The limbic system, or the old cortex, is usually treated as a system. However, the function of the system as a whole has not been discussed much so far. Parts of the system are usually talked about separately in relation to memory, emotion and so on. In this paper, the function of the system as a whole is discussed with the key words: the ordinariness, or the ordinary, and the extraordinariness. The ordinariness is a concept which consists of or can be replaced by a daily life, or the present, or the usual, or no novelty. The limbic system forms the ordinariness in the brain in relation to the neocortex. Human beings and the other animals have the ordinariness in common, and the ordinariness is important to live and survive in the actual world. The function of the cerebellum appears to be understood relatively well (Igaku-shoin, 2019). With the discussion in Sato (2017), in which the structure and function of the cerebral eocortex are talked about, the structural function of the brain as a whole can be finally understood.

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This paper is a survey report of SANGAKU transmitted to Maino-Shokannon temple in Taiwa-cho, Kurokawa-gun, Miyagi (SANGAKU is a wooden board dedicated to the temple and shrines with written math questions and answers). It was the 12 disciples of WASAN (old Japanese style mathematics) researcher Ryohei Sato who dedicated this SANGAKU to the temple in 1868. We surveyed this SANGAKU in August 2019, took pictures with digital camera and infrared camera, and checked the characters visually. In this paper, we will present the survey summary, consideration on some math questions, reprints, and infrared photo of figures.

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This paper describes how we conducted the seventh and eighth Sendai Kosen Natori Library Café (Library Café at the Natori campus library of National Institute of Technology, Sendai College) to discuss what it should and could be. The event has been held annually in October since 2016. The latest café event is followed by a series of events, Library Talk, arranged specially for students at our college. We investigate the operating procedures for our activities at the Natori campus library with the aim of continuing the development of future initiatives.

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In this paper, we conducted a correlation study and analysis of generic skills among Sendai National College of Technology students: objective evaluation by PROG, subjective evaluation by students themselves, and evaluation by classroom teachers. In the survey, each student compared the results of the subjective evaluation by the student with the results of the objective evaluation by the PROG, so that each student could gain notice. As a result, the correlation tendency of the three parties was clarified for 33 evaluation items related to competency, and we gained useful guidelines on education to enhance the awareness and abilities of students. Furthermore, it was clarified that there are some factors that may cause a discrepancy between the objective evaluation index by PROG and the educational method at Sendai National College of Technology for multiple items including independent actions.

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