Tonight at 7:15 o'clock the Kirkland House Forum will hold its first gathering of the current year. Featured at this evening's meeting which is to deal with the complex situation in China, will be Roscoe Pound, University Professor, Michael Lindsay, visiting lecturer in History, and John Fairbank, associate professor of History.

The three speakers, all of whom have studied in China, are expected to present varying views on the problems which confront the oriental country. Professor Pound, outstanding legal theorist, will outline the development. Lindsay, son of Lord Lindsay, English political scientist, will describe the activities of the Chinese Communists.

Professor Fairbank worked as an official of the OWI in Chungking during the war. He is head of the Harvard fareastern regional studies staff.