Editor to speak in Chapel Series

Erwin D. Canham, Editor in Chief of the Christian Science Monitor, will speak on "A Meeting Ground with Youth," Thursday, February 18, in the Rice University Memorial Chapel. He describes his talk as "a distillation of my service on the President's Commission (on Campus Unrest) brought up to date." Canham's talk, open to the public without dharge, is part of the Chapel Lecture Series. It is scheduled for 7:30 pm. One of the most honored and respected journal is ts in the country, Canham has been a member of the Monitor 's s taff fo r 45 years. During t h a t t ime he has been a f i r s t -hand observer a t many of the international conferences and events which have shaped recent history. He has also served as an advisor to many leaders in public life. He holds honorary degrees f rom 20 colleges and universities. Several years ago, rebellious convicts in Boston's old Charlestown Prison asked for him as one of a group to enter a besieged cell block and help end a dangerous riot. Canham received his B.A. degree f r o m Bates College and received B.A. and M.A. degrees f rom Oxford Universi ty. While an Oxford student, he reported on the League of Nations assembly sessions in Geneva. In 1930 he covered the London Naval Conference. From 1932 to 1939, he was chief of Monitor 's Washington Bureau. From 1939 on he has been in one executive editor's job after another. In the spr ing of 1948, President Truman named him vicechairman of the U. S. delegation to the United Nat ions Conference on Freedom of Information in Geneva; tire following year he was Al te rna te U. S. Delegate to the U. N. General Assembly. In 1970, he was named a member of the President 's Commission on Campus Unrest . He is a past president of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce and the American Society of Newspaper Editors. He has wri t ten or collaborated on five books. He is a f o rmer president of the Mother Church, The Fi rs t Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston. Canham, f rom 1945 to 19G4, gave weekly commentaries over the ABC Radio Network. For a number of years he was moderator of a Boston television news panel. At present he is commentator on public a f f a i r s for the Westing-house Broadcasting Company — Group W.