明治大学の社会人向け講座または大学図書館

５年ほど前に明治大学の社会人向け講座（リバティアカデミー）を受講した。たぶん、これが公開講座の最後の受講になるだろう。

教室は御茶ノ水駅の近くにあり、ここで２つ受講した。そのうちの一つは、笑いに関するもので、最後の授業では国立演芸場に落語や漫才を観に行った。初めて行ったのだが、残念ながら腹の底から笑うという体験は得られなかった。私がすれっからしだからかもしれない。

もう一つは、主に定年を控えた人向けに、将来の生活設計について考えさせるものだった。出席者のほとんどが私よりも若い人たちで、授業の終わった後も時々集まって話をしていたのだが、『あの病気』の感染拡大後はそれも途絶えてしまった。残念なことである。

ところでこの大学の講座にも、会員資格がある限り、図書館が無料で利用できるという特典がついていた。ところが受講した翌年に有料になり、さらに『あの病気』の感染拡大後は利用できなくなってしまった。

感染拡大前に、中央図書館と、和泉図書館にそれぞれ一度だけ、行ってみたことがある。東京都立大学の図書館に比べると、建物はきれいで、エレベータも利用できて、やはり私立大学は学費が高いからこういうところに差が出てくるんだろうと思ってしまった。

ただ、和泉図書館は、駅から近いのだけれど、途中に歩道橋があって、学生が多く通るときに遭遇すると、かなり圧迫感を感じた。歩道橋の下は交通量も多く、環境としてはあまりいいとは思わなかった。

タイトル写真は、明治大学サイトから引用

Meiji University course for working adults or university library

About five years ago, I took a course for working adults (Liberty Academy) at Meiji University. This will probably be the last time I attend a public course.

The classroom is near Ochanomizu Station, and I took two classes here. One of them was about laughter, and in the last class I went to the National Engei Hall to see rakugo and comic storytelling. I went there for the first time, but unfortunately I didn't get the experience of laughing a lot. Maybe it's because I'm inflexible.

The other was mainly for people approaching retirement age, to make them think about their future life planning. Most of the attendees were younger than me, and we used to get together sometimes after the class to talk, but that has ceased since the spread of "that disease. It is a pity.

By the way, this university course also included the privilege of free use of the library as long as one had a membership. However, the year after I took the course, the library began charging a fee, and after the spread of "that disease," it was no longer available.

Before the infection spread, I had visited the Central Library and the Izumi Library once each. Compared to the libraries of Tokyo Metropolitan University, the buildings were clean and elevators were available, which made me think that, after all, private universities are expensive in terms of tuition fees, so there must be a difference in these aspects.

Izumi Library is close to the station, but there is a pedestrian bridge on the way, and I felt quite oppressed when I encountered many students passing by. There was also a lot of traffic under the pedestrian bridge, and I did not think it was a good environment.

The title photo was taken from the Meiji University website.