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letter for former members of International House, 500 Riverside Drive, New York, N.Y. 10027 President Cook Announces
the 50th Anniversary Plans
IN THIS ISSUE:
A New Vice President for |. House
Graphic Work by Thakur Sajnani,
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International House Resident
Holidays at the House
| am happy to announce that our Board of Trustees has appointed Mr. Henry Lee Munson to serve as Vice President in charge of the Jubilee Campaign. The major plans for this observance have been officially approved. | myself wanted to describe to you the main capital and program
to recon-
Success in the campaign will permit an even more important International House service for the next generation of students. As the campaign progresses, we will give you further information on these projects.
building to
Howard A. Cook, President
goals that have been adopted, and
| feel sure you will enthusiasm for these steps.
share my important
First of all we want
dition
our
beautiful
insure its comfort
and usefulness
for the next generation. Secondly we want to enlarge Our program and scholarship endowment to insure the present program and permit some expansion.
We
would
like
to
buy
a
country retreat so residents can relax from the tensions of the City. We would like also to raise funds to construct a ‘‘New Horizons Terrace” on the ninth floor.
This area has such a panoramic view of the Hudson River and the Palisades that we should make greater use of this space. A ‘Visit America’’ program will also be part of the overall goal. In all, the campaign goal will be somewhere between $6,500,-
000 and $7,500,000 and we hope
Emmanuel Gonzalez
Trustees’ Long Range Planning Committee under the able Chairmanship of Mrs. Zelia Ruebhausen and aided significantly by Mr. George Franklin’s subcommittee on education. These plans have also benefited from the first World Conference of Alumni held in Japan in March, 1970, and ideas discussed with current residents of the House.
that you will all want to be part of this milestone Anniversary. These decisions of the Board of Trustees have been preceded by several years of study by the
Anniversary Plans for World Members e Special Jubilee Passport Directory. e Special Jubilee Issue of the Newsletter — a permanent collection of art, poetry, creative works
and life stories of the world members around the globe. e Simultaneous Candlelight Suppers all over the world on Novem-
ber 10, 1974. e Special Planning Session of the World Members Council to prepare for the 50th Anniversary Year.
e Around the world trip by the House Vice President to visit world members and bring details of the Jubilee Plans. e Special student tours and visits with world members. e Search and research to find “lost’’ world members.
by Henry Lee Munson
the viability of the building and the program for another genera-
| am very happy to be given the responsibility for organizing the promotion and fund raising campaign in connection with the 50th Anniversary of International House.
the occasion for some soul searching to make sure that the contribution of International House can be as significant during the next 50 years as it has been up until now.
Since September 1, 1972, | have been studying the history and impact of International House in order to better assess the fund raising potential of its 50th Anniversary.
In recognition of the changed world scene, the theme of the 50th Anniversary will be ‘’Preparation for Leadership in a Global Society.’ The need for candidates for leadership positions who have had the multicultural, multinational experience offered to residents at International House is increasing rapidly. Many executives of multinational corporations, government officials and those in the professions can better deal with scores of countries because of the International House experience.
New Vice President Writes
tion. This anniversary can also be
International House was founded in 1924 to meet a recognized and unmet need in the housing, welcoming and orientation of graduate students coming from other countries to pursue their education in New York City. Forty thousand alumni are now doing a better job around the world because of the insights and global perspectives they were helped to achieve here at International House. Since many, if not most of them, are now in leadership positions in their various
countries,
their
increased
friendship for, and understanding of, the United States is an important (even if difficult to measure) aspect of United States relations with some 130 countries of the world. International House, therefore, launched a new dimension of service to foreign students, and its example has stimulated other comparable efforts in many parts of the world. Now, as instantaneous communication and jet travel are rapidly changing the world scene, the multicultural, multinational experience that International House has been providing is more important than ever. In fact, it can now be stated that a graduate without a global perspective has not been properly trained for his profession. The 50th Anniversary offers an opportunity to launch a campaign for capital funds which will assure
To carry forward this campaign, there will be three major areas of emphasis — intellectual, corporate and social. Intellectual — A major Symposium entitled ‘‘Communications’”’ is planned for November, 1973. Since the basic purpose of International House has been to aid the communication between individuals, races and nations, such an event seems most appropriate. The
idea
for
this
event
was
taken from Mr. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s reply to the Nobel Prize Award. He said that some people “can communicate the condensed experience of one region to other parts of the world.” It
ten
is planned
Nobel
to
invite
some
Prize winners and/or
others from around the world to prepare papers for delivery at this Symposium. It is hoped that we may be able to enlist three or four prominent alumni to form a panel to comment on the papers delivered. Aside from the extensive publicity and visibility it should gen-
erate, this would be of great value to residents here and would increase meaningful communication between
millions
of
people.
It
will alert bright students around the world to the values of residence here at International House. It will also help to identify donor prospects and help to cultivate the interest of others. Corporate — A series of ‘’Dialogues With Business’’ has been launched. The plan is to arrange such dialogues between business students at International House and executives of many multinational corporations. The executives can gain better insight into the reaction of young people around the world and also have the chance to explain the philosophy, problems and hopes of the fast growing global business approach. It is hoped also that this series will make the corporate community more deeply aware of the unique service of International House. This action of the Board of Trustees is a most convincing reaffirmation of the present and future role of International House. | believe this campaign will be successful and in the process it will advance the goals of the House in a major way. International House is providing the best possible ‘Preparation for Leadership in a Global Society.” A successful campaign will insure its effectiveness into the 21st Century. About Henry Lee Munson: Appointed Vice President and Director of the 50th Anniversary Capital Campaign in September, 1972, Mr. Munson comes to us from the Juilliard School of Music, where he was Director of Development. From 1963 to 1971 he was President of H.L. Munson and Company. Among his clients were Manhattan School of Music
(for which he raised $10,000,000), University of the West
Indies, CBS Laboratories, Harlem School of the Arts and the William Hale Harkness Foundation. Mr. Munson was co-founder and
Vice President of G.A. Brakeley and Company from 1958 to 1961, now
the
Brakeley and John Price
Jones Company. Dialogue with Bendix |. House Resident
January 15 saw the first of a series of dialogues between multinational corporate executives and International House residents. Organized by the House and known as the ‘’Dialogues with Business”’ series, the object of the program is to bring residents, and especially those currently attending business schools, into closer contact with the business world so that they may gain a better perspective of their own career objectives and a better understanding of the role of business in a global society. A secondary aim of the program is to increase corporate awareness of the House and its program. company
we
visited was
Bendix International. Bendix Cor-
poration, the parent, ranks 71 on the Fortune 500 (ranked by sales); consolidated sales for 1971 were in excess of $1.6 billion. The company’s main product lines are automotive, aerospace and forest products. The domestic operation of the company is organized along product lines: the Automotive Group,
whose
main
products
The dialogue began with a brief introduction by Mr. Vogt from Personnel. Mr. Vogt then introduced
by Kay-Loe Tjio,
The
and the Forest Products Group. Bendix International coordinates the foreign operations of the company, which has interests and investments in Western Europe, Latin America and the Far East.
are elec-
tronic fuel injection and brake systems; the Aerospace-Electronic Group, which has investments in such diverse interests as commercial aviation, space, military products and technology transfers; the Industrial Group, whose products consist of a variety of machine tools, analytical instruments, high vacuum products and a diversified line of electro-optical products;
Mr.
Coleman,
Vice
President for Long Range Planning and Development for Bendix International. Mr. Coleman described their operations and illustrated his talk with slides showing statistics pertaining to the company’s worldwide operations.
Then he showed a film made by one of Bendix’s foreign subsidiaries, the Societe Anonyme D.B.A. of France. The film was on a new braking system which was recently developed by the subsidiary. Known as the adaptive braking (anti-skid) system, it is an electronic device which regulates the pressure and timing of the brake pads on the walls. The action is akin to what is normally known as “pumping the brakes.”’ This prevents the wheels from being locked in. This was followed by a question and answer session with Mr. Coleman at the helm. Questions asked ranged from the company’s marketing strategy to discussions on the product life-cycle theory of economic development. The answers were candid, crisp and to the point. For instance, on the question of the company’s marketing orientation, Mr. Coleman admitted that the company has not been as aggressive marketingwise as its counterparts such as GE and Western Electric and has not done as well as it should in associating the company’s product with the Bendix name. (In fact, when the anti-skid system was announced on the Mercedes Benz 350SL some two years ago, | had actually thought it was a Daimler Benz development.)
Thakur Sajnani
Next came more slides showing the company’s projected earnings, its economic assumption, policies, guidelines, etc. The dialogue concluded with a discussion on Career opportunities within Bendix International. Bendix Corporation, as Mr. Coleman put it, is not a conglomerate, as this would imply “playing the earning per share game.”” They'd rather be known as a multinational, multi-market company serving the world market. Bendix seems to be one of the more enlightened giants of American industry. This is readily apparent in the operation of its foreign subsidiaries. Within certain broad guidelines, its foreign subsidiaries have pretty much a free hand in what they do. The French subsidiary that produced the adaptive braking system, for instance, developed and manufactured the product quite independently of its U.S. parent. Everything from research and development down to the final production runs were subsidiary-oriented. The subsidiary is also managed and operated entirely by French nationals from top management to the engineers to the operator levels. Although all its overseas activities are still being coordinated from New York City through Bendix International, there are plans within the next few years to set up regional head offices in each of the three areas it serves, thus furthering its decentralizing policy and being a truly geocentric company.
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it is a pleasure to present the graphic work of Thakur Sajnani, an |. House resident from New Delhi, India. Thakur did his undergraduate work at the Delhi
College of Art at the University of Delhi. He has been in the United States for about two years and is studying graphic design at Brooklyn College. He is also
associated with one of the leading The photograph above is of Thakur and was taken by Jose Puyana.
advertising Avenue.
agencies
on
Madison
Ahmed
Yalman,
Noted Journalist, Dies Ahmed Emin Yalman ‘14, journalist and leader in the fight against censorship in Turkey, died in December, 1972. Mr. Yalman was honored for ‘outstanding and courageous journalism” by the UCLA Foreign Press Awards Program in 1960. In 1961 he received the ‘Golden Pen of Freedom” of the International Federation of Newspaper and Magazine Publishers and in 1965, the Gold Medal of the Institute of British Journalists. Mr. Yalman was an honorary member of the International Press Institute and Chairman of the Turkish Press Institute.
In his lifetime, Mr. Yalman witnessed the transformation of his homeland from a sultanate to a modern democracy. He was not merely an observer of, but a participant in these profound changes. He came to the United States in 1911 and graduated with a Ph.D. in journalism from Columbia University in 1914. It was during this time that Mr. Yalman was one of the original members of the Cosmopolitan Club. Mr. Yalman returned to Turkey and was an active journalist and advocate of freedom of the press throughout his lifetime. He was
the chief editor of the Istanbul Vatan for many years. In 1960 Mr. Yalman was jailed for reprinting an American's criticism of the Government. Mr. Yalman expressed his ideas about his role as a journalist when he broke with the Turkish Democratic party in 1954, “The Democratic party started to limit certain freedoms, and | never hesitated
to warn
the
Government,
thinking it my duty to do it.” Ahmed Emin Yalman was a man of great courage and conviction, a journalist who worked wholeheartedly for freedom of expression all his life.
World Members Activities Page by Margie Henkels, Editor The preparations for the Jubilee Year celebrations are giving us an extra and much-welcomed excuse to try to find out more about the world members of International House — New York. That is one of the reasons we are so pleased to receive your Jubilee Directory cards; we want to know
how the world members are doing and what and where. On this page we share one of our discoveries with you. Cecele at
Allen
Kraus
‘65
International
House
while
lived in
training for the Peace Corps. From New York she went to Colombia, South America, in the Peace Corps. When she returned to New York, Ms. Kraus went to the New School for her masters in sociology. Ms. Kraus became Program Director of the Epilepsy Foundation in New York three years ago. Her job was to find out what the needs of the epileptic community were and to plan how to meet those needs and then to get funding for the projects. The Epilepsy Foundation deals with epileptics who are having trouble of one kind or another functioning within the community and it uses an individualized approach to help each person achieve optimal independence. Epilepsy is the general name given to the symptoms of a number of disorders of the nervous system. It is far more common than most people realize; it is estimated that about one in fifty people suffers from some form of epilepsy. Ms. Kraus has succeeded in getting grants for the programs outlined below. One of the most urgent problems for the clients of the Epilepsy Foundation is employment. Employers are afraid to hire, and clients are afraid to work. One of the programs that started recently
is a work-adjustment program for multiply-handicapped people who can’t get jobs or get into rehabilitation programs. This project is a half-day pre-vocational program designed to train people in simple skills and to give them an orientation to a work situation. The clients are also encouraged to take responsibility for their own health. The Epilepsy Foundation has also started several other programs. There is an adults’ group which emphasizes social activities and group discussions and counseling and a children’s activities program which helps the children establish a healthy self-image and encourages emotional growth through interaction with peers and group leaders. Another program is a parents’ discussion group which deals with what it means to have a child with epilepsy. Because of the ignorance and fear of epilepsy, community education is a crucial function of the Epilepsy Foundation. Through education, it is hoped many opportunities now closed to epileptics, especially employment opportunities, will open up. The Foundation has a community education service which provides speakers, audiovisual aids and other information. Cecele Allen Kraus hopes that the Epilepsy Foundation can grow further in preventive and educational programs. She is trying to develop a pre-school program which would locate epileptic children before the age of five because it has been proven that the sooner treatment is started, the more effective it is. Ms. Kraus is also trying to develop an ado-
-lescent program which would attempt to prevent job problems before they start. Right now she is having the satisfaction of seeing the programs she planned start to give people tangible help, in an area where much help is needed.
Focus on Outstanding World Members One purpose of the World Members program at International House is to keep the world members informed of each other’s activities, especially those activities which continue the experience shared at the House. Each of the following world members has made a special contribution to international cooperation and understanding. Thakur Sajnani
New York Alumni Present Concert
In
December,
York
Alumni
1972, the of
New
International
House presented a violin concert to benefit the Scholarship Fund. The concert featured Imdad Husain, the Pakistani violinist who is a member of the first violin section of the New Philharmonia Orchestra of London. Mr. Husain was accompanied on piano by Linda Cuneo, |. House Resident Adviser. They performed selections from
Dvorak,
Bach, Bartok
and Beethoven and ended the evening with an improvisation on a chant from Bitshah, Pakistan. For Future Generations:
A Bequest to International House A tax-exempt, educational
charitable and
corporation,
Interna-
tional House depends upon alumni, foundations and other friends to support its program and its fellowship and scholarship funds. Bequests may be made in the following manner: “| bequeath to International House, a New York corporation, the sum of $ to be used for its general corporate purposes.”’ Bequests may be specially designated ‘for the Program Endowment Fund,” ‘for the Fellowship Fund” or “‘in memory of.”
Evangeline Thillayampalam ‘22, one of the original members of |. House, is a remarkable example of a person who has continued to teach and be taught by people all over the world throughout her life. She came to New York City from Ceylon to study at Columbia in 1922. From there she went to India to lecture at Isabella Thoburn College. In 1932 she had the opportunity to return to the U.S. as an exchange lecturer, and since then she has taught in many different schools and colleges in the United States, Canada, India and Ceylon. Miss Thillayampalam also served as President of Isabella Thoburn College and Lady Doak College, both in India. In 1968 Miss Thillayampalam returned from India to live in Chunnakam, Ceylon. The William Mather Memorial Women’s Centre is near her home; Miss Thillayampalam started to go to the Centre every morning, finding ways in which she could be helpful there.
The girls are mature and have some reason for coming to us, with problems of various kinds in their home environment. At present there are only about 15 girls. In time they become weavers in other places or take up nursing in hospitals. Many, however, are happy to establish homes of their own. They are all trained to have confidence in themselves. Our aim is to teach the girls to love God and serve their neighbors wherever there is need, At present we have a well-established loomroom as well as an annex. Our farm has flourished remarkably during the last few years. Raissa Tselentis Chadwell ’32 was recently awarded the Cross of Merit First Class by the Federal Republic of Germany at a ceremony in the German Embassy in Washington, D.C. Mrs. Chadwell left her homeland of Greece in the 1920's to go to Berlin to study music and later came to New York. In 1959 Mrs. Chadwell took up the theme of international understanding through music by creating the American Bach Foundation and the Johann Sebastian Bach International Competitions. The award was given in recognition of her efforts as founder of the Foundation and the Competitions.
Miss Thillayampalam writes, “In March, 1969, | was persuaded to come to the Centre as Manager. | was reluctantly forced to take this up when | was almost a stranger in my own land after more than half a century in other lands, especially India and the United States. “Girls come from all parts of the island and learn to weave, knit or sew to earn their living.
The German Ambassador, Dr. Rolf Pauls, said at the award cere-
mony, “Whether Bach can still _ be claimed by Germany as a German composer or whether Johann Sebastian belongs to the whole world of music may be decided by experts. One thing, however, is certain: in the name of Bach and by the name of Bach, you, Miss Tselentis, have helped people, and particularly young artists,
learn that they belong to the same family, the family of men.”’ The Teachers College Press recently published An Annotated /nternational Bibliography of Nutrition Education, compiled and edited by Clara Mae Taylor ’20 and Katherine P. Riddle. Though compiled by Americans, this book will have an impact on people all over the world who are interested in the problems of proper nutrition, especially in considering those problems within the context of local eating habits and food availability. Dr. Taylor describes the book this way, “This bibliography of nutrition materials, resource personnel and agencies includes extensive information for those interested in establishing or actively engaging in nutrition programs in developing countries.”’ The listings have been classified according to geographical area and subject matter. Geographically, the bibliography concentrates on the developing countries of Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Many of the listings were prepared in the countries that they deal with, something unique in such a bibliography. Dr. Taylor says, ‘““The significance of materials prepared locally needs to be emphasized. The cultural background, food habits and taboos and the availability and cost of local foods must be considered if the success of a program is to be insured. Materials developed locally to meet the specific needs of an area are far more effective than those with general applicability.”
The bibliography is a compilation of vital information gathered through the cooperation of key people around the world. It is Dr. Taylor’s hope that “the information given in this publication should encourage the sharing of ideas, the enrichment of current programs and the promotion of new and meaningful programs in nutrition.” Dr. Taylor has very thoughtfully donated a copy of her book to the East Room Library of International House. lsabel MacArthur
Christmas Holidays at |. House
Gustavo Branco
°57 received
the Medal of Service of the Order of Canada last summer. She also received the Manitoba Centennial
Medal earlier in the year. Miss MacArthur was the person who launched the campaign which brought the vote to hospital patients and invalids across Canada. In 1967 multiple sclerosis had taken away much of the physical control Miss MacArthur needed to move about in a wheelchair, and she launched her voting campaign, which she could manage without leaving her bed. As many as two million patients in general hospitals and invalids in nursing and private homes in Canada couldn’t vote because they could not get out to the polls.
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Thak ur Sajnani
Miss MacArthur wrote letters to the members of the Cabinet and of the Parliament. As the legislature debated provincial legislation providing for a mail-in vote in 1969, she began a siege of letters to Ottawa. The federal elections act was changed to provide for a mail-in vote. Before the mail-in vote effort, Miss MacArthur had concentrated her energies on drawing attention to the special needs of the handicapped. Miss MacArthur is not a person who has worked in the field of international understanding, but she has certainly done a great deal to eliminate the ignorance which is one of the greatest hindrances of the handicapped.
Thakur Sajnani
when she died. Our sympathies went out to you as if you were a brother, which in fact you were, figuratively, to so many of us.
Remember Early Days at |. House?
“| retired in 1966 after being President of the University of Natal for 21 years. It is the University which can still boast of having the largest number of nonwhite students attending with whites of all the South African universities. Happy Birthday, Harry Edmonds! “On
“Among which
alumni
in South Africa,
| am writing to congratulate you on your 90th birthday on March 10th. What a wonderful achievement — bringing about better understanding between so many persons in so many (even warring) countries of the world! “My wife’s and my association with you dates from 1920-24 in the pre-International
House time,
when we were members of the Cosmopolitan Club which always met on Sunday nights in Earl Hall. We were then both graduate students at Columbia University. | still have photos of the fine Candlelight Ceremonies in those years. “We both remember vividly your beautiful wife and how stricken with sorrow we were HELP
US
FIND
LOST
ALUMNI
the
many
have
held,
offices during
and
prior to the time that | was President of the University, | may mention that | was one of the founders (44 years ago) and later President of the South African Institute of Race Relations.
behalf of the Internation-
al House
|
OF
write
to
the World Members Office the Facilities Brochure.
other
information,
for
E.G. Malherbe Council Member
“P.S. If there are any seeds left from your garden, please send us some, so that we may try them out
in our
garden,
in the
hopes
that they may flower as well on South African soil, as did the seeds you sowed in the early 1920’s!”’ I. HOUSE.
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The i. house world newsletter is published twice a year, reminding the world members of their relationship to International House. Each world member is a part of the |. House movement, pledged to support the principles of the House whenever and wherever possible. International House is a nonprofit residence and program center for graduate students from all nations. Its programs, supported by contributions from individuals,
corporations
and
founda-
tions, seek to achieve three basic goals: to promote friendship and mutual respect among young people of all countries and cultures; to provide opportunities for students to experience American life through trips, home visits and active participation in the community; to help students reach their educational and professional goals. March,
1973