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...less alcohol. We have groups to remove the Indians from Oklahoma and groups to give New York back to the Indians. And now comes the most courageous of them all: the Council of Government Concentrators dares to pull the chair out from underneath the Student Union by becoming the forum for government discussion, while at the same time affording a sanctuary for Hearst-ridden professors who may here express opinions too hot for New Lecture Hall...
Taking recent criticism to heart, the Harvard Student Union has decided to become a parliamentary body" and is going to baptise its new brain-child with an open forum tonight n Phillips Brooks House. All members of the college, who are interested, are invited to attend this meeting and participate in the discussion. The conclusions and resolutions reached will be determined from the combined votes of members and those just "auditing" the affair, thus giving more weight to the final decisions. Provided that enough bright, enthusiastic young men filled with a desire to correct the many evils of this wicked...
...thin, wiry lowan of 49, U. S. Commissioner of Education John Ward Studebaker points with pride to the Public Forums, modeled after the oldtime New England town meeting, he ran three years ago as Des Moines' Superintendent of Schools. Adult education is Commissioner Studebaker's strongest interest, and he believes that public discussion is the foundation of any adult program. Last week in a little book called Plain Talk,* he wistfully told what he would do if the U. S. Government were to allot him $70,000,000 for experimental purposes. He would train 10,000 forum leaders...
...want to see the long arm of the Federal Government extended into the communities . . . either through the office of Education or through any other Federal agency," says Commissioner Studebaker. "I am a strong believer in local administration." His forum project would give the communities Federal funds, let them pick their own leaders and subjects. Hopefully he concludes: "The Federal Government can do nothing better calculated to inspire confidence in our democracy of free learning and discussion...
...Outdoor Life was taken over by Popular Science. Editor McGuire was left with nothing to do. Alone and bored during the long winter evenings in his Mt. Morris farmhouse, he decided to relieve the tedium by publishing a magazine of his own, no sportsman's forum like hearty Outdoor Life but a sophisticated journal to which his friends could contribute. At first he toyed with the idea of bidding for moribund Vanity Fair, then decided to think out an entirely new editorial formula, present it in a brand-new publication...