Co-ed Enjoys Life in Japan
By Anne Ritchey
Emorald AtiltUnl N»wi Editor
The Intrigue him! adventure of
Japan have liccumc the adopted
llf*» of Cornelia Hoppe, 1951 Ore
gon graduate tiow working for
the American army In Tokyo.
Wish Hoppe, not content with
a mere sight-seeing acquaintance
with the country, has »een to it
that she attends sukiynkl din
ners, steam hatha, ceremonial
tearna, wrestling matcher, silk
factoriea and Mount Fuji from
the top looking down.
The Portland girl, who la a
member of Delta Delta Delta,
went to the Japanese metropolis
following a year's teaching In
Reedsport high school.
Writes Tra\elogucs
Miss Hoppe writes and distrib
ute* her own travelogues of the
country, telling of her visits to
the Japanese In their homes,
shops, theaters, festivals, rail- j
road trains and parties.
One truly “inside" Japanese
event she "crashed" was a sumo
wrestling match, held only twice
a year.
‘Unless you're well aware sumo
is coming, you find that it is im
possible to get tickets,” she
wrote.
('rallied Sumo Mateh
But the ingenious mis*, and
her friends made an arrangement,
with a Japanese man to enter
without tickets. It was there that
she was snapped by u press pho
tographer for a -f>eciul "Sumo"
edition of one of the country's
leading newspapers.
(ORNEI.IA HOFITC, ’51 L'O GRADUATE, an photographed by
Japanese press in Tokyo. The picture of the Fort land mins ap
peared in one of Japan's leading newspapers.
Miss Hoppe's natural search
for adventure led her to remove
her shoes and walk upstairs on
narrow steps to a restaurant, be
fore she had been in Tokyo a
week.
On that occasion she was lead
er of a party of army stenog
raphers, typists and filing clerks.
Cherry Blossom Time
ller description of cherry blos
som time in the land of cherry
trees appeared in an Oregon
Journal feature about Miss
Hoppe.
She wrote:
"This season is perhaps the
nicest. The blossoms seem to ap
pear overnight and the season is
short. The people here love the
blossom# as much as we do and
It is a time of sightseeing for
all.”
Tub bathing, a Japanese cus
tom, interested her. "It serves to
make life in the hot season pleas
ant and comfortable,” she wrote.
"Extremely Hot Baths”
"In taking extremely hot baths
the Japanese people have no
equals in the world. The hot bath
revives their spirit in the humid
rainy season ami helps to keep
them warm in winter."
Cornelia has a sister, Roth, ]
who is a sophomore at the Uni-!
verei'.y now, and a member of \
Kappa Kappa Gamma. There is a
younger sistel-, Virginia, who will
be a freshman here next fall.
Seniors Eligible
For Fellowship
Seniors in the field* of philos
ophy, Spanish and Rpamsh-Am
oricnrf literature, history, educa
tion, social sciences, and law are
eligible for competition for the
Father Felix Varela Fellowship
for study in CJuba.
Offered by the Cuban-Amer
Ican Cultural Institute, the award
honors a widely.known Cuban
educator and offers a year of
study at the University of Ha
vana during the 1955-56 academ
ic year. The award covers tui
tion and most maintenance ex
penses. The successful applicant
must provide his own travel and
have a fund for incidentals and
other expenses.
Eligibility requirements are
applicants must ire United States
Citizens, applicants must have:
(li a bachelor’s degree from an
American college or university
of recognized standing by the
date of departure; (2) demon
strated academic ability and ca
pacity for independent study;
<3i good morAl character, per
sonality and adaptability; <4i
good knowledge of Spanish, and
(5( good health.
Closing date for the competi
tion is April 1, 1955. Applications
may be secured from the United
States Student Department of
the Institute of International
Education.
YW COMMITTEE MEETS
The Executve Comnittce of
the YWCA will meet Tuesday
noon ut Gerlinger hall.
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Campus Briefs
0 The following patients were
i confined to the infirmary Mon
day for medical attention, ac
cording to hospital records: Caro
lyn Court emanehe, Carole Mohr,\
Sally Irwin, Delsie Rice, Edward
Jackson, Andrea Torbio, Robert
Lawry and Milford Schierholtz.
Visitors are now permitted in the
infirmary during the specified
hours. '
% “Abundant Christian Idv
ing" will be discussed by Inter
Varaity Christian fellowship to
night at 7 p.m. in the Student
Union. Room number will be
posted on the SU directory. Jim
Cummings, '50, will be discus
: sion leader.
q White Caps, pre-nursing or
ganization, will meet Wednesday
noon in the Student Union, an
nonuced Barbara Loehr, presi
dent. Room number will be post
ed in the SU.
0 Holy Communion will be
celebrated by Episcopal students
at 7 a.m. Wednesday morning at
Gerilnger Hall. Breakfast will be
served.
0 A meeting of Air Command
Squadron will be held tonight at
j 7 p.m. in the Student Union, ac
cording to Stewart Johnson.
0 Then* will be no Kwuma
meeting today, according to
Helen Ruth Johnson, president.
Oregonians Win
Freedom Award
VALLEY FORGE. Pa. (API
Several schools, individuals and !
organizations in Oregon were an- j
nounced Tuesday as winners of j
1P54 Freedom awards of the
Freedoms foundation at Valley
Forge.
The foundation, of which Pres
ident Eisenhower is honorary
chairman, presents awards each
year for "contributions to a bet
ter understanding of the Amer
ican way of life."
Margaret McCall. Portland, re
ceived a 550 second place award
and a George Washington honor
medal for an essay, entitled
"Americans Awake!"
The Independent Bankers asso
ciation, Portland, won a George
Washington medal award for an
advertising campaign.
Five Salem schools were win
ners. Bush school and Keizer
school district 88 received George
Washington medal awards. Prin
cipal school awards went to En
glewood and McKinley schools.
Richmond school won the Valley
Forge Freedom Library award.
Medford senior high school re
ceived a principal school award.
Walter L. Tooze of the Ore
gon state supreme court was a
member of the 1954 awards jury.
A director of Freedoms founda
tion is George Rossinan of the
Oregon supreme court.
You Are Cordially Invited to Attend
A Free Lecture, Entitled
"CHRISTIAN SCIENCE:
ITS PRACTICAL OPERATION"
By Frank T. Hord, C. S., of Washington, D. C.,
Member of the Board of Lectureship of The Mother Church,
The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass.
Thursday, February 24 at 8 P.M.
in the
Church Auditorium, 1390 Pearl Street
Under the Auspices of
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST
Museum Now Showing
Children s Art Exhibit
By Betty Elrod
Emerald Reporter
Strange aa it may seem, Dome
of the moat frightening examples
of Japanese art are contained in
the children’s exhibit in the Uni
versity museum.
Just wander over to the mu
seum and head for the children's
section. Take a good look at the
excellent reproduction of Japan’s
greatest military hero, Hideyoshi.
He was twice the conqueror of
Korea, but died too soon to do
any more conquering. He was
called "Monkey Face" by his
friends, and he is accompanied
by his special group of armed
S V Currents
Presented by the WEE Thea
ter Wednesday at 7 and 9 p.m.
in 1S8 Commonwealth will be
‘‘Hollywood Memory Book,” a
program of excerpts from great
motion pictures of the past. Ad
mission is free to the film, shown
in connection with the Festival
of Arts' presentation of our Am
erican heritage.
Following his lecture in the
University assembly today at 1
p.m. in the Student Union ball
room, Surindar Suri will be pres
ent at a coffee hour forum to be
held in the Dad's lounge at 4
p.m.
All members of the Student
Union publicity committee will
meet Wednesday at 4 p.m. in SU
313. Final plans for the brows
ing room open house will be
made, according to Dick Gray,
chairman.
and mounted guards. The repro
duced figures are quite targe, and
very realistically done.
Among the other life-like im
ages there is the hero-son, Kin
taro, or son of the old woman
of the mountain. There are other
figures, such as a Japanese
dancer, actor, and a complete set
of doHs representing the Em
peror and his court. An interest
ing part of this section is the
group of musicians.
Methuselah, or at least his
Japanese counterpart, is there,
all 225 years of him. There are
two carved figures of an old man
and an old woman, representing
long life and happy living to
gether. There is a set of the
seven gods of luck, and a red toy
lobster, also a symbol of luck to
the Japanese children.
ui me ngurcs on display
were used only during the chil
dren’s festivals, which were held
yearly for the girls and boys of
Japan. Among the items used
during these festivals are the
bow and arrows and fish-shaped
cloth kite. It must be remember
ed that the Japanese children did
not play with these objects dur
ing their festivals. They merely
looked at them, and studied them
for the lessons they taught.
Too Late to Classify
SALES OPPORTUNITY. If
you need $100 per month
for 2 evenings and Satur
day work while in college,
with valuable management
opportunity after gradua
tion, write John Arnold, P.
O. Box 542, Eugene. 2-24
For Rent. Good 3-room trailer
with stool at Twin Totem
Trailer Court. Call Mrs.
Hermanson, 6-3524. 2-22tf
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you up to six months of shaving luxury. The rich lather
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distributors for U. S. A., Yardley of London, Inc., New York.