in my life, and one makers—all Japanese.
girls join our Y.P.U. (Young never to grow dim, was attendIt was a thrilling occasion and
People’s Union) and I can re nig a meeting to hear the great when the young doctor escorted
member my first impression be t
Mr’ T°y°hiko Kagawa. me home, I didn’t feel the being “My they’re nice, but how 1 had heard of this man for low-zero temperature because
am I ever going to tell them years, and suddenly, there he that evening was another .proof
apart?” They weren’t twins, in was in front, speaking to me
to me of the conviction I had alfact there was quite a difference
I remember yet how small he vajs had that all peoples, al
in their ages, but to me,
the un- seemed among the other men on though they may have different
initiated, they looked
he platform, but when he spoke cultures, economic backgrounds,
exactly
alike.
the greatness of his spirit drove educational opportunities, cus
Now, two years later, I wonthoughts of physical stature toms and traditions, can still
der at my ever having
a consid from our minds. Then one of a meet, mix and get on well with
ered them as looking alike. It handful who had this honour I each other.
took me many weeks before I 'vent to his hotel afterwards 'to
Another Japanese friend of
Tidyness and
egan to call these girls by their meet him in person! I was prac- I mine is a deaconess of the United work.
,
,
cleanliness
right names, but they were al- tically tongue-tied and could not .Church of Canada and is work- Should by no means ’be passed the Christian viewpoint with re
gard to the East-West
ways so good-natured about it
°f the many things that 'ng in a congregation north of
relationand harmonious arrange ship.
that no matter how many times 'veiled up inside me.
Toronto. Still another works at ments of colour and furnishings
Ue was so simple, so unpre- the next desk to mine. She has m their homes are always pleas In Christ there is no East or
A got them confused, it wasn’t
tong before we became fast sentious, so unselfconscious. He been an invaluable help to me ing and restful.
West.
friends. That was just the be was very gracious, concerned for in learning my job and is still al
On the other hand, we West In Him no south or north,
ginning of a relationship - that our comfort, and bustled about ways willing to pitch in and help. ern folk have group activities
But one great fellowship of love
^J®1® to this da>’ and I hope setting chairs for us. And yet . One of the girls I first met down to a science as we are of a
will always exist among the three I withal, so dignified, so over- in that Young People’s meeting more gregarious turn of mind, Throughout the whole r ound
earth.
of us.
whelming that the scene in that and her husband now also are and m this one trait I have found !
°te room will remain indeliblv in Toronto and it is at their home Oriental people to be less profi In Christ now meet both East and
Not long after meeting the
West
girls, I was introduced to the tixed on my memory as long as that my insatiable appetite for cient. There are undoubtedly oth
I
live.
two young men (brothers) in
Japanese food is frequently sa- er ways in which we could con- In Him meet south and north
There
was
tisfied.
tnbute to this exchange.
which they were particularly in
a teacher with us,
All Christly souls are one in Him
terested and whom they have sub and with all his knowledge he
In closing, I would like to Throughout the whole wide
Speaking of food, I will never
. --------These
r„Bse cnaps
^^ions of her, because forget my first attempts to eat quote two verse of a favourite
sequently
married.
chap; Im
earth.
were soon coming regularly to
as so lnteres^
wanted with chopsticks. I felt like a ^,°f mine which sums up
the Y.P.U. and contributing to
A™ ?ot«etHins more „
John Oxenham. 1908.
to take child who had been introduced to
»ts work and enjoying the fun
,
j ° Japan by "’hich his be- a knife and fork for the first
One fall, our Young Peopled
17”-" n”ght ^ enriched- time. I had rice and chop suey X
Union invited a groupLf Jap” Ja“h^
f™”
kneelings
everywhere but in my mouth__on
nese young people from Montreal
t
? 1 have met is Mr- my lap, on the table cloth, and
tO * nS±.?' 're^ This lie
on the floor.
©st Wishes for the Coming Year
was an experience-~none~-e^^
We had raw fish in soy sauce
will ever forget. The visitors ance. Mr. Kawabe is principal of and in attempting to get this to
To our Supporters and Fans
the Junior
’
Boy's
i
~ College at my mouth,
were billeted in various homes
, my chonsticks cros- $
and we all had a great time to Kobe and spent some time a vear sed, flipping the piece of fish X
gether. One of the young men ago doing post-graduate study on the floor and splattering me
J
THE HAMILTON NISEI
who came is now the president at Emmanuel College which is and everyone else liberally. I
he United Church theological
BASEBALL LEAGUE
° one of our Young People’s
thought I’d never improve, but on
X
college connected with the Unrthe occasion of the wedding din
ner of my friends, I handled my
chopsticks so well as to draw a
surprised comment from the
Good Wishes for. a
best man. I feel now that I have
graduated at last.
Happy Holiday Season
The motto of our Church is
“That they all may be one”, and
•t is ever working towards this
end. I have found nothing but
the finest qualities in the Japa
THE HAMILTON NISEI
nese people I have known, quali
ties that we Western people I
BOWLING LEAGUE
could copy to advantage and I |
see no reason why the^Occiden- '
I
®nji Ghiislnws
Dr. & Mrs. E. H. KUWABARA
RONALD
863 Batburst St.
mix and each be the better for |
it, carrying out in actual prac- f
tice on the personal level the g
fine motto of the United Church 18
of Canada.
IR
1
Some of the traits I admire I
I । most in my Japanese friends is
। their politeness, thoughtfulness I «
land hospitality. Cheerfulness is «
generally a marked characteris- g
I tics as are industriousness and §
- Perseverance in a chosen line of ' I
MERRY CHRISTMAS
and
A HAPPY NEW YEAR
2
TARAMTn
' ORONTO JAPANESE CANADIAN
GOLF CLUR
3
the
new
CANADIAN
EAST IS EAST .
_Saturday, December 22
the feminine touch
But Kiphng s famous quotation is proved wrong here
By JEAN PETERS
When Kipling wrote “East is
east, and west is west, and never
i versity of Toronto.
tkTv author was editor of
the twain shall meet”, it seems to
While at Emmanuel, he came
per T^g p*8 Virion pa-.
me he couldn’t have known very
to my city to speak at some misf»d .i
PJes’ ln Ottawa,
many Oriental people.. East is
pl.S
th« Y
«n« I sionary rallies. Being so well
’ ”..!?^.
-----U1C
ioung
east, and west is west, but they
whieK S pape^ The Crusader, I connected with the Japanese peowhich
DiP
peo
wnich covered
covered tho
the Montreal- I Pie
can meet, do meet, and have
theie, I was one of a number
Ottawa
area.
She
is
now
workmuch to give each other. At least,
who gathered in the home of one
Onn with the Board
I have found it so.
of
the Elders of our Church one
or Christian Education for the
Director
of
Youth
Work.
My first contact with any Ori
Saturday night to visit with Mr.
ental people came about in a
Kawabe. Present that -evening
Toung People’s meeting in my Unions in north Montreal.
Here a doctor, photographer, sta
church about two years ago.
One of the most thrilling ex tistician, designer and four dress
That fall we had two Japanese periences in my life, and one makers—all Japanese.
girls join our Y.P.U. (Young never to grow dim, was attendIt was a thrilling occasion and
People’s Union) and I can re nig a meeting to hear the great when the young doctor escorted
member my first impression be t
Mr’ T°y°hiko Kagawa. me home, I didn’t feel the being “My they’re nice, but how 1 had heard of this man for low-zero temperature because
am I ever going to tell them years, and suddenly, there he that evening was another .proof
apart?” They weren’t twins, in was in front, speaking to me
to me of the conviction I had alfact there was quite a difference
I remember yet how small he vajs had that all peoples, al
in their ages, but to me,
the un- seemed among the other men on though they may have different
initiated, they looked
he platform, but when he spoke cultures, economic backgrounds,
exactly
alike.
the greatness of his spirit drove educational opportunities, cus
Now, two years later, I wonthoughts of physical stature toms and traditions, can still
der at my ever having
a consid from our minds. Then one of a meet, mix and get on well with
ered them as looking alike. It handful who had this honour I each other.
took me many weeks before I 'vent to his hotel afterwards 'to
Another Japanese friend of
Tidyness and
egan to call these girls by their meet him in person! I was prac- I mine is a deaconess of the United work.
,
,
cleanliness
right names, but they were al- tically tongue-tied and could not .Church of Canada and is work- Should by no means ’be passed the Christian viewpoint with re
gard to the East-West
ways so good-natured about it
°f the many things that 'ng in a congregation north of
relationand harmonious arrange ship.
that no matter how many times 'veiled up inside me.
Toronto. Still another works at ments of colour and furnishings
Ue was so simple, so unpre- the next desk to mine. She has m their homes are always pleas In Christ there is no East or
A got them confused, it wasn’t
tong before we became fast sentious, so unselfconscious. He been an invaluable help to me ing and restful.
West.
friends. That was just the be was very gracious, concerned for in learning my job and is still al
On the other hand, we West In Him no south or north,
ginning of a relationship - that our comfort, and bustled about ways willing to pitch in and help. ern folk have group activities
But one great fellowship of love
^J®1® to this da>’ and I hope setting chairs for us. And yet . One of the girls I first met down to a science as we are of a
will always exist among the three I withal, so dignified, so over- in that Young People’s meeting more gregarious turn of mind, Throughout the whole r ound
earth.
of us.
whelming that the scene in that and her husband now also are and m this one trait I have found !
°te room will remain indeliblv in Toronto and it is at their home Oriental people to be less profi In Christ now meet both East and
Not long after meeting the
West
girls, I was introduced to the tixed on my memory as long as that my insatiable appetite for cient. There are undoubtedly oth
I
live.
two young men (brothers) in
Japanese food is frequently sa- er ways in which we could con- In Him meet south and north
There
was
tisfied.
tnbute to this exchange.
which they were particularly in
a teacher with us,
All Christly souls are one in Him
terested and whom they have sub and with all his knowledge he
In closing, I would like to Throughout the whole wide
Speaking of food, I will never
. --------These
r„Bse cnaps
^^ions of her, because forget my first attempts to eat quote two verse of a favourite
sequently
married.
chap; Im
earth.
were soon coming regularly to
as so lnteres^
wanted with chopsticks. I felt like a ^,°f mine which sums up
the Y.P.U. and contributing to
A™ ?ot«etHins more „
John Oxenham. 1908.
to take child who had been introduced to
»ts work and enjoying the fun
,
j ° Japan by "’hich his be- a knife and fork for the first
One fall, our Young Peopled
17”-" n”ght ^ enriched- time. I had rice and chop suey X
Union invited a groupLf Jap” Ja“h^
f™”
kneelings
everywhere but in my mouth__on
nese young people from Montreal
t
? 1 have met is Mr- my lap, on the table cloth, and
tO * nS±.?' 're^ This lie
on the floor.
©st Wishes for the Coming Year
was an experience-~none~-e^^
We had raw fish in soy sauce
will ever forget. The visitors ance. Mr. Kawabe is principal of and in attempting to get this to
To our Supporters and Fans
the Junior
’
Boy's
i
~ College at my mouth,
were billeted in various homes
, my chonsticks cros- $
and we all had a great time to Kobe and spent some time a vear sed, flipping the piece of fish X
gether. One of the young men ago doing post-graduate study on the floor and splattering me
J
THE HAMILTON NISEI
who came is now the president at Emmanuel College which is and everyone else liberally. I
he United Church theological
BASEBALL LEAGUE
° one of our Young People’s
thought I’d never improve, but on
X
college connected with the Unrthe occasion of the wedding din
ner of my friends, I handled my
chopsticks so well as to draw a
surprised comment from the
Good Wishes for. a
best man. I feel now that I have
graduated at last.
Happy Holiday Season
The motto of our Church is
“That they all may be one”, and
•t is ever working towards this
end. I have found nothing but
the finest qualities in the Japa
THE HAMILTON NISEI
nese people I have known, quali
ties that we Western people I
BOWLING LEAGUE
could copy to advantage and I |
see no reason why the^Occiden- '
I
®nji Ghiislnws
Dr. & Mrs. E. H. KUWABARA
RONALD
863 Batburst St.
mix and each be the better for |
it, carrying out in actual prac- f
tice on the personal level the g
fine motto of the United Church 18
of Canada.
IR
1
Some of the traits I admire I
I । most in my Japanese friends is
। their politeness, thoughtfulness I «
land hospitality. Cheerfulness is «
generally a marked characteris- g
I tics as are industriousness and §
- Perseverance in a chosen line of ' I
MERRY CHRISTMAS
and
A HAPPY NEW YEAR
2
TARAMTn
' ORONTO JAPANESE CANADIAN
GOLF CLUR
3
Page 19
51
Saturday, December 22, 1951
£HE NEW CANADIAN
PAGE 3
An Attitude On Assimilation
S
3
By Je Sui
contributing to Canadian culture necessary
means of furthering process says the writer
JOSH MIYAMOTO
Sun Life and General Insurance
Phones:
Office UN 6-6411
Res: CR 13
3
3
3
-727-12th Ave., Rosemount, Montreal
Recently, in Montreal, a group composed of
, Nisei and Chinese students from various colI
leges in the city held a panel discussion on
the problem of Oriental integration into the
K
Occidental Canadian society. This article is
|
not a report of that meeting-, but rather an
| ■ outcome of some observations made at that
[
time, which prompted me to present other
t
views on this question of assimilation.
|
In the past, whenever serious-thinking NiI
seis got together, there have nearly always
I
been some opinions expressed about ways and
I
means of achieving equal status within the
I
society. Those who have joined in the moots
>.
on this would be well aware of some of the
qualifying statements conjectured.
You might recall the arguments of those
that advocated biological assimilation as the
only solution; or the caustic rebukes of those
who were.not very keen about the whole businessu And the various ideas were bandied
about and seemingly no concrete solution nor
effective means were in sight.
;
Without going further on any more devel
opments of this issue, we should, perhaps,
i
restate the reasons for and the necessity of
>
this assimilation of our people into Canada
t
as Canadians.
L?
Apparently, the most obvious reason for
the cause of seeking equality within the com^munity as a whole is because of prejudicial
bias directed against minoi'ity groups such
as us. This is true for us in various sociol
economic levels. To overcome this barrier of
disci imination, and to be able to live and
,
work with equal opportunities and freedom
•
with our fellow Canadians has been the goal,
*
the ideal and the drive for the cause of assimilation.
|
In short, we want to be accepted as Cans
adians by other Canadians and our only hinr
derance is racial bigotry.
।
To go back further—why is there such a
|
thing as racial bias and- why is it so potent
f
against us?
|
I think the most commonly held opinion
r
m this regard by many Nisei is that because
°ur physical features are somewhat different,
|
f
we are subjected to such practises. Although
this factor does play an important part, I
feel that there is more to this than what
meets the eye.
The major factor, the only factor, in my
opinion, is the directed use of language and
communications in the hands of the bigoted
few, who for personal, economic, or political
gains, instill twisted facts into the minds of
the people at large.
The ordinary man in the street, fed by these
affective connotations and stereotyped charac
terizations, uses these misinformations as a
ready frame of reference and practises dis
crimination consciously or unconsciously.
We must remember that a large majority of
the public is uncritical in their readings and
gullible to any hearsays. To T. C. Mits (The
Celebrated Man In the Street), any -word such
as Jap”, “Jew”, “DP”, etc. brings into his
mind all the accumulated set of badly co-relatcd facts and raises to the,fore his bias. Such
an occurence in directing discrimination is
common to a large number of people and its
consequences are prevalent in every day life.
In general, a re-education of the public mind
is in order—no small task by any means. On
th;s basis then, our means for over-coming
racial antagonism could be founded.
Moreover, I believe that our cultural con
tributions into the melting pot of Canadians
is piobably the best, if not the only recourse
to a fuller understanding of us by others.
In our inward expression through symbolic
art and the ultimate comprehension and appre
ciation of the presentations, what could be a
better approach and the most significant one ?
We can tap oui- cultural heritage for inspira
tion and symbolism, to be tempered by the
Canadian outlook and sustained by our youth
ful vigour. Such would be the attitude re
quired and fostered.
Let us contribute rather than partake of
Canada’s divers culture. For, with the sincere
understanding and respect gained from our
fellow Canadians, oui' assimilation into the
society becomes an accomplished fact.
vial details make up the daily
routine of your home.
To those of you who are away
from home for the first time in
your life, all these things epi
tomise security and warmth.
Home is a wonderful place with
cats lying around in every
room. That’s my idea of home.
GREETINGS from
Hamilton
3
MAE M. WALKER
3
160 Catharine St. S.
Hamilton. Ont.
Mr. <5 Mrs. HARRY NAGANOBU
ABBIE & EDDIE
Chedoke Post Office
Hamilton. Ont.
3
Mr. & Mrs. M. MITSUI
GEORGE & HARRY
490 York St.
Hamilton. Ont.
REAL ESTATE BROKER
8
8
J
933 Bloor St. W.
TORONTO
HAPPY HOLIDAY CHEER
ERIC N. ATTENBOROUGH
REAL ESTATE BROKER
144 Dynevor Road, Toronto
OR. 3285
MAY I WISH .
to cdl my patients and friends
health, happiness and success
in the New Year
Sincerely yours,
Dr. Paul K. Takahashi
539 Bloor St. West,
Toronto
By J. M.
— a myriad of little things —
she cooks the rice, dry or moist;
the way she makes coffee in the
morning; the way she sits and
knits, counting the stitches to
herself while her glasses slip
off her nose; the precise way
she places the cushions and the
doilies on the chesterfield; the
way she winds the alarm clock
before she goes to bed.
The way you chop the wood,
whether in big chunks or thin
symmetrical pieces; the way
you soap yourself when you
take a bath; the way all the
bottles of medicine , are arrang
ed in the medicine cabinet; the
way your bed is made with lots
of sheets tucked under the mat
tress or with lots of sheets by
your neck; the way you fold
the newspaper after you’ve fin
ished reading; the brand of
soap or toothpaste you use; the
way the food is always in the
cupboard when when you're
hungry.
All these little irrelevant, tri
1
Phones: LA. 4817 and LA. 5804
4»
»
0
this is home ...
Home, what does that fourlettered word entail? It seems
such a small, insignificant word,
but for centuries men have
searched for their ideal of home
and failed.
That word home contains a
health of meaning. Home is
wade up of several intangible
things; things that by them
selves seem immaterial but
"hen synthesized together ,create home.
Do you recall the way your
house used to smell? Every
nome has a characteristic odour
hanging from the acrid es
sence emanating from a pile of
soiled diapers to the sweet
smell of a home-baked cake—
that in itself is home. And
1 e ^ ay that your mother
ironed your shirts—do you re
call whether she started from
he sleeves or the collar?
iK^16 Wa^' y°ur mother hangs
**e c^Qthes on the line; the way
*e hashes the dishes; the way
I
Best Wishes to Everyone
S
3
8
Saturday, December 22, 1951
£HE NEW CANADIAN
PAGE 3
An Attitude On Assimilation
S
3
By Je Sui
contributing to Canadian culture necessary
means of furthering process says the writer
JOSH MIYAMOTO
Sun Life and General Insurance
Phones:
Office UN 6-6411
Res: CR 13
3
3
3
-727-12th Ave., Rosemount, Montreal
Recently, in Montreal, a group composed of
, Nisei and Chinese students from various colI
leges in the city held a panel discussion on
the problem of Oriental integration into the
K
Occidental Canadian society. This article is
|
not a report of that meeting-, but rather an
| ■ outcome of some observations made at that
[
time, which prompted me to present other
t
views on this question of assimilation.
|
In the past, whenever serious-thinking NiI
seis got together, there have nearly always
I
been some opinions expressed about ways and
I
means of achieving equal status within the
I
society. Those who have joined in the moots
>.
on this would be well aware of some of the
qualifying statements conjectured.
You might recall the arguments of those
that advocated biological assimilation as the
only solution; or the caustic rebukes of those
who were.not very keen about the whole businessu And the various ideas were bandied
about and seemingly no concrete solution nor
effective means were in sight.
;
Without going further on any more devel
opments of this issue, we should, perhaps,
i
restate the reasons for and the necessity of
>
this assimilation of our people into Canada
t
as Canadians.
L?
Apparently, the most obvious reason for
the cause of seeking equality within the com^munity as a whole is because of prejudicial
bias directed against minoi'ity groups such
as us. This is true for us in various sociol
economic levels. To overcome this barrier of
disci imination, and to be able to live and
,
work with equal opportunities and freedom
•
with our fellow Canadians has been the goal,
*
the ideal and the drive for the cause of assimilation.
|
In short, we want to be accepted as Cans
adians by other Canadians and our only hinr
derance is racial bigotry.
।
To go back further—why is there such a
|
thing as racial bias and- why is it so potent
f
against us?
|
I think the most commonly held opinion
r
m this regard by many Nisei is that because
°ur physical features are somewhat different,
|
f
we are subjected to such practises. Although
this factor does play an important part, I
feel that there is more to this than what
meets the eye.
The major factor, the only factor, in my
opinion, is the directed use of language and
communications in the hands of the bigoted
few, who for personal, economic, or political
gains, instill twisted facts into the minds of
the people at large.
The ordinary man in the street, fed by these
affective connotations and stereotyped charac
terizations, uses these misinformations as a
ready frame of reference and practises dis
crimination consciously or unconsciously.
We must remember that a large majority of
the public is uncritical in their readings and
gullible to any hearsays. To T. C. Mits (The
Celebrated Man In the Street), any -word such
as Jap”, “Jew”, “DP”, etc. brings into his
mind all the accumulated set of badly co-relatcd facts and raises to the,fore his bias. Such
an occurence in directing discrimination is
common to a large number of people and its
consequences are prevalent in every day life.
In general, a re-education of the public mind
is in order—no small task by any means. On
th;s basis then, our means for over-coming
racial antagonism could be founded.
Moreover, I believe that our cultural con
tributions into the melting pot of Canadians
is piobably the best, if not the only recourse
to a fuller understanding of us by others.
In our inward expression through symbolic
art and the ultimate comprehension and appre
ciation of the presentations, what could be a
better approach and the most significant one ?
We can tap oui- cultural heritage for inspira
tion and symbolism, to be tempered by the
Canadian outlook and sustained by our youth
ful vigour. Such would be the attitude re
quired and fostered.
Let us contribute rather than partake of
Canada’s divers culture. For, with the sincere
understanding and respect gained from our
fellow Canadians, oui' assimilation into the
society becomes an accomplished fact.
vial details make up the daily
routine of your home.
To those of you who are away
from home for the first time in
your life, all these things epi
tomise security and warmth.
Home is a wonderful place with
cats lying around in every
room. That’s my idea of home.
GREETINGS from
Hamilton
3
MAE M. WALKER
3
160 Catharine St. S.
Hamilton. Ont.
Mr. <5 Mrs. HARRY NAGANOBU
ABBIE & EDDIE
Chedoke Post Office
Hamilton. Ont.
3
Mr. & Mrs. M. MITSUI
GEORGE & HARRY
490 York St.
Hamilton. Ont.
REAL ESTATE BROKER
8
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933 Bloor St. W.
TORONTO
HAPPY HOLIDAY CHEER
ERIC N. ATTENBOROUGH
REAL ESTATE BROKER
144 Dynevor Road, Toronto
OR. 3285
MAY I WISH .
to cdl my patients and friends
health, happiness and success
in the New Year
Sincerely yours,
Dr. Paul K. Takahashi
539 Bloor St. West,
Toronto
By J. M.
— a myriad of little things —
she cooks the rice, dry or moist;
the way she makes coffee in the
morning; the way she sits and
knits, counting the stitches to
herself while her glasses slip
off her nose; the precise way
she places the cushions and the
doilies on the chesterfield; the
way she winds the alarm clock
before she goes to bed.
The way you chop the wood,
whether in big chunks or thin
symmetrical pieces; the way
you soap yourself when you
take a bath; the way all the
bottles of medicine , are arrang
ed in the medicine cabinet; the
way your bed is made with lots
of sheets tucked under the mat
tress or with lots of sheets by
your neck; the way you fold
the newspaper after you’ve fin
ished reading; the brand of
soap or toothpaste you use; the
way the food is always in the
cupboard when when you're
hungry.
All these little irrelevant, tri
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this is home ...
Home, what does that fourlettered word entail? It seems
such a small, insignificant word,
but for centuries men have
searched for their ideal of home
and failed.
That word home contains a
health of meaning. Home is
wade up of several intangible
things; things that by them
selves seem immaterial but
"hen synthesized together ,create home.
Do you recall the way your
house used to smell? Every
nome has a characteristic odour
hanging from the acrid es
sence emanating from a pile of
soiled diapers to the sweet
smell of a home-baked cake—
that in itself is home. And
1 e ^ ay that your mother
ironed your shirts—do you re
call whether she started from
he sleeves or the collar?
iK^16 Wa^' y°ur mother hangs
**e c^Qthes on the line; the way
*e hashes the dishes; the way
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Best Wishes to Everyone
S
3
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Page 28
PAGE
12
12
Page 29
Saturday, December 22, 1951
THE NEW CANADIAN
Reflections On Mikans, Carols, And
il
/It
ill
1
tomi,
By MERVIN B. How
3
5
x <
By Je Sui
Many times while in the Royal Canada and my hone
Oft’ when the eveni
Canadian Air Force and away family will be' able
Just as the softness <
ie year can compare with
from home did I stop and think this year.
uh turkey, dressing, cranof the happy times my family
sauee and plum pudding in
shared at Christmas, of the many
Come stealthily by, to share
One of the thi
Sundance, it is not only an
gifts we exchanged, of the hear mas that used
The concerted prelude to the niah
to bother
ig but a minor miracle
ty meals and the warming family confuse) me w;
s the fap
’ii
Then the cadence of the adagio.
io move away from the
cheer that was ever present.
for weeks befo
i
Christma
wue niter eating so much.
With a suspended, poignant note;
And it is surprising too, when could turn
to any station
only
wish
is
that
you
fare
one reflects, the many thoughts radio and hear
Like blue glazed shadows hovering
'
many oid
wed
a
I
the
festive
board
as
I
that this stirring of old memo about the
On the snowdrifts' sullen air—
low my family at home. And I
ries brings forth into the light I’m Drea m i n g
Strikes the hollowed chambers of y
'jo taat each of you will join
of day from some musty and oft Christmas,
~ at grace when we say a' prayThe piano too, when softly played.
forgotten corner of the mind.
The lieraid An
o.w the men that are now in
For a few moments, then are course, Silent Night.
Plucks harmonies of the post too m
reign
lands—the men who have
these thoughts brought forth
And only then, the discordant pros
But after weeks of a ter.
\ en up the enjoyment of their
like old books from a library, build-up, the 25th of bc.VL'
Seems emptier without tire melody
■ ".Minas dinner that we might
perused and then again returned comes, along and suddenly tf
That glissaded appassionato Iona
joy ours.
to their resting places and left is no more Christmas cheer
R^.
to gather the dust of time.
more hymns, and in many
I have looked at some of these no more thoughts of C a
memory books these last f e w good resolutions.
days. The pages, in many cases,
from
Now why? Wh can’t
(cont'd from P. 1)
are quite faded, but still legible. writers compose some rm
New Dei
c that
writing can begin.
if a good start is made and if
would remind us. for a 1 C GUVS
.these workers would be comthe material is pro m i s i n g,
l II:
I was born in Vancouver, B. C., at least, ot tiie magic pi
Mia-. FERCIVALI. I
.ted for their work. Now
grants cam be obtained from
and one of the earliest memories have just been through.
•v Den
D. C.
Y
leads to an obvious quesinstitutes, organizations, inter
was that of having an orange or of niusical-after-d inner i
all this going* to
ested persons outside of JC’s
two in my Christmas stocking.
that gives us time to meet
financed ? Since it won’t be
and other sources in order that
6 M . FRANK BROUGHTON
Now these Xfre not just the digest the feast of human e
teller, there won’t
the work can be completed
ordinary oranges that you see all tion we have experienced. To
rens from royalty.
Once all the data is compiled,
year around at the green-groc mind us, for a few days at Ie
And with all field work, re
it should be made available to
er’s. These oranges we saw only of our good intention:
search and the compiling to be
anyone who is willing to take
at Christmas time. They had a ing of peace on earth and
B. C.
done, it can’t be completed on a
on the entire or even part of the
flavour all their own—a clear, i goodwill toward our fel
meagre backing even if the ac
task. So long as the informa
tangy sensation and it was not I
tual writing is eventually done
tion is there, I’m sure that the
soon forgotten.
One thing I do like
by someone of his own accord
Japanese Canadian story will be
Some people call them tanger Christmas are the crowd
without recompense.
written. It may not be immedi
ines and others mandarins. Many stores. They push, shown
Hore I am going to tread on
ate upon compiling the data,
MAC?
times have my family called them stamp on you, but the i
but it’s bound to be tackled.
Highly controversial grounds. 1
“zipper-skins”, although I have not the same as at any s;
probably by one of our
would suggest that the beginIL:
since learned that their true ing the year. It is a «
group.
iwy <>f the undertaking be finname is “mikan”.
once joyous and compa
But the first job is to collect
mued out of the National J CCA
Mi. 5 Mrs. BOB K
It was almost a family ritual cheerful and wistful.
the mass of material, And that
Bserve Fund. As I understand
and FAMILY
for my sister and brothers to
has to be done w h i 1 e i t i s
t tins fund is reserved for use
You can see happiness
eat these ‘ Christmas Oranges”.
available.
erne
or for
pouring out of eyes that
It gave us
Is which are deemed by
ily would have a Ymwd.
“grown-up” to be able to peel
stodians of the fund to be
fTightened io
You
our own oranges. It makes me beaten nearly
fident scope to tap the
deal h
7
think when I realize that my
W
it worthwhile
■ompltmen
'cct^oti
nieces and nephews have never
■Whether this project as I
ren, with stars in
w
tasted them or had that delicious
?A
propose
falls
within
that
cate
from
mg- up at “Old Saint Kicbokisri
W
sense of being, for the moment
h
or to watch a little girl fondle a gory is Hie point. I so believe
at least, of being “grown-up”.
coveted doll; or a boy. with tlu! : and base my contention on the
SAUL M. CHERNIACK, L„
I have never eaten them now look of complete love, follow the i reasons which I gave for proBARRISTER & SOLICITOR
for over 13 years. I don’t know movements of a crack, stream- : duemg such a book. It’s hardly
h
i
what happened to them, but I do lined train, and their gleeful ; likely that there will be any
'now that my mouth, waters when laughter while gazing at the an- ? “national emergency’ in which
think of them. About a million tics of Rudolph, the Red-Nosed ! the Japanese Canadians specifi
cally will be involved, and the
xes have been imported into j Reindeer ?
vi
fund can serve no useful purpose if it is waiting for some
SI thing unforseen to happen.
ma J
Thus for practical purposes,
fl ' the reserve, which is around
Jim Kakutani
To All My Friends Across Canada
$6,0'>0, would be best utilized
if it can be used to finance a
And In Japan
H. A. ROBERTS LIMITED
vort hwhile project.
Insurance
Real Estate
Si
HOW TO ORGANIZE
MRS. EUGRETTA HAWORTH
933 West Pender Street
Tlie first step would be to set
Vancouver 1. B. C
ip a Board of Trustees who
OCEAN FALLS KINDERGARTEN
Established 32 years
vould administrate over the
Box 464
Members Vancouver Real Estate Board
ct. selecting interviewers
3
OCEAN FALLS. B. C.
filer help where it is needher direction and advice
inid randle all payments.
It should also undertake to
Our Sincerest Wishes for
GREETINGS FROM THE YUKON
nore funds to carry on the
for it is unlikely that
GEORGE M. TANIZAWA
rii.Hiir will complete the task of
and
n-sarli satisfactorily.
Dawson
However it will make a good
YUKON TERRITORY
I’ Would produce an abr
' f material that armed
'The Land of the Midnight Sun'
i^
:- would be easier to
and
individuals for donaMICKEY M. MURAKAMI Box 26, Sloe
"Pure Placer Gold"
continue the work.
. I am confident that
as
THE NEW CANADIAN
Reflections On Mikans, Carols, And
il
/It
ill
1
tomi,
By MERVIN B. How
3
5
x <
By Je Sui
Many times while in the Royal Canada and my hone
Oft’ when the eveni
Canadian Air Force and away family will be' able
Just as the softness <
ie year can compare with
from home did I stop and think this year.
uh turkey, dressing, cranof the happy times my family
sauee and plum pudding in
shared at Christmas, of the many
Come stealthily by, to share
One of the thi
Sundance, it is not only an
gifts we exchanged, of the hear mas that used
The concerted prelude to the niah
to bother
ig but a minor miracle
ty meals and the warming family confuse) me w;
s the fap
’ii
Then the cadence of the adagio.
io move away from the
cheer that was ever present.
for weeks befo
i
Christma
wue niter eating so much.
With a suspended, poignant note;
And it is surprising too, when could turn
to any station
only
wish
is
that
you
fare
one reflects, the many thoughts radio and hear
Like blue glazed shadows hovering
'
many oid
wed
a
I
the
festive
board
as
I
that this stirring of old memo about the
On the snowdrifts' sullen air—
low my family at home. And I
ries brings forth into the light I’m Drea m i n g
Strikes the hollowed chambers of y
'jo taat each of you will join
of day from some musty and oft Christmas,
~ at grace when we say a' prayThe piano too, when softly played.
forgotten corner of the mind.
The lieraid An
o.w the men that are now in
For a few moments, then are course, Silent Night.
Plucks harmonies of the post too m
reign
lands—the men who have
these thoughts brought forth
And only then, the discordant pros
But after weeks of a ter.
\ en up the enjoyment of their
like old books from a library, build-up, the 25th of bc.VL'
Seems emptier without tire melody
■ ".Minas dinner that we might
perused and then again returned comes, along and suddenly tf
That glissaded appassionato Iona
joy ours.
to their resting places and left is no more Christmas cheer
R^.
to gather the dust of time.
more hymns, and in many
I have looked at some of these no more thoughts of C a
memory books these last f e w good resolutions.
days. The pages, in many cases,
from
Now why? Wh can’t
(cont'd from P. 1)
are quite faded, but still legible. writers compose some rm
New Dei
c that
writing can begin.
if a good start is made and if
would remind us. for a 1 C GUVS
.these workers would be comthe material is pro m i s i n g,
l II:
I was born in Vancouver, B. C., at least, ot tiie magic pi
Mia-. FERCIVALI. I
.ted for their work. Now
grants cam be obtained from
and one of the earliest memories have just been through.
•v Den
D. C.
Y
leads to an obvious quesinstitutes, organizations, inter
was that of having an orange or of niusical-after-d inner i
all this going* to
ested persons outside of JC’s
two in my Christmas stocking.
that gives us time to meet
financed ? Since it won’t be
and other sources in order that
6 M . FRANK BROUGHTON
Now these Xfre not just the digest the feast of human e
teller, there won’t
the work can be completed
ordinary oranges that you see all tion we have experienced. To
rens from royalty.
Once all the data is compiled,
year around at the green-groc mind us, for a few days at Ie
And with all field work, re
it should be made available to
er’s. These oranges we saw only of our good intention:
search and the compiling to be
anyone who is willing to take
at Christmas time. They had a ing of peace on earth and
B. C.
done, it can’t be completed on a
on the entire or even part of the
flavour all their own—a clear, i goodwill toward our fel
meagre backing even if the ac
task. So long as the informa
tangy sensation and it was not I
tual writing is eventually done
tion is there, I’m sure that the
soon forgotten.
One thing I do like
by someone of his own accord
Japanese Canadian story will be
Some people call them tanger Christmas are the crowd
without recompense.
written. It may not be immedi
ines and others mandarins. Many stores. They push, shown
Hore I am going to tread on
ate upon compiling the data,
MAC?
times have my family called them stamp on you, but the i
but it’s bound to be tackled.
Highly controversial grounds. 1
“zipper-skins”, although I have not the same as at any s;
probably by one of our
would suggest that the beginIL:
since learned that their true ing the year. It is a «
group.
iwy <>f the undertaking be finname is “mikan”.
once joyous and compa
But the first job is to collect
mued out of the National J CCA
Mi. 5 Mrs. BOB K
It was almost a family ritual cheerful and wistful.
the mass of material, And that
Bserve Fund. As I understand
and FAMILY
for my sister and brothers to
has to be done w h i 1 e i t i s
t tins fund is reserved for use
You can see happiness
eat these ‘ Christmas Oranges”.
available.
erne
or for
pouring out of eyes that
It gave us
Is which are deemed by
ily would have a Ymwd.
“grown-up” to be able to peel
stodians of the fund to be
fTightened io
You
our own oranges. It makes me beaten nearly
fident scope to tap the
deal h
7
think when I realize that my
W
it worthwhile
■ompltmen
'cct^oti
nieces and nephews have never
■Whether this project as I
ren, with stars in
w
tasted them or had that delicious
?A
propose
falls
within
that
cate
from
mg- up at “Old Saint Kicbokisri
W
sense of being, for the moment
h
or to watch a little girl fondle a gory is Hie point. I so believe
at least, of being “grown-up”.
coveted doll; or a boy. with tlu! : and base my contention on the
SAUL M. CHERNIACK, L„
I have never eaten them now look of complete love, follow the i reasons which I gave for proBARRISTER & SOLICITOR
for over 13 years. I don’t know movements of a crack, stream- : duemg such a book. It’s hardly
h
i
what happened to them, but I do lined train, and their gleeful ; likely that there will be any
'now that my mouth, waters when laughter while gazing at the an- ? “national emergency’ in which
think of them. About a million tics of Rudolph, the Red-Nosed ! the Japanese Canadians specifi
cally will be involved, and the
xes have been imported into j Reindeer ?
vi
fund can serve no useful purpose if it is waiting for some
SI thing unforseen to happen.
ma J
Thus for practical purposes,
fl ' the reserve, which is around
Jim Kakutani
To All My Friends Across Canada
$6,0'>0, would be best utilized
if it can be used to finance a
And In Japan
H. A. ROBERTS LIMITED
vort hwhile project.
Insurance
Real Estate
Si
HOW TO ORGANIZE
MRS. EUGRETTA HAWORTH
933 West Pender Street
Tlie first step would be to set
Vancouver 1. B. C
ip a Board of Trustees who
OCEAN FALLS KINDERGARTEN
Established 32 years
vould administrate over the
Box 464
Members Vancouver Real Estate Board
ct. selecting interviewers
3
OCEAN FALLS. B. C.
filer help where it is needher direction and advice
inid randle all payments.
It should also undertake to
Our Sincerest Wishes for
GREETINGS FROM THE YUKON
nore funds to carry on the
for it is unlikely that
GEORGE M. TANIZAWA
rii.Hiir will complete the task of
and
n-sarli satisfactorily.
Dawson
However it will make a good
YUKON TERRITORY
I’ Would produce an abr
' f material that armed
'The Land of the Midnight Sun'
i^
:- would be easier to
and
individuals for donaMICKEY M. MURAKAMI Box 26, Sloe
"Pure Placer Gold"
continue the work.
. I am confident that
as
Page 30
PAGE 14
PAG..
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ft
h
I
2
THE NEW CANADIAN
bittlo Canada Of Japan
By SHINOBU HIGASHI
picturesque sanitarium in Japan Alps built
by tireless efforts of Canadians since 1932
Nestled in the foothills Of
the Japan Alps in Central
Honshu lies a little bit of
Canada.
It is only a L2-acre plot,
But, as the site of‘the New
Life Sanitarium, it is known
as the Little Canada of Japan
among medical circles.
This fame is the fruit of
the selfless efforts of a group
of
Canadian
missionaries,
doctors and nurses from 1932
to the present day.
After the war, the New
Life Sanitarium was designat
ed as a model hospital by the
Tokyo Military Government
Team. Since then, this small
institute in the picturesque
village of Obuse in the moun^.tain prefecture of Nagano has
become the mecca of nurses
and doctors from all parts of
Japan.
an ideal environment. Against
a background of towering
mountains, a cluster of yel
low stucco buildings peeks
from the green of a grove of
twisted pines. Through” the
pine branches can be heard
the flow of the swift Matsu
kawa, a tributary - of the fab
led Chikuma River that flows
into the Japan Sea.
Obuse itself is 1,300 feet
above sea level. It has one
of the highest ratios of sunny days a year of all such
sites in Japan.
havoc wrecked by tuberculosis
among Christian and non
Christian Japanese.
A decade passed while the
Reverend Hamilton and his
co-workers strove to raise
funds to build a hospital
where those stricken with the
disease could regain their
health in a Christian atmos
phere. But when funds were
finally raise, unexpected diffi
culties arose. Eve r y w h e r e,
they found the native populace opposed to the erection
of a sanitarium in their locality.
Spring comes to Obus Bl
The ignorant country peo
a snowy cloud of apple blos
ple
thought the hospital would
soms. S u m m er turns the
bring tuberculosis and death
neighbouring farms into a
to their villages.
checkerboard of riotous colour
Only after a long search
—for Obuse and environs fur
was
Obuse chosen. It was the
nish the major part of the
34th place investigated.
flowers that adorn the win
In October 1932, the first
dows of Tokyo’s florist shops.
Nurses from 300 hos.pitals
building
of 56 beds was open
Fall brings the red glory
in Tokyo alone have been sent
ed. TB patients., used to ne
of apples, the chief product of
to the New Life Sanitarium
glect and coldness from even
Obuse, and a myriad chest
to learn western nursing me
their
own families, were deep
nut pickers and “matsutake”
thods. Doctors have winded
ly impressed by the warm
hunters.
their way to Obuse ‘to study
Christian atmosphere. Many
Winter transforms Obuse
new methods of treating tu
became Christians.
berculosis.
and its surrounding mountains
In 1935, a second building of
into a skier’s paradise.
The full impact of the New
20 beds was opened for wo
Life Sanitarium upon Japan’s
HISTORY OF SANITARIUM
men patients.
medical world can only be un
The history of the New
Meanwhile, the fame of the
derstood when one remebers
Life Sanitarium goes back to
New Life Sanitarium spread
that the dread “white plague”
the early twenties.
and sick gathered from all
is the Number One killer in
parts
of Japan. There "were al
The Right-Reverend H. J.
Japan. In fact, Japan’s mor
so a number of Chinese, Bri
Hamilton, Bishop of what was
tality from tuberculosis is six
tish, American, Dutch, Polish,
then the Canadian Mission
times that of Canada and the
Indian and German patients
Diocese of Mid-Japan of the
United States.
accommodated at various
Canadian Anglican Church,
The sanitarium is located in
times.
saw with grave concern the
In October 1940, the sanita
rium, in common with all oth
er mission property, was turn
$
ed over to the Japan Anglican
Church. Since then, it has
been part of the social ser
X
vice -work of Japan Anglican
X
X
Chuhch.
X
SOUGHT BY MILITARISTS
A
During the war, the militar
Harry S. Kondo
ists made several attempts to
A
take over the New Life Sani
f ST.
X
EM. 3-1391
TORONTO
tarium and make it into an
i
army hospital. These efforts
were frustrated only by the
efforts of a, faithful nucleus
of Japanese Christian workers
who remained after the repat
riation of the Canadians'.
In 1948, the Canadian duc
tors and nurses returned amid
a heart-moving welcome. Once
again the New Life Sanitari
Queen btreet - All Nations
um became a little bit of Ca
United Church
nada in far-away Japan.
In April 1950 tragedy
JAPANESE CONGREGATION
struck
the hospital. Fire broke
Women’s Association
Nisei Couple’s Society
out and gutted the main
Men’s Society
building, causing an estimat
West
Phone EM.
ed $35,000 in damages. Only
Saturday, December 22, 195]
in August 1951 was the re
built portion of the hospital
reopened.
The
Canadian
Anglican
Church had contributed $30,000 to the resurrection of the
New Life Sanitarium.
Today, the hospital is staf
fed by one Canadian doctor,
Dr. Richard Start of Toronto,
Ontario, and two Canadian
nurses, Miss L. M. Powell
from Lucan, Ontario and Miss
C. A. Benz from Trenton, On
tario.
Of the Japanese staff, 12
remain from the group that
first saw the sanitarium come
into being.
J
0 ®
w
1)
CO
tTj
/W
The author, was the chief
editor of The New Canadian
when it first went to press in
Re went to Manchuria in
April of the same year to ac
cept a post on The Manchur
ian Daily News. Since that
time he has worked on several
editorial staffs in Japan and
is presently in Tokyo with the
Tokyo Bureau of the Associ
ated Press.
|
Mr. & Mrs. GEORGE MASUDA
$
g
and KIYOSHI
p- O- Box 367
S
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Sutherland, Sask.
»
LORNA & TOM SHOYAMA
j
Suite 6, McCarthy Apts.
Regina, Sask.
W
Rev. E. H. NEKODA
P- O. Box 40
Raymond, Alta.
Mr. 5 Mrs. M. EBATA
and DONNA GAIL
10271-98th St.
Edmonton
Mr. & Mrs. S. P. YAMAUCHI
10015-114th St.
Edmonton
The Anglican Church in Ja
pan is taking a great interest
in the hospital. The Welfare
Ministry of the Japanese Gov
ernment has also promised
aid in the operation of the
hospital.
Mr. 4 Mrs. T. SHIKATANI
PATRICIA <S DENNIS
lQ271-98th St.
Edmonton
Mr. & Mrs. KAY ASAE
The brave Canadian staff,
thus, are not disc o u r a g e d.
They have faith that the need
ed sums will be provided.
They will not give up their
little Canadian corner in Ja
pan.
606 Cathedral Ave.
Winnipeg
Mrs. W. L. ONO
TAEKO <5 SACHIKO
627 Pacific Ave.
Winnipeg
«»—«n—n—.nn^m^_]
^-Jeadon 5
^ffeetin^d
Du-Bite Cleaners
1229 St. Clair Ave. W.
Toronto
Phone LL. 0758
MR. & MRS. HIKOBEI MORI & FAMILY
Res:
144 Robert St.
Phone RA. 9285
ea^on 6
'ceroy Cleaners
MR. & MRS. R, FUJII
i
g
from
the Prairies
Today, with its new facili
ties, the New Life Sanitarium
has space for 130 beds. But,
some $10,000 is still needed
before the ne-w wards are ful
ly equipped.
Daico Print
3
greetings
2377 YONGE ST.
Toronto
MO. 3020
eason j
e5
Woodgreen Cleaners
TOSH IWAI
752 Queen St. East
Phone: GE. 0038
Res. 36 Cedarvale Ave.,
Phone GR. 9872
TORONTO
A
Best Wishes.
i
Dupont Cleaners & Tailors
285’4 Christie St.
__
Phone LL. 2001
TORONTO
MR. & MRS. E. S. CHIBA
X
g
PAG..
(X
O
ft
h
I
2
THE NEW CANADIAN
bittlo Canada Of Japan
By SHINOBU HIGASHI
picturesque sanitarium in Japan Alps built
by tireless efforts of Canadians since 1932
Nestled in the foothills Of
the Japan Alps in Central
Honshu lies a little bit of
Canada.
It is only a L2-acre plot,
But, as the site of‘the New
Life Sanitarium, it is known
as the Little Canada of Japan
among medical circles.
This fame is the fruit of
the selfless efforts of a group
of
Canadian
missionaries,
doctors and nurses from 1932
to the present day.
After the war, the New
Life Sanitarium was designat
ed as a model hospital by the
Tokyo Military Government
Team. Since then, this small
institute in the picturesque
village of Obuse in the moun^.tain prefecture of Nagano has
become the mecca of nurses
and doctors from all parts of
Japan.
an ideal environment. Against
a background of towering
mountains, a cluster of yel
low stucco buildings peeks
from the green of a grove of
twisted pines. Through” the
pine branches can be heard
the flow of the swift Matsu
kawa, a tributary - of the fab
led Chikuma River that flows
into the Japan Sea.
Obuse itself is 1,300 feet
above sea level. It has one
of the highest ratios of sunny days a year of all such
sites in Japan.
havoc wrecked by tuberculosis
among Christian and non
Christian Japanese.
A decade passed while the
Reverend Hamilton and his
co-workers strove to raise
funds to build a hospital
where those stricken with the
disease could regain their
health in a Christian atmos
phere. But when funds were
finally raise, unexpected diffi
culties arose. Eve r y w h e r e,
they found the native populace opposed to the erection
of a sanitarium in their locality.
Spring comes to Obus Bl
The ignorant country peo
a snowy cloud of apple blos
ple
thought the hospital would
soms. S u m m er turns the
bring tuberculosis and death
neighbouring farms into a
to their villages.
checkerboard of riotous colour
Only after a long search
—for Obuse and environs fur
was
Obuse chosen. It was the
nish the major part of the
34th place investigated.
flowers that adorn the win
In October 1932, the first
dows of Tokyo’s florist shops.
Nurses from 300 hos.pitals
building
of 56 beds was open
Fall brings the red glory
in Tokyo alone have been sent
ed. TB patients., used to ne
of apples, the chief product of
to the New Life Sanitarium
glect and coldness from even
Obuse, and a myriad chest
to learn western nursing me
their
own families, were deep
nut pickers and “matsutake”
thods. Doctors have winded
ly impressed by the warm
hunters.
their way to Obuse ‘to study
Christian atmosphere. Many
Winter transforms Obuse
new methods of treating tu
became Christians.
berculosis.
and its surrounding mountains
In 1935, a second building of
into a skier’s paradise.
The full impact of the New
20 beds was opened for wo
Life Sanitarium upon Japan’s
HISTORY OF SANITARIUM
men patients.
medical world can only be un
The history of the New
Meanwhile, the fame of the
derstood when one remebers
Life Sanitarium goes back to
New Life Sanitarium spread
that the dread “white plague”
the early twenties.
and sick gathered from all
is the Number One killer in
parts
of Japan. There "were al
The Right-Reverend H. J.
Japan. In fact, Japan’s mor
so a number of Chinese, Bri
Hamilton, Bishop of what was
tality from tuberculosis is six
tish, American, Dutch, Polish,
then the Canadian Mission
times that of Canada and the
Indian and German patients
Diocese of Mid-Japan of the
United States.
accommodated at various
Canadian Anglican Church,
The sanitarium is located in
times.
saw with grave concern the
In October 1940, the sanita
rium, in common with all oth
er mission property, was turn
$
ed over to the Japan Anglican
Church. Since then, it has
been part of the social ser
X
vice -work of Japan Anglican
X
X
Chuhch.
X
SOUGHT BY MILITARISTS
A
During the war, the militar
Harry S. Kondo
ists made several attempts to
A
take over the New Life Sani
f ST.
X
EM. 3-1391
TORONTO
tarium and make it into an
i
army hospital. These efforts
were frustrated only by the
efforts of a, faithful nucleus
of Japanese Christian workers
who remained after the repat
riation of the Canadians'.
In 1948, the Canadian duc
tors and nurses returned amid
a heart-moving welcome. Once
again the New Life Sanitari
Queen btreet - All Nations
um became a little bit of Ca
United Church
nada in far-away Japan.
In April 1950 tragedy
JAPANESE CONGREGATION
struck
the hospital. Fire broke
Women’s Association
Nisei Couple’s Society
out and gutted the main
Men’s Society
building, causing an estimat
West
Phone EM.
ed $35,000 in damages. Only
Saturday, December 22, 195]
in August 1951 was the re
built portion of the hospital
reopened.
The
Canadian
Anglican
Church had contributed $30,000 to the resurrection of the
New Life Sanitarium.
Today, the hospital is staf
fed by one Canadian doctor,
Dr. Richard Start of Toronto,
Ontario, and two Canadian
nurses, Miss L. M. Powell
from Lucan, Ontario and Miss
C. A. Benz from Trenton, On
tario.
Of the Japanese staff, 12
remain from the group that
first saw the sanitarium come
into being.
J
0 ®
w
1)
CO
tTj
/W
The author, was the chief
editor of The New Canadian
when it first went to press in
Re went to Manchuria in
April of the same year to ac
cept a post on The Manchur
ian Daily News. Since that
time he has worked on several
editorial staffs in Japan and
is presently in Tokyo with the
Tokyo Bureau of the Associ
ated Press.
|
Mr. & Mrs. GEORGE MASUDA
$
g
and KIYOSHI
p- O- Box 367
S
|
&
Sutherland, Sask.
»
LORNA & TOM SHOYAMA
j
Suite 6, McCarthy Apts.
Regina, Sask.
W
Rev. E. H. NEKODA
P- O. Box 40
Raymond, Alta.
Mr. 5 Mrs. M. EBATA
and DONNA GAIL
10271-98th St.
Edmonton
Mr. & Mrs. S. P. YAMAUCHI
10015-114th St.
Edmonton
The Anglican Church in Ja
pan is taking a great interest
in the hospital. The Welfare
Ministry of the Japanese Gov
ernment has also promised
aid in the operation of the
hospital.
Mr. 4 Mrs. T. SHIKATANI
PATRICIA <S DENNIS
lQ271-98th St.
Edmonton
Mr. & Mrs. KAY ASAE
The brave Canadian staff,
thus, are not disc o u r a g e d.
They have faith that the need
ed sums will be provided.
They will not give up their
little Canadian corner in Ja
pan.
606 Cathedral Ave.
Winnipeg
Mrs. W. L. ONO
TAEKO <5 SACHIKO
627 Pacific Ave.
Winnipeg
«»—«n—n—.nn^m^_]
^-Jeadon 5
^ffeetin^d
Du-Bite Cleaners
1229 St. Clair Ave. W.
Toronto
Phone LL. 0758
MR. & MRS. HIKOBEI MORI & FAMILY
Res:
144 Robert St.
Phone RA. 9285
ea^on 6
'ceroy Cleaners
MR. & MRS. R, FUJII
i
g
from
the Prairies
Today, with its new facili
ties, the New Life Sanitarium
has space for 130 beds. But,
some $10,000 is still needed
before the ne-w wards are ful
ly equipped.
Daico Print
3
greetings
2377 YONGE ST.
Toronto
MO. 3020
eason j
e5
Woodgreen Cleaners
TOSH IWAI
752 Queen St. East
Phone: GE. 0038
Res. 36 Cedarvale Ave.,
Phone GR. 9872
TORONTO
A
Best Wishes.
i
Dupont Cleaners & Tailors
285’4 Christie St.
__
Phone LL. 2001
TORONTO
MR. & MRS. E. S. CHIBA
X
g
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Saturday, December 22, 1951
THE NEW CANADIAN
PAGE 15
The New Steveston
[ have been able to fish again - the Japanese
j there are about 250 Japanese fa- people. So, d< and other towns। nuhes residing in or around Ste- number of
evacuees ret urning
I veston. In all, there must be here, there is
no resentment.
By G. OTSU
around 1,000. Prior to the war.
.
there were 2,000 Japanese, thus
N°r are th
a town with a changed complexion
ans
find ju
, S t. e v e s t o n is one const town I.....
so different that you won't know it
wh^e Japanese Candians have | 5“arters- 1 heN are
l!
1 returned in appreciable numbers. W 1ICh they can 1
I
Whenever a prewar anti-JapaA small number of them have h U1
pridT There are no
But that was the Steveston
I' nese agitator ranted about his
i
Not only is Steveston better, started modest businesses. There
renipT'ary” dwd!ers ^ho
| favorite subject, he almost al- that you and I knew in 1942. The it s also bigg’er. It has, since the is a Japanese-operated iewellerv X^ " P1?tUable ^^^ ^‘^'^ of
I
ways pointed to Steveston to town has been given such a face War, expanded into the fishing
shop, cafe, garage and and a
lifting that the appearance of the
centre of the West Coast. With gTocery. Some are finding boat|
prove his argument. It served
pretenllous hmury.
fishing village has. been changed
its greatly increased cannery building a profitable enterprise
I
as his example with its drab
n”g‘ J" tbe tlW"’S
almost in its entirety. Much of
facilities, it has, within a matter in the current boom. It’s likelv
[
housing and generally dismal
'
6
°pme;T an<i Scrying m its
the shabby familiarity has been
”
of a few years developed into a that others W11 enter the “
;
surroundings that the Japanese
torn
down
to
make
way
for
the
|: maintained a lower standard of
pmt of a happy and
prosperous, energetic town, and
new, brighter and easier-on-the- it is still growing. Its largest business field with the increas tnrivmg community.
living. He could say that these
ing number of Japanese return
eyes look. You’ll like the new
cannery, the Imperial Cannery ing here.
people lived within their shell Steveston.
operated by the B. C. Packers,
and never attempted to integrate
There is another noticeable
Improvements
are
everywhere.
is humming the year round. Oth
into the general community.
The town has a brand new post ers too, such as the Gulf ' of difference from the Steveston
Judging from the general ap
fl
that we once knew. The old pat
office. Dirt roads and wooden
pearance and condition of this sidewalks have disappeared, giv Georgia, Phoenix and Nelson tern of Japanese Canadians ad
GREAT WEST
Fraser River fishing town then, ing way to paved surfaces. The Bios., work day and night even hering strictly to their own
after
the
fishing
season
has
he was very convincing. Steves modern Steveston Hotel, a new
group, one of the basic causes of M PACKING Co. Lid.
closed. Extraction of fish oils and
ton was a squalid communitv in
friction and suspicion, has given
movie theatre, and plush banks
habited mainly by Japanese Can together with colorful neon signs the conversion of fish into ferti away to a better understanding
Steveston
lizer have become a growing and
adians, and it was undeniably a have brightened the community
and a closer harmony between
sore-point even among the Ja into a bustling and thriving cen profitable operation for the can
neries. In addition to the can
panese.
tre.
neries mentioned, Richmond and"
8
8
Great West have expanded their
productivity.
SEASON'S GREETINGS
SEAFOOD CAFE
Mike Kukubo
P. O. Box 5
End of No. 2 Rood
Phone 61
Steveston, B. C.
Season’
But what of the Japanese Can ?
adians who have returned to Ste
?
veston ? Before the evacuation, ?
Steveston was the home for ar
ound 2,000 Japanese composed ?
i
i almost entirely of fishermen,
f
small businessmen who depended
on these fishermen for their live
;
lihood, and their families.
?
In the summer of 1949, seven
years after the evacuation and
the first year that Japanese Can
adians were permitted to return
to the coast, there were about 50
JC boats in B. C. coastal fish
ing. The following year, this had
increased to 200 vessels, mainly
operating out of Steveston. To- 1
day, after the end of the third
season that Japanese Canadians
K
T
fftBSsM® MR- 0® BK
BRSfPS fflK®;^ B4:a#i|J
Foot of No. 2 Road
MARINE SERVICE STATION,
Phone 353
ea.5on 5
Steveston Confectionary and Lunch
Steveston Jewellery
Hisashi Shiho
GREETINGS
Authorized Dealers fpr
Nordberg Marine Engines
Art Spencer
376 Moncton St.
P- O. Box 5
Steveston. B. C.
w
Steveston Marine
Sales and Service
THE BRITISH AMERICAN OIL CO. LTD.
i
caJon
-jj
a
Shoji Tabata
398 Moncton St.
P. O. Box 405
Phone 98
STEVESTON, B. C.
STEVESTON
3
I
s
Imperial Cannary
Anglo-British Columbia Packing Co Ltd. I
BRITISH COLUMBIA PACKERS LIMITED
STEVESTON
J
<4
THE NEW CANADIAN
PAGE 15
The New Steveston
[ have been able to fish again - the Japanese
j there are about 250 Japanese fa- people. So, d< and other towns। nuhes residing in or around Ste- number of
evacuees ret urning
I veston. In all, there must be here, there is
no resentment.
By G. OTSU
around 1,000. Prior to the war.
.
there were 2,000 Japanese, thus
N°r are th
a town with a changed complexion
ans
find ju
, S t. e v e s t o n is one const town I.....
so different that you won't know it
wh^e Japanese Candians have | 5“arters- 1 heN are
l!
1 returned in appreciable numbers. W 1ICh they can 1
I
Whenever a prewar anti-JapaA small number of them have h U1
pridT There are no
But that was the Steveston
I' nese agitator ranted about his
i
Not only is Steveston better, started modest businesses. There
renipT'ary” dwd!ers ^ho
| favorite subject, he almost al- that you and I knew in 1942. The it s also bigg’er. It has, since the is a Japanese-operated iewellerv X^ " P1?tUable ^^^ ^‘^'^ of
I
ways pointed to Steveston to town has been given such a face War, expanded into the fishing
shop, cafe, garage and and a
lifting that the appearance of the
centre of the West Coast. With gTocery. Some are finding boat|
prove his argument. It served
pretenllous hmury.
fishing village has. been changed
its greatly increased cannery building a profitable enterprise
I
as his example with its drab
n”g‘ J" tbe tlW"’S
almost in its entirety. Much of
facilities, it has, within a matter in the current boom. It’s likelv
[
housing and generally dismal
'
6
°pme;T an<i Scrying m its
the shabby familiarity has been
”
of a few years developed into a that others W11 enter the “
;
surroundings that the Japanese
torn
down
to
make
way
for
the
|: maintained a lower standard of
pmt of a happy and
prosperous, energetic town, and
new, brighter and easier-on-the- it is still growing. Its largest business field with the increas tnrivmg community.
living. He could say that these
ing number of Japanese return
eyes look. You’ll like the new
cannery, the Imperial Cannery ing here.
people lived within their shell Steveston.
operated by the B. C. Packers,
and never attempted to integrate
There is another noticeable
Improvements
are
everywhere.
is humming the year round. Oth
into the general community.
The town has a brand new post ers too, such as the Gulf ' of difference from the Steveston
Judging from the general ap
fl
that we once knew. The old pat
office. Dirt roads and wooden
pearance and condition of this sidewalks have disappeared, giv Georgia, Phoenix and Nelson tern of Japanese Canadians ad
GREAT WEST
Fraser River fishing town then, ing way to paved surfaces. The Bios., work day and night even hering strictly to their own
after
the
fishing
season
has
he was very convincing. Steves modern Steveston Hotel, a new
group, one of the basic causes of M PACKING Co. Lid.
closed. Extraction of fish oils and
ton was a squalid communitv in
friction and suspicion, has given
movie theatre, and plush banks
habited mainly by Japanese Can together with colorful neon signs the conversion of fish into ferti away to a better understanding
Steveston
lizer have become a growing and
adians, and it was undeniably a have brightened the community
and a closer harmony between
sore-point even among the Ja into a bustling and thriving cen profitable operation for the can
neries. In addition to the can
panese.
tre.
neries mentioned, Richmond and"
8
8
Great West have expanded their
productivity.
SEASON'S GREETINGS
SEAFOOD CAFE
Mike Kukubo
P. O. Box 5
End of No. 2 Rood
Phone 61
Steveston, B. C.
Season’
But what of the Japanese Can ?
adians who have returned to Ste
?
veston ? Before the evacuation, ?
Steveston was the home for ar
ound 2,000 Japanese composed ?
i
i almost entirely of fishermen,
f
small businessmen who depended
on these fishermen for their live
;
lihood, and their families.
?
In the summer of 1949, seven
years after the evacuation and
the first year that Japanese Can
adians were permitted to return
to the coast, there were about 50
JC boats in B. C. coastal fish
ing. The following year, this had
increased to 200 vessels, mainly
operating out of Steveston. To- 1
day, after the end of the third
season that Japanese Canadians
K
T
fftBSsM® MR- 0® BK
BRSfPS fflK®;^ B4:a#i|J
Foot of No. 2 Road
MARINE SERVICE STATION,
Phone 353
ea.5on 5
Steveston Confectionary and Lunch
Steveston Jewellery
Hisashi Shiho
GREETINGS
Authorized Dealers fpr
Nordberg Marine Engines
Art Spencer
376 Moncton St.
P- O. Box 5
Steveston. B. C.
w
Steveston Marine
Sales and Service
THE BRITISH AMERICAN OIL CO. LTD.
i
caJon
-jj
a
Shoji Tabata
398 Moncton St.
P. O. Box 405
Phone 98
STEVESTON, B. C.
STEVESTON
3
I
s
Imperial Cannary
Anglo-British Columbia Packing Co Ltd. I
BRITISH COLUMBIA PACKERS LIMITED
STEVESTON
J
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Page 32
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16
THE NEW CANADIAN
er 22, 195i
from
British Columbia
ea^on 3
Steveston
ICO
1
PHONE 157
Steveston Hotel
Fully Alo dem
yw
l^^;l'.
Mr. <5 Mrs. S. SHIBA
/NP^^ i^£®
166-East 24th Ave.
Vancouver, 10
Mr. & Mrs. CHO JU YAKURA
MARCIA
ALLAN
JULIE
PATRICK
Season's Wishes
g
g
Almadene Cleaners
3667 W. Broadway
Vancouver
Phones:
Steveston 104
Steveston 135
Mrs. Mary McKindrick
g
&
1
omphmen
Caulfield,
West Vancouver
Mr. £ Mrs. K. TAHARA
SEICHI, MICHITAKA
and YOKO
STEVESTON, B. C.
g
Fl
g ig8
g
eaion
J®® s CoS© & Sroggj’y
PHONE 55
P- .0 BOX 12
Steveston, B. C.
n
Greetings and Remembrance, to^
&all old friends of Kaslo, Slocan andW
k'New Denver — wherever you may^
LIMITED
w
Mr. & Mrs. YUKIO HASEBE
RICHMOND CANNERY
Box 607
STEVESTON
Box 513
Kaslo, B. C.
1701-6th Ave.
New Westminster, B. C.
g
*
Mr. & Mrs. JOE FUKUI
and JUDY
P- O. Box 476
Greenwood, B. C.
g i
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ompttmen
ea^on
*
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g i
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^EBO
West End Chatham St.
P. O. Box 750
Steveston, B. C
Best Wishes for a Happy
and Prosperous New Year
8
he Canadian Fishing Compang bimiti
Steveston, B, C
$
Happy New Year
Good Fishing -1852
ts
K
elson Bros. Fisheries Ltd
Vai!c@iiv@r
16
THE NEW CANADIAN
er 22, 195i
from
British Columbia
ea^on 3
Steveston
ICO
1
PHONE 157
Steveston Hotel
Fully Alo dem
yw
l^^;l'.
Mr. <5 Mrs. S. SHIBA
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SUPPLEMENT
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flying home
By KEN ADACHI
The Shearing Formula And The Emergence
Of A Talented Group Called The Quintcats
MUSICALLY and commercially, the
George Shearing formula has given a
lift to the music we call jazz. The dis
tinctive sound .of the Shearing Quintet
has reached people, most of whom are
not easily inclined to an appreciation of
the jazz idiom, making their ears perk
up a little, to the sugar-coating of the
now slightly past phase of jazz, called
for reason onomatopeic, Be-bop.
This much it has effected, and com
mercially it has filled the Shearing- cof
fers with the lucre that the blind pianist
from Battersea, London, has well de
served.
But to the intellectual among the fol
lowers of jazz who insist that the ap
preciation of the art must be compound
ed of equal parts of the aesthetic as
well as the purely animal, it is an opi
nion that therein the Shearing Sound in
its repetitive unison arrangements is
lacking in freshness, in new lines of
melodic and harmonic inventiveness.
But whether or not the Sound is contributive towards musical progress is
not a point that I shall expound here.
It is, nevertheless, wide in its appeal
to the public, a factor which cannot be
underestimated, however fickle and un
versed the paying audience in the know
ledge of jazz. To the public, then, and
to the less caustic, less demanding of
the critic and the musician, it is mod
ern, emotional, and consequently, high
ly digestible.
An amazingly successful formula which
has gained more permanency than the
less even success of other groups as
the Lennie Tristrano and the Dave
Brubeck have attained, when success is
measured at the face value of money
and public recognition, is bound to be
imitated.
Shearing, the individual, with his ex
citing
block-chordish,
semi-boppish
piano has given to younger aspirants an
inspiration on which to draw upon. Many
excited by him, have copied, and thus
learned.
It is here that I have found myself
highly excited with the possibilities of
a well-integrated, musically solid, group
of musicians who follow' the Shearingline but nevertheless possess an indi
vidual integrity and acumen of their
own. They are called the Quintcats, an
excuse and a provocation for my wait
ing this article.
In my six years of listening to jazz,
both of wax and flesh, it has been rare
to come across Nisei jazz musicians,
serious about their -work, and also con
taining the desire and ability with which
to transform this quality into a listen
able jazz.
The formula of the soft, pretty Shear
ing Sound with its patterns of Septem
ber In The Rain, East Of The Sun, and
Jumping With Symphony Sid, is clos
ely adhered, but fortunately, its execu
tion is of good quality. Moving the for
mula convincingly is quite a hetero
genous group—three Nisei, two Occi
dentals and a Negro—well blended into
a pleasing, musical group.
I am interested particularly in the
three Nisei. True, there have been other
Nisei musicians w'ho have lifted their
horns but have produced little of the
intrinsically valuable. Then too, they
have laid dowrn their horns, passing on
to more understandable avocations.
In the Miyashita brothers, Roy and
Louis, and the Nagasuye Dave^ who
form three-fifths of the Quintcats, I
find three who are modern in idea
and aspiration.
Leader Roy, at 26, owes a love, once
intense, for boogie-woogie, and in parti
cular, Yancey's Special, which wa.s
nurtured in the evacuation centre of
Kaslo evolving to moments of scattered
practice on various pianos in Slocan and
to a higher developed dexterity with
several years of self-taught piano when
he came to Toronto. This has given the
personable Roy an extremely facile and
fleet expression with the piano.
The study of technique and theory
photo by Jack Hemmy
Swinging together into action above are drummer Lewis Mar
tin, bassist Louis Miyashita, vibist Bob Connor, singer Marie Hackley, pianist Roy Miyashita and guitarist Dave Nagasuye.
are his aims; Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson
and George Shearing are his gods. And
a discussion with Roy will lead you to
believe that Shearing indeed is a contributive and dynamic force in jazz.
Louis, spectacled and 23, actually may
not have picked up the bass if it were
not for younger frere Sam who discardded the elongated, awkward instrument
that Jimmy Blanton of Duke Ellington
fame first brought into prominence as
a solo instrument.
Thus the spectacle of an unused bass
brought Louis into the realm of Ray
Brown, Oscar Pettiford, and John Levy,
whom he swears by, after plucking and
hiding behind the gut and varnish for
over years without aid of lessons.
Short intense 21-year-old Dave Naga
suye who in his own words, “blows”
guitar, is one who will defend his views
on IJ'6 Mea of modern jazz at the drop
of a plectrum. I say this because the
memories of such discussion, always
interesting, is still fresh in my mind.
Dave who is very much of a modern
ist in action as well as word, has been
“blowing” guitar for several years, in
fluenced as are most guitarists by the
deceased such as Charlie Christian and
the contemporary such as Billy Bauer.
Now in all groups, there is the “big”
man, the spark who gives to the unit the
swinging sound, the cohesive feel, and
here the Cats have Bob Connor.
Connor is 22 years of age and one
is apt to disbelieve the fact because of
some of the fabulousness that marks
his story. It is difficult to get Bob to
talk volubly of his life. Such a modesty
is a tribute to the former child-prodigy
who grew up.
Bob owes a. measure oi fame to Bob
Ripley’s “Believe Or Not” when at the
tender age of 7 years, he sang 7 dif
ferent operatic arias in 7 different lan■ guages, a feat remarkable when one be
gins to digest the time impact.
Bob did not tell me when he first
learned how to walk but it was not long
after, that he first took piano lessons
at the age of two and studied up to the
ninth grade in the Royal Conservatory
of Music in Toronto at 14 until he quit
because he “didn’t like practicing”.
In between, still at the age when
people find articulation with other sim
pler means difficult, Bob squeezed in
stints on a weekly radio program over
CKCL (old CKEY) in Toronto, and al
so toured California for a month, dur
ing which he made Ripley’s cartoon.
(Con’t On P. 16)
I CONTENTS
SECTION THREE
I A Modern Sound ... ........... 1
| Sansei Spirit ... „................. 1
| Christmas In Japan............. 2
j Buddhism In Canada ____ 3
j Controversy_ _____________ 3
j Christmas Cartoon _ __ _ 3
1 Nisei And Politics ______ 14
1 Ten Years Ago _ _______ 15
1 To Santa Claus _ _____
15
I Summer On Prairie ........ 16
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JT
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SUPPLEMENT
‘----------------- ---------------------------------- -- ---------------------------------- -----------------
-J_______________________ __ SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1951
flying home
By KEN ADACHI
The Shearing Formula And The Emergence
Of A Talented Group Called The Quintcats
MUSICALLY and commercially, the
George Shearing formula has given a
lift to the music we call jazz. The dis
tinctive sound .of the Shearing Quintet
has reached people, most of whom are
not easily inclined to an appreciation of
the jazz idiom, making their ears perk
up a little, to the sugar-coating of the
now slightly past phase of jazz, called
for reason onomatopeic, Be-bop.
This much it has effected, and com
mercially it has filled the Shearing- cof
fers with the lucre that the blind pianist
from Battersea, London, has well de
served.
But to the intellectual among the fol
lowers of jazz who insist that the ap
preciation of the art must be compound
ed of equal parts of the aesthetic as
well as the purely animal, it is an opi
nion that therein the Shearing Sound in
its repetitive unison arrangements is
lacking in freshness, in new lines of
melodic and harmonic inventiveness.
But whether or not the Sound is contributive towards musical progress is
not a point that I shall expound here.
It is, nevertheless, wide in its appeal
to the public, a factor which cannot be
underestimated, however fickle and un
versed the paying audience in the know
ledge of jazz. To the public, then, and
to the less caustic, less demanding of
the critic and the musician, it is mod
ern, emotional, and consequently, high
ly digestible.
An amazingly successful formula which
has gained more permanency than the
less even success of other groups as
the Lennie Tristrano and the Dave
Brubeck have attained, when success is
measured at the face value of money
and public recognition, is bound to be
imitated.
Shearing, the individual, with his ex
citing
block-chordish,
semi-boppish
piano has given to younger aspirants an
inspiration on which to draw upon. Many
excited by him, have copied, and thus
learned.
It is here that I have found myself
highly excited with the possibilities of
a well-integrated, musically solid, group
of musicians who follow' the Shearingline but nevertheless possess an indi
vidual integrity and acumen of their
own. They are called the Quintcats, an
excuse and a provocation for my wait
ing this article.
In my six years of listening to jazz,
both of wax and flesh, it has been rare
to come across Nisei jazz musicians,
serious about their -work, and also con
taining the desire and ability with which
to transform this quality into a listen
able jazz.
The formula of the soft, pretty Shear
ing Sound with its patterns of Septem
ber In The Rain, East Of The Sun, and
Jumping With Symphony Sid, is clos
ely adhered, but fortunately, its execu
tion is of good quality. Moving the for
mula convincingly is quite a hetero
genous group—three Nisei, two Occi
dentals and a Negro—well blended into
a pleasing, musical group.
I am interested particularly in the
three Nisei. True, there have been other
Nisei musicians w'ho have lifted their
horns but have produced little of the
intrinsically valuable. Then too, they
have laid dowrn their horns, passing on
to more understandable avocations.
In the Miyashita brothers, Roy and
Louis, and the Nagasuye Dave^ who
form three-fifths of the Quintcats, I
find three who are modern in idea
and aspiration.
Leader Roy, at 26, owes a love, once
intense, for boogie-woogie, and in parti
cular, Yancey's Special, which wa.s
nurtured in the evacuation centre of
Kaslo evolving to moments of scattered
practice on various pianos in Slocan and
to a higher developed dexterity with
several years of self-taught piano when
he came to Toronto. This has given the
personable Roy an extremely facile and
fleet expression with the piano.
The study of technique and theory
photo by Jack Hemmy
Swinging together into action above are drummer Lewis Mar
tin, bassist Louis Miyashita, vibist Bob Connor, singer Marie Hackley, pianist Roy Miyashita and guitarist Dave Nagasuye.
are his aims; Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson
and George Shearing are his gods. And
a discussion with Roy will lead you to
believe that Shearing indeed is a contributive and dynamic force in jazz.
Louis, spectacled and 23, actually may
not have picked up the bass if it were
not for younger frere Sam who discardded the elongated, awkward instrument
that Jimmy Blanton of Duke Ellington
fame first brought into prominence as
a solo instrument.
Thus the spectacle of an unused bass
brought Louis into the realm of Ray
Brown, Oscar Pettiford, and John Levy,
whom he swears by, after plucking and
hiding behind the gut and varnish for
over years without aid of lessons.
Short intense 21-year-old Dave Naga
suye who in his own words, “blows”
guitar, is one who will defend his views
on IJ'6 Mea of modern jazz at the drop
of a plectrum. I say this because the
memories of such discussion, always
interesting, is still fresh in my mind.
Dave who is very much of a modern
ist in action as well as word, has been
“blowing” guitar for several years, in
fluenced as are most guitarists by the
deceased such as Charlie Christian and
the contemporary such as Billy Bauer.
Now in all groups, there is the “big”
man, the spark who gives to the unit the
swinging sound, the cohesive feel, and
here the Cats have Bob Connor.
Connor is 22 years of age and one
is apt to disbelieve the fact because of
some of the fabulousness that marks
his story. It is difficult to get Bob to
talk volubly of his life. Such a modesty
is a tribute to the former child-prodigy
who grew up.
Bob owes a. measure oi fame to Bob
Ripley’s “Believe Or Not” when at the
tender age of 7 years, he sang 7 dif
ferent operatic arias in 7 different lan■ guages, a feat remarkable when one be
gins to digest the time impact.
Bob did not tell me when he first
learned how to walk but it was not long
after, that he first took piano lessons
at the age of two and studied up to the
ninth grade in the Royal Conservatory
of Music in Toronto at 14 until he quit
because he “didn’t like practicing”.
In between, still at the age when
people find articulation with other sim
pler means difficult, Bob squeezed in
stints on a weekly radio program over
CKCL (old CKEY) in Toronto, and al
so toured California for a month, dur
ing which he made Ripley’s cartoon.
(Con’t On P. 16)
I CONTENTS
SECTION THREE
I A Modern Sound ... ........... 1
| Sansei Spirit ... „................. 1
| Christmas In Japan............. 2
j Buddhism In Canada ____ 3
j Controversy_ _____________ 3
j Christmas Cartoon _ __ _ 3
1 Nisei And Politics ______ 14
1 Ten Years Ago _ _______ 15
1 To Santa Claus _ _____
15
I Summer On Prairie ........ 16
s
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PAGE
2
THE NEW CANADIAN
Christmas Ii Japan
Canadian Nisei Living In Japan Says
Christmas Tho Warm Is Celebrated
Wednesday
5,
Dec.
I9S]
By LUCY IKATA
GREETINGS
A Japanese Shrine Scene
Toronto
According to the Lunar Calen
dar, this is the first day of win all manifestations from aspects
of the simple, beautiful to unfor
ter but unlike a winter day, it
is bright and warm with the tunately and crudely commercial,
from the Midnight Mass, Christtemperature registering 66 degmas day services and carol-sing
rees ^^eit. As I sit here
ing to the commercially characbefore the typewriter, my eyes
terized Ginza stores.
Hander from the unimpressive
keyboard to visions of beautiful
Japanese maples now in their
Christmas fits in well- in the
crowning glory or of chrysan- Japanese life which is an
influthemums at the presently wellential factor in its wholesale
advertised flower shows.
adoption by the Japanese.” By
Thoughts are far from Christ
way of nature, Japan is a land
mas.
prolific in pines, and therefore
Courtesy Japan Travel Bureau
this, most familiar and important
Christmas ingredient is used unAt this moment, however, the
each. The typical Japanese
Yet in spite of this wholesale
sparingly to adorn the shops and
radio sends out a friendly reChristmas card is distinctlv adoption of Christmas by the
homes. The other Christmas de
unique in that it is usually a Japanese, I have been led to be
minder, “Remember your beloved
corations which have already
ones at home. Mail your Christ- found their way into the over reproduction of a famous Japa lieve that New Year’s Day still
nese painting. 'Stateside cards remains most dear to the Japa
mas parcels early.”
seas market are sold freely on
can
be obtained at Overseas nese. Christmas is celebrated
Unobtrusively time has moved the home market too and bought
on at its own steady untiring specially by eager Japanese par Stores and Specialty Shops at only in the large cities. In the
J prices ranging in line with those
pace and has caught Mother Nat ents, whose parental instinct to
country it passes practically unin
Canada.
Merchandise
has
upB
ure and myself totally unpre- give their children the best even
obseiwed. Moreover December
pared for the holiday celebra if they go without, is particular ped in price from 10% to 20% 25th is not declared a national |
from.this summer, but apparent public holiday whereas New I S
tions. The . newspaper reads ly strong.
ly
this is not a deterring factor lear s holidays extend over four
Christmas mail deadlines” and
finally, Christmas as a season
as I thumb my way down the for exchanging gifts fits well in for virtually everyday is a bar days (December 31 to January g
list, I see Canada with its dead- to the Japanese year-end custom gain day as far as the shopping
crowds are concerned.
One person remarked to me, |
a corner ad which reads, “Christ
An Inland Sea in Japan .
mas presents assume huge proportions but do not be concerned I
We have all kinds of gifts that
are easy to airmail and easier
still to parcel post.” Frantically
I rush to Ginza, the shopping
centre of Tokyo and manage
somehow to make the deadline.
In my search to find some
thing typically Japanese about
Christmas in Japan, I was no.tsuccessful. I was impressed not
so much by the differences but
rather by the similarities, or to
StoSS
be exact by the universality of
Christmas.
Couitesy Japan Travel Bureau
It is amazing that even in
Japan, where New Year has by
of settling debts and obligations
tradition and religious practice,
before the new year and extend
maintained the first place in the
holiday list, that Christmas has ing tokens of appreciation to
friends and business associates.
made such an impact. The West
According
to
authoritative
from
erner in Japan, then, does not
sources,
the
Japanese
buys
on
the
New Denver
need to search in vain for that
average
forty
cards
which
rano-e
Christmas spirit. He finds it in
m price from 10 yen to 50 yen
greetings
a
•TOM, MARY <S MARLENE
EBATA
388 St. Clarens Ave.
Toronto. 4
OLiver 2725
Mr. & Mrs. J. M. TAKAOKA
and FAMILY
283 Dundas St. East
Toronto
&
ROBERT S. OHASHI
32 Moutray St.
Toronto
Mr. & Mrs. H, IWASAKI
TAYEKO S FUMIYE
137 Winchester St.
Toronto, 5
Mr. 5 Mrs. TED MINEGISHI
and FAMILY
48 West Lynn Ave.
Toronto
Mr. & Mrs. A. S. TAKIMOTO
2G7 Woburn Ave.
Toronto
Christmas wa hakujin no Osho- «
gatsu desu kara, otsukiai shima- I
sho” -which suggests that in ^
some cases the adoption is only
superficial.
JACKSON OMURA
JI
256 Queen St. W.
Toronto
o
JACK & MARY HEMMY
However, for the Christians |
DOUGIE, BOBBIE 6 JONNIE
and the children, Christmas has g
10 Phoebe st.
been genuinely embraced and if «
Toronto
there is any country where a |
person can feel un-Christmaslike |
Mr. & Mrs. S. TESHIMA
that country is not Japan. PovGEORGE & FRANK
erty is prevalent everywhere so ®
247 Lansdowne Ave.
that the spirit of kindliness is 8
Toronto
kindled many times before the I
KEnwood 8383
holiday season is over and one
can truly experience the feeling «
Mr. & Mrs. HARRY YONEKURA
that it is indeed blessed to give. ^
and FREDDIE
It is good, then, that Christmas t
65 Brooklyn Ave.
comes, even if but once a year.
5
Toronto
3
The
. w”ter *s a Canadian
Nisei formerly of Edmonton,
" 1W She went to J“P”
tg
Mr . 5 Mrs. H. K. SHIBUYA
and FAMILY
|
s
84 Vanderhoof Ave.
Leaside, Ont.
CASH SERVICE STORE
NEW DENVER MERCANTILE
T. W. Clarke, Prop.
eajon j
s
LAhej
New Denver, B. C.
JAMES A. GREED
Real Estate <5 Insurance
A Very Merry Christmas
and
A Happy New Year
&
New Denver. B. C.
&
SLOCAN LAKE HARDWARE
a
New Denver, B. C.
Imperial Bank of Canada
SLOCAN HIGHWAY SERVICE
Elizabeth & Dundas Sts.
New Denver. B. C.
TORONTO
Wishes Everyone The
Compliments of the Season
L. J. Walker, Manager
Box 34
New Denver, B. C. .
&
Dr. 5 Mrs. S. C. ROBINSON
7 —X —
ea^o/i
FORSYTHE PHARMACY
2
?- O.'Box 10
New Denver, B. C.
^
S
TENNIS club
I
a
2
THE NEW CANADIAN
Christmas Ii Japan
Canadian Nisei Living In Japan Says
Christmas Tho Warm Is Celebrated
Wednesday
5,
Dec.
I9S]
By LUCY IKATA
GREETINGS
A Japanese Shrine Scene
Toronto
According to the Lunar Calen
dar, this is the first day of win all manifestations from aspects
of the simple, beautiful to unfor
ter but unlike a winter day, it
is bright and warm with the tunately and crudely commercial,
from the Midnight Mass, Christtemperature registering 66 degmas day services and carol-sing
rees ^^eit. As I sit here
ing to the commercially characbefore the typewriter, my eyes
terized Ginza stores.
Hander from the unimpressive
keyboard to visions of beautiful
Japanese maples now in their
Christmas fits in well- in the
crowning glory or of chrysan- Japanese life which is an
influthemums at the presently wellential factor in its wholesale
advertised flower shows.
adoption by the Japanese.” By
Thoughts are far from Christ
way of nature, Japan is a land
mas.
prolific in pines, and therefore
Courtesy Japan Travel Bureau
this, most familiar and important
Christmas ingredient is used unAt this moment, however, the
each. The typical Japanese
Yet in spite of this wholesale
sparingly to adorn the shops and
radio sends out a friendly reChristmas card is distinctlv adoption of Christmas by the
homes. The other Christmas de
unique in that it is usually a Japanese, I have been led to be
minder, “Remember your beloved
corations which have already
ones at home. Mail your Christ- found their way into the over reproduction of a famous Japa lieve that New Year’s Day still
nese painting. 'Stateside cards remains most dear to the Japa
mas parcels early.”
seas market are sold freely on
can
be obtained at Overseas nese. Christmas is celebrated
Unobtrusively time has moved the home market too and bought
on at its own steady untiring specially by eager Japanese par Stores and Specialty Shops at only in the large cities. In the
J prices ranging in line with those
pace and has caught Mother Nat ents, whose parental instinct to
country it passes practically unin
Canada.
Merchandise
has
upB
ure and myself totally unpre- give their children the best even
obseiwed. Moreover December
pared for the holiday celebra if they go without, is particular ped in price from 10% to 20% 25th is not declared a national |
from.this summer, but apparent public holiday whereas New I S
tions. The . newspaper reads ly strong.
ly
this is not a deterring factor lear s holidays extend over four
Christmas mail deadlines” and
finally, Christmas as a season
as I thumb my way down the for exchanging gifts fits well in for virtually everyday is a bar days (December 31 to January g
list, I see Canada with its dead- to the Japanese year-end custom gain day as far as the shopping
crowds are concerned.
One person remarked to me, |
a corner ad which reads, “Christ
An Inland Sea in Japan .
mas presents assume huge proportions but do not be concerned I
We have all kinds of gifts that
are easy to airmail and easier
still to parcel post.” Frantically
I rush to Ginza, the shopping
centre of Tokyo and manage
somehow to make the deadline.
In my search to find some
thing typically Japanese about
Christmas in Japan, I was no.tsuccessful. I was impressed not
so much by the differences but
rather by the similarities, or to
StoSS
be exact by the universality of
Christmas.
Couitesy Japan Travel Bureau
It is amazing that even in
Japan, where New Year has by
of settling debts and obligations
tradition and religious practice,
before the new year and extend
maintained the first place in the
holiday list, that Christmas has ing tokens of appreciation to
friends and business associates.
made such an impact. The West
According
to
authoritative
from
erner in Japan, then, does not
sources,
the
Japanese
buys
on
the
New Denver
need to search in vain for that
average
forty
cards
which
rano-e
Christmas spirit. He finds it in
m price from 10 yen to 50 yen
greetings
a
•TOM, MARY <S MARLENE
EBATA
388 St. Clarens Ave.
Toronto. 4
OLiver 2725
Mr. & Mrs. J. M. TAKAOKA
and FAMILY
283 Dundas St. East
Toronto
&
ROBERT S. OHASHI
32 Moutray St.
Toronto
Mr. & Mrs. H, IWASAKI
TAYEKO S FUMIYE
137 Winchester St.
Toronto, 5
Mr. 5 Mrs. TED MINEGISHI
and FAMILY
48 West Lynn Ave.
Toronto
Mr. & Mrs. A. S. TAKIMOTO
2G7 Woburn Ave.
Toronto
Christmas wa hakujin no Osho- «
gatsu desu kara, otsukiai shima- I
sho” -which suggests that in ^
some cases the adoption is only
superficial.
JACKSON OMURA
JI
256 Queen St. W.
Toronto
o
JACK & MARY HEMMY
However, for the Christians |
DOUGIE, BOBBIE 6 JONNIE
and the children, Christmas has g
10 Phoebe st.
been genuinely embraced and if «
Toronto
there is any country where a |
person can feel un-Christmaslike |
Mr. & Mrs. S. TESHIMA
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THE NEW CANADIAN
PAGE
3
Buddhism In Canada
By M. SITARR
a discussion of an important religion,
and problems that it faces to-day
From the sociological and psy usually conservative and behave
chological points of view, pres in a vacillating- character which I Buddhism faces the multi-facet
ent-day Buddhism among t h e is sociologically known as the problem of determination of an
doctrine
compatible
Japanese in Canada presents an nuiginal man. Self-consciousness adequate
with
the
prevailing
value
system
interesting- picture.
may be the result as a non-reso- complicated by differential age
In a social climate which is hition of cultural conflict and group, lack of prestige and cul
both hostile and indifferent, it is unwillingness to
identified tural conflict.
struggling to survive. Further with an alien background.
complications include the declin
In the clash between faith and
ing tie with Japanese 'culture
science, Canadianized Buddhism
and the emergence of the Nisei
accepts science hnd is therefore
with negative valence towards
somewhat humanistic in outlook.
things Japanese.
However, without any adequate
GREETINGS
Historically speaking, the ideological formulation of ba-sic
from
Buddhist temple provided a social teaching's compatible with preatmosphere for the Issei in an vailing culture and the lack of
British Columbia
alien culture and also provided teachers versed in Buddhist theo
|
Hmmrru . .
. . MRS. SATQ IS STILL SENDING USED GIFTS.
a source for social prestige for logy, lore and tradition, a dif
Mr. & Mrs. TOSHIO KURITA
anyone desiring- such by becom ficult problem is presented which
and FAMILY
Johnny Colbacheff, the cartoonist, is a graduate of ing- an officer in the church. In may not be resolved in the near
P. O. Box 482
Kitsilano High School in Vancouver, B. C., and has had pre-war years, it was a source of future.
Princeton, B. C.
many Nisei friends during his stay there and as presi exposing the Nisei to Japanese
For most Nisei Buddhists, the
dent of the school’s Poster Club for three years. He is culture and customs. Many of 1 oung Buddhist Association pro
LLEWELLYN C. FLETCHER
the Japanese language teachers
vides an important social centre,
now a permanent air force member in charge of the art were Buddhist priests.
John Shaw High School
for without an adequate undersection in the Air Materiel Command, RCAF, in Ottawa.
Nanaimo, B. C.
With, the emphasis on Canadi- standing of the basic concepts of
He is an Army and Air Force veteran of World War II.
anization after the war, how Buddhism, there cannot be full
----------:------------ ——
———-------------- ever, such Buddhist rites as mor participation in religious matters.
AKIRA MOTOIKE
tuary observances became con In-group feelings are produced
CPR Rogers Station
sidered by the Nisei as reaction through identification, social and
Rogers, B. C.
ary. Identification with Christi familiar.
anity offered a measure of presThe hypothesis that the social
Mr. 5 Mrs. SEIJI ONIZUKE
interest is the cohesive power
The Buddhist leaders with can be tested when one considers
Midway, B. C.
Some day when I am forty-three,
some degree of insight have re that married couples are very dif
Mother, Dad and I'll agree,
cognized that certain changes in ficult to reach. The Y.B.A. func
dogma, ritual and organization tions as a meeting- place for girls
That ten p.m. is much too late
must occur for an ethnic church and boys and when it has fulfilled
To venture forth on a heavy date;
S. FUJIKAWA
to survive. Emulation of the its role, the newly wed couple
Saturday night should quietly
Christian order of service has drifts away and finds other soc
Notch Hill, B. C.
Be spent at home to sip green tea;
arisen, including hymnology, ri ial outlets.
tual and sermon. In addition,
That rice be eaten thrice a day,
Sunday school and other associ
Chopsticks not twisted thus, we pray.
ations such as the Young People’s
And all good.girls in true tradition
Group and the Women’s Society
Should practice floral composition;
have been incorporated.
Must speak Japanese without a fear
It has become necessary to alOf shattering the Issei ear!
tei the structure of Buddhist
That righteous Niseis to their parents say,
doctrines somewhat in keeping
"Come to a meeting of our J.C.C.A.,
with, the value system present in
Canadian culture. As such, the
There to mingle with audience tremendous,
Buddhist Church does not have a
Listen to current problems horrendous",
1328 Queen St. West
well defined basis of faith on
Perchance to discover why we three
which to operate.
ME. 1931
TORONTO
Can never, never quite agree.
Nisei who are Buddhists are
Albert’s Shoe Store
Ji
X
X
3
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Sincere Wishes
for
A Happy and Merry Holiday
GREETINGS
A
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A
357 Ellis Park Road
X
X
X
310 Bloor St. W.
—
Toronto
PHONE RA. 8137
Toronto
Season’s Greetings
4-
A
MICKEY S. SATO
Life & General Insurance
Office. 910-21 Dundas Sq. — Toronto
s
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Kurata
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Rose
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Residence: 526 Manning- Ave.
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1245 DUNDAS ST. W.
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THE NEW CANADIAN
PAGE
3
Buddhism In Canada
By M. SITARR
a discussion of an important religion,
and problems that it faces to-day
From the sociological and psy usually conservative and behave
chological points of view, pres in a vacillating- character which I Buddhism faces the multi-facet
ent-day Buddhism among t h e is sociologically known as the problem of determination of an
doctrine
compatible
Japanese in Canada presents an nuiginal man. Self-consciousness adequate
with
the
prevailing
value
system
interesting- picture.
may be the result as a non-reso- complicated by differential age
In a social climate which is hition of cultural conflict and group, lack of prestige and cul
both hostile and indifferent, it is unwillingness to
identified tural conflict.
struggling to survive. Further with an alien background.
complications include the declin
In the clash between faith and
ing tie with Japanese 'culture
science, Canadianized Buddhism
and the emergence of the Nisei
accepts science hnd is therefore
with negative valence towards
somewhat humanistic in outlook.
things Japanese.
However, without any adequate
GREETINGS
Historically speaking, the ideological formulation of ba-sic
from
Buddhist temple provided a social teaching's compatible with preatmosphere for the Issei in an vailing culture and the lack of
British Columbia
alien culture and also provided teachers versed in Buddhist theo
|
Hmmrru . .
. . MRS. SATQ IS STILL SENDING USED GIFTS.
a source for social prestige for logy, lore and tradition, a dif
Mr. & Mrs. TOSHIO KURITA
anyone desiring- such by becom ficult problem is presented which
and FAMILY
Johnny Colbacheff, the cartoonist, is a graduate of ing- an officer in the church. In may not be resolved in the near
P. O. Box 482
Kitsilano High School in Vancouver, B. C., and has had pre-war years, it was a source of future.
Princeton, B. C.
many Nisei friends during his stay there and as presi exposing the Nisei to Japanese
For most Nisei Buddhists, the
dent of the school’s Poster Club for three years. He is culture and customs. Many of 1 oung Buddhist Association pro
LLEWELLYN C. FLETCHER
the Japanese language teachers
vides an important social centre,
now a permanent air force member in charge of the art were Buddhist priests.
John Shaw High School
for without an adequate undersection in the Air Materiel Command, RCAF, in Ottawa.
Nanaimo, B. C.
With, the emphasis on Canadi- standing of the basic concepts of
He is an Army and Air Force veteran of World War II.
anization after the war, how Buddhism, there cannot be full
----------:------------ ——
———-------------- ever, such Buddhist rites as mor participation in religious matters.
AKIRA MOTOIKE
tuary observances became con In-group feelings are produced
CPR Rogers Station
sidered by the Nisei as reaction through identification, social and
Rogers, B. C.
ary. Identification with Christi familiar.
anity offered a measure of presThe hypothesis that the social
Mr. 5 Mrs. SEIJI ONIZUKE
interest is the cohesive power
The Buddhist leaders with can be tested when one considers
Midway, B. C.
Some day when I am forty-three,
some degree of insight have re that married couples are very dif
Mother, Dad and I'll agree,
cognized that certain changes in ficult to reach. The Y.B.A. func
dogma, ritual and organization tions as a meeting- place for girls
That ten p.m. is much too late
must occur for an ethnic church and boys and when it has fulfilled
To venture forth on a heavy date;
S. FUJIKAWA
to survive. Emulation of the its role, the newly wed couple
Saturday night should quietly
Christian order of service has drifts away and finds other soc
Notch Hill, B. C.
Be spent at home to sip green tea;
arisen, including hymnology, ri ial outlets.
tual and sermon. In addition,
That rice be eaten thrice a day,
Sunday school and other associ
Chopsticks not twisted thus, we pray.
ations such as the Young People’s
And all good.girls in true tradition
Group and the Women’s Society
Should practice floral composition;
have been incorporated.
Must speak Japanese without a fear
It has become necessary to alOf shattering the Issei ear!
tei the structure of Buddhist
That righteous Niseis to their parents say,
doctrines somewhat in keeping
"Come to a meeting of our J.C.C.A.,
with, the value system present in
Canadian culture. As such, the
There to mingle with audience tremendous,
Buddhist Church does not have a
Listen to current problems horrendous",
1328 Queen St. West
well defined basis of faith on
Perchance to discover why we three
which to operate.
ME. 1931
TORONTO
Can never, never quite agree.
Nisei who are Buddhists are
Albert’s Shoe Store
Ji
X
X
3
X
i
Sincere Wishes
for
A Happy and Merry Holiday
GREETINGS
A
X
amaoka
A
357 Ellis Park Road
X
X
X
310 Bloor St. W.
—
Toronto
PHONE RA. 8137
Toronto
Season’s Greetings
4-
A
MICKEY S. SATO
Life & General Insurance
Office. 910-21 Dundas Sq. — Toronto
s
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Kurata
X
A
EM. 3 - 0076-7
Mickey, Satoko and Joy
Rose
A
Residence: 526 Manning- Ave.
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A
A
A
A
GROVE AVENUE GARAGE
2
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Toronto
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DUNDAS STUDIO
Distinctive Styling
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1500 Dundas St. W„ Toronto
PHONE EM. 4 - 4136
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and FAMILY
8
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125 Sherbourse Street — Toronto
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14
THE NEW CANADIAN
Saturday, December 22, 195]
decorative
^u/e£ide ^reeling
Nisei and Politics
CRYSTAL
By FRED KAYAHARA
Cleaners & Tailors
641 St. Clair Ave. West
Phone MElrose 7917
Toronto
What the Nisei In Canada Should Know
About Politics and Trade Unionism
The Nisei have a saying, “Oh, that’s poli
tics”, in a derogatory manner or that “the
JCCA is political, therefore, I don’t want to
have anything to .do with it”.
I wonder if these Nisei really know what
they are saying or just repeating what some
one else has said for their own selfish reasons.
As a member of a trade union, I know for a
fact that the big industrialists are never hap
pier than to see their employees ignoring
politics, and are doing their best to keep the
workers from taking part in political action.
This may sound like a sweeping statement. I
shall try, however, to prove the above point.
First of all, the employers are never guilty
of being crude or obvious in their manner of
keeping the workers from taking part in poli
tics. Outwardly, big business through its me
dia of expression—newspapers, radios, movies,
television, and othei' outlets—tells the general
public to go out and vote during a political
campaign and then after the shouting has
died down, they forget all about it between
elections.
Secondly, restrictions placed on average
workers are such that many eligible voters
are deprived of their franchise unless you
aie property owner, tenant, local resident over
twenty-one, oi' of the male sex as in Quebec,
etc.
Thirdly, the machinery of propaganda is
controlled by big business as witness the
recent Ontario election. Where the views of
the two old-line political parties were given
prominent space, the third political party
which theoretically represents the workers was
in the main ignored. The other independent
labor candidates were given the same treat
ment. .
Fourthly, big business employs stooges to
carry out its plan. It could be in the form of
the aveiage Joe in the plant who is given a
position as a foreman or any other high office,
or it could be a renegade trade union leader
who has sold out his principles and the trust
of his fellow workers for personal gain. It
could be speakers from the pulpit. It could
even be someone among us with whom we
are well acquainted.
Now the question arises as to why are em
ployers so keen in keeping the workers from
taking part in politics?
Now the answer is that big business knows
that politics and economics go hand in hand
and as long as workers keep fighting on
purely economical fronts then the workers
are fighting with one hand tied behind their
backs. Consequently it is easier to keep the
workers subdued.
Why do I say that politics and economics
go hand in hand?
Well if space permitted and the reader’s
patience would not be strained. I could cite
books and pamphlets to prove this point. I
shall, however, confine myself to what 1 know
personally.
Today, the eight-hour day (and a fortv-hour
provinces) * an accepted fact
and a law of the country. But how many Nisei
realize that in order to put this legislation
on the statute books as law, the trade unions
had to
u and send delegation after dele
gation te Ottawa and provincial capitals?
How many realize that the Workmen’s Com
pensation Act had to be fought for bv trade
imions on political fronts ? How many know
that the Unemployment Insurance Act,
Employment Practices Act in Ontario?
racial discrimination acts, factory safety
holiday-with-pay acts, and many other' social
measures nad been on the union agenda for
years and years ?
I remember in Vancouver, one of the major
|Mr. & Mrs. Kiyoshi Hori
points advocated by unions was inclusion of
silicosis (Miners’ disease contracted by swallowing coal dust) to be included in the work
men’s compensation benefit. The miners could
not have had this included just by taking
economical action.
During the depression, I remember the un
employed workers, were demanding unemploy
ment insurance and they were taking political
action, that is, an unemployed trek to Ottawa,
sit-down strike at the Vancouver post office,
a snake parade on Hastings St. and other
strong measures to bring the attention of
AI.P.’s to their plight.
Today in all the provinces, there in an
arbitration and conciliation act, the result of
trade union pressure. And how many of us
read in the daily press about the unions
sending representatives to the government to
have this legislation amended to make it fairer
to the employees since the way this legisla
tion is worded gives great advantage to the
employer ?
Today the workers are demanding slum
clearance, low rental housing projects, price
* control to lower the high cost of living, min
imum wage rates, equal pay for equal work
regardless of sex or race, full compensation
in case of accident, more unemployment in
surance benefit, old age pensions at sixtyfive without the means test, recreational cen
tres and many other social changes.
The workers and their representatives, the
trade unions, are demanding these things on
the political front and not as much on the
economical front although actually these pro
jects are purely economical problems. The
above proves that in spite of labor misleaders
and stooges of big business who are trying
to keep the workers from taking political
action, the workers are not fooled.
Now .one may ask what has all this to do
with the Nisei. I think that it has a lot to do
with the Japanese Canadians. Let us look
back for a few moments to pre-evacuation
days in British Columbia.
In B. C. on the political front, we did not
have the franchise. The result was that we
were unable to remedy any of the racial discrunination or combat such political dema
gogues as Vancouver aiderman Halford Wil
son, Tom R e i d, MP, and ,Howard Green
MP, and others of their ilk.
I had the occasion to interview Air. Wilson.
He admitted that he had nothing against the
Japanese personally. But in all his utterances,
he was vicious against the Japanese. WHY?
Aftei a great deal of thinking and asking
question I came to the conclusion that Air.
Wilson took advantage of the situation where
we were disliked by the uninformed public
and did not have the franchise to fight back
in the particular field he was interested__
politics. And since we lacked political rights
v, e were barred from many industries and
professions.
Mhat was the job situation in B. C.?
For the average Nisei in B. C.. there we^t
only a few jobs from which to choose.
There were just a few in the basic indus'tries such as fishing with all its limitations
as far as the Japanese were concerned; log
ging and sawmills with all their racial dis
criminations where Japanese were paid cheaper
wages than the Occidental; fanning with its
distinct disadvantages of being seasonal em
ployment; clerking for some small-time Japa
nese employer. Those graduating from uni'elaities with degrees had no choice but to
compete with unskilled workers for menial
positions.
con't on
Yuletide Greetings
There is no reason for the appearance of this Nisei girl on
this page except for the fact that
from the male viewpoint she
fulfills the feminine attribute of
being- decorative. She is Kiku
Fujihara, 20, a finalist in the
Los Angeles Nisei Week queen
contest this year.
MIKE'S BARBER
477 Queen St. W.
EM. 3 - 56S7
Toronto
Uptowns Launderette
DAN WASHIMOTO
6 Asquith Ave.
PRincess 1769
ea6on 6
Toronto
e6
at Gerrard & Jones Sts.
Mr. & Mrs. Toni S. Takenaka
and Family
1047 Gerrard St. E.
GE. 1759
Toronto
ea6on 6
CAPITAL CLEANERS
479 Queen St. East
Toronto
8
0. K. Gleaners
5
S’
$sr
9
Mr. & Mrs. T. MORI
10172 Queen St. West
Toronto
WAverley 6953
$
§
5
14
THE NEW CANADIAN
Saturday, December 22, 195]
decorative
^u/e£ide ^reeling
Nisei and Politics
CRYSTAL
By FRED KAYAHARA
Cleaners & Tailors
641 St. Clair Ave. West
Phone MElrose 7917
Toronto
What the Nisei In Canada Should Know
About Politics and Trade Unionism
The Nisei have a saying, “Oh, that’s poli
tics”, in a derogatory manner or that “the
JCCA is political, therefore, I don’t want to
have anything to .do with it”.
I wonder if these Nisei really know what
they are saying or just repeating what some
one else has said for their own selfish reasons.
As a member of a trade union, I know for a
fact that the big industrialists are never hap
pier than to see their employees ignoring
politics, and are doing their best to keep the
workers from taking part in political action.
This may sound like a sweeping statement. I
shall try, however, to prove the above point.
First of all, the employers are never guilty
of being crude or obvious in their manner of
keeping the workers from taking part in poli
tics. Outwardly, big business through its me
dia of expression—newspapers, radios, movies,
television, and othei' outlets—tells the general
public to go out and vote during a political
campaign and then after the shouting has
died down, they forget all about it between
elections.
Secondly, restrictions placed on average
workers are such that many eligible voters
are deprived of their franchise unless you
aie property owner, tenant, local resident over
twenty-one, oi' of the male sex as in Quebec,
etc.
Thirdly, the machinery of propaganda is
controlled by big business as witness the
recent Ontario election. Where the views of
the two old-line political parties were given
prominent space, the third political party
which theoretically represents the workers was
in the main ignored. The other independent
labor candidates were given the same treat
ment. .
Fourthly, big business employs stooges to
carry out its plan. It could be in the form of
the aveiage Joe in the plant who is given a
position as a foreman or any other high office,
or it could be a renegade trade union leader
who has sold out his principles and the trust
of his fellow workers for personal gain. It
could be speakers from the pulpit. It could
even be someone among us with whom we
are well acquainted.
Now the question arises as to why are em
ployers so keen in keeping the workers from
taking part in politics?
Now the answer is that big business knows
that politics and economics go hand in hand
and as long as workers keep fighting on
purely economical fronts then the workers
are fighting with one hand tied behind their
backs. Consequently it is easier to keep the
workers subdued.
Why do I say that politics and economics
go hand in hand?
Well if space permitted and the reader’s
patience would not be strained. I could cite
books and pamphlets to prove this point. I
shall, however, confine myself to what 1 know
personally.
Today, the eight-hour day (and a fortv-hour
provinces) * an accepted fact
and a law of the country. But how many Nisei
realize that in order to put this legislation
on the statute books as law, the trade unions
had to
u and send delegation after dele
gation te Ottawa and provincial capitals?
How many realize that the Workmen’s Com
pensation Act had to be fought for bv trade
imions on political fronts ? How many know
that the Unemployment Insurance Act,
Employment Practices Act in Ontario?
racial discrimination acts, factory safety
holiday-with-pay acts, and many other' social
measures nad been on the union agenda for
years and years ?
I remember in Vancouver, one of the major
|Mr. & Mrs. Kiyoshi Hori
points advocated by unions was inclusion of
silicosis (Miners’ disease contracted by swallowing coal dust) to be included in the work
men’s compensation benefit. The miners could
not have had this included just by taking
economical action.
During the depression, I remember the un
employed workers, were demanding unemploy
ment insurance and they were taking political
action, that is, an unemployed trek to Ottawa,
sit-down strike at the Vancouver post office,
a snake parade on Hastings St. and other
strong measures to bring the attention of
AI.P.’s to their plight.
Today in all the provinces, there in an
arbitration and conciliation act, the result of
trade union pressure. And how many of us
read in the daily press about the unions
sending representatives to the government to
have this legislation amended to make it fairer
to the employees since the way this legisla
tion is worded gives great advantage to the
employer ?
Today the workers are demanding slum
clearance, low rental housing projects, price
* control to lower the high cost of living, min
imum wage rates, equal pay for equal work
regardless of sex or race, full compensation
in case of accident, more unemployment in
surance benefit, old age pensions at sixtyfive without the means test, recreational cen
tres and many other social changes.
The workers and their representatives, the
trade unions, are demanding these things on
the political front and not as much on the
economical front although actually these pro
jects are purely economical problems. The
above proves that in spite of labor misleaders
and stooges of big business who are trying
to keep the workers from taking political
action, the workers are not fooled.
Now .one may ask what has all this to do
with the Nisei. I think that it has a lot to do
with the Japanese Canadians. Let us look
back for a few moments to pre-evacuation
days in British Columbia.
In B. C. on the political front, we did not
have the franchise. The result was that we
were unable to remedy any of the racial discrunination or combat such political dema
gogues as Vancouver aiderman Halford Wil
son, Tom R e i d, MP, and ,Howard Green
MP, and others of their ilk.
I had the occasion to interview Air. Wilson.
He admitted that he had nothing against the
Japanese personally. But in all his utterances,
he was vicious against the Japanese. WHY?
Aftei a great deal of thinking and asking
question I came to the conclusion that Air.
Wilson took advantage of the situation where
we were disliked by the uninformed public
and did not have the franchise to fight back
in the particular field he was interested__
politics. And since we lacked political rights
v, e were barred from many industries and
professions.
Mhat was the job situation in B. C.?
For the average Nisei in B. C.. there we^t
only a few jobs from which to choose.
There were just a few in the basic indus'tries such as fishing with all its limitations
as far as the Japanese were concerned; log
ging and sawmills with all their racial dis
criminations where Japanese were paid cheaper
wages than the Occidental; fanning with its
distinct disadvantages of being seasonal em
ployment; clerking for some small-time Japa
nese employer. Those graduating from uni'elaities with degrees had no choice but to
compete with unskilled workers for menial
positions.
con't on
Yuletide Greetings
There is no reason for the appearance of this Nisei girl on
this page except for the fact that
from the male viewpoint she
fulfills the feminine attribute of
being- decorative. She is Kiku
Fujihara, 20, a finalist in the
Los Angeles Nisei Week queen
contest this year.
MIKE'S BARBER
477 Queen St. W.
EM. 3 - 56S7
Toronto
Uptowns Launderette
DAN WASHIMOTO
6 Asquith Ave.
PRincess 1769
ea6on 6
Toronto
e6
at Gerrard & Jones Sts.
Mr. & Mrs. Toni S. Takenaka
and Family
1047 Gerrard St. E.
GE. 1759
Toronto
ea6on 6
CAPITAL CLEANERS
479 Queen St. East
Toronto
8
0. K. Gleaners
5
S’
$sr
9
Mr. & Mrs. T. MORI
10172 Queen St. West
Toronto
WAverley 6953
$
§
5
Page 47
Saturday, December 22, 1951
THE NEW CANADIAN
PAGE
Ten Years Ago...
to santa clans
By M. SITARR
GREETINGS
from
Montreal
By JACK NAKAMOTO
memories of school — and a girl
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io tel! the truth, I want a present,
TEN YEARS AGO, 1941, was
Although I didn’t like Lola’s
. . . still do as much, and yet,
the saddest year for me.
Mr. & Mrs. MASAO TSUYUKI a
society air—the way she walked
9
JEANNINE. DONALDA
For you see, that year I fell
it is my wish that they be sent
with her snobbish nose up in tthe
and ADOLINE
in love with society and there I
. . . most gifts of mine without regret.
air, the way she would act to
v as wearing patched pants to
7853 McEachran Ave.
wards things that money could
Montreal
^4&h school. I ti’ied making up buy because her family had al
So send them please, those gifts that light
for that big patch in my pants
• . . the hearts ot doubt and despair.
ways been comfortable—but I
by studying real hard and getting
Mr. d Mrs. JERRY ITO
was madly in love with her. The
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friend
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to
save
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plight,
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this
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hope,
my
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to keep society in its place be Harboi, the government evicting
9
I want to give my thanks to you
cause for some reason, society us from our property, the greedv
• . - for all the gifts, so dear
had picked on me and was deter
Mr. 5 Mrs. SADAICHI HIRAYAMA
society waiting like vultures to
mined to humiliate me. T e n grab what little we had.
. . . that fill the hearts of more than two
5190 Iberville St. No. 4
jeais ago I used to think society
Montreal 36
. . . with cheer and joy each year.
AND THEN I TRIED to think
was after me and it was doing what all this meant, where I
all it could to keep me from get stood in this mess. But all I
There are poor people with less than I
Mr. <5 Mrs. KANEJIRO KAWAI
ting my share.
. . . who are in need of food,
could think was how sweet Lola
TED, JENNIE d JANE
By society, I m e a n t people, looked, how her soft hair deemed
... of shoes, of clothes, who cannot buy
7780 Marquette St.
the B. C. Security Commission, to caress her shoulders . .
Montreal
... or borrow to feed their brood.
the R.C.M.P., the B. C. provin
cial government, the fathers and
Mr. 5 Mrs. BUICHI NAKANO
mothers and their kids who came
GEORGE <5 KUMI
to school without a patch on
able b take any political ac
4544 Esplanade Ave.
their pants. I refused to talk to
tion. I remember well the con
Montreal
kids who wore good clothes, had
fusion
and
the
hopelessness
of
a
Phono
LAncaster 6122
(Can't from Page' 14)
all they wanted to eat, and got a
few scattered groups.
lot of spending money.
But since the evacuation and 0
Mrs. TSUKA YAMAMOTO
In the professions, the Nisei 1 the past as being well able to
9
BUT THAT WAS the year I
the
formation
of
the
JCCA
or
KANAME 4 BETTY
9
could not practice law, pharmacy, take concrete action. The JCCA
fell in love. She was society and
ganization,
the
National
JCCA
or engineering and other occu has played a vital role in over
9815 Peloquin Ave.
she didn’t pay the slightest at
Montreal
pations to which he had trained. coming- racial prejudices and in through political action was able
tention to me. In fact she wouldn’t
to
play
an
important
role
in
such
Phono
VE. 1241
In business, he could not get lemedying’ political wrongs. I
even speak to me.
instances
as
the
property
loss
licences for many projects. In I need not dwell on the past ac
So I had to teach society a les
logging’, he could not get per complishments as it is a familiar claims, stay of deportation, re
son. The following June I won mits to logMissionary Sister
crown timber. Posi- story to all Japanese. Yet there turnees, discrimination in em
every prize for my class and re tions such as clerks in depart
ployment, equality, and so forth.
of
ceived a special honour roll__ I ment stores, bar-tenders, or just I are among the Japanese CanaChrist
the
Also it is a fact that as long
Kin
dians, some who insist that the
suppose it is still kicking around
as
discrimination
exists
in
Can
ordinary laborers in factories J CCA keep itself clear of any
some place but I don’t care if I
Saint Raphael :House
was barred to him because of his I political action and to keep away ada against any minority group,
ever see it again.
3467 Ontario .
then
political
action
by
an
or
racial origin.
entirely from politics.
Montreal
But that year ten years ago I
ganized body is essential and as
The Japanese Canadian then,
If
by
politics,
we
mean
affili
fell in love with a beautiful sowas helpless under these econo ating with a political party then long as there is that danger, we
Nety girl was a funny one. Funny
mic restrictions because he did I heartily agree that we should must have the JCCA as a guard
because it was so sad. It broke
ian of our rights. There is no
not have political rights.
lestrain from any direct associmy heart.
■
Now I want to go back to the ation. It must be recognized, guarantee that we will not be
beginning of this article and to however, that in whatever field discriminated against once again.
As members of the Canadian
the statement, “That’s politics”. in which we happen to be inter
Onr Best Washes
community,
we must build the
Today in Canada and particu ested, politics play an important
larly in Ontario, there is hardly part, whether we are concerned JCCA into a strong cohesive
any discrimination and one is al with a raise in wages, discrimi- body in order that we may play
most certain of employment in nation, business, farming or the an important part in building a
Montreal
his chosen field. It is possible high cost of living. In fact, de- strong democratic country where
that there are isolated cases of mocracy cannot exist without discrimination does not exist.
Sporting Goods C
Buddhists
Finally as Canadians, we must
discrimination, however, we have the political participation of in-'
GROVE CYCLE
take an active part in the trade
the political rights and political dividuals and organizations.
organizations such as the JCCA
As proof of this, let us take union struggle and political ac
4303 Esplanade Avenue,
to combat any known cases of our own case. In British Colum- I tion where and when it will be
335 Colege St.
MI. 9533
Montreal, Quebec
discrimination.
Toronto
bia, the Japanese did not have nefit the majority of Canadians.
The JCCA has proven itself in
a cohesive political organization,
therefore, when the evacuation
was first mooted, we were un-
l/L/idheA
A
International Chop Suey House
err^
na6
and
60-A ELIZABETH ST.
GREETINGS
from
Ontario
PHONE EM. 3 - 6822
TORONTO
Mr. & Mrs. JOE R. EBATA
£
g
g
ectSon J
WRIER GRILL
Jim, Doug, Nick, Bill
Peter and Ted Fujimoto
655 YONGE STREET
TORONTO
a
§
138 Rowand St.
Fort William, Ont.
MOHACHI UYENO
Mr. <5 Mrs. GEO. T. UYENO
GODFREY & KATHLEEN
ear
“/TP
Andrew E. McKague
Barrister, Solicitor,
Notary Public
c/o Erie Manor
R. R. 1, Blenheim, Ont.
201 Northern Ontario Building
& M-s. K. KOBAYASHI
LESLIE & ROBERT
21 Market St.
Port Dover. Ont.
330 Bay Street
Toronto
Phone EM. 4 - 0508
EM. 4 - 3978
THE NEW CANADIAN
PAGE
Ten Years Ago...
to santa clans
By M. SITARR
GREETINGS
from
Montreal
By JACK NAKAMOTO
memories of school — and a girl
15
0
9
9
9
9
9
io tel! the truth, I want a present,
TEN YEARS AGO, 1941, was
Although I didn’t like Lola’s
. . . still do as much, and yet,
the saddest year for me.
Mr. & Mrs. MASAO TSUYUKI a
society air—the way she walked
9
JEANNINE. DONALDA
For you see, that year I fell
it is my wish that they be sent
with her snobbish nose up in tthe
and ADOLINE
in love with society and there I
. . . most gifts of mine without regret.
air, the way she would act to
v as wearing patched pants to
7853 McEachran Ave.
wards things that money could
Montreal
^4&h school. I ti’ied making up buy because her family had al
So send them please, those gifts that light
for that big patch in my pants
• . . the hearts ot doubt and despair.
ways been comfortable—but I
by studying real hard and getting
Mr. d Mrs. JERRY ITO
was madly in love with her. The
.
.
.
As
friend
to
friend,
to
save
their
plight,
ELAINE d BRIAN
a flock of A’s and thus becoming vhole v orld at that time seemed
9
.
.
.
this
is
my
hope,
my
care.
the top do. in my class. I had to break up around me—Pearl
9
6871 St. Hubert
9
Montreal
9
to keep society in its place be Harboi, the government evicting
9
I want to give my thanks to you
cause for some reason, society us from our property, the greedv
• . - for all the gifts, so dear
had picked on me and was deter
Mr. 5 Mrs. SADAICHI HIRAYAMA
society waiting like vultures to
mined to humiliate me. T e n grab what little we had.
. . . that fill the hearts of more than two
5190 Iberville St. No. 4
jeais ago I used to think society
Montreal 36
. . . with cheer and joy each year.
AND THEN I TRIED to think
was after me and it was doing what all this meant, where I
all it could to keep me from get stood in this mess. But all I
There are poor people with less than I
Mr. <5 Mrs. KANEJIRO KAWAI
ting my share.
. . . who are in need of food,
could think was how sweet Lola
TED, JENNIE d JANE
By society, I m e a n t people, looked, how her soft hair deemed
... of shoes, of clothes, who cannot buy
7780 Marquette St.
the B. C. Security Commission, to caress her shoulders . .
Montreal
... or borrow to feed their brood.
the R.C.M.P., the B. C. provin
cial government, the fathers and
Mr. 5 Mrs. BUICHI NAKANO
mothers and their kids who came
GEORGE <5 KUMI
to school without a patch on
able b take any political ac
4544 Esplanade Ave.
their pants. I refused to talk to
tion. I remember well the con
Montreal
kids who wore good clothes, had
fusion
and
the
hopelessness
of
a
Phono
LAncaster 6122
(Can't from Page' 14)
all they wanted to eat, and got a
few scattered groups.
lot of spending money.
But since the evacuation and 0
Mrs. TSUKA YAMAMOTO
In the professions, the Nisei 1 the past as being well able to
9
BUT THAT WAS the year I
the
formation
of
the
JCCA
or
KANAME 4 BETTY
9
could not practice law, pharmacy, take concrete action. The JCCA
fell in love. She was society and
ganization,
the
National
JCCA
or engineering and other occu has played a vital role in over
9815 Peloquin Ave.
she didn’t pay the slightest at
Montreal
pations to which he had trained. coming- racial prejudices and in through political action was able
tention to me. In fact she wouldn’t
to
play
an
important
role
in
such
Phono
VE. 1241
In business, he could not get lemedying’ political wrongs. I
even speak to me.
instances
as
the
property
loss
licences for many projects. In I need not dwell on the past ac
So I had to teach society a les
logging’, he could not get per complishments as it is a familiar claims, stay of deportation, re
son. The following June I won mits to logMissionary Sister
crown timber. Posi- story to all Japanese. Yet there turnees, discrimination in em
every prize for my class and re tions such as clerks in depart
ployment, equality, and so forth.
of
ceived a special honour roll__ I ment stores, bar-tenders, or just I are among the Japanese CanaChrist
the
Also it is a fact that as long
Kin
dians, some who insist that the
suppose it is still kicking around
as
discrimination
exists
in
Can
ordinary laborers in factories J CCA keep itself clear of any
some place but I don’t care if I
Saint Raphael :House
was barred to him because of his I political action and to keep away ada against any minority group,
ever see it again.
3467 Ontario .
then
political
action
by
an
or
racial origin.
entirely from politics.
Montreal
But that year ten years ago I
ganized body is essential and as
The Japanese Canadian then,
If
by
politics,
we
mean
affili
fell in love with a beautiful sowas helpless under these econo ating with a political party then long as there is that danger, we
Nety girl was a funny one. Funny
mic restrictions because he did I heartily agree that we should must have the JCCA as a guard
because it was so sad. It broke
ian of our rights. There is no
not have political rights.
lestrain from any direct associmy heart.
■
Now I want to go back to the ation. It must be recognized, guarantee that we will not be
beginning of this article and to however, that in whatever field discriminated against once again.
As members of the Canadian
the statement, “That’s politics”. in which we happen to be inter
Onr Best Washes
community,
we must build the
Today in Canada and particu ested, politics play an important
larly in Ontario, there is hardly part, whether we are concerned JCCA into a strong cohesive
any discrimination and one is al with a raise in wages, discrimi- body in order that we may play
most certain of employment in nation, business, farming or the an important part in building a
Montreal
his chosen field. It is possible high cost of living. In fact, de- strong democratic country where
that there are isolated cases of mocracy cannot exist without discrimination does not exist.
Sporting Goods C
Buddhists
Finally as Canadians, we must
discrimination, however, we have the political participation of in-'
GROVE CYCLE
take an active part in the trade
the political rights and political dividuals and organizations.
organizations such as the JCCA
As proof of this, let us take union struggle and political ac
4303 Esplanade Avenue,
to combat any known cases of our own case. In British Colum- I tion where and when it will be
335 Colege St.
MI. 9533
Montreal, Quebec
discrimination.
Toronto
bia, the Japanese did not have nefit the majority of Canadians.
The JCCA has proven itself in
a cohesive political organization,
therefore, when the evacuation
was first mooted, we were un-
l/L/idheA
A
International Chop Suey House
err^
na6
and
60-A ELIZABETH ST.
GREETINGS
from
Ontario
PHONE EM. 3 - 6822
TORONTO
Mr. & Mrs. JOE R. EBATA
£
g
g
ectSon J
WRIER GRILL
Jim, Doug, Nick, Bill
Peter and Ted Fujimoto
655 YONGE STREET
TORONTO
a
§
138 Rowand St.
Fort William, Ont.
MOHACHI UYENO
Mr. <5 Mrs. GEO. T. UYENO
GODFREY & KATHLEEN
ear
“/TP
Andrew E. McKague
Barrister, Solicitor,
Notary Public
c/o Erie Manor
R. R. 1, Blenheim, Ont.
201 Northern Ontario Building
& M-s. K. KOBAYASHI
LESLIE & ROBERT
21 Market St.
Port Dover. Ont.
330 Bay Street
Toronto
Phone EM. 4 - 0508
EM. 4 - 3978
Page 48
PAGE
16
THE NEW CANADIAN
Saturday, December 22, 1951
PAG .
SOUND
A Sommer On The Prairie
U
O')
By KUTCH IMAYOSHI
A Nisei Finds Reaction In Saskatchewan
To a Preacher Not Based On Racial Origin
fz
Where is Turtleford ?
This ran through my mind as I left
McMaster University in Hamilton to take
my first summer mission church this year.
I had asked several -of the students about
the place but they had failed to enlighten
me. Upon reaching Turtleford four* days'
later via train and automobile, I found this
community of 300 people to be located in
Northern Saskatchewan, 65 miles north of
North Battleford.
I
7
I
A room at the back of the small church
was to be my abode—the place I was to
study, sleep, and enjoy" my culinary efforts
for the next few months.
HARD STRUGGLE
It was a great struggle, and on several
moments during the first few days, I was
tempted to leave for good old home. I per
severed, however, the loneliness, the in
convenience of having water delivered
twice a week by a horse-propelled wagon,
and the heavy, sticky gumbo mud, the like
of which I have never before seen.
I entered the work with zeal and inter
est with two thoughts in mind: first and
foremost as a representative of my Saviour
Jesus Christ, and secondly as a representative of my group of people, the Japanese
Canadians.
As I explained this to one of the farmers,
he replied that I would find the first cate
gory more difficult to handle; and certainly
he was not far wrong. What would be the
people’s reaction to a Nisei preacher?
In order to become acquainted with the
populace of Turtleford, my first purpose
was to visit every home in the town. In
practically every instance, a pleasant welcome awaited me, perhaps better than any
Fuller Brush salesman enjoyed.
(
I
Si
£
Citizens of the prairies are noted for*
their friendliness and hospitality, and this
proved no less true in Northern Saskat-
Some visits stand out in my mind because
of their great significance. One such visit
led to a home of a lonely middle-aged
woman. Her living-room was unusual in
that it was filled with numerous pictures
of her son in an airforce uniform. Upon
enquiring, she unravelled a tragic story
of her son who was reported missing in
India towards the close of World War II.
But to this day, she refuses to assume his
death, and still lives in the -past and lives
to herself, a sad broken figure.
Here was a challenge and the only answer that could adequately meet the situation was to present sympathetically the
compassionate Christ, who alone could lift
and give comfort, purpose and hope in
life. Her response was gratifying, although
not complete, and to render spiritual aid,
in such circumstances, was indeed a priv
ilege.
The co-operation and the help given by
the Christians were remarkable.
One farmer loaned his truck for an en
tire week so that we could use it to trans
port the children from their homes to a
one-room school house in order to con
duct a Daily Vacation Bible School. With
out the truck, it would have been impos
sible for the youngsters to attend as the
distance made it prohibitive to walk.
Another farmer, 78-years-oId, but still
going strong, also loaned his veliicle so
that I could conduct a service 12 miles
out of town, every two weeks.
NO PREJUDICE*
In the two out of three cases where the
reaction was negative, it was not because
I was a Nisei but that I was a Christian
preacher. It did not matter whether my
skin was red, white, black or yellow; but a
preacher he was out. Even in these situ
ations, there were no pronounced animo
sity.
chewan. During my visits and especially
if I happened to be far from my living
quarters, invitations to meals were regular
orders of the day and if it happened to be
late, they were willing to put me up for
the night. To refuse them, without a worthy
excuse, was tantamount to an insult.
TRAGIC STORY
RICH EXPERIENCE
All in all, this summer’s experience was
rich and meaningful.
L
Why did I go to Turtleford as a Christian minister ? I went because my faith is
built upon the Person whose birth we celebrate at this season; the Saviour who
brought the good news of salvation, pur
pose, and reality to life, without distinction as to race or color.
g^^^^^^j^^^^^^^^^^^.^^
(Con’t from P. 1)
Strangely enough, he does not
sing now, merely playing tenor
saxaphone, clarinet, vibraharp,
drums, trumpet, and piano, the
last the only instrument on which
he took lessons. Mood, a waver
ing emotion at best, determines
which instrument Bob picka up
during the course of his home
practice sessions.
Connor confesses a taste to■ wards saxist Stan Getz, one of
the originators of the modern
tenor saxophone school, although
with the voicings of Benny Good
man and a trend towards the
swing school to which the Cats
revert to back his solos on that
instrument, he displays a virtu
osity for adaptation.
The other one-fifth sharehold
er and the featured vocalist,
drummer Lewis Martin and Mar
ie Hackley, must confess to hav
ing to look up to seniority since
they both still attend high school.
Lewis Martin whose name is an
escapable target for quipsters,
being a curious combination of
the comical tandem of Jerry Le
wis-Dean Martin, “blows” drums,
if we are to continue with the
connotation of that expressive
word.
Curvesome Marie, while pro
viding an appreciable touch of
decor to the quintet and to the
bandstand, sings with an exu
berance, a vitality, a throaty
jazz quality, somewhat reminis
cent of June Christy or Anita
D’Day, which makes her an in
tegral part of the group while
singing How High The Moon or
I m In The Mood For Love.
Next time, whether collectiv
ely or individually, whether pia
nist Roy offers his fleet block
chord effects, or plectrum-wield
ing Dave adds a facile solo, or
saxist-clarinetist-vibist, Con nor
swings into a well-articulated
piece, and the Louis-Lewis
rhythm move with the solos,
whether the sounds sometimes
break into an understandable
roughness because of the short
time that the group has been tog-ether, whether it is Tenderly or
Flying Home, listen and you will
hear a group, small in number
but large in expression, and you
will suddenly sense that they
mo'lns
greetings
from
Toronto
Mr. & Mrs. T. SADA
and FAMILY
75 Bellwoods Ave.
Toronto
TRinity 1705
FRED KAYAHARA
’•
82 Bedford Rd.
Toronto
Rev. & Mrs. K. SHIMIZU
VICTOR, TED, GRACE
and DOROTHY
Mr. & Mrs. S. SHIMIZU
AMY & KAY
30 Fulton Ave.
Toronto
GErrard 9362
Mr. £ Mrs. MAW KANEKO
- RONNIE & PATRICIA
34 Dagmar Ave.
Toronto
^
g
Mr. £ Mrs. ARTHUR Y. ODA
and FAMILY
Mr. £ Mrs. MITSUO AMEMORI
and FAMILY
120 Wiltshere Ave.
Toronto
LY. 9842
KAZUO ICHIKAWA
32 Burton Rd.
Toronto
AKIRA IWASAKI & FAMILY
3244 Victoria Dr., Vancouver B. C
1
K
P
3
II
Mr. & Mrs. M. SUGAMORI
and FAMILY
93 Mortimer Ave.
Toronto, 6
Gerrard 1694
eaAon 3 ^ompCimentA
& Mrs. EDWARD C. BANNO
ROBERT & VICTOR
the nsht dlrect10”-
898 Powell St. at Campbell St., Vancouver, B.C
|
|
303 Highfield Rd.
Toronto
B. C. MOTORS
3oSb Parker St., Vancouver, B. C.
§
131 Ivy Ave.
Toronto, 8
A Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year
SEIJI INOUYE & FAMIY
2
435-439 Victoria St.
Kamloops, B. C.
16
THE NEW CANADIAN
Saturday, December 22, 1951
PAG .
SOUND
A Sommer On The Prairie
U
O')
By KUTCH IMAYOSHI
A Nisei Finds Reaction In Saskatchewan
To a Preacher Not Based On Racial Origin
fz
Where is Turtleford ?
This ran through my mind as I left
McMaster University in Hamilton to take
my first summer mission church this year.
I had asked several -of the students about
the place but they had failed to enlighten
me. Upon reaching Turtleford four* days'
later via train and automobile, I found this
community of 300 people to be located in
Northern Saskatchewan, 65 miles north of
North Battleford.
I
7
I
A room at the back of the small church
was to be my abode—the place I was to
study, sleep, and enjoy" my culinary efforts
for the next few months.
HARD STRUGGLE
It was a great struggle, and on several
moments during the first few days, I was
tempted to leave for good old home. I per
severed, however, the loneliness, the in
convenience of having water delivered
twice a week by a horse-propelled wagon,
and the heavy, sticky gumbo mud, the like
of which I have never before seen.
I entered the work with zeal and inter
est with two thoughts in mind: first and
foremost as a representative of my Saviour
Jesus Christ, and secondly as a representative of my group of people, the Japanese
Canadians.
As I explained this to one of the farmers,
he replied that I would find the first cate
gory more difficult to handle; and certainly
he was not far wrong. What would be the
people’s reaction to a Nisei preacher?
In order to become acquainted with the
populace of Turtleford, my first purpose
was to visit every home in the town. In
practically every instance, a pleasant welcome awaited me, perhaps better than any
Fuller Brush salesman enjoyed.
(
I
Si
£
Citizens of the prairies are noted for*
their friendliness and hospitality, and this
proved no less true in Northern Saskat-
Some visits stand out in my mind because
of their great significance. One such visit
led to a home of a lonely middle-aged
woman. Her living-room was unusual in
that it was filled with numerous pictures
of her son in an airforce uniform. Upon
enquiring, she unravelled a tragic story
of her son who was reported missing in
India towards the close of World War II.
But to this day, she refuses to assume his
death, and still lives in the -past and lives
to herself, a sad broken figure.
Here was a challenge and the only answer that could adequately meet the situation was to present sympathetically the
compassionate Christ, who alone could lift
and give comfort, purpose and hope in
life. Her response was gratifying, although
not complete, and to render spiritual aid,
in such circumstances, was indeed a priv
ilege.
The co-operation and the help given by
the Christians were remarkable.
One farmer loaned his truck for an en
tire week so that we could use it to trans
port the children from their homes to a
one-room school house in order to con
duct a Daily Vacation Bible School. With
out the truck, it would have been impos
sible for the youngsters to attend as the
distance made it prohibitive to walk.
Another farmer, 78-years-oId, but still
going strong, also loaned his veliicle so
that I could conduct a service 12 miles
out of town, every two weeks.
NO PREJUDICE*
In the two out of three cases where the
reaction was negative, it was not because
I was a Nisei but that I was a Christian
preacher. It did not matter whether my
skin was red, white, black or yellow; but a
preacher he was out. Even in these situ
ations, there were no pronounced animo
sity.
chewan. During my visits and especially
if I happened to be far from my living
quarters, invitations to meals were regular
orders of the day and if it happened to be
late, they were willing to put me up for
the night. To refuse them, without a worthy
excuse, was tantamount to an insult.
TRAGIC STORY
RICH EXPERIENCE
All in all, this summer’s experience was
rich and meaningful.
L
Why did I go to Turtleford as a Christian minister ? I went because my faith is
built upon the Person whose birth we celebrate at this season; the Saviour who
brought the good news of salvation, pur
pose, and reality to life, without distinction as to race or color.
g^^^^^^j^^^^^^^^^^^.^^
(Con’t from P. 1)
Strangely enough, he does not
sing now, merely playing tenor
saxaphone, clarinet, vibraharp,
drums, trumpet, and piano, the
last the only instrument on which
he took lessons. Mood, a waver
ing emotion at best, determines
which instrument Bob picka up
during the course of his home
practice sessions.
Connor confesses a taste to■ wards saxist Stan Getz, one of
the originators of the modern
tenor saxophone school, although
with the voicings of Benny Good
man and a trend towards the
swing school to which the Cats
revert to back his solos on that
instrument, he displays a virtu
osity for adaptation.
The other one-fifth sharehold
er and the featured vocalist,
drummer Lewis Martin and Mar
ie Hackley, must confess to hav
ing to look up to seniority since
they both still attend high school.
Lewis Martin whose name is an
escapable target for quipsters,
being a curious combination of
the comical tandem of Jerry Le
wis-Dean Martin, “blows” drums,
if we are to continue with the
connotation of that expressive
word.
Curvesome Marie, while pro
viding an appreciable touch of
decor to the quintet and to the
bandstand, sings with an exu
berance, a vitality, a throaty
jazz quality, somewhat reminis
cent of June Christy or Anita
D’Day, which makes her an in
tegral part of the group while
singing How High The Moon or
I m In The Mood For Love.
Next time, whether collectiv
ely or individually, whether pia
nist Roy offers his fleet block
chord effects, or plectrum-wield
ing Dave adds a facile solo, or
saxist-clarinetist-vibist, Con nor
swings into a well-articulated
piece, and the Louis-Lewis
rhythm move with the solos,
whether the sounds sometimes
break into an understandable
roughness because of the short
time that the group has been tog-ether, whether it is Tenderly or
Flying Home, listen and you will
hear a group, small in number
but large in expression, and you
will suddenly sense that they
mo'lns
greetings
from
Toronto
Mr. & Mrs. T. SADA
and FAMILY
75 Bellwoods Ave.
Toronto
TRinity 1705
FRED KAYAHARA
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82 Bedford Rd.
Toronto
Rev. & Mrs. K. SHIMIZU
VICTOR, TED, GRACE
and DOROTHY
Mr. & Mrs. S. SHIMIZU
AMY & KAY
30 Fulton Ave.
Toronto
GErrard 9362
Mr. £ Mrs. MAW KANEKO
- RONNIE & PATRICIA
34 Dagmar Ave.
Toronto
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Mr. £ Mrs. ARTHUR Y. ODA
and FAMILY
Mr. £ Mrs. MITSUO AMEMORI
and FAMILY
120 Wiltshere Ave.
Toronto
LY. 9842
KAZUO ICHIKAWA
32 Burton Rd.
Toronto
AKIRA IWASAKI & FAMILY
3244 Victoria Dr., Vancouver B. C
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3
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Mr. & Mrs. M. SUGAMORI
and FAMILY
93 Mortimer Ave.
Toronto, 6
Gerrard 1694
eaAon 3 ^ompCimentA
& Mrs. EDWARD C. BANNO
ROBERT & VICTOR
the nsht dlrect10”-
898 Powell St. at Campbell St., Vancouver, B.C
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303 Highfield Rd.
Toronto
B. C. MOTORS
3oSb Parker St., Vancouver, B. C.
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131 Ivy Ave.
Toronto, 8
A Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year
SEIJI INOUYE & FAMIY
2
435-439 Victoria St.
Kamloops, B. C.