University of Virginia Library

Part Of Sesquicentennial

Three Scholars To Visit University

A visit to the University by three renowned
scholars will be the first event on the
Sesquicentennial celebration calendar this fall.

Fawn M. Brody, senior lecturer in history at
the University of California at Los Angeles;
Peter Jay, economics editor of The London
Times, and Herbert Wencher, professor of
constitutional law at Columbia University, will
participate in four days of public lectures,
seminars, class visits and other activities next
week.

On Tuesday evening, Sept. 23, Mrs. Brody
will discuss "The Political Hero in America -
His Fate and Future." "Economic Freedom in
an Interdependent World" will be Mr. Jay's
topic on Wednesday. Thursday evening, Mr.
Wencher will examine "The Future of Political
and Intellectual Freedom: Reflections of a
Lawyer."

All three lectures will be held in the South
Meeting Room of Newcomb Hall at 8:15 p.m.
and are open to the public.

On Friday the three scholars will join with
Alphas T. Mason, professor of government and
law at the University, and Charles G. Cahbot, a
graduate student in government and foreign
affairs at the University, in a panel discussion of
"The Future of Political and Intellectual
Freedom."

Dr. Robert J. Harris, professor of
government and history at the University, will
moderate the panel, which also is open to the
public.

Students will meet the scholars for informal
discussion at two coffees to be held on Tuesday

and Thursday at 4 p.m. in Pavilion V. Selected
students and professors will also be invited to
meet the scholars at luncheons on Tuesday,
Thursday and Friday.

The scholars also will address various classes
and organizations at the University.

A noted biographer and historian, Mrs.
Brody has written three biographies: "No Man
Know My History; the Life of Joseph Smith,

the Mormon Prophet;" "Thaddus Stevens,
Scourge of the South" and "The Devil Drives, a
Life of Sir Richard F. Burton."

Mr. Jay, a London native, served for six
years as assistant principal and principal in Her
Majesty's Treasury in London. He joined The
Times in 1967 as economics correspondent.
This year he came to Washington as economics
editor of The Times for special commentaries.

Herbert Wechsler
Columbia Constitutional Law Professor

Mr. Wechsler has held varied positions
including executive secretary of the United
States Board of Legal Examiners, Assistant
Attorney General of the United States in charge
of war division, and technical adviser to the
American members of the International
Military Tribunal. Since 1957 he has been
Fiske Stone Professor of constitutional
law at Columbia University.