Kansas State University - Royal Purple Yearbook (Manhattan, KS)

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Alt M. Landon, 81-year-old Kansas statesman named formal discussions on national and international af- adjunct professor of political science, leads in- fairs by encouraging student questions and opinions. 23

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As a Landon lecturer, Senator Mike Mansfield ex- plores America ' s role in Pacific and Asian affairs. Governor Nelson Rockefeller, soon after announcing his candidacy, speaks on the lottery draft system. Former presidential adviser Arthur Schlesinger an- alyzes the elections at the first Landon Lecture. Rockefeller, Schlesinger talk as Landon lecturers As part of a program to honor former governor Alf M. Landon, Nelson Rockefeller, Arthur Schlesinger and Mike Mansfield appeared in the Landon lecture series. While campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination, Nelson Rockefeller told a crowd of 8,000 in Ahearn Field House of the inadequacies and unfairness inherent in the structure of the present draft system. Pulitzer Prize winner and noted historian Ar- thur Schlesinger appeared in November to present his evaluations of the 1968 presidential elections from an historical prespective. Senate majority leader Mike Mansfield explained American for- eign policy being employed in Asia today in his Pacific Perspectives talk in early March. After being named adjunct professor of political science, Landon conducted a series of informal public affairs seminars during the year. 22

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Meetings, convocations feature national speakers Appearing at University meetings and convoca- tions, speakers of national and international repu- tations explained their ideas and goals. Part of the draft teach-in faculty, Dr. Benjamin Spock de- scribed his battle with his conscience over the Vietnam issue and outlined advice to draft resis- tors. Giving opposing views, the late Allen Dulles supported intervention in Vietnam and in an ap- pearance sponsored by Young Americans for Freedom, Hilaire du Berrier advocated turning responsibility for the war back to the military. Former Congress of Racial Equality director James Farmer traced the civil rights movement Drawing on his background in Vietnam, Hilaire du Ber- rier presents his views in a YAF-sponsored speech. from the sit-ins of the 1950 ' s to the present black power surge. With Josefh Hajda as his interpre- ter, Milan Machovec, Czechoslovakian educator and philosopher, explained the movement of the Czech people towards a democratic socialism and their struggle against Russian domination. South Dakota Senator George McGovern appeared as keynote speaker at the Frank Carlson symposium on World Population and Food supply while pres- idential write-in candidate Dick Gregory, upon his unexpected arrival at the August NSA conven- tion, blasted current domestic policy and predict- ed another year of racial unrest for the U.S. During his surprise appearance at the August NSA convention, Dick Gregory campaigns for his views. 24