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When President Glenn Frank of the University of Wisconsin refused to allow Mrs. Bertrand Russell to speak at the student forum, he bared his side to the lances of what may be called the hard-riding school of American columnists. Not realizing that what was once merely nasty has now become the "illustrative anecdote", and that a polite interest in abnormality is expected in all those who have learned to take their Lindsey straight, President Frank barred Mrs. Russell. But since a touch of nature now makes the whole world read, where it once merely left the room, the conviction...
...Forum at Pompell and the Roman Forum Illustrated," Professor Conant, Robinson Hall...
...under discussion will be: "Resolved. That this house believes that capital punishment should be abolished." The speakers representing the affirmative are W. M. Sheehan '29 and R. G. West '29. Those upholding the negative will be Victor Quong '29 and Morrison Sharp '29. After the formal speeches an open forum will be held...
...question will be moved by R. G. West '29, and after the motion has been opposed by Victor Quong '29, Mr. Untermeyer will be introduced. The two main speeches of 35 minutes each will be followed by an open forum for half an hour. Mr. Dodd will then speak ten minutes in rebuttal, and Mr. Untermeyer, in the last speech of the evening, will have 15 minutes for his rebuttal...
...arguments of extremists and weighing them; for if there is a point of a view which is attracting large groups of men ... there is no better time to become acquainted with it and appraise it than in the undergraduate days, when the whole world of ideas is a forum...