The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, October 23, 1964 Page: 2 of 8
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Page Two
Friday, October 23, 1964
THE MEGAPHONE
by Dennis Mayts
Educator Paul Goodman, whose
book COMPULSORY MIS-FDUCA
T40N published fofo w-vk, pro-
poses in Iris previous THE COM-
MUNITY OF SCHOLARS a refresh-
ing answer U> the ancient query,
what makes a university? “II is no!
the level of the studies, the higher
learning, the emphasis on theory,
or. anything like that.’’
“The reality that can bc hoped
for in colleges,’’ he writes, “is the
occasional meeting of spirits con-
fronting an objective subject mat-
ter.”
Tcs by claiming the absence of five
aiid learned thought in our society,
a consideration arose more serious
Uwwr an icfoa for a columni T".~
aims of Southwestern, as an Ameri-
can university, were challenged.
Goodman reasons:
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A comparison of Mr. Goodman’s
goals with objectives of SoythttfeSS,
ern University, which I began, in
fun after Dean CliffoVd’s rc as#,
sembly 1 addn ss, eoncliKled in this
column.
Classroom activities, I decided
when consulting our current school
catalogue, account for knowledge of
main branches cf learning, acquain-
tance with other cultures, and pre-
paration for one’s vocation. That ful-
fills three objectives.
Southwestern's counseling services
assist in fulfilling a fourth aim,_ that
of emotional maturation and intel-
ligent self-direction.
No man who pursues Education
as he might organize an expedition
seeking the rainbow’s ik>1 of gold
is likely to become educated. The
corporaticn-lBiM attitude defeats us.
At first class meetings we want to
know what we’re responsible for on'
the final exam. What we remem-
ber about high school anil college,
therefore, is ludicrous lessors and
teachers who taught subject matter
pot students.
ijWp earn Grades', Degrees,' JobiS-^,
not wisdom. “It is a system that'
serves well enough to produce paper
degrees and even bales ol publica
lions,” but these who so ferociously
pursue their Education are apt to
find only 'thin air at the end of
their rainbow.
When social rather than personal
Objectives motivate the educational
process, learning is not for keeps.
Objectives five and six are cb-
itrasively achieved. Hundreds of tes-
timonial signatures confirm that
student personalities are being de-
veloped, weekly, upon Christian prin-
ciples and ideals. Furthermore,
other columns in tins newspaper
verify the existence of a self-
igoverwing senate which warrants
and encourages the use of know-
ledge for human welfare and worthy
Likewise, deliberate pursuit of a
university’s objectives'leads no fur-
ther than to near-sighted stupidity.
The remaining two aims of South-
western, omitted in discussion above
are the ability to think critically,
creatively, and constructively; and
respect for the worth, dignity, and
rights of others. Neither creative
thought nor personal sensitivity is
stuipid, buit teacliing thlat fact and
transmitting these qualities is diffi-
cult. Like happiness, they cannot be
attained directly.
citizenship.
Isn’t that an adequate compari-
son with what reality can be hoped
for in college? Apparently r.ot.
Mr. Goodman dissents (excessive-
ly, some critics say) in the troubl-
ing assertion that modern youth,
conforming generally to one empty
culture, arrive at school, “endure
five to ten years of grading and
acquiring credits,” and “depart con-
forming to another empty culture.”
This association of a university
with an empty culture seems a con-
tradliotion, but Mr. Goodman is ob-
stinate. He takes a further step
from conventional placatiorrs by be-
ttering1 “free and learned thought”
which should fill the vacuum of our
culture “is simply not a social force
among us.”
Here originated tlie idea for a
column. Hpw learned the thought con-
tent wall be undoubtably invites de-
bate, but the material is free in
more ways than one, and net neces-
sarily in Mr. Goodman’s connota-
tion.
When Mr. Goodman implies the
utter failure of American universi-
Course material in itself is as dead
as knowledge locked in a library
vault. Given a lively community of
scholars, Goodman concludes, “it
syllabus. Without it, nothing will be
learned, though many may get de-
grees.”
This column, then, is predicated
on that basic premise which Paul
Goodman believes constitutes a uni-
versity, and dedicated to encourag-
ing development of the two last-
named aims of Southwestern. It pre-
sumes a reader and a writer may
enjoy confronting together a variety
of objects.
Students well-indoctrinated in
study techniques should be fore-
warned, however, that what moral
or meaning they might take . from
What they read is probably an acci-
dent, and ad vised that while what
is written will not always relate
specifically to the particular camp-
us this newspaper serves, it should
be concerned with a. community
amid! which free and learned thought
is a desirable by-produce of spedal-
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“MY THREE ANGELS”
Lovely Mess
The Bomb Of The Week
by Art Buchwald
WASHINGTON — Of all the world-
shattering Stories that took place
last Week, from the resignation of
Khrushchev to Red China’s first
atomic detonation, the one that will
probably affect the most people was
the firing of Yogi Berra after his
team lost the World Series.
ized learning.
THE MEGAPHONE STAFF
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The story caught Washington by
surprise. Top intelligence officials
believed Mr. Berra would be in con-
trol for at least another two years.
CIA reports indicated that Mr. Ber-
ra had been photographed with the
New York Yankees in St. Louis just
one day before he was ousted, and
there was no hint that the Yankee
politburo Was ready to dispose of
him.
In retrospect though, there were
certain clues that diplomatic sour-kees lost and Berra had to return
ces here bad been whispering about home and explain to the Central
that indicated all was not well at
Yankee Stadium.
Up until the Mets came to New
York, the Yankees were the undis-
puted leaders of baseball. But Sten-
gel defied the Yankees and went
after New York fans, causing a
schism in the city. The Yankees hod
the bomb, but Stengel warned that
he planned to explodfe Ms own bomb
in Shea Stadium and the rest of
the baseball world was aghast.
Things really took a turn for the
worse when Berm moved his mis-
siles into Busch Stadium in St. Louis.
The Cardinals warned Berra that
if he didn’t take his missiles out
they would1 blockade has hitters.
Through a series of errors the Yan-
An "A" Student
Committee what had gone wrong.
The first Berm knew that he was
out was when General Manager
Ralph Houk took off Ms spiked shoe
and started! banging it on the table.
In the past, when there had been
an overthrow of management on the
Yankees, the manager had been se-
cretly tried and shot. But under the
new regime, Berra had been offered
the job of manager of a. CBS power
.station in the wastelands of north-
ern Alaska.
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