Japanese learn
farm production
Cowboy boots, a few lassoing
tricks and some very definite
opinions about the American
way of life are just a few of the
things that 76 Japanese
students will be taking back to
Japan.
The agricultural trainees are
completing a three month study
at the University of beef, swine
and dairy production taught by
University professors.
This is the final phase of a
two year program sponsored by
the Japanese Agricultural
Training Council and the Na
tional 4-H Club Foundation.
Having spent almost two
years in a rural American en
vironment has given these
students the opportunity to
candidly appraise our country.
"Americans place too much
emphasis on money," said
Yoshinobu Arina, "and it hurts
their thinking."
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There Is a much more
definite class structure in
American society, he said. In
Japan, people are more equal
and there is a noticable dif
ference only between the very
richest and the very poorest
Japanese.
"But the poorest farmer in
America is equal to the richest
farmer in Japan," added Hideo
Onishi.
American women are "too
bossy," according to Arima.
"For example, in Japan the
woman opens the door for the
man but here the man opens
the door for the woman," he
said.
All of the Japanese students
fe't that religious and political
differences between parents
and their offspring were evi
dent around the world.
"I do not think the same as
my father does," added
Shinichi Hoshino.
However, American students
are more frank and are more
willing to talk about their
radical ideas, said Hajime
Eimoto. Eimoto attended col
lege in Japan for two years
before coming to the United
States.
Although the students found
many differences - between
Japanese and American life,
some similarities are also ap
parent, according to the
students.
"Almost 100 per cent of the
Japanese have TV sets, just
like here," Onishi said. "But
we don't have nearly as many
cars."
Clothing is also similar,
Arima said. "We follow the
same fads in Japan as you
follow here."
After graduation ceremonies,
which will be held April 9, the
young men will return to their
host farms and ranches for two
months before returning to
Japan. Sixteen of the trainees
are staying with Nebraska
families and the rest of them
are living on ranches in Col
orado, Oregon, Washington,
Idaho and Illinois.
The only complaint the
students had concerning their
University training was that
there was "not enough."
All of them felt the animal
science training they had
received would be useful to
them in Japan.
Although all of the students
Interviewed expressed a
positive attitude towards their
host families and the United
States, none of them wanted to
stay in the United States.
"My country is still Japan,"
Eimoto said.
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Art garden takes shape
"Willy" and "Birth of Venus", oc
cupants of the University's nearly-completed
sculpture garden, are forerunners
of what will be the nation's third major
outdoor sculpture display.
The only other U.S. sculpture gardens
are at the Museum of Modern Art in New
York City and at the University of
California at Los Angeles (UCLA), ac
cording to Norman Geske, director of
Sheldon Art Gallery.
Geske said there has been much public
consternation because of the misconception
that tax money is being spent on the
sculpture garden.
Geske emphasized that the sculptures
and garden area are being purchased solely
with money bequeathed by Frances and
Bromley Sheldon. No tax money is being
spent on the sculpture garden, he said.
American sculptures from earliest
times to the present will be displayed on
four blocks of the University city campus
from 12th to 15th and R Sts., along four
blocks of the Capitol mall from L to R
Sts., and in the Sheldon Art Gallery and
Sculpture Garden.
Jon Nelson, assistant director of
Sheldon, said the permanent sculpture
garden will not only beautify the University
campus, but will give visitors and students
an opportunity to see fine sculpture in
an outdoor setting.
"The garden will bring the student body
the latest in art sculpture," Geske noted.
The permanent garden area will be sodded
and planted with trees, flowers and shrubs,
he said.
Sculpture is probably appreciated less
than other art forms because most people
cannot afford large outdoor sculptures for
their own collections, Nelson said.
Nelson said he did not foresee problems
with vandalism. "The sculptures are not
too portable," he said. "Birth of Venus"
weights 2,965 pounds. It is 10 feet, 11 inches
long; 8 feet high and 6 feet wide.
Three other pieces of sculpture already
purchased for the garden's permanent col
lection will be installed later this spring,
according to Geske. They are: Jacques
Lipchitz's "Bather," Gaston Lachaise's
"Floating Woman" and David Smith's
"Superstructure on Four."
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1970