the "conspiracy of silence" by historical writers and more eager to delve into research to fill in the wide gaps in our knowledge.

The last session was devoted to a survey of homosexual organizations and where they are headed. Unfortunately time did not permit discussion from the floor. As an extension of this session, the Daughters of Bilitis have invited the Mattachine Society to join them in a disoussion to be held on January 28 at 465 Geary St., Studio 30, at 8:15 p.m. to pursue the subject further. Panel members from each organization will present Q brief history, a survey of present programs and an outline of future plans. General discussion will follow. The purpose of the meet will be to take stock of what is being done now and determine what the future may hold.

The two views of ONE Institute which follow were originally printed in the December, 1957, issue of the San francisco Area Council Mattachine Newsletter, to the editor of which we are grateful for permission to reprint these articles. -ED.

For those attending, the Symposium given by ONE Institute November 11 to 17 was an impressive and exciting experience. The sessions, each two hours long, examined homosexuality from the viewpoints of history, biology, medicine, psychology, sociology, philosophy and religion. Each session covered a remarkable range in presentation of material, and such an abundance of it was given that at the end of the Symposium those attending went away feeling like the intellectual equivalent of a well-nigh overstuffed Thanksgiving turkey.

One of the most interesting sessions concerned the homophilic side of German history from Roman times through Frederic the Great and Ludwig of Bavaria, down to the Hitlerian regime and the present legal situation. As was carefully pointed out by the speaker, this side exists to the history of every European country. With England, for example, one could discuss the mores of the Normans, Edward the II, the debate concerning Queen

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