89 following information is from a later date but it describes the atmos-phere of the tea talks on Saturdays and Sundays. to Professor Inoue’s house, sit in a circle in the eight-mat (ap-prox. fifteen square meter) tatami room, and listen to him talk about various topics related to bettering oneself. On Sunday to have quiet, concentrated discussions with all of the students. cushion to a pile and wait for him. Mr. Inoue would take up his seat on the tall pile of cushions in a serious manner and would give talks on all sorts of topics related to studying and self-im-provement in a kind and warm spirit like a loving father. These Saturday and Sunday meetings were the most prized and looked forward to events for all of the students. The purpose of the tea talks was to cultivate humanity in the students and they were a good reflection of Enryō’s basic attitude toward ed-ucation. The basis for this was dialogue. Enryō would never force his ideas on others and even if he put out an opinion he left it up to the individual students to decide the merit of it for themselves. There is a story that is symbolic of the importance he placed on dialogue. At that time students in many schools were dissatisfied with the content of the lectures and started movements to boycott their teachers. At the Philosophy Academy, too, complaints came up about the lectures on education studies and students appealed to Enryō as the director to cancel those lectures. In response, Enryō sat in on one On Saturday evenings all of the dormitory students would go mornings at eight o’clock, he would always go to the dormitory Before he arrived the students would all add their own floor
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