Conservative Speakers Scheduled

A new student group, the Dartmouth Committee for Intellectual Alternatives, has been formed to bring to the campus speakers "of general intellectual and cultural interest," many of whom are expected to provide a greater hearing for the conservative point of view than the group feels now exists.

"The purpose is not exclusively political," according to Jeffrey Hart '51, Professor of English and Committee faculty adviser, whose syndicated column appears in 160 newspapers across the country. He cites the expected appearances in the series of Professor Peter Berger, "a liberal Protestant theologian" who teaches Sociology of Religion at the Rutgers University Graduate School, and "a couple of novelists" as indicative of the program's breadth of subject matter and viewpoint.

Editor and columnist William Buckley has accepted an invitation to speak under the Committee's sponsorship in April.

The first speaker in the series was William Schneider, formerly of the Hudson Institute, now an aide to New York Senator James Buckley. Described as "a defense intellectual," Mr. Schneider discussed the shifting balance of world power and the U. S. strategic position before an audience of 160 on January 7 at the Hopkins Center.

Following his formal presentation, he was questioned by a panel consisting of Provost Louis Morton, Government Professor Laurence Radway, English Professor Noel Perrin, and Richard Zuckerman '72, chairman of The Dartmouth. The audience was invited to participate in the questioning.

The same format, highly successful with the Schneider appearance, Professor Hart reports, will be followed with other speakers in the series.

The Committee for Intellectual Alternatives has received some financial backing from alumni sources in securing its guest speakers.