Annual Carnival Kicks Off; '28 Floods Union, Pudding

Reunion's annual circus hit town yesterday.

Almost 500 men of '28, herding wives and children before them, registered in the Union, donned gay hats, and slapped rain-spotted backs. Eventually, most found their way to the Hasty Pudding for potables, platitudes, and plans for a full week.

Some culture crept through the raindrops, however. The first of a series of symposia, "Harvard College in Today's World" featured Henry W. Bragdon '28, a master at Exeter and a member of the Ford Foundation committee to study secondary schools, as moderator.

Spectators heard Wilbur J. Bender '27, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid; John U. Monro '34, Director of the Financial Aid Center; David E. Owen, professor of History; and Mason Hammond '25, Master of Kirkland House.

The five day holiday continues this morning with a second symposium, "An Estimation of the Eisenhower Administration." Participants include Arthur E. Sutherland, professor of Law, McGeorge Bundy, associate professor of Government, Samuel H. Beer, associate professor of Government, Charles R. Cherington '35, associate professor of Government, and Arthur M. Schlessinger, Jr. '38, associate professor of History.

This afternoon, the University's Far East experts will mull and maul "American Policy in the Far East." Edwin O. Reischauer, professor of Far Eastern Languages, Robert L. Wolff '36, associate professor of History, and Benjamin I. Schwartz, assistant professor of History, are the debaters.

At 4:30 p.m., classmates will hold memorial services in Memorial Church for those who have died. The Rev. Duncan Howlett '28, will preside.

Tonight the show rolls over to the Pops in special buses from the Union. The special dinner and concert will honor Mal Holmes, creator and conductor of the much-lauded, modern Harvard Band.