Wake Forest University - Howler Yearbook (Winston Salem, NC)

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Executive Director Jerry Baker introduces a speaker during the symposium

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Grusha, a servant girl played by Marsha Cannada, discovers the Georgian Gov- ernor ' s infant son, who had been left behind in the palace during the royal family ' s escape from the Russian city. 23

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Socialist Nor nan Thomas discusse s foreign Senator William Proxmire, a member of the J policy with An lerican History Profess or Howell miltee of Congress, discusses ' •The Future of Smith. Policy. Dick Gregory, who says that his jokes make his money, proved himself an articulate social critic in a banquet speech. Liiiallenge O . Xhe Wake Forest Symposium on Con- temporary World Affairs opened the month of March with a dis- tinguished assortment of experts and critics to discuss The Implications of Prosperity. Assumed this year as a permanent biennial project of the student government. Challenge continued its tradition of intellectual stimulation, and brought prestige to the new university. This year ' s program brought to the campus such eminent econo- mists as Dr. James Buchanan of the University of Virginia, and the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce, Dr. Edward Smith. Seminars were held on The New Economics, The Government vs. Business vs. Labor, and The Future of American Economic Policy. Major lecturers included Socialist Norman Thomas, social critic Dick Gregory, the vociferous and controversial head of the American Nazi Party, George Lincoln Rockwell, Mutual News ' s Washington correspondent Craig Spence, and NBC ' s Man in Washington, Herbert Kaplow. 25