Japanese Courses Listed Again Instructors May Escape Evacuation

Registration in Japanese language courses for spring quarter, cancelled last week, will be reopened today pending definite evacuation orders, Prof. F.D. Schultheis, acting head of the Far Eastern department, announced last night.
“All Japanese language instructors on the campus are American citizens of Japanese descent. To date, official army orders have not been issued requiring evacuation of American-born Japanese, therefore we decided to reopen registration on the possibility that classes can be given,” Professor Schultheis said.
Know by Spring
He added that University officials will know definitely before spring quarter opens whether the instructors will be evacuated.
He suggested, however, that students be prepared to switch to some other course in case it becomes necessary to discontinue work in Japanese. Such a change in registration can be made without fee penalties.
“A surprisingly, large number of students – both men and women – have asked to be enrolled in the courses spring quarter,” he said.
Exceptions Possible
To date the army has said nothing about possible exceptions to the evacuation orders, Professor Schultheis pointed out, but added that some might be possible for Japanese language instructors. Prof. Henry Tatsumi of Far East was born in the United States and is a World War veteran. His father was a Washington pioneer, settling in Seattle in the early 1880’s. Nobutaka Ike and John Maki, the other two Japanese language instructors, were born in the United States. Ike’s parents have been in this country more than forty years, and Ike has never visited Japan. Maki was…