raw uo THE , MICHIGAN DAILY M 1945-46 ORATORICAL ASSOCIATION LECTURE COURSE: Ten Distinguished eakers To Appear atll Ad ONDAY, OCTOBER. 29, 1945 ori0 Helen Douglas Will Be First' Lecturer, Nov. 6 Representative's Topic Is "Price of Peace" Ordinarily when an actress appears on the Oratorical Association lecture platform at Hill Auditorium, she talks about the theatre. But not Helen Gahagan Douglas. Although she has had a disting- uished career on the American stage, she has now turned her attention to national politics and is congress- woman from California. A member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Mrs. Douglas is well qualified to speak on "The Price of World Peace" in the opening Oratorical Association lec- ture, Tuesday, Nov. 6 at Hill Audito- rium. As an actress and singer, Mrs. Douglas travelled extensively throughout the world and across her own country. It was in the depression year of 1932 that her social con- sciousness was first aroused. Later, in the Orient and in Europe, she observ- ed many of the developments on the international scene that eventually led to war. Since that time she has continually warned the American people against the potential Fascist danger and presented the need for guarding and improving our democ- racy, Changing her spotlights in mid- scene, Mrs. Douglas stepped from the theatrical to the political stage. She became a Democratic National Com- mitteewoman and, in 1944, was elect- ed to Congress as a Representative from California. Mrs. Douglas was born in Boonton, New Jersey and grew up in a large Opening Tuesday, Nov. 6, with Helen Gahagan Douglas and continuing through March 21, the 1945-46 Oratorical As- sociation season will feature ten outstanding speakers on subjects ranging from world peace to the American Negro. Both season and single admission tickets are still available and may be obtained at the Hill Auditorium box office daily except Saturday afternoons and Sundays. Oratorical Association lecture goers will hear Helen Gaha- gan Douglas, Owen Lattimore, Vincent Sheean, Richard Wright, Frances Perkins, Madame Vijaya Lakshrmi Pandit, Guthrie McClintic, Edmund Stevens. Robert Boothby and Leland Stowe. PROMINENT JOURNALISTS: Three Foreign Correspondents Will Give Oratorical Lectures --------------- Oratorical Association audiences respondents who speaks Russian flu- will have the opportunity of hearing ently, he was invited to act as an three distinguished journalists: Vin- i interpreter at the Teheran Confer- cent Sheean, Leland Stowe and Ed- ence. Leland Stowe, the last Oratorical I mund Stevens. lecturer this season, is famed as a' Vincent Sheean will be the first of Pulitzer Prize winner in journalism these to speak. His lecture on Dec. and author of the best-seller, "They 5 is titled "Personal Opinion." Shall Not Sleep." Accompanied Patton Author of "Personal History" and Aithors Featured In Lecture Series An unusual feature of this year's Oratorical Association Lecture Course is that several authors of best-sellers are to appear on the stage of Hill Auditorium. Heading the list of writers is Richard Wright, author of the controversial 'Native Son" and the autobiographical "Black Boy." Leland Stowe's "They Shall Not Sleep" was named on most of the best-seller lists last year. "Personal History" and "Not PeacenBut a Sword"' pt Vincent Sheean among the most widely read authors. Owen Lattimore recently wrote "Solution in Asia," and Edmund Stevens has just completed a book entitled, "Russia Is No Riddle." In addition to their popularity as writers, all of these authors are considered excellent platform speakers. 1w-1 0 Divergent Fields To Be Covered By Lecturers Wright, Miss Perkins, McClintic To Speak He Three widely divergent fields will be covered in Oratorical Association lectures by Richard Wright, Frances Perkins and Guthrie McClintic. An eloquent spokesman for his race, Richard Wright will speak Dec. 11 on "The American Negro Discovers Him- self." He is author of the Book-of- the-Month Club selections "Native Son" and "Black Boy" and is con- sidered one of America's great living authors. Wright will speak in an effort to bring clarity and under- standing to the American Negro. Labor Secretary Here Frances Perkins will speak here Jan. 16 on the "Destiny of American Labor." She has a background of more than 12 years as Secretary of Labor in the late President Roose- velt's cabinet and has the distinc- tion of being the only woman ever to serve in the cabinet. She has done much toward the adoption of intelli- gent labor laws and the adoption of better labor conditions. Director To Speak Guthrie McClintic, famous broad- way director and producer will speak here Feb. 15 on "The Theatre, Remi- niscences and Predictions." He has directed a larger variety of plays than any other producer in the theatre, among them "The Old Maid," "Win- terset," "Candida," and "The Barretts of Wimpole Street." "Not Peace But a Sword," Sheean spent many months in the Burma- China theatre of war. Then with the American invasion of Europe, he join- ed General Patton's forces and ac- companied them through France into Germany. Edmund Stevens, who is foreign correspondent for the Christian Sci-' ence Monitor, will speak here March 5. He is also author of "Russia Is No Riddle," which will be the title of his Oratorical Association lecture. Teheran Interpreter During the war, Stevens covered the African and Italian campaigns and spent a great deal of time on the Eastern Front with the Russian Army. One of the few American cor- Asia, 1 vlie Discussed, Authorities on the Far East will be featured in the Oratorical Association Lecture Course this season. Owen Lattimore, author of the re- cent book, "Solution in Asia," will speak sere Nov. 28. He has acted as political adviser to Chiang Kai shek, was Director of Pacific Operations in OWI and has spent most of his life in the Orient. Lattimore is now Di- rector of the School of International Relations in Johns Hopkins Univer- sity. Indian Problem Madame Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit HELEN GAHAGAN DOUGLAS .to open Oratorical Association lecture series family in Brooklyn. She was educated College in New York. She is married at the Kerkely -School for Girls in to Melvyn Douglas, who is now a Brooklyn, the Capon School for Girls major with the armed forces in Bur- in Northampton, Mass. and Barnard ma. They have two children. will discuss another phase of the Far East problem when she speaks on "The Coming India Democracy," Feb. 5. Madame Pandit is the sister of Jawsharal Nehru and has served as a representative at the recent San Francisco Conference. British Viewpoint A different approach will come from the Hon. Robert Boothby, M. P., who will give the British point of view. He will speak on "Britain Looks to the Future" March 12. Vincent Sheean will also discuss Asiatic prob- lems in his lecture Dec. 5.