Outline of the Great Issues Course
I. INTRODUCTION
Oct. 4, Saturday a.m. Oct. 6, Monday p.m. Oct. 7, Tuesday a.m. Oct. 9, Thursday p.m. Oct. 13, Monday p.m. Oct. 14, Tuesday a.m.
Prof. Arthur M. Wilson, Dartmouth College: General Procedures Statement of Objectives by President Dickey; Prof. Arthur Jensen, Dartmouth College: Introduction to "What Is a Great Issue?" Shepard Stone, Assistant Sunday Editor, The New YorkTimes: "The Use and Evaluation of News" Archibald MacLeish, formerly Librarian of Congress and Assistant Secretary of State: "What Is a Great Issue?" Mr. MacLeish: "The Great Issue as I See It" Discussion: Mr. MacLeish
II. MODERN MAN'S POLITICAL LOYALTIES
Oct. 16, Thursday a.m. Oct. 20, Monday p.m. Oct. 21, Tuesday a.m. Oct. 23, Thursday a.m. Oct. 27, Monday p.m. Oct. 28, Tuesday a.m. Oct. 30, Thursday a.m. Nov. 3, Monday p.m. Nov. 4, Tuesday a.m. Nov. 6, Thursday a.m. Nov. 10, Monday p.m. Nov. 11, Tuesday a.m. Nov. 13, Thursday
Professor Wilson: "Western Concepts of Democracy" Alexander Meiklejohn, former college president and most recently Delegate to U.N.E.5.C.0.: "Government by Consent vs. Government without Consent" Discussion: Professor Meiklejohn Prof. Earl Sikes, Dartmouth College: "Marxian and non-Marxian Socialism in Europe" Christian A. Herter, U. S. Congressman from Massachusetts: "Western Europe's Needs and Loyalties Today" Discussion: Congressman Herter and Professor Sikes Prof. Dimitri von Mohrenschildt, Dartmouth College: "Russian Traditions in Soviet Life" Joseph Barnes, Foreign Editor, New York Herald Tribune: "Soviet Concepts of Democracy" Discussion: Mr. Barnes and Professor Wilson: "Comparison of Soviet and Western Concepts of Democracy" Lewis Mumford, Lecturer in the Library, Dartmouth College: "The Nature of Fascism" R. M. Maclver, Chairman, Department of Sociology, Barnard College: "The State and the Individual" Discussion: Mr. Mumford and Professor Maclver Hour Examination
III. THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION AND THE RADICAL FACT OF ATOMIC ENERGY
Nov. 17, Monday p.m. Nov. 18, Tuesday a.m. Nov. 20, Thursday a.m. Nov. 24, Monday p.m. Nov. 25, Tuesday a.m. Dec. 1, Monday p.m. Dec. 2, Tuesday a.m. Dec. 4, Thursday a.m. Dec. 8, Monday p.m. Dec. 9, Tuesday a.m.
James Bryant Conant, President of Harvard University: "On Understanding Science" Discussion: President Conant Professor William W. Ballard, Dartmouth College: "The Impact of Science on Modern Man" * : "Scientific History of Atomic Energy" Discussion * : "Domestic Use and Control of Atomic Energy" Discussion Lewis Mumford: "Ethical Values in Modern Society" Chester I. Barnard, President, New Jersey Bell Telephone Laboratories and member of the Secretary of State's Committee on Atomic Energy: "International Control of Atomic Energy" Discussion: Mr. Barnard and Herbert Marks, General Counsel, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission * This lecture will be delivered by an outstandingatomic physicist.
IV. INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF WORLD PEACE
NOTE: Introductory lecturers and main lecturers for this section of the Course and for the second semester of the Course will be announced later. The titles of these lectures, which also may be subject to minor revisions, are as follows:
"The International Economic Responsibilities of the United States as a Member of the World of Nations" "The Role of the United Nations" "The Security Council and the Veto" "World Government" "National and International Approaches to Action"
SECOND SEMESTER V. AMERICAN ASPECTS OF WORLD PEACE
"Can Representative Government Work?" "Rights and Responsibilities of Labor Unions" "Minorities and Human Rights" "Tolerance vs. Indifference" "How Much Public Planning is Compatible with Free Enterprise?" "Who is Going to do the Job of Conservation?" "Government Responsibility for Individual Security"
VI. WHAT VALUES FOR MODERN MAN?
"The Individual's Adjustment to Society" "The Arts and Human Values" "The Communication of Values" "Faith in the Scientific Age" "The Public Duty of an Educated Man" "The Liberal College in Society" "The American Dream in Mid-Twentieth Century"
