Jackson Advocate

Hampton Dean And Family To Nova Scotia

Hampton, Va., July 18--Hampton Institute's Dean of Faculty, Dr. William H. Martin, and his wife have left the Tidewater College campus to attend an intellectual life conference for college deans at Pugwash, Nova Scotia sponsored by the Association of American Colleges, July 20-29.

Held at Pineo Lodge, the ancestral home of Cyrus Eaton, Chesapeake and Ohio railway magnate, the nine day conference will be attended by 16 college deans to explore together major works of the most significant and creative thinkers of western culture.

Three years ago, Mr. Eaton, a multi-millionaire "who collects thinkers the way other multi-millionaires collect yachts, race horses or rare postage stamps," conceived the idea of using Pineo Lodge as a site for an experiment at the loftiest level of education, a thinkers' retreat and a spot to which men with brilliant minds could travel at Eaton's expense.

The first conference brought together Dr. Julian Huxley, Dr. Henry Steel Commager, Dr. Julian Boyd and Dr. F. Cyril James.

Last year's conferees included Dr. Leo Kohn, counselor for political affairs of the ministry of external affairs in Israel; Alexander Samar in, a Russian metallurgist; Majid Khadduri, a former government official of Iraq; and Dr. Chien Tuan-Sheng, president of the Peking Institute of Politics and Law.

Expanding the idea of bringing thinking people together for free wheeling intellectual cross stimulation, conferences of college presidents and deans are now held annually. Last year, Dr. Alonzo G. Moron, president of Hampton Institute, was at Pugwash to attend the conference for college presidents.