East Does Meet West in Japan Today, Miss Finch Tells Longwood Alumnae

Signs of a new day are goiils up in Japan alongside the Buddhist temples. Miss Mary Douglas Finch told a Founder's Day audienqe at Longwood College Saturday. "Despite Rudysrd Kipling's claim that 'East is East and West is west, and never the twain shall meet.’ East and West have met in Japan." she said "Japan is an important . interpreter of Western ways to the East." The Longwood graduate, home for her class reunion, told of the fcora bination of the old and the nekv in Japan, of students dressed Western style silting on the floors of crowded rooms, listening to Western sympho nies and warming themselves in front of charcoal braziers. Occupation Rc-Doublcd Influence Japan has been under American influence for a century, but that in fluence was re-doubled with! the military occupation following World War II M’ss Finch b id of the reforms superimposed on the post jv a r schools, reforms which for the jniost