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University Daily Kansan Friday, April 16, 1954
AUFS Program Explains World Trouble Spots
By AMY De YONG
The fourth speaker representing the American Universities Field Staff at the University this semester will begin a nine-day series of lectures Tuesday concerning Iran, the area in which he has become a specialist.
Phillips Talbot, director of theAUFS, will observe operation of the program Tuesday and will consult with University members in charge of the program here. The opportunity KU has in participating in theAUFS program, and thus obtaining the services of Edward A. Bayne, specialist on Iran, and other members of the staff, had its origin in 1950
In Christmas of that year at a New Delhi, India, conference, Mr. Talbot
and former KU Chancellor Deane Malott discussed the need for keeping U.S. schools reasonably up to date about remote parts of the world.
From this and similar discussions, there evolved the Field Staff, developed in 1951 with seven universities as charter members, representing the pattern of different schools. The representation is selective-KU being the only state university in the group.
The Institute of Current World Affairs, formed in 1925, recognizes and attempts to answer "the increasing need for men with knowledge of foreign areas." It was hoped that in time "a corps of men, each thoroughly familiar with a major area of the world" might be built up and share knowledge with others. This was the goal of the AUFS.
"The AUFS is corporately distinct from the Institute of Current World Affairs," Mr. Talbot said at a conference, "having its own trustees, of whom the bulk are the chief executive officers of the sponsoring educational institutions."
"The AUFS is entirely a nonprofit inter-university venture, it expects that some of the men trained under Institute auspices may qualify as AUFS members. The Institute has provided the services of some of its men and has written some of the expenses of AUFS operations during the initial development period."
Charter members of the AUFS were the California Institute of Technology, the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, Tulane university, Stanford university, Carleton college, Brown university, and KU. Michigan State college now has been added to the membership.
The first experimental speaker to
introduce the program at KU in the fall of 1951 was Edwin S. Munger who returned to the campus this semester to deliver another series of lectures. A geographer, Mr. Munger has specialized in African affairs south of the Sahara.
Richard D. Robinson, a specialist on Turkey, was the first regular speaker, lecturing here in the spring of 1951. He also was one of the four AUFS speakers on the campus in 1952-53, along with Lawrence W. Witt, whose field is Brazil; Richard H. Nolte, who spoke on Middle Eastern affairs, and A. Doak Barnett, specialist on China.
In addition to Mr. Munger and Mr. Bayne, two other men representing the AUFS complete the schedule for the University this semester.
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Morning Events Saturday, April 17, 1954
Morning Events
Saturday, April 17, 1954
Event No. Time
110-Meter Hurdles (Decathlon) 9:00
Discus Throw (Decathlon) 9:15
Pole Vault (Decathlon) 9:50
Shot Put (Preliminaries) 10:00
120-yard Hurdles (Preliminaries) 10:00
1. Javelin Throw (Prelims. & Finals) 10:00
100-Yard Dash (Preliminaries) 10:20
A.A.U. 400-Meter Hurdles (Prelims.) 10:45
Javelin Throw (Decathlon) 10:50
A.A.U. Hop, Step, & Jump (Prelim.) 11:00
2. Discus Throw (Prelim. & Finals) 11:00
120-Ward Hurdles (Semi-Finals) 11:00
100-Yard Dash (Semi-Finals) 11:00
100-Yard Dash (Semi-Finals) 11:05
1500-Meter Run (Decathlon) 11:25
AFTERNOON PROGRAM
Opening Ceremony—K.U. Band ... 1:15
3. 120-yard Hurdles (Finals) ... 1:30
4. College Two-Mile Relay ... 1:40
5. 100-Yard Dash (Finals) ... 1:55
6. University Four-Mile Relay ... 2:00
7. College Half-Mile Relay ... 2:20
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