Anna C. Hartshorne
Anna C. Hartshorne The language of paintings and hortus siccus
Anna, who studied fine arts at school in Pennsylvania, is familiar with paintings and brought down a lot of water color paintings and drawings.
Also, she was interested in Japanese paintings and drew some by herself.
It is a plum tree drawn by her that is used for the cover of alumnae bulletin of Tsuda College.
Botanical collection was one of part time activities of Anna.
Even today numbers of samples collected on Kodaira campus and on her travel are remained.
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Anna, who loved poetry and drama, used to compose poem by herself.
The "Alma mater" which is known as school song of Tsuda College,
is the song she wrote elegant words to the melody sung in the United Kingdom through the ages.
Alma Mater
O,Alma Mater,Mother dear
With songs thy name we greet,
Who dost the Gate of Knowledge here
Set open for our feet.
Thou turn’st our faces to the light,
Thou pointest us the way,
The great of old,the wise and true
Have trodden in their day.
What though the hills be steep and high,
The path be rough and long,
From toilsome days comes rest more sweet,
And heart and hand more strong.
Then,Alma Mater,Mother dear,
Though parted far we be,
Thy name shall still our bosoms thrill
With pride and loyalty.
A.C.H
O,Alma Mater,Mother dear
With songs thy name we greet,
Who dost the Gate of Knowledge here
Set open for our feet.
Thou turn’st our faces to the light,
Thou pointest us the way,
The great of old,the wise and true
Have trodden in their day.
What though the hills be steep and high,
The path be rough and long,
From toilsome days comes rest more sweet,
And heart and hand more strong.
Then,Alma Mater,Mother dear,
Though parted far we be,
Thy name shall still our bosoms thrill
With pride and loyalty.
A.C.H
Anna heard Umeko’s decision to found Joshi Eigaku Juku on a trip to Hayama together in February 1897, just after her father Henry passed away. As written on her note, “I was moved”, she heartily agreed with Umeko, told her vision to independence and improvements in the status of Japanese women. After that Anna had exerted herself to develop Joshi Eigaku Juku for almost forty years, from 1902 made her third visit to Japan until she returned in 1940, by teaching without salary. Anna studied “Berlitz Method”, which was used in Europe and the United States, from the end of 1902 to February 1903 and developed educational activities in Joshi Eigaku Juku. She had English, English literature, linguistics, and English teaching method classes in her charge more than ten hours per week and edited texts by herself.
When the Great Kanto Earthquake broke out (in September 1923), she went back to US by herself at age 64 to re-establish Joshi Eigaku Juku, reduced to smithereens, and traveled across with Abiko Yonako, Umeko’s younger sister, just after a month of the earthquake. Anna established a special relief committee in Philadelphia, New York, and California, and gave garden party and No and Kyogen play performances with American women and Joshi Eigaku Juku graduates studying in the United States. This Anna’s three years activity made 500,000 dollars donation estimates and in 1932 it was realized to move campus to Kodaira.
By the situation in 1940, outbreak of war between Japan and the United States, Anna went home with send-off given by colleagues and students.
Even now there are a lot of marks left by Anna. The main building is called “Hartshorne Hall” capping her name and “Alma Mater” known familiarly as school song is the one, which was given words by Anna to English folk song.