VOL. IX, NO. 14
MAY 17, 1968

History Students To Act As Nations
"The Inter-Nation Simulation, a simplified representation of a system of nations and international organizations, gives the participants the experience of making decisions in a miniature prototype of the complicated international world," announces Science Research Associates, national sponsor of Inter-Nation Simulations.

Mr. James Leming, faculty advisor of Maine West's first Inter-Nation Simulation, puts it more simply. "Everyone always thinks that if he were in Washington D.C., everything would be all right. Now he has a chance. The result is usually that the naiveté concerning international relations is removed."

That is what an Inter-Nation Simulation is all about. Maine West's will take place between 8 am. and 5 p.m. tomorrow in upper C-wing.

The simulation, for which the Social Science Society has contributed the funds, will include 11 nations from Maine West, three from Maine South, an international organization, and a World Press. The 14 nations themselves will include 70 students.
 The whole operation is very complex, and non-participants will find themselves befuddled. Science Research Associates, who originated the Inter-Nation Simulation program, have generously provided participants with a 57-page booklet explaining rules and regulations for running the world.

"The pledges recorded on the IAF and ER may not be kept, and therefore may not necessarily be entered on the MDF or FUP," runs a typical sentence from the booklet. Each aspect of a nation's strength population, domestic satisfaction, basic resources, and 11 others is reduced to points.

Participants will receive a sheet containing the characteristics of their nations at the start of the day. Thereafter, time will be divided into one and one-half hour periods, each representing one year.

Nations will make out budgets for each period, negotiate treaties, and make war subject to international rules. Mr. Leming, acting as validator, will then determine the outcome of these actions through calculations.