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23rd IVU World Vegetarian Congress 1975
Orono, Maine, USA

from Vegetarian Voice, Vol.2, No.4, Jul/Aug 1975:

Congress Program

Friday, August 22

9:00 - 10:15 A.M.

  • CHILDREN'S PROGRAM: WHAT SHOULD WE EAT - Carol Thomas - Day-Care Ctr. (Lingyel Hall)

  • NATURE'S SECRETS FOR BETTER HEALTH, I
    Dr. Edwin Flatto - Main Gym
  • THE VEGAN KITCHEN PART I (with color slides)
    Freya Dinshah - Hauck Auditorium
  • SYMPOSIUM: VEGETARIANISM AND NATURAL LIVING IN INDIA TODAY, PART I
    Conducted by Sri J. N. Mankar
    Smt. Rukmini Devi Arundale, Dr. V. N. Jai, and other speakers. Presented in Aubert Hall room 130
  • BALANCED PROGRAM FOR NATURAL LIVING, I
    Dr. Keki R. Sidhwa - Little Hall rm. 130
    Dr. Carlos Casanova-Lenti - Aubert, room 428
  • NATURAL GARDENING METHODS, PART I (rpt)
    Prof. Scott Nearing - Murray, rm. 102
    Richard St. Barbe Baker - Boardman, rm.336
    Dr. David A. Phillips - Little Hall, rm. 140
    Eliot Coleman - Jenness, rm. 100
  • NATURAL EYE-CARE & EYE EXERCISES, I
    Robert Zuraw - Bennett, rm. 140
  • DECENTRALIZATION & SIMPLE LIVING, I
    Dr. Willis B. Hunting - Carnegie, rm. 202
  • CLASS IN LIFE SCIENCE, PART I (repeat)
    Dr. Martin Fritz - Coburn, rm.15

  • A MODERN LOOK AT MEDITATION
    Shri T. S. Khanna - Bennett, rm. 137
  • PROTEIN: HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH?
    Victoras Kulvinskas - Nutting Hall, rm. 100
  • THE QUESTION OF VACCINATION
    Dr. Alec Burton - Little Hall, rm 120
  • WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT CANCER?
    R. J. Cheatham - Barrows, rm. 153
  • VEGETARIANISM: KEY TO A BETTER LIFE
    Nat Altman - Bennett, rm. 141
  • RAW FOOD & SPROUTS
    Dr. Ann Wigmore - Little Hall, rm. 110
  • VEGETARIANISM IN LITERATURE
    Dudley Ghiel - North Stevens, room 37
  • THE LAW OF CAUSE & CONSEQUENCE (repeat)
    Louis Warter - Little Hall, room 203
  • SDA - PIONEERING IN THE VEGETARIAN MOVEMENT
    Rev. Stoy Proctor - Boardman, rm 344

10:45 A.M. - NOON

  • YOUTH SESSION: WHAT THE VEGETARIAN MOVEMENT HAS TO OFFER YOUNG PEOPLE
    Dr. H. J. Steed - Carnegie rm. 202

  • PROTEIN, VITAMINS, MINERALS, PART I
    R. J. Cheatham - Main Gym
  • SYMPOSIUM: VEGETARIANISM IN RELIGIOUS AND SPIRITUAL LIFE, PART II (OF 3 PARTS)
    Moderator, Louis Warter - Hauck Auditorium
    Scheduled today: Ygi Bhajan will give a talk from the standpoint of vegetarianism and yoga; Philip L. Pick on vegetarianism and Reverence for Life in Judaism' Smt. Rukmini Devi Arundale will present the pertinent points of Theosophy; Shri Suresh Bhamre will give a Hindu/Yogic view; Munishri Chitrahanu Maharaj will speak on vegetarianism and Ahimsa in Jainism.
    This great series will be in Hauck Auditorium.
  • RISING A HEALTHY VEGETARIAN FAMILY, I (repeat)
    Dr. Keki R. Sidhwa - Bennett, rm. 137
    Lic. German Alberti - Boardman, rm. 336
  • BALANCED PROGRAM FOR NATURAL LIVING, I (repeat)
    Dr. David A. Phillips - Aubert Hall, rm. 316
    Dr. Harry J. Weber - Murray, rm 102 (Dr. Weber will summarize his previous classes and answer questions on them today)
    Bob Lewanski - Little Hall, rm. 203
  • SCIENTIFIC VEGETARIAN NUTRITION, PART I (repeat)
    Dr. Alec Burton - Nutting rm. 100
    Dr. Jay Milton Hoffman - Barrows, rm 153
    Dr. Ralph Bircher - Little Hall, rm. 110
    Dr. Gordon Latto - Littel Hall, rm 140
    Dr. V. N. Jai - Shibles Hall, rm. 207
  • EMOTIONAL STABILITY & MENTAL HEALTH, I (repeat)
    Rev. Alice Holtman - Bennett, rm. 140
    Robert Zuraw - Aubert, rm. 428
  • FOODS OF CIVILIZATION; DISEASES OF CIVILIZATION
    Dr. Myron Krueger - Little Hall, rm. 120
  • HUMANE ALTERNATIVES TO ANIMAL PRODUCTS
    Serena Coles - Little Hall, rm. 130
  • REVERENCE FOR LIFE
    H. Jay Dinshah - Coburn, rm. 15
  • WORKSHOPS: PUBLICIZING VEGETARIANISM THROUGH THE MASS-MEDIA
    Nellie Shriver - Boardman, rm. 344
    Robert Pinkus - Jenness, rm. 100

2:00 - 5:00 P.M.

  • NAVS GENERAL MEETING AND ELECTION - REPORTS FROM NAVS-AFFILIATED LOCAL SOCIETIES (USA & CANADA). ALL ARE INVITED TO THIS MEETING. - Main Gym

6:00 - 7:00 P.M.

  • SCIVU (Scientific Committee of IVU) - Little Hall, rm 130

7:15 - 7:30 P.M.

  • MUSICAL PRELUDE TO THE EVENING SESSION IN THE MAIN GYM, AT NORTH END OF MALL

7:30 SHARP! - 9:30 P.M.

  • PLENARY SESSION - IN THE MAIN GYM
    Chairman for this session: Neil Emhke
    THE SCIENCE OF VEGETARIANISM
    Yogi Bhajan (10min)
    THE ROAD TO AN ENCHANTED LIFE
    Rev. Alice Holtman (20min)
    VEGETARIANISM AND SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT
    Shri T. S. Khanna (15 min)
    WHAT VEGETARIANISM MEANS TO ME
    Nat Altman (5 min)
    VEGETARIANISM: PRESCRIPTION FOR BETTER HEALTH
    Dr. Karl-Otto Aly (15 min)
    THE HOPEWOOD STORY
    Mrs. Madge Cockburn (15 min)
    WHICH WAY CIVILIZATION?
    Prof. Henry Bailey Stevens (20 min)

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