Show Ghiselin To Analyze Myth By SUSAN WOODLAND Chronicle Staff Writer The second forum of the series entitled Issues for Laymen Contemporary will be presented tonight at 8 p.m. in Orson Spencer Hall DISCUSSING THE topic and will be O. C. Tanner of the English department and Brewster Ghiselin of the philosophy Acting as chairman of the forum will be Charles H. associate professor of Ghiselin has entitled his talk The Truth of Myth and the Truth of He will discuss as a form of ACCORDING to The images of myth are means of defining what we know and can believe and are therefore of use in guiding human Tanner's viewpoint is that both truth and myth are competitors for the He will explain why the myth is so successful in winning out over truth as often as AMONG SOME of his reasons for the success of myths are that myths provide an escape from the harsh realities of and that myths are used by people in power in order to perpetuate their Other reasons Tanner gives for the success of myths is that they may masquerade as are easy alternatives to the demand of he said explaining that it is easier to believe a myth than to exercise the additional effort required for The forum is open to all interested faculty and There is no admission O. C. TANNER Great Issues speaker BREWSTER GHISELIN appears tonight |