Graduation Speeches by Nisei Students, 1935
Orations and Essays by the Japanese Second Generation of America
Notes: "A collection of public school talks and essays by the second generation."—Buried Past, 455, for the 1932 first edition. This second edition adds 22 speeches and 87 pages to the original.
The speeches are about George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, American government, the future of California, the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, and the value of the educational system, often with commentary about the position of Japanese Americans in US society.
The thesis of the book is nicely summarized by Haruko Fujita of the Arcadia Grammar School: "We, the American citizens of Japanese origin, should make it our task to bring about a better understanding spiritually, morally, and politically, between the two civilizations. This can best be done perhaps by living loyal, honest, and dependable lives."
ix, 205 pages. In English except for an introduction and the spine text., which are in Japanese. The editor's daughter, Joyce Hirohata, reissued the second edition as Nisei Voices in 2004.
OCLC 16068700 (this second edition with no recorded holdings); 7351311 (first edition)
Edition + Condition: Second edition. A good-only copy, with wear to the cloth and some abrading of the endpapers. The paper, of rather poor quality, is tanned and beginning to become brittle. I might normally hold out for a better copy, but with no recorded holdings, this one will have to do for now.
Publication: Los Angeles: Printed by the Los Angeles Japanese Daily News, 1935.
Item No: #362166
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