Bulletin Vol. 6 No. 3 Nov–Dec 1969

funds the town feels more and more its right to challenge and censor the gown. These demands met by the integrity of academic response can, and 1 believe, will stimulate rathe r than stultify university life. In the long run, the university does exist for the public good. But in its own way, neither as a branch office of a government department, nor as the assembly line to mass produce personnel for industry. Never has the universit y been summoned to meet so great a need as the Asian university in this latter half of the twentieth century. Most of the economically and culturally productiv e areas of Southeast Asia are basically agrarian, in contrast to Southeast Asian universities , which are situated in cities or under a predominant urban influence. The front window of the Asian city opens to the west—the market for expor t and commercial services. The back door opens to the country side— the sustaining side of the economy and cultural continuity. It is the university which can and must sustain and stimulate the household which looks through the front window and lives by the produce that comes in through the back door. In this household, university students need th e vista of the front window 一 that is realistically what the university now affords. But they must leave the house by the back door int o the heartland of the society where the vision which the Asian university can give to its students eventuates in a vocation to serve its nation's people. The n the university shall have fulfilled its proper purpose. Southeast Asia will then no longer be under the patronage of the west but a strong and proud partner. Were K i p l i ng alive today, he might have rewritten his poem like t h i s :— Oh, East is East, and West is West, The twain shall meet and create the best. Lectures Three papers were given during the Seminar:— ( 1 ) Keynote Statement (9th December, 1969) "University Crisis and Student Unrest" Mr . Kentaro Shiozuki, Secretary for University Teachers Work in Asia ( 2 ) General Paper (9th December, 1969) "Student Movement and the University in Korea" Dr. Tae Sun Park, President of Yonsei University, Korea ( 3 ) General paper (10th December, 1969: "Some Implications of Student Activism to University Administration in Southeast Asia" Dr. Ab r aham I. Felipe , Dean of Students University of the Philippines. Discussions General discussions were held after each paper to promote further exploration and clarification of points raised. Informal discussions also took place permitting an exchange o f views and experiences relating to individual institutions. Each discussion was chaired by one of the participants to keep discussions pertinent and summarie s to the point 9th December, 1969 — ( 1 ) Discussion: "University Crisis and Student Unrest" Chairman: Dr. Toh Chin Chye, Vice- Chancellor of University of Singapore a n d ASAIHL Vice-President ( 2 ) Discussion: "Student Movement and the University in Korea" Chairman: Fr. Jesus Diaz, O.P., Rector Magnificus of University of Santo Tomas, Philippines 10th December, 1969 — ( 3 ) Discussion: "Some Implications of Student Activism to University Administration in Southeast As i a" Chairman: Dr. Thich M i nh Chau, President of Vanhanh University, Vietnam ( 4 ) Discussion: "Student Participation in University Affairs" Chairman: Dr. Salvador P. Lopez, President of University of the Philippines ( 5 ) Discussion: "Student Welfare" Chairman: Prof. R . L. Huang, Vice- Chancellor of Nanyang University, Singapore ( 6 ) Discussion: "Student and the Community" Chairman: Prof. Tab Nilanidhi, Rector of Chulalongkorn University, Thailand — 3 —