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â€" _ The plaster exterior of most buitdings is highly susceptible to the ravages of the salt spray. In numerous cases the citizens have just given up replastering every bwo years and the peeling walls give a false impression of exâ€" For our chaperone, Lionel Haâ€" miltonâ€"an exâ€"navy man. the Auâ€" sonia was more like an old friend. but for the rest of the group the fear of seaâ€"sickness was foremost in our thoughts. Despite a few incidents we settled into the rouâ€" tine fairly readily. Venice might be a very lovely and romantic city at night but in the bright light of morning it has an air of neglect and deâ€" cay. For many, the canals are still the best sewage system and the salt water‘s thirst for marâ€" ble and bronze is seemingly unâ€" quenchable. The first shore excursion. Venâ€" foe, came when we had hardly begun to get settled in our rathâ€" er _ cramped cabins. * The Rotary Centre for Crippled Children is $17.98 to the good this week through the efforts of #gix Hemlock Crescent youngsters. The girls, all aged between 9 and 13, put on a sale last week, following several weeks of planâ€" ning, sewing and baking. _ Luanne and Donna Sippel, Terâ€" Fi, Lauri and Jacqui Drynan and Cladys Fancher sold barbecue amitts. cookies, cand?, baked goods and soft drinks to their neighâ€" bors. all of whom were previousâ€" ly alerted to the forthcoming A Mediterranean cruise is the dream of many and I betieve each student had his own conâ€" cept of life on board a ship. A group of Twin City high school students, most of them from Waterloo, recently completâ€" ed a monthâ€"long tour of Europe and Asia with the Ships School Associationâ€"a nonâ€"profit. teacher organized organization. This acâ€" gcount is the second of two artiâ€" cles about the trip specially writâ€" ten for The Chronicle by the paâ€" per‘s Waterloo collegiate columnâ€" ést. Crippled tots profit from youngsters‘ sale By SUSAN MERTENS Kâ€"W students discover Eurasia Some of the Hemlock Crescent fund raisers It might have just been the language barrier that held them back but I sensed a wariness that could not really be labelled hostility. Evidently Dubrovnik is "the" vacation spot in Yugoslavia. Howâ€" ever. unlike the peoples of Westâ€" ern Europe the Yugoslays made no friendly overtures. From the ship the city appearâ€" ed to be quite modern but with much greenery. It spreads in a panorama on the hills which rise from the horseshoeâ€"shaped harâ€" In the late afternoon the ship Ieft Venice and steamed across the Adriatic towards Yugoslavia. Dubrovnik was rather a surprise since few of the group had picâ€" tured in their minds what Yugoâ€" slavia was like. One of the most interesting stops was a glass factory where the skills of the first Venetian glassblowers are still practised. Only the dyes and the fuel for the ovens have changed over the years. In one morning we saw the works of Tintoretto, the cathedâ€" ral and square of San Marco, the Grand Canel and the Rialto bridge, the Ducal Palace, and numerous back streets. Since there are no cars in Venâ€" ice our customary bus tour was breâ€"empted in favor of a walking tour with an Italian guide. For a short man, our guide could travel at an amazing pace. The youngsters also dreamed up a nqvelty item that proved very popular and helped swell the Rotary Centre donation conâ€" siderably. They created a cardâ€" board strong man, mermaid and treme poverty. Behind the crumâ€" bling facade is some of the world‘s greatest art. Parents, notably mothers, were conscripted to add to the store of goodies being offered. Items for a rummage sale were collected and priced in the days prior to the sale which was held at 288 Hemlock Cres., home of two of the girls. sale by notes delivered to their homes. For one St. Jerome‘s student, PHIS ORIGINAL DOCUMENT shown with their customers. Lebanon proved to be one of the more fascinating of the Eastâ€" ern countries. It was like a meetâ€" (Continued on Page 2) The ‘one unpleasant aspect of the cruise was the annoving haâ€" bit the Italian stewards had of showing up in the showersâ€" while they were occupied‘ The girls solved the problem by emâ€" ploying the buddy system of guarding the doors. Then, almost as an afterâ€" thought, the policeman decided to hold him for questioning. The student evaded being jailed by insisting that the officer come \with him to the ship before makâ€" ing a formal arrest. â€" The entire cruise seemed bent on expanding one‘s waistlineâ€" but the ship was prepared for even thisâ€"they held early mornâ€" ing slimming classes in the lounge. on. The time went very swiftly. The enormous meals divided the day into three parts. The morning and afternoon were spent swimâ€" ming and sunning and the evenâ€" ing was usually danced away. No one was very upset about leaving Dubrovnik. The next two davs were spent at sea as we headed for Lebanâ€" A policeman happened to noâ€" tice him as he snapped a picture of the local militia. He was orâ€" dered immediately to surrender his camera but fortunately conâ€" vinced the officer to settle for the film. Dubrovnik was very nearly the last port of call. This is the second year these particular youngsters have deâ€" voted an afternoon‘s sale effort to a charitable cause. Last year, a similar event netted almost $13 for the Sunbeam Home for Reâ€" tarded Children. bikinid swimmer with either of which one could pose, and had a photographer on hand ready to record the moment for posterity â€"and a fee. They remained at the their posts until late into the evening on the day of the sale, until they felt they had catered to all the customers likely to turn up. IN VERY POOR CONDETION â€" 10 different ways to, fall both lef_t and rightâ€"20 altogether. In addition to all this, he had to know the philosophy of judo, bave a tournament record, know â€" judo terminology and tournaâ€" ment terms. This includes knowâ€" ledge of the Japanese terms as well as their English translations. â€" 15 classic forms of throws for each of the left and right handsâ€"â€"that is 30 throws in all. The _ minimum _ requirements which Hatashita had to fulfill to earn his black belt included: â€" 40 different standard throws and five ways to do each of the following: strangle, choke, arm lock and immobilize. Like judo, one‘s proficiency at karate culminates with the black beit, which also has an additional 10 degrees. Basic hitting and kicking techâ€" niques are the foundations of the latter sport. John Hatashita is also adept at karate but has never taken examâ€" inations that might classify him in a belt category. Judo consists of the techniques of throwing and arm locking, strangulation and immobilization. In 1965, he was named Ontario Judo champion in his weight catâ€" egory. Today, in addition to the coveted black belt he has four of the 10 degrees to which a black belt holder is eligible. Frank Hatashita, one of John‘s three brothers, is one of today‘s top judo experts. He is president of the national judo body, presiâ€" dent of the Pan American Judo Federation and viceâ€"president of the international judo federation. The Waterloo man on the other hand is a former president of the Ontario Judo Black Belt Associaâ€" tion and chief referee for the national tournament. Somehow, one doesn‘t associate opera singing with a judo expert. And still less, does one associate a missionary spirit with the other two. But all three are combined in John â€" Hatashita, the Waterioo man who recently opened a third business, Fitness Centre, in Waâ€" terloo Square. Two of them, an art and jewel shop and a boutique, are located on the mall‘s main floor, while the physical fitness centre is found in the lower mall. Several evenings a week, a group of young men gather there to learn and practice judoâ€"a sport associated with the Hatasâ€" hita name in about 60 centres from the North West Territories to Jamaica and from Quebec to the Maritimes. Operatic career lost out to his judo love By PHILOMENA RUTHERFORD to conduct matches, be versâ€" ow#( 41 â€" resre® 4 aeanatl V Â¥ ame a i) _ o# este Â¥# Waterioo Chronicle, Thursday, August 218, 1969 A few others have done this since then, but he was the first Canadian to go to Japan to study the art. His first contact with the Twin (Continued on Page 2) So he went to Japan and spent 6% years there studying how to demonstrate as well as perform the sport. â€" At the same time he realized that if he were going to teach judo to others he needed to study it at its source. He realized he had reached a turning point . . . He had to deâ€" cide which career he wanted to give most of himself to and jude won out. â€" In addition to judo lessons he had also been studying music with a view to becoming an opera singer. He had taken vocal and piano training and studied Italian to this end. to make one of the major deâ€" cisions of his life. s But that they should be tournaâ€" ment calibre at all resulted from their father‘s basic beliefs that the body should be developed to its maximum potential. Because of these beliefs, he enrolled his chilâ€" dren in judo classes at an early age. . The Waterloo man was 10 years old when he got his first lessons. By the time he had reached adultâ€" hood, he was taking it seriouslyâ€" so seriously, in fact that he had The young Hatashitas took their father‘s powers with the proverâ€" bial pinch of salt during their growing years. Now that he is dead however, they recall that his sons never lost a match when he was in the audience. Kiai is a sort of positive thinkâ€" ing come aliveâ€"a concentration of will power until what is willed is accomplished. The sounds made by jJudo conâ€" testants are also kiaiâ€"a vocal exâ€" pression of what is being willed at that moment. The elder Hatashita was born in Japan and settied in the Vanâ€" couver area when he emigrated to Canada. He had what his sons describe as kiaiâ€"that inner power that some people, particularly Orientals, refine to a high degree of effectiveness. Biack beits and criminals just don‘t jibe. The honor is not beâ€" stowed on the criminally inclinâ€" ed‘ ed in its history. (It originated with Jigoro Kano, a student of juâ€"jitsu) and it had to be evident that he had the character and the attitude. The Hatashita brothers owe their judo success and the fame it has brought them to their father‘s concern for the body‘s physical development.