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Vol. I April 11, 1949 No.1 1 1\rTT~R1\T /\ T I01\l!', 1 I\, .L:J.L 1'! .f1. L 11. ! Tho Third International Student . weekend at Bard Colle De took nlace las~Brid~YI Saturday; and Sund~, Aprll 8,9 and 10. The theme of our conference, The Dimensions of Security, reflected a realistic a~tude towards present interna-tional crises. The themes of our two previous conferences were ex-amples of the theoretical ideal-istic method of solving w~rld problems, which has been the pre-vailing approach' for the last two years. TodaYi without discard-ing our 1doo.lisM, we are able to approach the problems by more practical means. Tr.rcc dis cus s ions of groups of forci,:;n students examined the fore~ost problems connected with the three important aspects of security .·economic, military ~d individual. The moderator of each . _ pan_e lde livel'ed!L S-Ul1'll'rull"J of' the"-· salient points of each panel, Saturday afternoon in the Gymna-sium. Four prominent public figures spoke beforethe community"and guests during the weekend. Con-gressnan Jacob Javits, I.'Ir. Adolph A .. Berle, Hr. ~rnest H. Davies M~P~ presented their analysis ' and their ideas regarding inter-national friction and its solutinn~ ECONOMIC PANELS • C 0 1\ T FT:"' RT~l ~ T CD 1 \; u li.:.J .!.. , .i2.J Security a.nd Freedom - can Vie have both? This question was the ti tIe aild theme of the address by the Han. Jacob K. Javits, Repre-sentative to Congress from New York, whose remarks onened the Third International Student's Con-ference last Friday ni~ht. ITr Juvits eT.:1ph~sized that in the idealogical war between Russia and the democracies, we would have nuch more to offer if, besides our acknowledged greater political freedoms, and higher standard of living, we could offer as ~uch, or more econo~ic security than Russia does now. llr Javits outlined a five point prograr.l which he feels would es~ tablish und 1:1aintain economic se-curity in this country espe.cially due to our imnortance in the econ-' _ornie .e-lf~e- of-all -tho democI!l'!ies • (1) An Economic P1amdng Board,' to represent all econol'":1ic groups, which will set goals for the econ-omy. It would enforce conditions agreed upon. It would! differ from the Soviet planned economy in that' it would proceed by a~ree­ment not decree. (2) A greater democracy in the large corporations by the ruller exercise of franchise by the se-curity holders, which would give then a groater ~~ice in manage-ment policies. (3) Establish better Labor-r.1anagement rela. tions. by giving the worker a more personal interest in his job, mainly by greater voice in nanagement policies, and Fireworks began flying, so thatt even Dr. Sturmthal couldn't ~ain­tain order for awhile in the E-conomic Panel,-held in Albee 30-. clal" _Saturday.- Can i'ullemploy-- · ment be attained under our pri-va te enterp!'is e sys ten, brought ___ in _thGsharingof ,profits·.- . a thunderous acclaim of INol. Our 2uropean neighbors have scrutinized our policy and evalu. ated America in rather skeptical terms. 'There is no one responsi-ble for the economic situation' . claimed the delegate from Norway~ lOne of the functions of the governl:lent mus t be to look ahead and prepare for chan~esl. The Eng-lish delegate dec1ar~d that capi~ (continued page 2) (4) To expand'our systems of social security, both government and private to be MOre all-inclu-sive and coordinated. (5) The ~conomic development of the world by developing and ex .. ploiting the many untapped riches of tne world in more backward a-reas. It would be done throu~h a partnership of government and business (Spealcers continued page 4} * BA.c'W 71EEK * Editorial Board Joyce Lasky, Chairraan Jud Levin - Neyrs David Schwab - Feature J. Ellj.ott Lindsley - Production Staff: Joan ~!Tilliar.'ls- Feature Jack Collins - News John DeimOl - NeW's Barbara Schamberg - Art Scott Fey ton - Feature PROSPECTUS 'lJ!lhat 1"J"e thinl{ a nevrsp~Fc.r a.t Bard should be The first duty a newspaper has to its readers :s to prosent an account of events i7hich will be of interest to the majority of its readers. In terms of Bard, this means covering all of the activities on can~us and giving objective, truthful resume~ ~f these 'Gvents to enable the whole college cOTIlilluni ty to be avmre of what takes placo~ A nev(spap er must provide a regular-ized channel o~ cowJUnication. If it is limited to a few it loses its func-tion ns a newspaper and becomes merely a tool for the disscmnation of propa-ganda. It must appear regularly and provide diverse points of viow on con-troversial matters. The editors are cn-EDITORIAL Perspective The mm n asset or Bard College is also her greatest dan~er. We are all grateful that the Bard community has never con-tained r.1Uch more" than 300 students. Her scall se~nar classes is one of her most attr:>,l'tive features. The students of Bard have a great amount of contact "wi th both the Adrlinistration am Faculty ~ Be-cause cf the size and intimac,y of the college, we can all become involved in each other's probleta. On one hand that is an excellont environment for social living. But on theother hand, our sue and the distance from any large comm~ ity is threatening us with isolation. Last week the school felt a sharp, in-ternal rumble~ It decided to truce me~surcs against it at Convocation. The school vm~ buzzing va th rumor and exi tement and dis-cussion o But suddenlY something happened. A number of people whc vere born in Eu-rope or ASia1 and who were studying in America, paid us a visit. Then there was· Greater exi tcment, and a greater rumble.'We were no longer faced vdth local issues; but problems on an in-ternational scale. These problens we. could not solve in Convocation. Thes'0 new problens which were presented to us, the danger of insecurity, could only be solved by continual work and thought. l'a.nds were no longer confined to the af-.fairs of the cornnunity, but gained inter-national scope. ti tIed to express themselves on any is- We ha\O our problems here at Bard. sue they choose. It is their· duty; in They need due considers. tion and action evaluating ~~cse issues, to present on tho part of tho student bodYn But \1e their facts acc".lratoly, and even nore trust be careful of the neglect of other inportant, to provide a moans for the - problens of greater importance II We can alternate imcrprctation of' those facts. not confine ourselves to thol;ght equal. .,~ - --- - to our physical size, but be a1Ub thrOlilgh This is democ::-acy. an easy inter.!. Chanse of ideas, to broaden our scope. TIe must not inngine a rumble to be a Great, big roar. Furthermore, vre foel that a colleGo newspaper should strike a reasonable balanco bct\'roen news coveraGe and the expression o~ opinion. Tho Editors ECONOl'IrC PANEL (cont. fron page 1) ita~ism has not solved the problem of url8mployment or economic stability thus far(o YJhat indication do we have that sig-nil ies a change in her policy? she asked ." the dcloga tes? . . funerica~~s tho grea~est ~esponsibility l.n the 'world, it was concluded 0 Without somo economic plnnning, by vrhich she v,rill be able to rnni ntain a stable oconony, she 'Lil1 not be able to assUme tho lead-erShip :::~.':1 tho world today. (continued on page 3) J.L. IRS ROOSEVELT'S SPEECH I Tho U~N~ is an organization to main-tain peace, but it has become al instru-ment for returning to pe~ce I, Irs Frank-lin D. Roosevelt declared a:. the last meeting of the International Student's Conference Saturday evening. Disappoi,nt-' mont over the shoX'·tcomings of tho Ut:N .. is ~ue to the fact that people cxpeet a great dealt morethan·.the U.N. J,'ras designed :foro Ers Roosevelt stated tha.t several or~ans wi thin the U.N. which rr c doing tho wOl"k that. they have been created to do, arc livinG up to the expectations of its ou riginators. She statedtho four activi~ies: (1) The World Hoal th Organization i:·~ fu nctioning on a vrorld-vride basis and is now conducting nn all-out battlcd.gAinst Tubcrculosiso (2) UNESCO is trying to create under-standing in the minds of men through cul-tural. bases. (3) The Food Agriculturnl Organization has been working-,T.ith the motto ITo dis-tribute, to grow, and to ~vc to all the needy parts of the ':(orld I • u (4) Universal Declaration of Human Rights The PATIELS (continued fron p.l) T:IILITARY SECURITY A dismal viow toward tho pre-sent state of international af-fairs was taken by the panel 60n-cerm d with Military Security~ It was docided howoverthat thero was a hope for future inproveDont thpo~~.Sh the organs of tho U.N. If vve - can avoid war for a few years, we shall bo ablo to strengthen the U.N~ as a power-ful forco to conrrnand peaco. Uni vers 0.1 dis~m.'.rnamcnt would not be offective~ it was realized, without a strong body to anforce it. It was also concluded that individual military strength pre-sented DO long-ruti solution to mili';~ Qry socuri ty. But as a strong instrU1nent fol'~ maintaining peace, the · U.N~ would effoctively be able to curtail the production of al'maments ~ But until tho U~N~ will be able to achieve this status in inter-rntional relations, the formation of an alliance amons tho peaceful nations of the world will be best to so~ve a§ a block against any aggrossion. INDIVIDUAL lilREEDOIj Political freedom is con~le­mentary, rather than in competi-tion with economic security, was ~fi& ' -"O one-lus -i -0&·4r-D. vm --brth 0 . . In--.:-" ",· dividual S~curity Panol, moderat-ed hy I.Tis3 Thonpson~ Because of the ~aturo of Individual Security tho discussion lent itself to moral cvalu~tions. Domccrac~, it was felt, should be able to withstand criticism. Tho teaching in cblloges by Com-munists should bo permitted un-less tho Com.m.unist Party is de-clared outlawed. But-Communism is a way of thinking, it VID..S de-clared, and undor a strong, sta-blo, domocl"atic country, no par-ties of of political thinking should bo forbidden. The Russian delegate remarkod 'Americans have Dore froodbn than they know what to do with'. This led to"an evaluation of Amori6an -moyi-o-s ·,- --nov-e 18--an d - 9i-ck- Tp-aey. - _. The delegate from Austria tried to bring tho discussion back to political s~curity but tho ka-loidoscopo of ideas continually turned, and tho nanel had to ond in tho middle bf a debate on Socialized art. ~-----~----~------~~-~-~~~~~---~ LETTER TO TID EDI~ORS As a participant in the Third International Studentts Confer-ence, I still find these weokends as stimulating in 1949 as I did in 19~? Their growth has in no way impeded their officient til:1ing and refreshinB infornality. But I In tall~ing like the visiting fire-man Vlho knoV'Ts what f s aVlai ting hin at tho other end of his trip. This howover, is not the case with stu-dents attendin~ D.. Conferenc~ for the first time .. T,.'Iany of thom come wi th the impression tllat they: must accomplish somothing definite, ar-rive at certain conclusions, and foel most frustrated wIlon they don't achieve that end. Others 1 just don't Imow what is oxpected of thet1~ L:ay I sug~est then tha t there be some way of more thorour~h in-forning your participants of the purpose of your conferences, of the informal way in which they are run (emphasize this point) and of what each student can contribute towards then. Some sort of pamphlet containing pictures, extracts of panel reports of former conferences etc, would help convey the atmos-nhore of those weokends to futuro J. participants. The student themselvos think vary hi~hly of these meetings. They appreciate tho chance of get· ting together with American st~­dent s -, --as -= wBll -- as - me-et il1g f-e l ·low·, ®ropcans, ASiatics, or South A-n.oricans, They also aY.'F)reciate tho interest taken in them, and their views, as contrasted"with tho indifference olsewhere. Bard College, I think, lends itself specially well to those In-ternational weekends. Tho foroign visitors reel at home very quick-ly in its familiar atmospher6 and among its friendly 'natives'. We all would like to stun up our o-pinions of Bard's I.S.C. with this' one cOY:'U·:1ent: TIore power to thor:. Anno Raick, l.Ianhattenvillo Col-lego of the Sacred Heart. -~~~--------------------------- . CONVOCATION NOT~S Convocation passed two motions roquostinFS that everything possible be dODe to maintain- tho services of Dr. Louis Koenig, and to rocon-sidor the resignation of Dr LincolL Rei~ at its last moeting on April 6th. Tho request was addressed to the Social Stndiosfaculty, the Admir-istration, and tho Board of Trugt-oes. A nroccdont w~s set by acting l:~odorn tor Haviland in tho counting of' Qbstontioll votes. :-rj~DE p I~RK About lO~30 on Sunday morning a group of sloc DY students, with ~nd without accents, p iled into ono bo:: .. utifp.l bus nnd a colloction of collo r~ i :1t8 t:txis, llco..d o d for ~lydo p ,~1. rk to vi cr! thoso historic grounds. C ~Dora 3 3ppoared in an o.bund:"t.Dco. Sono lucky fiends h a d motion ones. Bofor o ontorin~ tho Roosovelt <.) houso at H:rd. u P"ll'llr, tho zuido tjJ.vo an Gx1)lunD..tiol1 of why tho house 100ko". t!~o ',;'Tay it did. The gonora l conconsus o f our g r oup was t~l.:lt t ho:! woro g lQrl they d id not l .·;. vo t~1.o pe, but t hat it VlQS . ~n o.D3.z:Lng collection of furnisll.-lnS3 2.11(1 momonto os ~ The odds o.nd ends o f i tens · in tho I:1US oum, tho colloction of ship nodcle, paint-ings, dra fts of spe echos, cos-tumes and d ocwnonts mado it very difficult to go t us back to our cars o.t noon. In tho bus tho occupo.nts w·oro s oranadcd both dO'wn and b8.ck Ly Uiss Doschko of Russia and :~. Brun of IT orw[t~c-. Bar d collectivoly s i~hod: wo were wQrn out, b ut it so e nod as though s omo t hin g·had roally just bogun, not andod. Bard had it-solf an inforna tivc and thorough~ ly cnjoyQblo woekend - on c an~us. To insure t h0 full carryin~ out O .t:> -!-',,""\ n 1\ T~D . r ., I , '· I" . t J.. l,j . .. L !H.l..' I'I .,''JDL\. po lCy ' QS ou j-liu0d in tho Prospuctus, tho st ~ f f invit ~ s lettors to tho od-it ors c on c erning evonts i~portnnt to our r u nd0~3 on a loc a l or na-. t~l. ono.l sC ;J.10~ From time to tit::.6 we \T'.ll print 3.S r;18.ny of tho lct- · t o r s r0coivod as we have ro on for. ~------~------~-~------------~~~ AJoll.,:\ \!I.d t;l tho eventful Itltcr-n8..t J.cnD-l S tudents I ConfCn'()DCC, the Bard Col J.i) q~o ~?5_rQ DCi.,)2rtn·;;nt ht' .. vo fi r~uriJd in - t' l ''; n':) '.'iS. - A I' CD I'0S cntn.-tivG of t ho l::'oy! Y01'1: r iL1C S to ok pict 'i.'.rcs (you C~l.n f t se c; tho SlilOko -~· -thClt-··t~hcJr- t Tcr)'-f3:e J - to h :·:..v.e. -iL-.-lo.Qk ro~ l) of tho Smoko ~utors s~ving '" 0 .l..' D .. f <:"I ' rJ v ,\) . L., j :1 l .) '\.rl')~C>:S rO!:l G. I J_ cry ,.lO~r.1. r(11l C n l" C+-'JY> (· ··~ ....... ..,(1 l"" ·' · '~!C'l" t ··"",,, "f~ ·l-1 c l .., -._ _ _ ..I.: \..I I..". L-L. '-" --... t.. .... ' .l ...... .J. v- \' t.-.I v ..l . 1 1 ~ " ~ _I~, ... .!.. ~ ."'ll" -l ! "( 1~ -1 '1 C"t .. J . '1,"",(.). I-n." , - n i ..1 •• _ _c ••. .J? v .. . r ~) oen ll1 v _,- V 1. lYo. c;.:, , ande d oJ. busy YJ·:;0}[ f or ·Vl0 Firo .Dc; ~]':n--. tElont , '[[hi ch bo p; ctn f o r thura by ~ b 1y s t Op,YiDc; 0. b J·2Z 0 in t;. l O . SW:.Llors Qno.rtucnt in Gorr'; :IoUSQ. ~ ~ Iffi.. Bi::-"'RL3 SPEAI\S Tho neccosity for recovery in B~roDe sponsored by aid from the Unit Gd stateS wD.S stressed b-7 Adolph A. BerIe, fori:;.er Roos~volt 'Bra in·' ·Trust t r.:0r.1bor~ Berle spoke at the afternoon session of tho Confe rence, where h 0 ror1.2rkGd .that th e spirit of optiJ-:1.ism which he obs erved was prosent durin~ the panel discus ·sions was remfn-escent 01' the a ttitude during the formation of the peace in 1§18. Ho emphasized tho need for a ~orld fQ~0~~ti on. 'Eut first wo must bas ,:) it on 3. Sys tGD of state!s ri ghtsl, h e d~clarod. There wlll always bo an inhe:-c'cnt desire amonp; poople for both froddom nnd - s ~ cu;it~ and a stponQ 1lJ' - ( ..") Wo st ern front will oventually load to a fed0ration and to peace. IT is U }J to thi.) youth of thecoun- " try to conbino their idoals and thoir practical Dethods, to achieve :-1.8TlOCracy and scono!:1i c socuri ty. r W.2; r.1ust offor tho TIutions of the world an altornative to Comnunis~;l which will 0'ivG them a '_J bettor standQrd of livihrr and a 'J b0tter way of· life', stated Mr. Erne s t T.1 • . Do. v i o s, }I'I . P. from En-'froYa~- · 'l rr-!f1us{ U~-- ccorfc51'filc; S~Tst(;:m w:"lich will offer thoso poople tho best Darts of COl:1!lUn-iS~l C.l.n0. Capi t8.1i·sm~ 8.::Id that sys-ten is S ocialisn'. Re gional ~ilitary pacts arc a poss i ble solution, but t ] lOY ar'o inoffoctlvG as 3. porl'l18.no.nt · answer t o Buropo f s si tun.tion. The r'~D.rsh:J.ll Plan and tho T1 0rth Atlantic Secur-i t y Pr Oe;ro.m wi 11 he 1 p :~uroDe to r e cover, but it is a lso nocessary t o fostor the Social Donocratic elenente in t h oso countries which will be able to rl8.int2_in both eCOH-onic st.J.oili t~r and Doli tical freo-c1o::r: whon ~uropoan a.id hJ.s ended. April 12: Spring Recoss . l~ Q~:iJ 20 II II onds Jun·c i r( EncC-·S·prlng· Semes't&r' Juno 18 COrl1rl011C0r1Cnt 

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