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Communist Foe Will Join Faculty

Count Carie Sforza, former foreign
minister of Italy in the days before the
coming of Communism, will join the
University faculty in December and
will remain until the end of the
semester as visiting Carnegie professor
of democracy.

The Count, who is a leader of the
democratic opposition to Communism,
will deliver a series of 13 lectures
which will be open to the public. In
addition, he will appear before classes
in modern European history and
political science. Also, the Count may
deliver talks to such student
organizations as the Jefferson Society,
the International Relations Club, and
the Stop the Red Wave League.

December 11 has been set as the
date for the first public lecture by
Count Sforza, whose opening subject
will be "What is Wrong with Europe?"
Later in the semester, he will try to
talk about such problems as the
collapse of the Southern Strategy, why
democracy is not a failure and good
and bad treaties.

The recent rumors that have
circulated claiming that the Count
would debate Statesmanship versus
Diplomacy against Professor Norman
Graebner were scotched yesterday when
Mr. Graebner refused to appear on the
same stage with "that Italian pimp."

Count Sforza suffered one of his
most harrowing experiences just prior
to World War II when he and the lovely
Countess Eleanor were living in their
villa in Southern France, having left his
olive groves in Bologna, Italy.

The couple narrowly escaped the
advancing German army when they
were almost trapped by an enemy.
Panzer Force the Count chartered a
small boat, with only 100 oranges as
their total food supply for their
five-day voyage to England.
Unfortunately for the Count, the two
had to throw the oranges at German
planes on strafing missions during the
sea voyage, and thus had nothing to
eat.

Mrs. Count, who was sea-sick the
entire trip, was delighted upon landing

Count Carie Sforza

in England to find that she had lost
two and one-half pounds during the
voyage. Unfortunately for the Count,
his wife has since returned to her
normal self and still must try to
squeeze into her size 16 dress.

Since his expulsion from Italy in
1965 following the first signs of
Communist infiltration into the
government, the Count has traveled in
Poland and Romania discussing the
relative merits and demerits of
democracy.

University President Edgar
Shannon, Jr., said in a statement
released late yesterday, "I am
especially pleased to know that the
distinguished Count Sforza will be able
to join our faculty.