Harvard Will Join In International Student Day Fete

Commemorating the execution of Czech students on November 17, 1939, and pledging American youth to fight for world academic freedom, next Tuesday will be celebrated as International Students Day at Harvard and other colleges and universities throughout the United Nations.

Already celebrated last year in England and many other countries, the day will be the occasion for demonstrations, among others, by all the colleges of London and New York, as well as ceremonies at most of those in the Boston area, including Wellesley, Radcliffe, Simmons, Tufts, B.C. and B.U. Dean Hanford has called this observance "an event of especial importance."

Plans Show Unity

"The plans which are being made," he said, "and the spirit with which they are being carried out symbolize the unity of purpose of students in the United Nations and show their determination to fight the present war through to victory so that freedom of education will not only be preserved in our own country but may once more be possible throughout the world."

Final plans have not yet been announced for the Harvard celebration, but the day will certainly include display of flags and will end with a rally in New Lecture Hall. Arrangements are being completed by a committee headed by Louis H. Cohen '43 and appointed by the Student Council.

PBH Talks Map Ceremonies

A conference of Greater Boston students in PBH last Tuesday night discussed ideas for the day, and rallies similar to Harvard's will be held in many of the colleges. Most of these will feature student speakers from various United Nations.

Three thousand students were tossed into concentration camps by Nazis in November, 1939, following student demonstrations against the death by torture of their fellows.