Wednesday, Sept. 27. 1961 University Daily Kansan
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Presidential Forum Takes Shaky Step
By Richard Bonett
The KU Presidential Forum took its first tottering steps last night, prodded by two faculty advisers and 25 diligent students.
Organized as a platform for the strident voices of dissent, the group's initial session produced only a moderate rumble.
THE FORUM ROOM, scene of last night's meeting, dwarfed the sparse representation of students interested in probing arguments behind the questions of disarmament and the atomic shelter program.
The attendance last night was just nine more than the number who tried to organize the Forum.
O. P. Backus, professor of history and chairman of the department of Slavic and Soviet studies, served as moderator.
PROF. BACKUS opened the discussion by presenting one side of the disarmament and shelter question. He concluded with these observations:
- Americans generally do not believe in disarmament.
Foreign Grants Topic Of Forum Discussion
Foreign study grants for students will be discussed at a Fulbright Forum at 4 p.m. tomorrow in Fraser Theater.
To be discussed are the Fulbright grants, the Inter-American Cultural Convention and other foreign study grants.
To qualify for a foreign study grant, the student must be:
Under 35, have United States citizenship, have a bachelor degree or equivalent, knowledge of the language of the host country and good health.
Basis of selection, terms of awards, fields of study and special categories, will also be discussed.
When you give, take to yourself no credit for generosity, unless you deny yourself something in order that you may give.—Henry Taylor
- Americans are not supporting the atomic shelter program.
- The above two conclusions represent a paradox, since an arms race increases the likelihood of nuclear war.
Prof. Backus said at the end of the session he was disappointed that none of the students presented a forceful challenge to his first three conclusions.
HE ADDED THAT the format of the first session was not what he
hoped would serve as a pattern for future meetings.
It is planned that students will come prepared to open the meetings with a short expression of opposing views on the current topic.
Others will be given a chance to organize their own arguments during a brief coffee break, followed by a general discussion period.
AT LEAST ONE of the organization's avowed aims was met; Partisan politics was left out of the discussion.
The topic of the next meeting is the potentially explosive issue of the House Un-American Activities Committee.
The presentation will be divided into four views, asking whether the committee should be abolished, altered, supported or strengthened.
The session was tentatively set for 6:45 p.m. Oct.19 in the Forum Room of the Kansas Union.
Wescoe To Speak At Meeting Friday
Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe will address the International Club at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Kansas Union.
Shafiq Hashmi, Hyderabad, India president of the club, said that the Swedish ambassador, Gunnar Jarring, will speak at the International Club on October 6.
Words are an attempt to grip and dissect that which in ultimate essence is as ungrivable as a shadow.
—Samuel Butler
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