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CENTRAL  MICHIGAN  UNIVERSITY,  FRIDAY,  DECEMBER 3,   1965
NUMBER 10
Adler To Speak on Future of Man,
Contributions from Western World
Mortimer Adler
Mortimer J. Adler, director
of the Institute for Philosophical Research and writer of
numerous books, will act as
conference leader next Tuesday and Wednesday at the All-
University Conference.
The complete Student Social
Activities committee conference schedule can be found on
page two.
Adler taught from 1923 to
1930 at Columbia University.
From there he went, at the
invitation of President Robert
M. Hutchins, to the University
of Chicago. With Hutchins, he
developed the Great Books
program and helped to establish the Great Books Foundation.
His present work has been
Resolution To Support Viet Hum
Dies in Student Senute Debutes
by Neil Hopp
Life Managing Editor
A resolution calling for the
support of President Johnson's
policy in Viet Nam has
brought heavy opposition in
Student Senate.
The measure was introduced
during the Nov. 22 meeting of
Senate but was tabled and
subsequently has died since it
was not taken off the table
during this last week's meeting.
Introduced by Graydon
Dimkoff, Robinson senator,
the idea of the resolution has
dominated debate during the
last two Senate meetings.
Dimkoff introduced the
measure to "educate the Senators" as to the situation in
Viet Nam and to "get the
measure passed."
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For the second straight year
the first place trophy was won
-by CMU students at the Bradley Speech Tournament Nov.
IS and 20. CMU has won the
all-events trophy for five consecutive years.
The event was the largest
national college speech tournament held in the U.S. Seventy-five colleges including
"Big Ten" universities, were
represented, with 700 students
competing.
twenty-nine CMU students
entered the eight events: radio
newscasting, oral interpretation, after-dinner speaking,
oratory, extempore, discussion,
listening, and debate.
The participants were rated
on a point system of superior,
3 Points; excellent, 2 points;
"Ij good, 1 point. CMU tied
with Loras College with 51
Points. In second place with 50
Points was Coe College and
JJacalester College followed in
third place with 48 points.
Accompanying the 29 CMU
students to the 19th annual
Bradley Speech Tournament
m Peoria, 111., were Dr. Gilbert
Uau, John Butts, Al Montan-
ajo and Miss Carol Van Lente,
jut of the speech and drama
Apartment.
Dimkoff, however, drew little support from fellow Senators.
Paul Huxley, Barnard senator, commented that Senate
should not consider the resolution since it "does not affect
the internal structure of the
university."
John Johnson, president of
Senate, stepped down from the
chair to address the body.
"Student Senate prided itself in the past to not get involved in political matters,"
Johnson said. "This is not the
place to profoundly affect our
future by taking this action,"
he added.
Dimkoff commented that
"there seems to be some confusion as to what the purpose
of student government is."
'Individual Circumstances'
Student Body President
Gene Ragland countered with
the   idea   that   "there   is   no
confusion" as to its purpose.
He stated that the "individual
circumstances surrounding the
issue" of the Viet Nam resolution separate it from matters
actionable before the Senate.
Ragland questioned "whether we have the background,
the understanding" to come to
a decision on the resolution
Senator Dave Josyln, District 3, asked whether or not
Senate has already involved
itself in political issues, i.e.,
the resolution condemning the
CMU Board of Trustees and
the resolution concerning the
veto of supplementary appropriations bill by Governor
George Romney.
Josyln also suggested that
the military draft is of vital
concern to the college community and disagreed with
the argument that a resolution
of this type is outside the
realm of the university.
Dimkoff did not make any
attempt to take the bill off the
table and bring the body to
vote on the matter.
Outside Speakers Coming
Senate did pass two resolutions which will bring three
outside speakers to the campus.
A   speaker   from   Oakland
University will address Senate next Monday on "their
movement to help over-ride
the veto of the supplementary
appropriations bill."
Senate also agreed to sponsor two speakers from the
Civil Liberties Union to address the student body on
'Academic Freedom."
described as an effort to take
stock of Western thought on
subjects of philosophical interest from ancient Greece to
the present day. This work
was a direct outgrowth of Ad-
ler's previous work on the
"Syntopicon," to which he
contributed 102 essays on the
great ideas of Western civilization.
Two Major Addresses
Adler will present two major addresses at the Conference. The first of these, at 10
a.m. Tuesday, will encompass
the   topic,   "The   Future   of
Man."
According to Adler, the long
view of history, both backward and forward, tends to be
optimistic.
"Even if we have two or
three more world wars of increasing destructiveness, the
human race will still have
plenty of time on earth to recover from the wreckage, rebuild civilization, and go forward once more to the ultimate condition of human life
on earth," he says.
He continues, "Should we be
able to avoid a third world war
involving thermonuclear weapons, we may, in the next
thousand years or so, reach
the end of progress in our institutions and instruments.
From that point on to the end
of time, man will make progress only on the plane of
thought, not on the plane of
action."
The second address, on the
topic, "The Contributions of
the West," will be given at 8
p.m. Tuesday.
Westernized World
It concerns the fact that the
world,   according   to   Arnold
Toynbee,  is rapidly being
Westernized.
Adler says, "The West makes
three unique and indispensable contributions to the civilization of mankind: (1) the
idea and institutions of the
state; (2) science in all its
forms together with technology; and (3) the discipline
and practise of the dialogue.
'If the East has any unique
contributions to make to world
culture, they lie in another
dimension—in the exploration
of the inner life and in the
pursuit of spiritual peace."
Trumpets Sound Start
Of Christmas Concert
Cornets and baritone horns
will call people to Warriner
Auditorium Sunday when the
CMU Brass Ensemble, playing
from the Warriner Tower,
traditionally begins each of the
two Christmas Choral Concerts.
The  Brass  Ensemble,   consisting   of   Jerry   Reed,   and
David Mayhew,  cornets,  and
Al Wirth and William Klemp,
baritones, will play Christmas
Carols to set the atmosphere
while   students,   faculty   and
guests file into the auditorium.
The Concert Choir, which is
the Women's and Men's Glee
Clubs   combined,   will   begin
the program with portions of
Hans Leo Hassler's Mass III
praising "O Lord God, Lamb
of God, Heavenly King."
The Men's Glee  Club  will
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sing three Bach selections as
well as contemporary songs!
Soloists will be Albert Arvilla,
Charlevoix senior, Dennis Ey-
non, Bloomfield sophomore,
and Gregory Hayes, Durand
freshman.
Classical Music
The Women's Glee Club will
begin their section of the concert  with  classical  selections
and proceed to "Born Today"
by Jan P. Sweelinck. Soloists
will be Kathy Bullard, Char-
lene Elenbaum, Cheryl Flieh-
man, Gloria Gosen, Joan Gray,
Earla Larson, Priscilla Larson,
Gloria Miller, Irene Neubert,
Jacqueline   Pinch   and   Julie
Young.
The Concert Choir, concluding the concerts, will perform
a Negro spiritual, Slovak and
Russian folk songs, and Robert
Wetzler's "A Son Is Born of
Mary." Karen Munn, Mezzo-
soprano, will be the soloist
during "Alleluia, Jesus Christ
Is Born Today" by Irvin Cooper.
Concerts are at 4 p.m. and 8
p.m. with the Trombone Choir
playing Christmas carols in
the Warriner lobby between
performances.
The Trombone Choir, directed by W. H. Rivard, music,
is Ted Bauman, Ed Carlson,
William Cook, Dave Gessler,
David Kelly, Mike Lorenz,
Manuel Lozano, Robert Mc-
Daniels, James Mollema,
Douglas Smith, and Ronald
Textor.
Name That Theme
Entries are now being accepted for the 1966 Homecoming Name and Theme Contest.
The contest will run until
noon, Dec. 13, and three winners will be announced at the
Student Senate meeting that
evening.
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