Toyo Eiwa Jogakuin

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Toyo Eiwa Jogakuin (東洋英和女学院 Tōyō Eiwa Jogakuin?) is a private girls academy founded on November 6, 1884 in Azabu, Minato, Tokyo by Martha J. Cartmell, a Methodist missionary from Canada[1]. Toyo Eiwa Women's University, established as a four year college in 1989, is attached to the school.

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Originally begun with two students, an elementary school was added in 1888, and a senior high school in 1889[1]. The school expanded to include a kindergarten class in 1914, a dormitory, kindergarten building, and a house for the Methodist missionaries in 1932, and a brand new building for the school in 1933[2].

Due to the anti-Western sentiment during World War II, the Ei (英?) (meaning "English") in Eiwa (英和?) was changed to Ei (永?), meaning "eternal" or "eternity", in 1941[2]. The name was changed back in 1946[3]. Because of the changes made in the Japanese education system following World War II, each department changed its name to reflect the new government-approved names. In 1965, facilities were expanded to include a location at Oiwake, Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture and camp was established in 1970 at Lake Nojiri[3][4].

In 1986, the junior college was moved to a campus in Yokohama, the attached women's university became a four year college in 1989, and opened its graduate school in 1993[5].

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  1. ^ a b See History of Tōyō Eiwa Jogakuin, page 1. Accessed June 15, 2006.
  2. ^ a b See History of Tōyō Eiwa Jogakuin, page 2. Accessed June 15, 2006.
  3. ^ a b See History of Tōyō Eiwa Jogakuin, page 3. Accessed June 15, 2006.
  4. ^ See World Lakes Database and Nagano Prefecture Tourism Information. Accessed June 15, 2006.
  5. ^ See History of Tōyō Eiwa Jogakuin, page 4. Accessed June 15, 2006.

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