'Cliffe Forum Outlines NSO Working Plan

Radcliffe students were acquainted with the workings of the proposed National Students Organization by a panel of four speakers in Agassiz Hall last night in the first step of a drive to found an NSO chapter beyond the Yard.

Emphasizing the flexibility of the commission system that will be the back-bone of the NSO. Clifton F. Wharton '47, a delegate to the Chicago Convention and now secretary of the National Continuations Committee, said that students expect a "hard core of profitable activities" to be the foundation of any permanent organization. "No amount of lofty phrases can do the job," he said.

Idea Channel

Mary Bruchholz, Radcliffe '49, outlined the scope of activities the NSO intends to encompass. The central body, she said, would sift workings of various member groups and channel them to campuses where effective ideas could be adopted. "Avenues opened to Radcliffe students by the NSO would be limitless," she affirmed.

International activities, including the overseas bulletin, were discussed by Douglas Cater '46, another Chicago delegate. "Hope for a world peace," Cater said, "rests largely on the shoulders of students of today."

Background information on what took place at the initial conference of the NSO were supplied by Betty Fitzgerald, Radcliffe '48, co-chairman of the forum. Alice Gilbert, Radcliffe '49, the other co-chairman, acted as moderator of the forum.