Brown University - Liber Brunensis Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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LEARNED men also spoke at the newly created class convocations. This bi-weekly meeting replaced compulsory chapel when construction of the Manning Chapel was completed. Since there was a place for worship available, convocation was in- stituted. Speakers included President Keeney, Dean Warts, and other members of the faculty and administration; Rev- erend Gustave Weigal promoted the ecuminical movement and Sevellon Brown, editor of the Providence Journal and husband of Professor Janice Van De Water, discussed his trip to Russia. In the political sphere, Arthur Schlessinger, Jr. came from Harvard to give students a glimpse of liberal demociatic philos ophy. Meanwhile, at neighboring Provi- dence College, conservative William Buckley supported the Loyalty Oath in government scholarships, something which was opposed on the East Side of town.

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LECTURERS LEARNING can be obtained by the interested student who bestirs himself to attend some of the many lectures given on campus. The Marshall Woods series featured such speakers as Henri Peyre of Yale and Hugh McLain of Chicago University discussing trends in con- temporary literatie. These lec tures, which filled Alumnae Hall each of the six times they were presented, demonstrate the fact that education is something which can- not be confined solely to the class- room. The Resident Fellows spon- sored Discussions 59 in which distinguished members of the fac- ulty argued problems of modern life such as the quiz show scandals and the mixing of religious issues with politics. There were a great many other lecturers on varied topics. Professor Lea Williams of the Political Science Department spoke on the reality of the tourist as the Ugly American, while foreign students now at Brown de- bated this problem. There was a handwriting expert who said that his letters tell tales, and Theo- dore Besterman, Director of the Institut Voltaire, discussed the re- lation of Voltaire's letters to his personality. e e

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RESEARCH THE CASUAL REMARK, dropped by a professor who must remain nameless, that Brown would be a wonderful institution were it not for the classes was made tongue-in-cheek. However, it does underline the fact that teaching is only one hall of the professor's job, the remaining hall being research and writing. This delving into unknown fields is most noticeable in the sciences; in physics, chemisiiy, and biology, vast research projects are always underway. T'he Psychology Department, recently moved into modern Hunter Laboratory, has long been the mainstay for theoretical psychology in the East. At present, Dr. Trygg Engan, on a grant from the National Science Foundation, is making a study of little known olfactory stimuli in an attempt to classity them. Psychophysical methods are used in the problem of specilying a sense ol odors by quality and intensity.