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When Sir Charles P. Snow delivered the 1960-61 Godkin lectures to an enraptured Harvard audience, he adopted the novelist's approach to illustrate his point that in modern industrial societies a handful of men make secret decision which determine "in the crudest sense whether we live...
...Godkin lectures have been as exciting as Snow's but in its 59- year history the distinguished series has brought to Harvard some of the century's most famous figures in government, education, and public affairs...
...series was established in 1903 by friends of Edward L. Godkin, founder of The Nation, to stimulate "that spirit of independent thought and unselfish devotion to the public good which characterized his life and distinguished career...
Clark Kerr, Chancellor of the University of California, will inaugurate the 1963 Godkin Lectures at 8 p.m. in Sanders Theater...
Kerr will speak on the "Uses of the University: The Idea of Multiversity" in his first address. He will deliver the second and third Godkin Lectures tomorrow and Thursday night. Admission is free...