Eastern College Seminar Begins

The first meeting of a three-day seminar on education sponsored by Harvard and Columbia students "went pretty well," Marc E. Leland '59, president of the Student Council, reported last night from New York City.

"People got started talking about their particular school's problems," Leland said, "and now have the basic framework for discussing other questions."

About 22 eastern colleges have sent delegates to the conference, formed as an aftermath to Harvard's withdrawal from the NSA on the grounds that that organization's regional conferences contributed little to the solution of Harvard's own peculiar educational problems. Leland stated that the represented colleges at Columbia were "not so identical" as to preclude a genuine exchange of ideas.

Charles Frankel, professor of Philosophy at Columbia and chairman of the Department, spoke to the delegates last night on "The Philosophy of Modern Education."