Los Angeles Valley College - Crown Yearbook (Valley Glen, CA)

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Quality talk abound ' L2 ! I N TELLECTUAL LURE continued Important people in the news, some controversial, others prominent on the political scene, were the order of the day in an extensive forum series at Valley College this season, In a series of talks sponsored by various organizations on campus, among them the Independent Party, Athenaeum Committee and Quad- wranglers, Valley students were able to listen and participate in many varied subjects of world-Wide inter- est and importance. Probably the most discussed guest was Dr. Martin Luther King, who spoke on the Future of Integration. The Southern religious influencer has been given the titles of Civil Rights Crusader and Integration Leader, among others. On conclusion of his delivery, the audience left the men's gymnasium with full knowledge of three major points planted in their minds by Dr. King. They knew what extreme op- timism, extreme pessimism and real- ism were and the part they played in the fight for race relations as he advocated them to be. Sponsored by the Independent Party, Attorney General Stanley lVIosk took the floor and defended the new establishment of the Pledge of Allegiance as a daily ritual in all 8 a.m. classes. Mosk spoke out on Val- ley's proposal to make fraternities and sororities legal on campus organ- izations for the two-year college by saying that they are an administra- tive problem. He took a dim view of the hazing involved and felt likewise of the school that doesn't punish such antics when they occur. Why Free Discussion Is Necessary in a College was the subject of a talk given by the president of the Los Angeles Board of Education, Dr. Ralph Richardson, the first Quad- wrangler presentation of the semes- ter. Speaking in Valley College's famed Pershing Square, Dr. Richardson emphasized free speech as the basis for democracy, pointing out both the dangers and advantages of free disi cussion. He supported the right of Valley students to discuss any subject in the quad area, but to be aware of possible abuses of the privilege. Guest speaker Phil Kerby, editor of Frontier magazine spoke before Valley students in the quad as part ofthe Athenaeum series.

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A present member ofthe House Committee on Science and Astronautics, James C. Corman spoke during the activity hour lecture series. Corman, a Democrat, moved into Congress with the 1960 Kennedy victory. Dr. Ralph Richardson, part-time politician, pilot, UCLA English and speech professor tor 'I4 years, iunior college graduate, but most importantly, Board of Education president, spoke on the necessity of free discussion in college life. Here he chats with Dean Nena Royer after his talk. .Xi -'Q ff.- v.. .y 'vc-:uw ia-19Y'- '