Chapter 14 (Part 2)–Nisei and Their College Education
CONNECTION BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON AND JAPANESE COMMUNITY
“Female Students from UW Go Sightseeing in Japantown” (August 17, 1938 issue)
Thirty-five female students taking summer classes at UW went sightseeing in Japantown. An event that was arranged by YMCA at UW. Though we call them a group of female students, some were high school students taking summer classes and others were elementary school teachers; there were even some elderly ladies with grey hair.
The group first visited the Japanese school, enjoyed Mr. Kubota’s Japanese garden so much that they kept on calling out …