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Show Renowned Journalist Delivers Social Talk r ' ( '"' 1 u V : i s 1 domestic Peace Corps. AS A REPORTER for the "Buffalo Evenings News," New York, he received a Pulitzer Prize in 1961 for his 14-part series, "Our Costly Dilemma." Mr. May, 34, has won several other top awards for his journalistic journal-istic endeavors. A NATIVE of Zurich, Switzerland, Switzer-land, he graduated with honors from Northwestern University and in 1962 received the school's Alumni Association Merit Award. In February, 1964, Mr. May's book, "The Wasted Americans," was published by Harper and Row. He has also been widely published in several of the nation's na-tion's most distinguished magazines. JOURNALIST EDGAR MAY hi The fifth annual Arthur L. Beeley Lecture in Social Work, sponsored by the University graduate School of Social Work, will feature as lecturer, Edgar May, Pulitzer Prize winning Eastern journalist. THE LECTURE will be held today in Orson Spencer Hall Auditorium at 4 p.m. Mr. May will speak on "Poverty and Plenty: Paradox of the Sixties." The lectures were inauguarated on the University campus in honor of the pioneering of Dean Emeritus Beeley. MR. MAY'S talk will be a highlight of the University's first annual Social Work Day, sponsored spon-sored by the Graduate School. Dr. Rex A. Skidmore, dean of the school, said the day's activities ac-tivities will be a "Welcome Back" for alumni with several special events planned. The lecturer has distinguished himself in the field of social work as a reporter, speaker and author. He is presently occupied as deputy director of Vista, the |