Word: parzen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Discouraged by sparse undergraduate attendance at its meetings and study groups this term, the Harvard Forum will not reappear on the College scene next fall, president Emanual Parzen '49 announced yesterday...
...Parzen attributed the large attendance at the forum's recent meeting to "the drawing power of Dorothy Thompson's personality," and repeated that the Thompson address would stand as the final bow of the organization...
Even the regular open forums, which continued when the study plan was dropped, have attracted few undergraduates, said Parzen. Older scholars and other interested people have made up the majority of the audiences...
...Parzen stressed that "It's the College student whom we are trying to serve. No matter how much he learns about world affairs from his regular studies, he is presumptuous in thinking that he can gain nothing from exposure to fresh viewpoints...
...Emanuel Parzen '49, president of the Forum, announced yesterday that meetings this week will be open to all Harvard and Radcliffe students, including any men and women who did not fill out a questionnaire distributed in the dining halls two weeks...