Genesis
It was raining very hard. We all got soaked on the way to Myogadani Station. Seven of us -- Yayoi, Hidemi, Tomoko, Bob, Yuki (Mr. Umaba), and me -- had had the first (in a sense) SHABUKUST meeting at Denny's in Otsuka, at the end of August.
In the beginning, we published the first issue. And the issue was without a clear policy; and a happy-go-lucky attitude was upon the editorial staff. And we possessed a high ideal of creating something new.
Actually, we started from "zero." Oops, I just remembered..., there was also a word processor. It was Bob's machine. After typing articles, Bob said, "Let there be articles:" and there were articles printed out. We also had a lettering book. It was Roy's and it had lots of types of letters. Yayoi and Hidemi chose their favorite design; Roy cut and pasted the letters S, H, A, B, U, K, U, S, and T together; and behold, it was very good.
And, oh, I must not forget the most important thing: everyone's hope and ideal of issuing their best newspapers. In fact, every SHABUKUST member has had, until now, the same hope and ideal. It is this motive and drive that has made it possible to maintain the monthly issue. Thanks to their spirit, you are now enjoying the 160th issue.
So far, SHABUKUST has had 91 people as its editorial staff, and Mr. Robert Juppe, Mr. Patrick McGuire, Ms. Monica Kennedy, Mr. Umaba, Mr. Hakomori, Mr. Tachibana, and I have advised the club. I strongly believe and hope that SHABUKUST will be issued forever and make its readers amused and satisfied. I have been very proud to issue the paper working with excellent students and Bob, the best ever adviser. And I also feel proud that every SHABUKUST editorial member is taking an active part in their field after graduating from this school.
Anyway, I would really like to express my genuine gratitude to the members as I have such a great chance to do a good job with them, which makes me one of the happiest English teachers.
Roy YAMAMOTO
In the beginning, we published the first issue. And the issue was without a clear policy; and a happy-go-lucky attitude was upon the editorial staff. And we possessed a high ideal of creating something new.
Actually, we started from "zero." Oops, I just remembered..., there was also a word processor. It was Bob's machine. After typing articles, Bob said, "Let there be articles:" and there were articles printed out. We also had a lettering book. It was Roy's and it had lots of types of letters. Yayoi and Hidemi chose their favorite design; Roy cut and pasted the letters S, H, A, B, U, K, U, S, and T together; and behold, it was very good.
And, oh, I must not forget the most important thing: everyone's hope and ideal of issuing their best newspapers. In fact, every SHABUKUST member has had, until now, the same hope and ideal. It is this motive and drive that has made it possible to maintain the monthly issue. Thanks to their spirit, you are now enjoying the 160th issue.
So far, SHABUKUST has had 91 people as its editorial staff, and Mr. Robert Juppe, Mr. Patrick McGuire, Ms. Monica Kennedy, Mr. Umaba, Mr. Hakomori, Mr. Tachibana, and I have advised the club. I strongly believe and hope that SHABUKUST will be issued forever and make its readers amused and satisfied. I have been very proud to issue the paper working with excellent students and Bob, the best ever adviser. And I also feel proud that every SHABUKUST editorial member is taking an active part in their field after graduating from this school.
Anyway, I would really like to express my genuine gratitude to the members as I have such a great chance to do a good job with them, which makes me one of the happiest English teachers.
Roy YAMAMOTO
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