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Show STUDENT BODY . COSMOPOLITAN Brigham Young university may be a fresh-water college in the tops of the mountains, but it draws students from many parts of the world. Five foreign countries and 18 states are represented, according to figures prepared recently by Registrar John E. Hayes. Out of 1,866 students, 396 came from outside out-side Utah. New Zealand sent William Carr of Auckland, who became editor' of the college newspaper and ; president of the International Re- j lations club. A former editor of j the paper, T. Hettig, who is a graduate student now came from J the Tongan Islands in the South! 1, Seas. Two Maori boys, WiPcre Amaru and Tom Clark, also from Zealand, Zea-land, are popular entertainers on student programs. So is Takeo Fujiwara, of Japan, whose Nipponese Nip-ponese music and sword play have featured many a university show. He also has taught jiu jitsu at the "Y". Canada leads the foreign nations na-tions with 22 students. They are prominent in journalism, athletics, and' student affairs. F. Howard Forsyth of Cardston, Alberta, is president of the "Y" Journalists, and a member of the editorial staffs of both the newspaper and the magazine. Jerome Piatt of Brant .Alberta, is a distance run- ncr ani boxer, although only a ; freshman. Mexico, with eight students, is the other nation represented. Idaho leads the states with 144 representatives. Arizona, Wyoming, Wyo-ming, and Colorado also have strong delegations. |