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A letter for former members of International House, 500 Riverside Drive, New York, N.Y. 10027

NONE Citizen

**Unless man learns to live in harmonious unity, the human race faces the danger of destroying itself. Indeed, the

Ninety delegates from 14 countries and 13 American states attended the First World Conference of I. House Alumni on March 27-31. With its theme “One World

choice is, as your theme points out—‘one world or none.’

or None: Educating the World Citizen,”

that reason ... we cannot hope to plunge with one leap into a unified world community of nations. If the Japanese of today aspire to the role of becoming citizens of a great nation and to take on the broad characteristics of world citizens

ONE WORLD OR Educating The World

the meeting took place at the new and beautiful International Conference Hall in Kyoto, Japan.

Keynote speaker was Shintaro Fukushima, President and Publisher of The Japan Times and President of Kyodo

News Service.

Other speakers included

International House President Howard A. Cook; L. W. Frohlich ’37, Trustee and Chairman of the Alumni Council; John Mallea

°69,

former

Student

Council

Chairman; Dr. Otis Cary, Professor of History, Doshisha University, Kyoto; and Visvaldis Paukulis, President of Architects Design Group, Cambridge, Mass. Discussion groups analyzed results of

a World Citizens questionnaire sent to all alumni, and debated the future of the House and its alumni program. Alumni Council representatives from Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Hawaii, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea and New York

attended the Conference and held their own meeting on March 29, During the following week, most of the 62 overseas delegates joined tours, arranged by the Japanese alumni, of Kyoto,

Tokyo,

Nara

and

Nikko

EXPO ’70. Conference

co-chairmen

Frohlich

and

Namiji

Tokyo, Japan.

Alumni

Parks,

and

were

Itabashi

°38

Member

for

Council

**What can we, a tiny little group coming from very different countries, do to assist

in the

work

create

better

world? How can we create progress and harmony for mankind ?*? —P. H. Kyarr-HAnsen °37, Alumni Council Member, Denmark.

“The future history of the world will be born out of today’s realities . . . For

and internationally minded persons, they must translate the national traditions and individual traits of our people into forms which will be usable and viable in

the international community of nations. “The path you are taking to becoming good citizens of your own country can also lead to your goal of developing into

world citizens.??——-SHINTARO FUKUSHIMA (Keynote Speech) .

**4t the timeof its founding, International House promulgated a new concept in social education .. . as an organization open to all men and women dedicated to

the ideal ‘that brotherhood may prevail.’ It has become a way station in the sea of national rivalries spectives...

and

constricted

per-

“But are these accomplishments as relevant

to furthering

international

educa-

tion and brotherhood today as they were 40 years ago? Today’s student is looking for more from his education than merely completing

a curriculum

and

building

his professional career. He is seeking to apply himself outside the classroom to solving real world problems. “It is now very evident that man can determine his own future through his setting of global priorities and his allocation

of world resources to those priorities. But have we set the right priorities for International House?*? —L. W. FROHLICH

What's

Going

On...

STUDENT POWER: The Pleasure and the Pain by Don Cuneo ’69 Eldridge Cleaver said it well: youre

not part of the solution,

part of the problem.” serious

student

experienced in tentative first steps that the

“If

you’re

sponsibility, for relevance

and

re-

for the

accountability of those in the “establish-

ment” has reached even inside the sheltered walls of International House.

Or is it sheltered? Should it be? The question has been squarely posed: “International

House

needs

far

greater commitment—particularly by students—than we've ever given it in the past. It... should be an exemplar community,

where

commitment

broth-

erhood is lifelong, developed not by osmosis, not just by living together or... even by drinking beer together, but by

facing the problems which are there now. “(Students)

must

take on racism,

House

has

taken

recently

con-

fronting the issues. The battle is not over,

The demand for

participation

debates among the membership and be-

the

Middle East, etc., without getting at each

others’ throats. They must know they are going to have a one or two year experi-

ence where they'll learn both the pleasure and pain of being a world citizen.” —John Mallea ’69, speaking at the Japan Conference.

From a different perspective, the nature of the problem becomes clear: “We have faced a real dilemma when it comes to programming—whether or not we should give a platform to, say, a

Black Panther group on the grounds that white residents must be exposed to Panther invective to understand the deep feelings of antagonism felt by so many blacks in the United States, when at the

same time we know that groups preaching hatred and violence are antithetical to everything for which International House

stands. “Do meetings of this sort polarize our

but here are some skirmishes

along the

way. U. N.

Round

Tables

A scheduled “Roundtable:

appearance of the South African Ambas-

sador at a separate luncheon held prior to the evening’s panel discussion. Several communication snafus took place concerning the significance and timing of the South African representative’s visit, and

as a result the invited Ambassadors

other nations refused to come. Debate on the debacle raged for days. Following an appeal by the student organizer of the program to “help us make International House an authentic inter-

national forum and not a pollyanna superstructure of spineless jellyfish” (1. House “Globe,” March 23, 1970), a sec-

“U.N.

Detente,”

Roundtable a

less

European

controversial

subject,

roundtable,

“U.N.

went smoothly. A

recent

third

defined policy-making power should be formed. Just what and how broad that policy-

Peacekeeping in the Middle East,” pro-

point

a Town

Meeting

one evening.

Many students insisted that they be directly involved by way of the Senate in decisions concerning hiring and firing of personnel, wage levels and financial policy in general. Not without opposi-

tion, this very Senate’s

wide conception

powers

was

endorsed

of the at

the

Town Meeting and then by a House (student) referendum,

Elections quickly fol-

lowed. Students

and

Trustees

second result of the formation of the Senate was the election of two students to the Board of Trustees. The de-

sign is to bring these two bodies much closer

together

and

coordinate

their

|. HOUSE WORLD NEWSLETTER SPRING, 1970 Published by

vided another kind of scenario. Anyone there will never forget the student moni-

International House—New York

tors rushing around to keep peace in the huge crowd that filled the Auditorium, or the on-the-scene confiscation of a photog-

L. W. Frohlich, Chairman, Alumni Council Janice Crichton, Editor

rapher’s film.

Howard

A. Cook, President

The results were disputed,

but no one doubted the sincerity of the effort to confront issues.

The New Senate A new approach to House politics has promoted yet more confrontation this spring. Frustration and lack of power to effect change were the catalysts as students began to take an active interest in nearly every aspect of House policy and

procedure. The evolution of the Senate to its pres-

membership, or do they in the long run promote greater understanding? We have found that discussions between Israelis and Arabs on the situation in the Middle East have led to a complete breakdown in communications . . . whereas

ent structure of 15 students, 2 studenttrustees, and 7 staff members, with working committees in all important areas,

meetings of professional interest groups

members “dramatically read out their resignation manifestoes” and challenged the body to do more than “debate the size of paper cups in the cafeteria.”

in which Israelis and Arabs participate often bring about close associations or friendships, which hopefully will bridge important national differences in the fu-

developed that a new body with clearly

making power would be became the focal

Africa and

the U.N.” collapsed in a dispute over the

ond

tween students and staff on how to restructure. The Pub was the scene of much negotiating, and eventually a concensus

was a painstaking process. Several months ago, at a meeting of the now defunct Student Council, three

As the “Globe”

observed, ‘The meet-

ture.”—Howard A. Cook, President, In-

ing marked the beginning of change, but

ternational House, speaking at the Japan Conference. Pleasure, pain and dilemma were all

for the Council.”

it was also the end of a long bitter road

The session disbanded

in confusion, and there ensued continual

lashes nintioaial House is ahasan residence and program center for graduate students from all nations. Its programs, supported by contributions from individuals, corporations and foundations, seek to achieve three

oe ee

1. To promote friendship

respect among you Ait ME cencstien und ania ve provide opportunities for students to

experience American life through trips, home visits and active partici-

oe in the community;

3, To help

policy-making

for

the

benefit

knowledge, and sharpen their skills so that they may take effective action in

the

House.

combating

Another example of trustee-student interaction was provided by Mr. Herman Schmidt,

a trustee

Mobil Oil Company.

and

Director

International

Inaugurating the

subjects of special relevance in the news, Mr. Schmidt discussed “The Role of the International Oil Company.”

Following introductory remarks filled with revealing facts, Mr. Schmidt fielded

alumni,

audience questions with candor and care,

A subsequent program in the Contemporary Issues Series featured The Fortune Society, a group of ex-convicts

which is trying to bring the problems of prisons

to the

attention

of the

public.

Their highly moving personal stories left the audience

spellbound

for hours, and

at the close of the meeting conditions

in other

countries

the prison were

ex-

plored. A third program scheduled a debate on Abortion Reform just prior to

Discussion group participants at Japan Conference from

left:

Sjamsiah

Don

and

Linda

Achmad

Cuneo,

both

'61,

from

Indonesia;

'69,

from

New

York.

SUMMARY OF RESOLUTONS Kyoto, Japan — March 31, 1970 WE find it significant and appropriate that this First World Conference of International House Alumni, meeting for the purpose of evaluating and improving the role of this institution in promoting understanding among people of all nations, should be held at this time, at the outset

the dramatic New York State Legislature approval of a new liberalized law.

of the International Education Year as proclaimed by the United Nations, and

Program Fellowships The fellowship program has also re-

dedicated to “Progress and Harmony for

sponded

to the goals of responsible stu-

in this place, by the site of an Exposition Mankind.”

dent participation and relevance by mov-

THIS Conference expresses its appre-

ing away from specifically described job

ciation to our Japanese hosts who contributed so much to its success. It is also

duties under each of the fellowships. Instead, applicants have been asked for

appreciative of the presentation made by

creative programming, and new ideas will be the primary criteria for choosing the new fellows. The goal is to give stu-

Mr. Visvaldis Paukulis of a new architectural concept in international community living.

dents flexibility and autonomy while re-

THE Conference proposes that International House send a formal statement to U Thant endorsing his proposal to establish an International University available to all citizens of the world.

quiring a greater degree of responsibility.

Some fellowships are given a budget to use at their discretion. In addition to altering fellowship policy, the Program Committee of the Senate undertook a complete review and trimmed the number of fellowships offered from 21 to 15. This kind of responsible and tough look at the system is typical of the students’ approach to every aspect of Inter-

national House’s operation. Everything and everyone is to be accountable and relevant. Secretiveness is not permitted. Everyone has a stake in the House. Such is the pleasure and pain of being a world citizen. Don Cuneo is a graduate student at Columbia and Program

Assistant at International House.

problems

facing

House,

proposed

President Cook, with priorities and procedures to be determined in large measure by the residents themselves. IN order to improve communications and understanding between students,

Contemporary Issues Series, a group of highly topical programs which are on

covering the major controversial areas of oil company activity. From the audience participation and interest it was obvious that more of this type of program should be scheduled.

the crucial

our world. To this end, we urge the creation of a World Citizens Institute at

recommend

the formation

of a

permanent organization of International Houses and Centers with these stated ob-

jectives: a) to give unity and direction to the International House Movement; b) to assist in the establishment of new international houses and centers; c) to coordinate the movement of students among such organizations; d) to facil-

itate the exchange of information about organization, operation, and programming. IT is our belief that International

House has an obligation to help its residents deepen their concern, broaden their

trustees

and

staff, it is recom-

mended that each group be given representation at the meetings of the others. THE alumni strongly endorse the fullest participation of students at all levels of decision-making in the policies and programs of International House. WE recognize and support the view that participation by residents in the programs and activities of the House can and does help to develop the future commitment of alumni. AS alumni, we offer our assistance to

present and future members, particularly by providing contact on departure and return to their own communities, hospitality in the New York area, and greater financial support. WITH the aim of encouraging and strengthening contact among

alumni, as

well as promoting a closer relationship with current residents, it is suggested that periodic

“Alumni

weekends”

insti-

tuted. WE believe that often the best step that a new alumnus can take to carry out the ideal of Brotherhood is to associate himself actively with an appropriate ongoing project in his own community. BECAUSE it is often difficult for alumni to develop appropriate projects to carry out on the local level, it is recom-

mended that the Alumni Newsletter carry more case histories of projects now under way as a stimulus to other alumni.

It is

hoped that better communications will be established in all regions in the future, especially with alumni who have recently

left International House. ALUMNI members at the Conference urge the strengthening and expansion of the Alumni Council through the addition of new members. THE Conference proposes that the Alumni Council members consider sponsoring regional conferences in preparation for the 50th anniversary of International House in 1974, This is a partial list of resolutions. A complete Conference Report may be obtained from the Alumni Office at $2.00 per copy.

Mrs. Lilliana Seibert '49, Mr. Henry Matsushita '26 and Mr. at Japanese Alumni Luncheon, International House of Japan.

George

Seibert,

Oldest conference participant: Mr. Katsuo Chairman of Kikutake Sangyo Co., Ltd.

oo x

Conference

eo”)

Co-chairman

Sm:

Namiji

ton MF

i, J

Ome

Itabashi

’ ~

'38

speaks

From left: Co-chairman L, W. Frohlich; Keynote speaker Mr. Itabashi; |. House President Howard A. Cook.

Japan

. 4

“Bil

Opening Shintaro

Banquet. Fukushima;

, Trustee Bernard Barnes, Mrs. William Hollomon of Virginia and Miss Ei Komada Reception.

of Fukuoka,

? ay

Plenary

at Conference

'20

“a

Session:

P. H. Kjaer-Hansen

dent Howard Cook.

of Tokyo

Yamauchi

'37,

John

Mallea

'69

(speaking) ; Presi-

Discussion Group leaders report. From left: Emma Broisman '46, Thailand; Masaru Ogawa '38 and '54, Japan; Sjamsiah Achmad '61, Indonesia; Dorothy Brickman,

'58 and '64, U.S.A.

a»

Five Alumni marsh

'40

Council

members

(Hawaii);

Mr.

listen

P. H.

intently

Kjaer-Hansen

in Conference '37

Alumni Council Seeks New Area Projects Ten members of the International House Alumni Council met at the Kyoto International Conference Hall on March 29, 1970. In the spirit of activism that

pervaded

the

Conference,

the

council

members resolved that 1. To enlist new members and sustain commitment

among

current

members,

area committees must undertake specific projects for the advancement of International House goals. Such projects might include: * community service and education

programs such as those undertaken current students at the House,

revised to

meet local needs and conditions; e research on local organizations and

group

(Denmark);

discussion.

Dr.

Otakar

Facin g, from right to left: Dr. Myong

Matousek

'30

(Czechoslovakia);

pressed with the ongoing responsibility of I. House membership and urged to join their local area committees after com-

pleting their studies. the

House,

should

their

When

names

be sent as soon

they leave

and

addresses

as possible to

Alumni Council members in their home country or community. 3. To save money and time, the News-

letter may be sent in Air Freight packages to Council Members, to be re-mailed to alumni in their own countries. 4, Alumni Council members, or persons designated by them, should be add-

ed to the Bequest Committee of the Board of Trustees.

5. To

implement

each area committee,

these

resolutions,

individual alumni working on population control, food and hunger, environmental

pollution,

control,

etc.,

alumni “information bank”; e increased efforts to raise

for

Alumni

Bequests;

Community

Service;

Tracing alumni addresses. The following Council members were present: Mr. Namiji Itabashi, Japan; Dr.

scholarships and House endowment funds

Myong

Korea;

Mr. P. H.

with special 50th Anniversary be established; e tracing alumni addresses

Kjaer-Hansen, Denmark; Matousek, Czechoslovakia;

Dr. Otakar Mr. Behram

goals to through

area “class chairmen” for each alumni decade or five year period; ¢ orientation

and

re-orientation

pro-

grams for I. House students departing and returning to the area. 2. Current students should be im-

Whai

Kim,

Whai

Behram

From

Kim

'60

Sidhwa

the

(Korea); ’49

Mrs. Lucia Whit-

(India).

Editor:

Where do we go from here? Your 1970-72 “Passport to International House Friends” lists names and addresses of Alumni Council members in 32 areas around the world. Contact them or the Alumni Office at International House—

IF you would like to initiate new regional activities...

[F you’re already involved in an educational or community service endeavor in which other local alumni could

help...

under the direction

of the Alumni Council member, should appoint a chairman for the following projects: a) Orientation Programs;

arms

Mr.

Sidhwa, India; Dr, Eleanor Thom, representing William Choy, Hong Kong; Mrs. Lucia Whitmarsh, Hawaii; Mr. L. W. Frohlich, Chairman, New York; Mr. Howard A. Cook, President, International House; Mrs. Janice Crichton,

Alumni Secretary-Editor.

IF you're available to write articles or make speeches of interest to alumni. . .

IF you simply want to know more about common world problems. . . IF you would like to volunteer yourself or suggest someone else as chairman for one of the area committee projects listed at left . . .

IF you have no area committee in your town

country

and

would

and

addresses

start one...

IF you

have

names

I. House alumni

who are not on our

Newsletter mailing list.

Alumni

Leslie

Notes

Harry Edmonds, who recently celebrated his 87th birthday, was awarded the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany at a ceremony at International House on Mar. 12. The award, among the highest given by the German President to citizens who have assisted in the post-war

Germany,

reconstruction

was

granted to Mr. Edmonds for his contribution to international education exchange programs and for the inspiration he has given to the many German students who have studied in the U.S. Reverend Frank B. Gigliotti ’°22, former Chaplain of the Assembly of the State of California, chairman or active member of numerous state commissions and civic organizations, holder of decorations and medals from

France,

Italy,

the

and

States,

United

was honored by the Senate of the State of California on Sept. 21, 1965 “in recognition of his long standing and ever continuing efforts to make this world a better place in which to live.” Barbara Pisek ’24 of Hillsdale, N.Y., is a retired dietitian. In a Christmas letter, Miss E. M. Thillayampalam °’24 described the good work being

done at the girls’ residence centre which she manages in Chunnakam, Ceylon. Mrs. Gladys Bernheimer ’26 wrote that her son just received a Ph.D. from Harvard and her daughter is a private secretary and active in the Philadelphia I. House. Daniel Bliss ’26 of West Newton, Mass., was one of five who signed the legal papers to incorporate I. House in 1924. He is on the Board of the American University of Beirut and International College, and often sees Dr.

Matta

Akrawi

’29, Alumni

Council

Member for Lebanon. Edith Sterling Currier ’26 has returned to this country from France and is now living in San Francisco. Eric F. Menke °26 has retired after 35 years in the Office of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army. He continues to work in Washington, D.C., as a private consultant. Lloyd R. Killam ’27 of Honolulu is a YMCA

organizer and executive.

He was also

a co-founder of the Institute of Pacific Relations (now Pacific and Asian Affairs Council.) Now Minister of the First Congregational Church, Ashville, N.C., Paul Limbert ’27 retired in 1967 as Executive Director of the Blue Ridge Assembly and in 1962 as Secretary General of the World Alliance of YMCA’s. Peter W. Lin ’27 retired from banking and accounting work in 1964 but remains fully active in work of the Philadelphia I. House and other civic organizations. Gertrude Haines Tabor °30 now lives in Richmond, Va. and enjoys “reading about all the alumni, especially those in my day.” Christian A. Meister ’31 of Bavaria, Germany, writes: “I gladly remember International House and would appreciate any contact with former members.” Registered Nurse Katherine G. Amberson °32

Waynesboro,

Pa.,

wrote

that

Isabel

Bradshaw Conn ’30 has moved to a new house in Poendigo, Victoria, Australia.

F. Smith

’32,

Professor

History

at the U. of Oklahoma, is teaching at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, during the 1969-70 academic year. Dr. Eugene L. Sarkies ’33 has left Surabaja, Indonesia, after living there for more

than 65 years. His new home will be Wassenaar, Holland. Helen Clark ’34, a retired member of the American Dietetic Assn., keeps busy as a volunteer for the local Dial-a-Dietician program in Columbus, Ohio. From August, 1968 to July 1969, Curt Regen ’34 and Rosalie Stork Regen ’34 of Plainfield,

N.J.,

visited

Quakers

on _ the

European Continent on behalf of the Friends World Committee of The Religious Society of Friends.

Unfortunately,

they were far too

busy to visit I. H. alumni, as done in previous years. Harold E. and Betty (Linton) Snyder ’34 have just returned to Washington,

D.C., after

three: years in India and Pakistan with American Friends Service Committee. Francisco

Segundo

Cespedes

’35

the now

Director of the Dept. of Educational Affairs, General Secretariat, Organization of American States, in Washington,

D.C.

Japan

Participants

Conference

Delegates From Overseas: Miss Sjamsiah Achmad ’61 ..... Indonesia Mr. Max Arensberg "39 ... New York City Mrs. Beryl Arensberg °37 .. New York City Mr. Bernard Barnes, Trustee. New York City Mrs. Carolyn Payne Barnes . New York City Mrs. Frid] Blumenthal ......... Maryland Miss Dorothy Brickman ’64 ......... Ohio Miss Emma Broisman ’46 ....... Thailand Mrs; Alice Carey 6.44.6 ..%> Massachusetts Mr. Isaac Chocrom "53 ......+++ Venezuela Mrs. Reiko Conahan ’60 ... New York City Et, B, Ns COORG Oe ence hice enw ean India President Howard A. Cook . New York City Mr. Victor Crichtoa® ... 5.03 New York City Mrs. Janice Crichton ...... New York City Mrs. Linda Cuneo ’69 ..... New York City Mr. Donald Lane Cuneo 69 New York City Miss Margaret Currie ’49 .. New York City Dr. James L. Davis 64 .... New York City Mrs. Anne Deichert ’51....... New Jersey Miss Jennie Doidge ’29 ........ Minnesota Mr. L. W. Frohlich ’37* .... New York City Miss Carmen Gonzalez-Lago ’55 Puerto Rico Miss

Evelyn

Graham

(I. H.

Berkeley)

Calif.

Mrs. Hatsuye Higaki 39 .......... Hawaii Mr, Ralf HOGKOMS «0. cece nc cencs Kansas Mrs. Alice Hockens '33'........... Kansas Mr. William Hollomon ’44 ....... Virginia Mrs. Beverly Hollomon ......... Virginia nerd,

Pett

HOM

ccs Fics

es 5 tae

England

Miss May Hosken °50 ........++:. England Dy. Susana tava "OF io. cece ve cas Panama Dr. Manfred Kanther ’57 .... Pennsylvania Mrs. Peter Kenmore ’50 .. Washington, D.C. Dr. Myong Whai Kim ’60* ......... Korea Mr. P. H. Kjaer-Hansen °37* .... Denmark Mrs. Leah Levin ....60 058% New York City Miss Emily U. Light 42 ........ California Miss Shirley Loo

’66

....

Washington,

D.C.

Mr. John R. Mallea 69 ........++. England Dr. Otakar Matousek °30* . Czechoslovakia Mr. Larry Millet icc cscs: Massachusetts Mrs. Shirley Paukulis ...... Massachusetts Mr. Visvaldis Paukulis ..... Massachusetts

Frederick D. Eddy ’35 is a Professor of French at the University of Colorado in Boulder. During the last three summers, he has served on the teaching staff of NDEA Institutes Abroad. He has published several books on language teaching and served as a consultant for the U.S. Office of Education. Erna Henschke Bowman °36 of Brockport, N.Y., has been Tutor-in-charge of a Social Work Training Course at Rupert Stanley College, Belfast, Northern Ireland, for the school year 1969-70. Allie Miller Holley Hubert ’37 of Wilmington, Del., writes that she is “available for I. H. programming. Yearly one realizes that the greatest International Discipline and preparation for world promotion of Brotherhood began while (we) were involved in programs at one of our International Houses.” John L. Landgraf ’38 has moved from Tappan, N.Y., to Washington, D.C., where’ he is now Executive Secretary of the Committee on International Exchange of Persons (Senior Fulbright-Hays Program.) Dorothy Smith °38 of Portuguese Bend, Calif., spent a month in the U.S.S.R. during the summer of 1969. She is a retired college librarian. Mire. Josefina Pere? ... os. «ss Puerto Rico Mrs. Evy Sambale "49 .....0 055 .c006s Haiti Mrs. Lilliana Seibert 49 ....... New York Mr: George 1, Seibert ......... New York Mir. Sonn BRAGG OF bn ce cesses New York Mis, LOMG0G SUSIE «occ aces. New York bie BS CO Lis isxic es Om India Dr.

Harold

Sternbach

'54

....

Rhode

Island

Mrs. Selma B. Sternbach.....

Rhode Island

Miss Maria Texidor (Staff 66)

. Puerto

Rico

Dr. Eleanor Thom *46* ....... Hong Kong Miss Anna Reba Weitz 61 . New York City Mrs. Lucia K. Whitmarsh ’40* .... Hawaii Mr. John K. Whitmarsh ..... .... Hawaii Dr. Roland Wingfield ’52...... Puerto Rico Miss Clare Zelley '54 ........ Pennsylvania Miss Pauline Zelley ......... Pennsylvania Mrs. Judith Zesiger ....... New York City

Delegates from Japan: I FE OF dn hss Ke aa che Tokyo Mae Cte APA SD oki ei win as Tokyo Mr. Kiyoshi Asamura 60 .......... Tokyo Dr, Biaeakaten Paci 52) 6s iv is ces Tokyo Mr. Kanetake Hamachi ’55 ........ Tokyo Mr. Namiji tabashi *39"........... Tokyo Mr. Yoshitsugu Kaneko 60 .. Fukuoka City Mr. Kaoru Kobayashi 'S7 o...essss Tokyo Miss Ei Komada

(I. H. Berkeley)

...

Tokyo

Rev. Neal Henry Lawrence ’47 ..... Tokyo Mrs. Blanche Mitsushima ’54....... Osaka Mr. Harry H. Mitsushima ’54....... Osaka Mr. Yuzaburo Mogi ’60........ Chiba-ken DEE ee BENE OE 6 chk ch cedeeuan Tokyo BAe, SOUROT Cena 54 iis vont nds Tokyo Miss Kazuko Okamura ’52 ......... Tokyo Mi, Toehio Saote 39 6.6. ie ies Tokyo Miss Tomoko Takabayashi ..... Chiba-ken Mrs. Toshiko Tsujimura "62 ....,... Tokyo Dr, Jeamu Teuketiara 60 .......45. Tokyo Mr. Katsuo Yamauchi ’20 ... Fukuoka-ken Mrs. Katsuo Yamauchi...... Fukuoka-ken Pat, 1 eee ONO R! , ke. . i s Tokyo

Conference Staff (Japan): Mrs. Kazu Itabashi, Mrs. Sumiye Mikami, Mr. Tetsuo Mikami, Mr. Minoru Saito, Mr. Shiro Narita.

* Alumni Council Member

Dr. Robert H. Shaffer ’36 retired as Dean

wrote:

“I visited

Europe

this

summer,

trav-

Chair-

elled with an international group from Lon-

man of the Dept. of Higher Education in the

don to Sorrento, Rome, Venice, Naples, Paris and back; met a student from Iran in Edin-

of Students,

Indiana

School of Ed.

Univ., to become

He served as Dean

from

1954

to 1969, after going to Indiana in 1941. Lois Hamilton Tennent ’39 of Spartanburg, S.C., writes: “I am conducting a group on an Around the World Tour next June and July, which House

tact

will make me very International conscious. I hove to be able to con-

alumni

Bangkok,

Hong

Kong

and

Tokyo.”

Anna Ballarian ’41 wrote from San Jose, Calif.: “For the last 13 years I have been teaching design and textile design at San Jose State

College

and

exhibit

personal

crea-

tive textiles in many galleries.” Minnie Walker Johnson ’42 has taken a leave of absence from her job as a guidance counselor to manage her late husband’s business,

the

Johnson

Funeral

Home,

Inc.,

Columbia, S.C. Bettina Roulier ’42 of Rutland, Vt., is Asst.

Prof. of Music at Castleton State College and a cellist with the Vermont State Symphony. Ethna Beulah Winston ’42 is Research Consultant for the Women’s International Religious Fellowship in Washington, D.C.,

burgh at the Festival; seemed like the enjoyable year at I. House.” Ernest S. Lent ’52 is a Specialist in International Politics with the Legislative Reference Service, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Adela M. Mendez ’52 is now Director of the English Division of the Dept. of Education, Commonwealth

Florence

of Puerto Rico.

Nightingale

’52

is a teacher

Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Since April, 1969, Lucy Hansson Sohr ’52 has been temporarily on leave from the Dept. of Public Welfare in Oslo, Norway, teaching Social Case Work and supervising students in field work. She writes that she would enjoy meeting social workers, psychologists and related professionals from any country. Victor Wolf, Jr. °52 has been with the American Foreign Service since 1952, serving mostly

in the

Midddle

East.

is now

Re-

Principal Officer at the U.S. Consulate in Cebu, the Philippines. He wrote that Mrs. Maria B. Putong ’49 is working with him at the Consulate. Paul S. Amos °53 of Champaign, IIl., is Librarian of the Adler Zone Center, a children’s psychiatric clinic of the Illinois Dept. of Mental Health.

sources Center at Coolidge High School. Emma Broisman °46 wrote to tell of her appointment as I. L. O. Senior Personnel Administrative and Finance Officer for the Asian Region: “I continue to be stationed at the I. L. O. Regional Office for Asia in Bangkok, but shall have to travel in the region to visit our network of Area offices.”

for the General Nursing Council of England and Wales. She also meets twice a year with the West European Nursing Assoc., where they discuss policy for European Nursing. Uriel Akavia °54 is School Psychologist at Levinsky’s Teachers Training College in Tel Aviv, Israel.

founded

1959

women

from

Burma,

Ghana, India, Pakistan, the U.A.R. and the United States to promote child welfare and understanding of other religions and cultures. She

is also

Augusta

Director

Inettie

of the

(Banks)

Educational

Edwards

°46

and

*61 plans to attend the Third World Conference on Reading in Sydney, Australia, in August,

1970.

Betty Sweet Sargent °47 is teaching English at Inter City High School in Kansas City, Mo. “The students are equally divided between

Negro,

Mexican

and

Caucasian—

many serious problems, but it’s challenging, demanding and rewarding (sometimes).” Ralph E. Holben °46 and °49 recently spent 5 years in Pakistan as an Economist with USAID.

is now

with

AID

Ankara,

Turkey. Donald Capriola-Eischen ’50 is an Instructor in English at McLane High School and part-time Supervising Teacher of Student Teachers in English for Fresno State Colleze, Fresno, Calif. Last school year he was awarded an NDEA scholarship to study American Lit. at the Univ. of California. Mary Green ’50, Home

Furnishings Editor

of Family Circle Magazine, was named a winner of the Dorothy Dawe Awards, the highest honor given in home furnishings journalism. In addition

to her job

of teaching,

Char-

lotte O’Reilly °50 is chairman of “Ecumanism” at her church in Denver, Colo., and a member of the inter-church “Neighborly Hour” Board. Gary H. Caster ’52 is a School Social Worker

in Edmonton,

Alberta,

Canada.

Barbara Fawkes ’53 is Education

Dr. Wim

K. Brauers ’54 (Baby

Officer

New

Year,

I. House-New York ’54) is doing economic research for the Belgian Dept. of Defense. He is a professor in Antwerp and Louvain and lives in Berchem, Belgium. Dieter Dandkortt ’54 is Director of Education and Science in Developing Countries in’ the German Foundation for Developing Countries, Bonn, Germany.

Rasin

(Suleyman)

Serpen

°54

Asst.

Commercial Manager with IPRAS (Istanbul Petroleum Refinery Co.) which is owned

49% by Caltex and 51% by the government. He lives in Istanbul. Ceferina

Cordero

Turkish

°55 is Superintendent

Schools in Isabela, Puerto Rico. She visited India during Christmas vacation this year. William

Exum

’57

Frankfort,

Ky.,

now a member of the U.S. Olympic Committee for Track and Field through the 1972 Munich Games. The new Foster-Tanner Fine Arts Center at Florida A & M University honored Dr. William Patrick Foster °55 who played a major role in developing the University Marching Band and led the music department to a position of national and international achievement. Dr. Foster lives in Tallahassee. Aleta Styers °55 of Evanston, Ill., writes that she is back at college again. Kathrene Styles ’55, formerly of Vina del Mar, Chile, is now Mrs. Christopher Mat-

thews of Toronto, Canada. David Belgray °56 is Manager of Profit Planning Standards and Evaluations for Eastern Airlines. He wrote: “In Sept., 1967, married most wonderful girl in the world, Alice Bunzl, a musicologist; in Oct., 1969, welcomed Laura Sharon, our first child.”

They live in New York City. Mr. and Mrs. Alan McLaine °57 are presently living in Washington, D.C., where he is with the Canadian diplomatic service. David

Drucker

’58 was

U.N.

Social

Work

Training Adviser to the Government of Indonesia

1968-69

and

Consultant

the

ECAFE/UNICEF Workshop in Bangkok this past February. There he met Giancarlo Castelli 58 and Renee Gerard ’59. He is now working for the U.N. in Iran. Jerzy Kosinski ’58 of New York won the 1969 U.S.A. National Book Award in Fiction for his novel, “Steps,” and has been appointed Senior Fellow of the Council of the Humanities at Princeton University. Jens Nygaard ’58 is Music Director of the Westchester Chamber in White Plains, N.Y. Fern

Barnett

Chorus

’59 of South

and Orchestra, Bend,

Indiana,

writes: “Since serving as chairman of the Mayor’s Committee for the fall U.N. observance, I have been able, with help, to establish a strong chapter of the U.N. Association, with Headquarters and Information Center open daily to render a wide variety of services in this field.” Elizabeth Kesia Gray °59 retired in 1969 as Supervisor for the Richmond, Va., Public Schools and is now working in her studio doing sculpture and oil painting. Huguette Nizard Auerswald ’60 is teaching Philosophy at La Fondation Francaise Internationale in Washington, D.C.

Agnes Bennhold ’60 is teaching in Tubingen, Germany. “I now have a small international house of my own,” writes Pauline van Eyssen Schubert °60. Formerly of South Africa, Pauline is married to an Australian, has two American children, and is living in Kingston, Ont., Canada. Carlos Gutierrez °61 writes: “I am still teaching . . . at the Heidelberger Universitat (Germany).

After

finishing

book

‘Kritik

der Heideggerschen Philosophie’ I planto go back to Colombia, my homeland, next year. Nicholas Pobbi-Asare °61 (Ghana) visited with me some months ago; we were chairman and vice-chairman of the Student Council in 1960.” Eduard Feitzinger ’62 and his wife Polly (Shaw) ’62 live in Vestal, N.Y., with their two children, Laura, 4, and Edward, 2. Ed is

engineering manager of a division of GAF Corp.; Polly, a pianist, gives lecture-recitals. Ashraf Ismail Macchiwalla ’62 is working as a Medical Social Worker in the largest municipal hospital in Bombay. She is also vice-president of the Indian Assoc. of Trained Social Workers (Bombay Chapter) and a member of several committees of welfare organizations. Louise Bernikow °63 of New York has written a book called “Abel,” about the Soviet spy Rudolph Abel, published by Trident Press this spring.

Cano

Ozgener ’63 is an engineer

with

Du-

pont in Nashville, Tenn. and is also involved in franchising restaurants serving TurkishMiddle Eastern food. His wife, Esen (Sever)

60 is studying for her Ph.D. in Child Education at Peabody. They have one young son. Stephanie Wenner Highberg °64 writes:

“My paintings will be exhibited at a twosister show in Chesterfield, Mo., and at a one-man

show at the Chase-Park

Plaza Hotel

in St. Louis. They are continuously exhibited at the Lord & Taylor Gallery, New York.” She

teaches

at Chicago

Jag Jayaswal

(Ill.) Latin

’64 is now

School.

director of Uni-

versal Systems Institute (Data Processing School) in New York. J. D. Von Pischke ’64 is with the Standard Bank, Ltd., in London. He recently met Eric

Arthur ’69 of Ghana,

a trainee at the same

bank.

Cipriano

Apolinario

’65 of Nandaluyong,

Rizal, Philippines, wrote that he has two children, Emmet (7) and Erwin (5), teaches English and Journalism, hopes to revisit New York in 1972, is assoc. editor of the “Manila

Times” and a target-shooting buff. Kaoru Ishii ’65 is married and running her own

modern

dance studio.

She is accepted as

the foremost choreographer of modern dance in Japan, has an excellent dance company, and hopes to bring it to the U.S. Helen Klaben

Kahn ’65 wrote that her first

child was expected in Feb. traveling extensively. Before housewifery,

was

“We've been retiring into

stockbroker—before

that an asst. editor with Macmillan.” Lurline Purvis ’°65 of New York writes: “Tam thoroughly enjoying my work as staff psychotherapist and chief psychiatric social

worker at the Long Island Consultation Center. My private practice is growing and my special interest is in leading sensitivity or encounter groups.”

David Shostac in the

’65 is now

principal

Symphony

Orchestra.

Milwaukee

Sister Emily Sabla Zwang this year at Ball State

Univ.

for her M.A. in Education. work with Mexican children.

flutist

’65 is studying in Muncie,

She

Ind.,

hopes

Eiko (Young-ja Shin) and Takafumi Ara, both ’66, are living with their two children in Tokyo. He is an executive of the Nissan

Motor Co.; she sang at the opening banquet of the Alumni Conference in Kyoto.

Otilia

Donoso

’66

sent

Christmas

greet-

ings from Panama.

David J. Klock ’66 is working as an international economist for the Dept. in Washington, D.C.

U.S.

Treasury

Ratna Ramchandani ’66 has been busy as an Interior Designer, both in the commercial and residential fields, since returning to Bombay, India, in 1966. Cyrus Abbe ’67 of New York, a lawyer, still seeks I. H. alumni volunteers for his

musical programs in New

York hospitals.

After two years as a research chemist with Eli Lilly & Co. in Indianapolis, James C. Cheng ’67 has returned to school for his

M.B.A.

at Carnegie-Mellon

Univ.

Pitts-

burgh.

Peter Mohilla ’67 is working

as an archi-

tect in Vienna, Austria.

John Molino ’67 finished his Ph.D. at Columbia criteria Bureau

and is doing research on loudness and noise control at the National of Standards in Washington.

Michael Nagel ’67 has been assigned the Paris office of Smith, Barney & Co. develop business in Germany. Jonathan

Rose

’67

is an Architectural

De-

Mass.

that

signer in Stockbridge, he was married to last August 23rd. as

to to

Anne

He wrote

Alexander

Cogbill

(Takahara) ’69 continues her study of modern

dance in Japan.

Violist Karen Phillips ’68, a former I. House Scholarship holder, recently performed 104 concerts in 56 days, to high critical acclaim, as an Affiliate Artist with the Performing Arts Council of the Music Center in Los Angeles. Karen, who lives in New York, can be heard on Mercury, RCA

Victor and Philips records. Yoav Talmi ’68 won

the

Koussevitzky

Memorial Conducting Prize at the Berkshire Music Festival, Tanglewood, Mass., last

summer. Rebecca nard

Cook

’69

graduated

in January.

She

was

from

Bar-

a researcher

last

summer for the Pearson Commission Report, Partners in Development, commissioned by the World

Bank.

Joan Fuerstman ’69 is currently with the New York Pro Musica. Tomoko

Fujita and

Sachio

singing

Kohjima,

both

69, were married recently in Japan. Sharon Guyer and 69, graduated from

Doreen Wunsch, both Manhattan School of

Music last June. Doreen is now an oboist with the Symphony Orchestra of Miami, Florida. Sharon teaches vocal music in two elementary schools of Southington, Conn.

Mitsuko Maeda

’69 is now

back

in Japan

teaching dance.

Ivan Verougstraete ’67 has been appointed

Constance Hopkins McCluskey °69 was married in June, 1969. She is teaching 4th

Referendaire

Grade

the

European

Economic

parochial

school

and

lives

Community Court of Justice in Luxembourg. Yasukata Yano ’67 is a Language Special-

Madison, Wisconsin.

ist at the Univ.

that he is trying to found a nutrition course in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Bass-baritone John Spiro ’°69 was a soloist with the Israel Broadcasting Symphony last

of Maryland

Far Eastern

Di-

vision in Tokyo. He served on the panel of recent alumni at the Alumni Conference in Kyoto.

Reuven Kimelman ’68 expects to be ordained as a Rabbi in June. His article, “NonViolence in the Talmud,” was published in 1969, Doris Krebs ’68 was elected Director of the School of Nursing of the Univ. of Chile in July of 1969, Anita Loomis ’68 and Charles Koho 69 were married on November 26, 1969.

Muneo Ohkawa ’68 had his operatic debut in Tokyo

October

Ist.

His

wife

Etsuko

Dr.

Alceu

Castro

summer in its performance conducted by Pablo Casals. Writer-director

Dan

Romeu

’69

of “El

Wolman

’69

writes

Possebre” won

ex-

travagant praise from the critics for his first film, “The Dreamer,” photographed in Israel. Winfried Wurffel ’69 is now solocellist with the Nurnberg (Germany) Opera House and Philharmonic Orchestra. Peter Franz Zurbrugg ’69 is with the Division of Finance and Control, F. HoffmannLa Roche & Co. Ltd., in Basel, Switzerland.

Tce

In 1969-70, the Alumni Office budget

for 3 good reasons 1. When you give, it is an indication to other contributors that you found the International House program worthwhile. This acts as a lever to raise the total amount contributed by all sources. In 1969-70, the International House

Your gift will support expanded efforts

was pared to a minimal $21,024,+which barely covers the cost of the services above. Any new programs such as

in these directions. An envelope is enclosed. Do your own thing.

Alumni

Giving

budget requires $250,000 in contributions for all sources. Every new gift from

an alumnus brings us closer to this goal. 2. Alumni contributions help to offset the cost of alumni services. If you ever use the “Passport” or read the Alumni Notes or attended an alumni event—if

you ever write to the House for information or the address of a lost classmate—

‘it costs money. —

recommended

in Kyoto

could

double

that amount.

3. The First World Conference of I. House alumni in Kyoto adopted resolutions (see page 3) that call for new programs and a greater contribution by individuals and institutions alike toward

building peace. Keeping in touch with _alumni and what they are doing provides International House with an information resource bank that helps and inspires all who seek answers to the challenges of our

times, whether social, political or en-

_ vironmental,