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French Scholar To Lecture Here
During his two-day visit to KU, he will lecture in French to several French literature classes, will speak on "The Problem of Literary Sincerity" at a dinner arranged by Pi Delta Fhi, will have lunch with French and philosophy faculty members, and will confer with graduate students.
A French scholar described by Howard Mumford Jones as "an author who has read everybody and everything" will kick off the 15th year of the Humanities Lecture Series at the University of Kansas with a lecture Oct. 10.
He is Dr. Henri Peyre, chairman of the department of Romance languages at Yale University. Dr. Peyre will speak on "Andre Malraux and the Arts" at 8 p.m. in Fraser Theater. The Faculty Club will give an informal reception for him after his lecture.
HE WILL GIVE another public lecture at 4 p.m. the same day at Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall. Speaking in his native French, he will talk about "The New Novel in France"
In his Humanities lecture on Andre Malraux, he will be talking about the vigorous and active French novelist and statesman who was born the same year as himself-1901. In January, 1959, Malraux was made Minister of State in the French government and has been called "DeGaulle's one-man brain trust."
AMONG HIS NOVELS are "The Conquerors," Man's Fate, and "Voices of Silence." His "Psychology of Art" has been termed a "monumental study."
Dr. Peyre is the author of "The Contemporary French novel" and of a dozen other books and many learned and critical articles. He was elected to the Philosophical Society in 1953 and he has been president of the Modern Language Association. In recognition of his distinguished career, the French government in 1955 conferred on him the rank of Officer in the French Legion of Honor.
YAF to Organize Here Next Week
Charles McIlwaine, Wichita senior, says there will be "an organizational and general information meeting" of the Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 11 in the Kansas Union.
YAF has over 30,000 members in chapters throughout the country, Mellwaine said. They support the conservative political stand of such men as Senator Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz. he added.
McIlwaine, a member of the national board of directors of YAF, said membership applications will be available for those interested in joining.
The organization is non-partisan but will endorse any candidate in either major political party whom it believes is a true conservative.
People-To-People Sponsors Forum
People-to-People activities for the coming week will include a forum on "The Value of American Diplomacy" and a picnic for the Brother-Sister phase of the program.
The Lawrence International Fellowship Enterprise (LIFE) will hold a picnic for the American and foreign participants in the People-to-People Brother-Sister program Sunday.
Vaclav Mudroch, assistant professor of history, and Gen. Harold K. Johnson, commandant of Ft. Leavenworth military school, will speak Sunday.
All committees of People-to-People will meet in the Kansas Union at 7 tonight.
Berlin Crisis Subject of Forum Raymond G. O'Connor, Assistant Professor of History, will speak on the Berlin Crisis at the KU-Y Current Events discussion at noon tomorrow in the Cottonwood room of the Kansas Union.
Discussion will follow Prof. O'Connor's talk.
A day crammed with instruction and discussion is planned for about 350 Kansas high school students who are expected to be on the campus tomorrow for the 43rd annual High School Journalism Conference.
350 High School Journalists Here
Hans Rosenhaupt, national director of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, will be the principal speaker at a conference of liberal arts and graduate study to be held here Friday and Saturday.
German Author to Speak Here
The conference, sponsored by the William Allen White School of Journalism in cooperation with University Extension and the Kansas State High School Activities Association, will open at 8:15 a.m. with registration in the lobby of the Kansas Union.
Speakers will include Burton W. Marvin, dean of the school of journalism; Frances Grinstead, associate professor of journalism; Bill Mayer, managing editor of the Lawrence Daily Journal-World; Melvin Mencher, assistant professor of journalism, and Clarke Keys, instructor of journalism.
A series of tightly-scheduled panels and workshop discussions has been set up for the two sections of high school journalism, school newspapers and yearbooks.
Prof. Rosenhaupt will also address a dinner at 6 p.m. Thursday in the Big Eight Room of the Kansas Union.
Father of U2 Pilot May Visit His Son
RICHMOND, Va. — (UPI) — The father of U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers said after meeting with Russian officials yesterday he was confident he would be allowed to visit his son in a Soviet prison.
Oliver Powers said the Russian embassy in Washington advised him his application for a visa had been forwarded to Moscow for action.
Powers, a Norton, Va., shoe repairman, was interviewed here by newsmen on his return from Washington.
Wednesday, October 4, 1961 University Daily Kansan
Peace Corp Test Dates Set
The testing dates for the Peace Corps have been established for the coming academic year.
Clark Conn, Asst. Dean of Men,
Foreign Student Advisor and also
the Peace Corps Coordinator,
announced the dates as October 7.
November 30, and December 1, 1961,
and February 17, and April 21, 1962.
The tests will be given at the local post office.
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He that does good for good's sake, seeks neither praise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end—William Penn
Migration Tickets on Sale
Students planning to attend the Oklahoma-KU football migration, Oct. 21, may purchase tickets today through Friday at the Information Booth.
Sally Sponable, Paola senior and president of the Jay James, announced that game tickets for four dollars would be on sale each day. She added that a Santa Fe agent would be selling train tickets costing $13.48.
When you fall into a man's conversation, the first thing you should consider is, whether he has a greater inclination to hear you, or that you should hear him.—Sir Richard Steele
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