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Show Weeklong Program Marks Living Issues Week At College Living Issues Week, an annual an-nual event at Westminster College, will be held November 17-20, it was announced today bv Theodore Ppt chairman of the planning com-mittee com-mittee in charge. The theme will be "The Beat, the Square, and the Cross". This special feature at Westminster is at a time when the College Community Com-munity turns its attention upon some of the "burning- problems" of the contemporary world, according to Mr -.Peters. This year more than 20 church, education, and other leaders will speak and conduct discussions dis-cussions and panels during the four-day meetings. The sessions are open to the public. The principal speaker for this special week will be Dr. Nicholas Goncharoff, executive director of International Education Edu-cation for the National YMCA in Ney York City. Born in Kiev and educated in Russia, Dr. Goncharoff was a tank commander in World War II and was captured by the Nazis. He has a' doctorate in Philosophy Philoso-phy and History from Munich. (Continued on page 8) (Continued from page 1) lie has been in the United States since 1952 and affiliated with the YMCA since 1948. Among other speakers and leaders will be Henry Erying, dean of the Graduate School and professor of chemistry and metallurgy, University of Utah; the Rev. Warren S. Bainbridge, pastor, First Methodist Church; Iver E. Bradley, lecturer in economics. University of Utah; the Rev. Dr. Donald G. Christiansen, pastor, Wasatch Presbyterian Church; the Rev. S. Macon CowIeS pastor, Holladay Community Congregational Congre-gational Church; Ben Fritz, chairman, Utah chapter of the N.A.A.C.P.; Dr. Miriam S. James, lecturer in biology, Westminster; Florence Lillien-dahl, Lillien-dahl, representative of the N.C.A.A.C.P.; Elaine S. Michel-sen, Michel-sen, assistant professor of art, Westminster; Neale E. Nelson, pastor, Zion Evangelical Lutheran Lu-theran Church; W. R. Elton Newman, acting head and assistant as-sistant professor of preventive medicine, University of Utah; Dr. Mordecai Podet, Rabbi, , Temple B'nai Israel; Dr. Harold Scott, pastor, First Unitarian Society; Dr. Alexander Alexan-der Schreiner, chief organist, L.D.S. tabernacle and lecturer in music, University of Utah; Elmer Smith, associate pro- fessor of anthropology, University Uni-versity of Utah; the Rev. R. David Steele, pastor, Cottonwood Cotton-wood Presbyterian Church; John Thornton, minister of education, edu-cation, Holladay Community Congregational Church; Dr. Clarence R. Wylie, professor and head of the Department of Mathematics, University of Utah; Dr. J. D. Williams, assistant as-sistant professor of political science, University of Utah; Cameron H. Johns, president of the Utah Poetry Society: W. J. Kalvesmaki, minister of education, First Presbyterian Church, and Delbert Smedly, superintendant of art education, Granite School District. Dr. Goncharoff will speak each day during the 9:40-10:40 9:40-10:40 hour in Payne Gymnasium Gym-nasium on Monday, "The Nature of the Present Conflict"; Tuesday, Tues-day, "The Student in a Revolutionary Rev-olutionary World"; Wednesday, "The Cross and the Challenge of Materialism and Existenial-ism"; Existenial-ism"; Thursday, "From World Problems to Campus Opportunities". Op-portunities". Comments on 'his talks will be made by local leaders from the point of view of an artist, a social analyst, a scientist, and a theologian. Each day will open with devotional services, at the afternoon after-noon coffee hours in Ferry Hall Lounge at 2 o'clock, panels will approach the the theme; Monday, "The Best Generation and Religion"; Tuesday, Tues-day, "The Best Generation and Science"; Wednesday, "The Best Generation and the Social Order"; Thursday, "The Best Generation and the World of Art". Dr. Goncharoff and several other leaders also will appear in classes during the special week. Luncheons are being planned for faculty and students so that they can meet and hold discussions with some of the leaders. Programs will be presented in the evenings to include: Monday at 7:30 ' p.m., Ferry Hall Lounge, "Bull Session" on Russian student life; Tuesday at 7:30 p.m., Ferry Hall Lounge, film "Green Pastures"; Wednesday, Wed-nesday, Gunton Memorial chapel in Converse Hall, 8:30 p.m., following vespers at 8 p.m" modern music concert by Prof. Harold W. Payne, pianist, and Prof. Kenneth G. Kuchler, violinist; Thursday, Vespers 7 p.m., Ferry Hall Lounge followed fol-lowed at 8 p.m. by open houses at several homes of faculty members. |
