Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-12
6. ". i. Announces
Sessions Dec. 81
On Pan-America
Radio Debate for
High Schools to Be
Given Wednesday

The George Washington Univer.
sity announced . three.day confer
ence on Pan-American problems, to
be held December S, 8 and 7. THE
conference Is an annual event held
under the auspices Of the Inter.
American Center Of the university.
protection Of Pan-American Sol
ldarity: Nine Methods Of Cooper.
ation." Is the subject to be con-
sidered In this years meetings. The
program Will include addresses by
leaders In Government, diplomacy,
education. the press. radio, motion
pictures. the Army. the Navy and
international trade.
The sessions will De held In the
auditorium Of the United States
Chamber Of Commerce. Panel dis
cussions will follow the formal. ad-
dresses each evening.
The conference Is open to the
public. and invitations may be OBJ
tanned by communicating with the
Director Of the Inter American Gen.
ter. George Rowland Cox.
Invited 10 Hull Conference.
The university was one Of 70 in
stitutions invited to participate in
Secretary Of State Hull's Conference
on Inter-American Relations In the
Field OF Education, which was held
in Washington last week. Insti-
tutions chosen were those carrying
on some special program OF inter-
est to students from the other
American Republics. For more than
10 years the George Washington
University has been giving special
attention to the development of in
ter-American relationships through
Its 1nter-American Center.
The university's delegation to the
conference included: President Cloyd
H. Marvin, chairman; DR.. Jessie
FAINT Evans, trustee representatives;
Dean Henry Grattan Doyle, repre-
senting the university; Prof. Robert
w. Bolwell. chairman of the Gradu-
ate Council. representing graduate
work: Associate Prof. Wood Gray,
representing the liberal arts college;
Director George Rowland Cox of
the 1nter-American Center, repre-.
senting the administration, and As
sociate Prof. Alan T. Deibert, ad-
wiser to students from foreign coun-
tries. representing the relationships
Of students from foreign countries.
Radio Debate Wednesday.
Prof. w. Hayes Yeager, head Of
the department Of public speaking
Of the university, will serve as chair
man Of demonstration debate over
q national radio. network on
Wednesday from 2 until ; pm.
The debate has been arranged for
the benefit Of high school debaters
throughout the country by the
Committee on Debate Materials and
Interstate Cooperation of the Ma
tional University Extension Asso-
citation. This association has gen.
eral supervision Of the selection Of
subjects and preparation Of mate
rails for all high school debates.
It's agency in this region is the
George Washington University High
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League.
The radio debate will be on the
subject selected for high school de-
bates, this year-"Resolved: That
the Federal Government Should
Own and Operate the Railroads"
Speakers for the Affirmative will
be Norman Thomas, writer and lee
turer and formerly Socialist can
didate for president, and DR.. Harry
w. Ladder, executive director Of the
League for Industrial Democracy
and q well-known writer and lee
turer on economic and social ques-
tons.
For the negative, speakers will be
Col. Robert 8. Henry. assistant to
the president, Association Of Amer
lean Railroads. and Samuel B. Pet
tengill, former Representative from
Indiana and formerly chairman Of
the Committee on Interstate Com
merce.