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Show Hubert Humphrey to speak on campus Jan. 20; ASUU aids in sponsorship The Associated Students of the University of Utah Finance Board has apportioned $1,000 to the Artists Art-ists and Speakers Committee to help in sponsoring Hubert H. Humphrey, former Vice President of the United States, as politician-in-residence Jan. 19-20. Mr. Humphrey, who will leave his classroom at Macalister College Col-lege where he is professor of political poli-tical science to "hold class" at the University, will be paid a total of $2,500 for the 24-hour stay. Other sponsors include the Hinckley Hinc-kley Institute, $850 Governor Calvin Cal-vin Rampton, $300 will come from and other sources. Dr. J. D. Williams, director of the Hinckley Institute, cited the purpose of the "politician in residence" resi-dence" program as helping to "give students a chance to know politicians at an elbow's distance." dis-tance." This contact with politicians, politic-ians, he explained, hopefully will "change student's attitudes for the better and encourage more students stu-dents to go into politics as a career." Highlight of Mr. Humphrey's series of activities on campus will be a noon speech in the Special Events Center Jan. 20. "This is for the entire student body," stated Al Walcher, Finance Fin-ance Board member. "All students are especially invited." "The future of having speakers come to the Special Events Center," Cen-ter," he continued, "will depend on the turn out at Mi-. Humphrey's speech. "If there are a lot of students, we will continue to have them. If there are not, there won't be any Events Center," he emphasized in a special interview in his student stu-dent body office Monday. Mr. Humphrey's plane will arrive ar-rive at the Salt Lake International Airport at 4 p.m. Jan. 19, and he will go immediately to a reception to be held in Carlson Hall from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. The former vice president will then attend a banquet sponsored by Pi Sigma Alpha, the honorary political science fraternity. At 9 a.m. Tuesday he will breakfast break-fast with the campus Young Democrats, the state Democratic party leaders, the governor and specially invited guests. A press conference will be held at 9:45 a.m. in the Marriott Library and a Law Forum will follow at 11 a.m. in the Moot Court Room. Following the. special speech in the Sports Events Center, Mr. Humphrey will address a Young Democrat's luncheon at 1:30 p.m. and conduct a political workshop from 2:45 to 3:45 p.m. in the Hinckley Hin-ckley Caucus Room. The Hinckley Institute politician in residence began in 19G6 with James A. Farley, Franklin Roosevelt's Roos-evelt's National Chairman, and Leonard W. Hall, President Eisenhower's Eisen-hower's National Chairman, coming com-ing to the University. The Institute has attempted to keep a fairly well balanced combined com-bined of democrats and republicans republi-cans in the past years, explained Dr. Williams, and is now working work-ing on obtaining a prominent Republican Re-publican to speak at the Special Event's Center dedication Feb. 28. The Hinckley Institute was founded by a grant gift from Robert P. Hinckley, and has as its goal the involvement of students stu-dents in politics. Besides the "politician in residence" resi-dence" program, it sponsors such things as internships in state and national legislatures, films and ffwmm.i iipiu.ii ii mini iiijw 1 1 jr. "'VY : : m ' ; f ' " , li i Hubert H. Humphrey, politician in residence, will speak to students at noon, Jan. 20, in the Special Events Central ;r rrrnTVpJVJJT!N' In-. VLjJ:S i wi '-.'--! |