愉快なゼミ友だち：2023年9月16日（土）

ネットをサーフィンしていたら，たまたま，久しぶりにマイケル・ジャクソンのミュージック・ビデオの『スリラー』を見た。マイケルがゾンビと一緒になって踊るダンスは1982年末から暫くの間，社会現象になるほどに衝撃的であった。その『スリラー』を見て，今から40年も前のことになるが，大学の同期のゼミ友だちのことを想い出した。

　私は1983年4月から1985年3月まで，早稲田大学政治経済学部経済学科の伊達邦春ゼミでゼミ活動に取り組んだ。入ゼミ選考では書類審査に加えて，伊達先生と４年次ゼミ長による選考面接があり，学内ではかなりの高倍率の難関ゼミとして知られていた。伊達先生の専門分野は理論経済学であり，経済変動理論やヨーゼフ・アロイス・シュンペーターの研究で顕著な業績を修められていた。

　私たち第33期のゼミ生（21名）は，銀行・証券・保険会社の金融機関，総合商社，大手メーカー，シンクタンク，国税専門官（女優）に就職した。実に個性豊かな学生の集まりであった。いまや，生命保険会社の取締役副社長をはじめ，損保や大手企業等の執行役員・エグゼクティブ，大女優まで出世された。主たるゼミ活動は，何と言っても，ほぼ毎週のゼミ授業終了後の「飲み会」であった。ゼミ合宿やゼミOB/OG会も活発に行われ，先輩後輩というタテの繋がりがしっかりと構築されていた。結果として，学生みずからが中心となってゼミ活動を企画・実施・評価を行い，ゼミを価値のある組織として継承していたのである。

Delightful Seminar Friends：September 16th(Saturday)

While surfing the internet, I happened to come across Michael Jackson's music video for "Thriller" after a long time. The dance where Michael joins the zombies and dances together was so shocking that it became a social phenomenon for quite some time from the end of 1982. Watching the music video for "Thriller," which is now almost 40 years ago, reminded me of my university classmates from the same seminar.

I engaged in seminar activities from April 1983 to March 1985 at the Kuniharu Date Seminar in the School of Political Science and Economics at Waseda University. The admission process to the seminar included a document review and an interview conducted by Professor Date and the fourth-year seminar leader. It was known within the university as a highly competitive seminar with a significant acceptance rate. Professor Date's specialization was in theoretical economics, and he had achieved notable accomplishments in the field of economic fluctuation theory and the study of Joseph Alois Schumpeter.

The 33rd batch of seminar students (21 in total) went on to work in financial institutions such as banks, securities firms, and insurance companies, as well as major trading companies, leading manufacturers, think tanks, and even as national tax specialists (actress). It was truly a group of students with diverse personalities.

Nowadays, they have risen through the ranks to become executives, including the Vice President of a life insurance company, executives at non-life insurance and major corporations, and even a leading actress.The primary seminar activity, without a doubt, was the "drinking parties" that took place almost every week after seminar classes. Seminar retreats and alumni meetings were also actively held, and a strong vertical connection between seniors and juniors was firmly established. As a result, students themselves planned, implemented, and evaluated seminar activities, ensuring that the seminar continued to be a valuable organization.