Show Religious Problems Aired Racial prejudice and religious bigotry were discussed by the Panel of Americans Wednesday night in Orson Spencer EACH of the six panel students from Utah State were representative of different ethnic and religious After introducing themselves and giving a brief account of their varied the panel opened the meeting to questions from the THE PURPOSE of Panel of Americans is to bring people of varying and cultural background together to examine their differences and similarities as The panel does not seek to persuade or only to stimulate people to think and to open up a door of communication to each Neither do they claim to be experts in any field or branch of according to Evan panel moderator and Coordinator of Student Activities at Utah Some of the questions asked the panel Americans in a small town do you find that there is a different attitude towards racial background than in larger cities or feel about inter-faith and interracial THE FIRST question was answered with an It was felt Americans are generally wasteful with their great abundance of The second question was answered by the Negro member of the panel who felt there was a marked difference in the attitudes toward racial background in the smaller are aware that you are he The awareness that you are different you in the small community as opposed to the large THE QUESTION on inter-faith and inter-racial marriages was answered differently by each panel reflecting their various The Panel of Americans began with students at the University of California at Los Angeles during a period of racial and religious hostility in that The idea of this panel has since spread to college campuses from coast to Utah State being among those that enthusiastically support the |