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Show Dr. Arthur Larson Schedules Talk at Westminster College Coming to Westminster College Col-lege next week, under the auspices aus-pices of the Sperry and Hutchinson Hutch-inson visiting lectureship program pro-gram will be Dr. Arthur Larson, Director of the World Rule of Law Center at Duke University, and special consultant to the President during th Eisenhower administration. Dr. Larson will lecture in the Robinson Room of Hogle Hall at 8 p.m. Wednesday: His topic will be "World Rule of Law; An Idea whose Time Has Come." One of the more forceful and authoritative speakers on ine lecture platform, Dr. Larson is widely known as a lawyer and educator as well as a former government gov-ernment official. His books include in-clude "Know Your Social Security," Se-curity," "The Law of Workmen's Work-men's Compensation," and "A Republican Looks at His Party." The World Rule of Law is based upon the theory that people peo-ple living under the shadow of hydrogen warfare may develop the same state of mind as people living on the edge of a volcano, and simply go on cultivating the gardens because they feel there is nothing they can do about that danger. Exponents of this theory state that there is one very promising prom-ising line of action, however, which has been badly neglected: that of building upon the world uinversal concept of law. High government officials all over the world are enthusiastic over this approach. The problem is how to translate this exciting idea into concrete reality, and make it applicable throughout the world. The Soviets must, of courset, be brought into its orbit. or-bit. They already show a marked concern with legality, which, it is felt, gives something on which to build. Dr. Larson feels the obligation ob-ligation of leadership is ours, and "an idea whose time has come" the idea of a world legal order, the rule of law in the world "is more powerful than any army." |