), 1950
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ERssembly Ball1
ThemeRevealed
'Kandy' Atmosphere To Be Carried Out
With Sugar 'n Spice n Everything Nice
Prominent Japanese Woman Visits University
Sweet talk will reign supreme
4when the annual Assembly Ball
is presented from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
March 3 at the Union.
With "Kandy Kingdom" as the
theme, the annual coed-bid dance,
given by and for independent wo-
men, will feature the music of
Frank Tinker and his orchestra.
T H E DECORATIONS, . p r o-
grams and favors for this visit to
the kingdom of sweets will all be
based on the "Kandy" theme.
Tickets for the semi-formal
dance will go on sale Wednes-
There will be a meeting of the
publicity committee for Assem-
bly Ball at 4:15 p.m. tomorrow
in the League:.
The room number will be
posted. Those attending should
bring their eligibility cards.
day at the League and in the
residence halls, where they will
be sold by representatives of
Assembly.I
Orders for boutonnieres for As-
sembly Ball are being taken by
members of Senior Society in all
women's residences with sales be-
ginning Wednesday. They will al-
so be taken in the Undergraduate
Office of the League from 9 to
11 a.m. and 2 to 5 p.m. every day
starting Wednesday. All orders
should be in three days before the
dance.
THE CENTRAL committee
members for the dance are: Joan
Mintzer, Betsy Barbour, general
chairman; Emily Blair, Jordan,,
tickets; Martha Tomkins, Mosher,
assistant tickets; Barbara Tryten,
Helen Newberry, decorations; Syl-
via Sheppard, Martha Cook, pro-
grams; Helen Yaeger, Mosher, pa-
trons; Eva Stern, Stockwell, pub-
licity; Joyce Baker, Martha Cook,
finance chairman and- Elaine
Platsky, Henderson House, assist-
ant publicity;
A campus tradition, Assembly
combined with Panhellenic in
the presentation of the ball dur-
ing the war years, but in 1947,
the two dances were once again
presented separately.
The theme of Assembly ball in
that year was "High Tide" which
featured a visit to the kingdom
under the sea. Last year's dance
carried out an "Assembly Reigns"
theme with decorations based on
the typical Ann Arbor weather.
Women attending the ball will
be granted late permission.
Coeds May S ign
For Rifle Club
Spring Activities
Women may sign up for shoot-
ing on the WAB rifle range during
the next two weeks in the base-
ment of the WAB, when the WAA
Rifle Club will hold its organiza-
tional period.
Shooting times, both in the af-
ternoon and in the evening, will
be posted at the WAB.
Ammunition and rifles will be
furnished by the club. Instruction
will be provided by an army in-
structor.
By LEE KALTENBACH
The luxurious life of an upper
class Japanese matron and that of
a university student in America
are very different.
This transition was made by
Mrs. Takako Shibusawa a year ago
last December when she came
from Japan to study here in the
United States.
MRS. SHIBUSAWA, who, for a
little over a year, has been study-
ing sociology and social service
work at the University of Hous-
ton, is one of Japan's most well
known women in the field of so-
cial welfare work.
She came to Ann Arbor this
weekend for a short visit where
she was particularly interested
in looking through University
records to find information con-
cerning her great grandfather,r
Shohachi Matsumoto, who stu-
died here in 1885. He was one of
a group of the first Japanese
students to study in this coun-
try.
Intermission entertainment in
keeping with the theme of bur-
lesquing advertising tvill be pre-
sented at the Mad-Ad Ball which
will be held Friday, Feb. 24 in the
League ballroom.
One of the entertainment high-
lights will be a skit, "Ballads in
Burlesque," to be presented by
students in the School of Music.
Although no names were disclosed,
it has been learned that several
faculty members will take part in
the skit.
Radio advertising will be in for
its share of good-humored ridi-
cule during the intermission enter-
tainment.
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GEORGE AND Chuck Olson will
present several humorous vaude-
ville turns.
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Mrs. Shibusawa is the wife of
Kozo Shibusawa, a grandson of
Vicount Eiichi Shibusawa, who is
known in Japan as the "father of
the Japanese banking system."
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HER HUSBAND'S father is Dr.
Motoji Shibusawa, president of
the Imperial University of Nago-
ya. He is also an honorary member
of the American Institute of Elec-
trical Engineers in New York.
Mrs. Shibusawa stated that
the University of Michigan is
very well known in Japan and
she was duely impressed with its
size and "atmosphere." It's
wonderful," she said, "so many
different kinds of students all
working together."
The greatest difference noted
by Mrs. Shibusawa between Jap-
anese and American universities
is the attitude which students
have. In Japan the students are
much more polite to the profes-
sors. Here they are so frank. "I
like it this way, however," she
stated.
MRS. SHIBUSAWA said that
Japanese universities did not ac-
commodate women students until
the last few years. They are grad-
ually expanding, however, and o-
men have a better opportunity for
higher education.
Japanese women are becom-
ing more westernized since the
war all the way around, accord-
ing to Mlrs. Shibusawa. Their
clothing aqld hair styles are
similar to those of American
women she explained. However,
in the rural areas, many of the
women continue to wear kimon-
os and cling to old customs.
Mrs. Shibusawa found it a little
difficult to adjust to life in Amer-
ica at first since she could, not
speak or write English.
--Daily-Alan Reid
JAPANESE STUDENT-Mrs. Takako Shibusawa, a siudent at the
University of Houston and well known in Japan for her out-
standing work in the field of social service, poses in one of her
beautifully ornate kimonos while visiting in Ann Arbor.
W"
SHE MASTERED this rather
quickly, however, and found it
much less time consuming to write
her themes directly in English
than to write them first in Japan-
ese and then translate them into
English.
Postwar life in impoverished
Japan led Mrs. Shibusawa to
found the Takara Club, one of
the countries first social service
organizations for women. She des-
cribed the club as being similar to
our Junior League organizations.
THE CLUB'S WORK consists
primarily of helping care for war
orphans and providing beneficial
recreation and educational aid.
The Club is ,planning to give
scholarships, some of which will
be to American universities.
Mrs. Shibusawa feels that her
study here in America will bet-
ter prepare her to carry on her
welfare work when she returns
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People who possess wealth fn
Japan now seem to have little in-
terest in welfare and social relif
work she stated. Much help has
been received from the American
people, however, she said.
THE PEOPLE OF Japan and
America actually know very little
about each other, according to
Mrs. Shibusawa. Before the world
war, America was laigely portray-
ed to the Japanese through mo-
tion pictures.
Mrs. Shibusawa believes this
impression to be more or less in-
correct, since the motion pic-
tures lead people to believe
American life to be much more
glamorous than it actually is.
She claims that the American
occupation of her country has
helped greatly in giving the Jap-
anese people a more accurate idea
of American people.
Most Japanese people, especial-
ly the children, are very fond of
the American soldiers, Mrs. Shi-
busawa believes. "They are so
sweet to the children," she stated.
Through the generous help of
the American people, she believes
the people of Japan are learning
to appreciate the real meaning of
democ racy.
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