Katsumi Ito, a professor in the school of economics and political science who graduated from Waseda and is president of the Foreign Students Association, recalls what it was like when he entered the school 46 years ago: "There were a lot of kids from the country who were dressed poorly and acted like real hicks.
畢業於早大、目前擔任政經學部教授及外國留學生會會長的伊東克己，回憶起四十六年前初進早大的情形不覺莞薾：「那時的早大，多的是穿著破爛、舉止土氣的鄉下孩子。