Toje ©Ufe^Cijronttle Volume 57, Number 35 Duke University, Durham, N

Cfc Sober of Campo*. tUoogtit ani> action TOje ©ufe^Cijronttle Volume 57, Number 35 Duke University, Durham, N. C. Friday, February 16, 1962 Two Conflicting Resolutions Senate Airs Shelter The MSGA Senate tabled two conflicting resolutions on the University fallout-shelter plan Wednesday night in a meeting marked by suspension of parliamentary procedure. MSGA President Jim Fowler used his vote to tie both the resolutions. This action makes it probable that both will be reconsidered at the Senate meeting next week. Vice- president Sam Ellis, reportedly attending th UN Model As sembly in Raleigh, was absent from the meeting, but is ex pected to be present at the next session. The first resolution to be presented, sponsored by Sandy Levinson (Sr., Frat.) and Jim Kennedy (Jr., Ind.), "vigorous ly protests the basic policies of Duke University concerning * * * fallout protection." In their resolution, Kennedy Shelter Protest and Levinson urged "the ad Senator Stennis To Address An ad hoc student-faculty ministration and the entire Uni committee to protest the Uni versity community to give seri versity's fallout shelter pro ous consideration to the mili Educators Here February 23 gram formed here Tuesday. A tary, psychological, and moral spokesman for the committee implications of the civil defense The Honorable John C. Stennis, United States Senator said a vigorous campaign will program in which the adminis from Mississippi and chairman of the Senate Preparedness be waged against the Uni tration is now engaged." The Investigating Committee, will address the eighth annual versity's plans. cited program is one anounced, FALLOUT PROTECTION? Conference on Teaching the Social Studies here next week The spokesman said the Monday by University officials, end. group is circulating a peti and is designed to give shelter tion among faculty members protection to 25,000 persons in Model Assembly He will cover a topic in his major field of interest, "The and will shortly approach the event of nuclear attack. United States in the Space Age." President Hart with a plan for Tie Vote Convenes in Raleigh Stennis, also member of the Senate Appropriations and a series of lectures to balance The other resolution, spon the Senate Aeronautical and Space Sciences Committees, the current University-spon sored initially by Fowler and Over This Weekend will address the conference at a banquet Friday night. sored series favoring shelters. Ray Vickery (Soph., Frat.), By CRAIG WORTHINGTON The conference, emphasizing*- ©gave senatorial endorsement to The University YM-YWCA the history of the twentieth cen the University's program and and the MSGA have sent twenty tury, will open 2:30 p.m., Fri offered support to the Fallout delegates to the southeastern day, February 23 with a lecture Pianist Fleisher To Perform Preparedness Commitee. Fowler district United Nations Model by Harold T. Parker, director of withdrew his sponsorship before Assembly convening through graduate studies in the Univer the vote was taken, and later tomorrow at State College, sity history department. Seminar To Precede Concert cast a tie vote tabling it after it Raleigh. had passed 5-4. Address Teachers By FRAN MUTH ous Arthur Schnabel broke pre In addition, five other Univer He will address the assembly cedent by accepting as a pupil In urging pasage of his bill, sity students hold executive of 250 public school teachers, Chronicle News Editor so young a musician, Kennedy stated, "The University positions at the session. The col administrators and supervisors Leon Fleicher, who has been should direct its energies and legiate council for the Model UN from the Carolinas and Vir acclaimed one of the greatest A decade with Schnabel took funds toward the building of here provided five delegates to ginia on "What Has Happened young American pianists, will Fleisher through the turmoil of structures within which a secure represent the United States, in the Twentieth Century—The perform at 8 p.m. Tuesday in competition in Italy and New and honorable peace may be Australia, Indonesia and Thai Five Revolutions." Page Auditorium as the third established—not toward provid land. York. His orchestral debut with ing fallout shelters which can The theme for the general ses attraction of the current Uni Pierre Monteux and the San Committee Members sion of the conference Saturday versity Artists' Series. never save civilization and may Each of the five delegation morning will be " 'The Hero' in An hour preceding the con Francisco Orchestra in 1943 was serve as its grave." members serves on one of five the Twentieth Century." In cert in 208 Flowers Loren Wit of such artistic magnitude that The Levinson - Kennedy re permanent committees which conjunction with this study Clif hers, University pianist-profes he won entrance onto the stage solution criticized the adminis debate resolutions before pre ford Foust of the University of sor of music, will conduct the of the New York Philharmonic tration plan on military, psy senting them to the general ses North Carolina history depart chological and moral grounds. sion. Duke Marston and Sandy Pre-Artists' Series seminar un the following year. "Militarily, we feel that the ment will analyze the effect der the sponsorship of the Stu Spontaneous success on both Odgen chair two of the five which Lenin had on contempo dent Union music and arts com argument that fallout shelters major committees. rary events. mittee. occasions propelled the young weaken, rather than strengthen, Other officers from the Uni Gillin To Speak pianist into an honored position the nuclear deterrent of the versity include Andree - Leigh A few remaining tickets are United States, merits serious Following this address Don still available in 202-A Flowers in national and international Guenard, editor of- the regional ald Gillin of the University his consideration. Dr. David Singer, newsletter, and Carol Hilton at $2, $2.50 and $3. Reservations music critics' columns. His ap a Duke graduate now at the Uni tory department will speak on and further information may be pearances in the last two years and Sally McKaig, raporteurs. Lenin's counterpart, Mao Tse- versity of Michigan, has asserted "The Model Assembly will at obtained by calling the Student have extended through music that civil defense preparation Tung of China. Activities office, extension 2911 tempt to make State College Saturday luncheon will fea capitals in Boston, Philadelphia would serve to induce a pre a mircrocosm of world conflict," or writing Box KM, Duke Sta emptive attack by the enemy." ture Arthur Larson, former di tion. and Chicago as well as in Ogden said. rector of the United States In The resolution also argued This assembly, which includes France, Germany, Spain, Bel that the establishment of a fall formation Agency and current White Visit gium, the Netherlands and delegations from 100 other col ly director of the World Rule of out shelter program would lead leges, tries to create an aware- Law Center in the University A critic's pet, Fleisher distin Scandinavia. (Continued on page 4) (Continued on page 5) Law School. His discussion will guished himself in one of the focus on "A Future for the few classical music perform United Nations." ances in the White House during FEBRUARY 22 IN PAGE AUDITORIUM Sponsored jointly by the Dwight Eisenhower's two pre • North Carolina Council for the sidential terms. Social Studies, the University The thirty-four year old musi education and history depart cian gave his first public piano Nehru To Speak on Indian Economics ments and an advisory commit- recital twenty-eight years ago. eral for economic affairs. Pre (Continued on page 4) Only four years later the fam- By MIKE PETERSON dian Ambassador to the Braj Kuman Nehru, India's viously Nehru represented In United Nations from 1949- ambassador to the United dia at the Reparations Con 1952. fast Campus SSL Delegates To Present States, will be the guest of ference in 1945 and was In In addition, Nehru has the University next Thursday served the Indian government to speak on "Economic De in Washington for many years Bill Protesting Fallout Shelter System velopment in Freedom in as the executive director of India." the International Bank for The East Campus delegation to the State Student Legis .A distinguished member of Reconstruction and Develop the Indian Civil Service and ment. lature will p.-esent a bill protesting the construction of a The 52-year-old ambassador, nation-wide system of fallout shelters, according to delega described variously as "chief negotiator for economic aid to cousin of the Prime Minister tion chairman Linda Bremer. India" and his country's "eco of India, was educated at Ox The delegation from the Woman's College includes House nomic ambassador," Nehru ford University, England. representatives Sue Curry, Sue Letzler, Sally Spratt and will speak in Page Auditori um Thursday, February 22 at Betsy Smith. 8:00 p.m. NEHRU BEGAN his gov Mai Nathanson and Kristi Knapp will represent East ernmental career in 1934 and has been associated with the Campus in the Senate. Connie Campbell, L. J. Griswold, NEHRU's visit is sponsored Department of Finance since Chris Parilla and Guler Yucel will serve as alternates on by the University and the 1939. He served the ministry the team. Commonwealth Studies Cen in various positions and was ter. Arrangements are by Dr. appointed Secretary of the A third interim council meeting of the SSL will take Robert I. Crane of the history Government of India in 1957. place here Sunday, February 25 to act as a calendar com department who cordially in Dr. Crane who is in charge mittee for the legislature. At this time a calendar for the vites the public to attend the of the ambassador's visit, presentation of bills will be set up.

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