Show Writer Urges- Participation In International Group 1 By Jo Ann Bleak Students have the habit of spending Christmas vacation in a million different but for delegates American colleges this last vacation will be something to shout These elected by their colleges and organizations spent 28 to 30 making history in laying the foundation for a nation-wide occasion was the National Student is the first time in the history of our country that such a gather- ing of students has taken the delegate of a Chicago Junior college earnestly told his fellow must come out of here with the strongest possible With this spirit typifying the conference the delegates representing over a million students from colleges and universities in 42 states laid aside partisan differences and voted unanimously to organize a new national group uniting all students on their common The University of Utah can sincerely regret that it was not A request was made in October to hold an assembly to select but was refused by the student body executive committee on the basis that U of U students were not in such And hence the high mountains of apathy prevented Utah students from contributing to and from the opening session of one the most significant student movements our nation has However our chance is not Not later than 19 the delegates decided to call a national student con-gress which will officially launch the agreed-upon Utah can be there To achieve widest unity of all it was the organization's program shall be limited only to problems directly affecting college and university including international cooperation with students of other The new organization shall as its objectives only those contribute to the enhancement of the welfare of students and student contributions to international under- 1 and good will and shall specifically refrain from becoming involved in partisan political affairs and sectarian religious In his keynote address at the opening Kussell U of stated that the new its very must be And by non-partisan we mean that entry into the organization cannot be limited by any discriminating economic or All the large national student organizations were represented at the conference including such groups as National Catholic Youth American Unitarian American Youth for National Christian With much debate and frequent use of the gavel these students from almost every section of the country agreed to unite forces on the important issues of the day that they must face as members of a nation and a There was agreement to affiliate with the International Union of Students established last August at The delegates believed it necessary for American students to work the IUS as the acknowledged representatives of the international student This declaration received wide support from the veteran members of the Such militant and constructive action by so large a part of the student population can be regarded as a real step towards cooperation and peace both nationally and The University of Utah has a part to play in this movement and a conscious student body can guarantee us a at the meeting next |