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Bj Howie Sandstadt '88 Will the University of DllnoiS offer a course in sex lucation next mester or the one following? MIDA took a step in the direction of a positive answer to this question when it was voted to organize a committee t h a t will correlate all movements on the campus favoring a course in sex instruction following an animated discussion on the subject by Angus Thuermer '38 a t the weekly council meeting Monday night. Thuermer was appointed chairman of the committee which will meet with other organizations t h a t w a n t to see the movement p u t forth. He said, "It will be the purpose of this group to bring together into one body all scattered organizations who would be powerless in themselves and present a united petition to the University". An atboth Indees, will sing the lead- t e m p t will be made to find a n answer lv in tonight's presentation of to the question 'shall we have sex all t h e a t r e . education; and, if so, how, where, why, and w h e n ? ' " The movement was heartily cheered as Thuermer explained t h a t the only instruction dealing with sex problems is given in Sociology 5, a ere coming to the fore, Barney course in The Family under Assistant Professor Timmons. "This m was president. ; a new system of elect- course makes only a partial dig into it for each semester was sex relations," he said, "and we need it but was abandon I the next one that will go directly to the heart \ was first semester of the problem and be a help to us 11." nt and Mirabella h« d th Thuermer went on and explained il during ti secon* If of the 9 that "now is the time for action. ' I year.

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