Reischaeur Speaks at Union

Edwin O. Reischauer, professor of Far Eastern Languages, said last night in the Union that Christianity's influence on the Far East might be considered either almost negligible or quite extensive. His talk, "The Impact of Christianity Upon the Far East," was sponsored by the Appleton Club.

He cited that in no case in the last 1,000 years has a religion won a large number of converts from an established religion. But he said that in Japan "the Christian influence is relatively large."

"The educated class in Japan," he said, "is thoroughly Westernized. Nine-tenths of the educated men have swung over to the Christian ethical system."

He stated that the popularity of the Christian churches in Korea during the long Japanese occupation can be partly attributed to the fact that because they were not controlled by the Japanese they provided a nationalistic appeal.