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Beginning in the 1950s, International Students Night featured student performances and exhibits of the countries represented at the College. The event was held annually by the International Club, which combined the earlier Cosmopolitan Club and the International Students Committee. The club also sponsored dinners, auctions, newsletters, and informal lectures on world events, with the goal of \u201cpromot[ing] the study of other cultures and the development of friendship among people from different cultures.\u201d The proceeds from International Students Night, as well as the profits from cakes baked by faculty and community members for the show, went to support the International Students Fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Japanese students Yasuko Kamino, graduate student, 1956-1957; Keiko Okubo, class of 1957; and Yoshie Osada, MA class of 1958, 1956<\/sub><\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBy enjoying these cultural differences, I do not mean, of course, that we should enjoy these cultures because they are strange and exotic. On the contrary, exoticism, as it is well known, is the most insidious form of racism. I mean the kind of enjoyment that comes from accepting a different point of view on things as interesting, valid, and not at all strange.\u201d<\/em> \u2013 Marylin Jim\u00e9nez. Choragos<\/em>, November 15, 1979.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Russian Professor Vladimir Sajkovic at the 1960 International Students Night with (L-R) Kristina Witting (Finland), certificate student 1960, Rajeshwari Hiremath (India), certificate student 1960, and future Norwegian ambassador Helga Jahncke (Germany), class of 1961.<\/sub><\/sup>

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