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University Daily Kansan
Monday, March 4, 1963
Heart of America Conference Hosts Sixteen Debate Teams
Sixteen teams of debaters will discuss "Resolved: That the Non-Communist Nations of the World Should Establish An Economic Community," in the Heart of America Debate Conference at KU, March 7-9.
Prof. Kim Giffin, chairman of the speech department, originated the debate conference in 1957 with two goals: To attract superior debaters and to invite those debaters from all parts of the United States.
THESE GOALS were intended to "offset the localized nature of many tournaments and the wide discrepancy in the quality of participating teams." Prof. Griffin said.
He feels that debaters tend to become engrossed in their arguments and lose sight of actuality.
To minimize this tendency, Prof Griffin has invited two nationally recognized debate judges. Both judges will hear four rounds of debate and later meet with the de-
baters to discuss accuracy and inaccuracy of information and validity of argument.
The judges will announce preliminary results at 7 p.m. Friday in the Forum Room of the Kansas Union.
Semifinal winners will be announced at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Jayhawk and Pine Rooms of the Kansas Union.
Vedanta Hindu Society Sponsors Essay Contest
The Vedanta Society of St. Louis Mo., a Hindu organization, has announced an essay contest on Swami Vivekananda, a Hindu philosopher, and his teachings.
A prize of $100 will be awarded to the writer of the best essay. The contest is sponsored in connection with the society's celebration of the 100th birthday anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, who died in 1902.
Winners and their awards will be presented at 4 p.m. Saturday in the Forum Room.
The contest is open to all students enrolled in college during the 1961-62 and 1962-63 school years. The deadline is September 15, 1963. Certification of enrollment must be enclosed in the essay.
The essay must be 3,000-4,000 words, double-spaced and typewritten on white bond paper, and the contestant's name and address must appear in the upper left-hand corner of each page.
Essays will not be returned.
The winner will be notified by Jan. 31, 1964.
Contestants are to mail their essays to Mrs. Virginia, secretary, Birth Centenary Committee, 265 S. Skinker Blvd., St. Louis, 5 Mr.
Swami Vivekananda, a disciple of the great Hindu religious leader Sri Ramakrishna, helped launch the Vendanta movement in America and founded the Ramakrishna Math and Mission, a religious and philanthropic organization with headquarters near Calcutta.
The Vedanta Societies, of which there are 12 centers in the United States, are devoted to the study and promotion of the moral and spiritual philosophies found in the Vedas, the source of Hinduism.
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The debate opens the agenda of the Heart of America Debate Conference which will meet here this week.
KU and Ohio State University will engage in an English style debate at 8 p.m., Wednesday in the Jayhawk Room of the Kansas Union.
KU-Ohio Debate Opens Tournament
The St. Louis center recently presented Watson Library with a volume of Swami Vivekananda's works.
The two teams will debate on "Resolved: That the Federal Government Should Establish, Through Social Security, a Program of Medical Care for the Aged."
Accepted policy in the English style debate is the overt rejection or disapproval of a particular point. In addition, the audience will be divided into two distinct parts, the "pro" side and the "con" side.
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scholar. He spoke seven languages and was a student of Persian and Sanskrit languages.
He met Gandhi in 1937 and became his follower. Joining Gandhi's non-cooperation movement against the British, he spent six years in jail during the campaign for his country's independence.
The movie will be shown at 7:30 p.m. in Bailey Auditorium.
Prasad, like Nehru and Vinoha Bhave, remained as Gandhi's disciple after Gandhi was assassinated in January, 1948. Bhave devoted his life to spirituality. Nehru was prime minister, and Prasad, although twice re-elected president, remained largely above politics.
He devoted his life to keeping alive Gandhi's message of nonviolence as the new nation emerged into the atomic age.
Other movies in the series will be: "Drunken Angel," 7:30 p.m. March 14, in Strong Auditorium; "I Live in Fear," 7:30 p.m. March 21, in Bailey Auditorium, and "The Burmese Harp," 7:30 p.m. April 18, in Bailey Auditorium.
Rathbone Readings Wednesday in Hoch
Stage and screen star Basil Rathbone will read dramatic poetry in "An Evening with Basil," at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, in Hoch Auditorium.
Rathbone's appearance will be sponsored by Student Union Activities.
Carol Evertz, Kirkwood, Mo.
sophomore and chairman of the program, said Rathbone will present readings from William Shakespeare,
Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Browning,
Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Sherlock Holmes.
Students from India observed 1mute silence yesterday to pay homage to their ex-President, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, who died Thursday night of pneumonia.
Indian Students Mourn Former President's Death
The India Club will send condolence messages to President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
Prasad, as associate of Mohandas K. Candhi for 31 years, was the first president of Republican India since January, 1950. He retired last May because of ill health and was succeeded by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. He died at the age of 78.
A son of a wealthy family, Prasad was largely a figurehead in his nation's constitutional system in which Prime Minister Nehru has played the dominant role since India achieved independence in 1947. Prasad was a strong political figure, beloved by India's millions, Hindu and Muslim alike.
He was born December 3, 1884, and was educated at Calcutta University. He was a law practitioner at Patna. He was a pacifist and a
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