Discussion Day materials from 1965 "Zith Day" until the present, including a brief history, topic suggestions, press releases, newspaper clippings, committee memos/arrangements, and two photographs.  

Discussion Day-History, Topics by Year, Background Materials

File Folder #1- Discussion Day History and TopicSuggestions.

File Folder #2- “Zith Days; 1965,” “The NewMorality” – included with Discussion Day materials.

File Folder #3-

1. Undated, probably from themid-1970’s - “Registration, The Draft, andNational Security.”

2. 1979- “The Nuclear Age:Panacea or Plague?”

(File folders now represented by year)

1982- “Reagan Fiscal Policy.”

1983- “Relationships among the people and Nationsof the Western Hemisphere.”

1984- “Sexuality, Faith, and Values.”

Files are now labeled every other year.

1986- “Must There be Hunger?”

1988- “Present Visions-Future Realities.”

1988  - white folder - two copies of one photograph [April 1988, Discussion Day in chapel with Laura Young and Hazel Henderson ] - one copy of undated Discussion Day photograph that includes audience and President Helman.

1989-1990 is skipped.

1991- “Rock Music in American Culture.”

1993- “Gender Issues.”

File folder within 1993- MU2013/37, small box 16 - ContainsDiscussion Day budget and notes .

1995- “Violence in America.”

1997- “Politics and Morality.”

1999- “Censorship and Free Speech.”

2000-2002 is missing.

2003- “Civil Liberties vs. National Security.”

2005- “America’s Role in the World: AnInternational Perspective.”

2006-2008 is missing.

2009- “The Future of Energy, Possibilities andPitfalls.”