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DAY, MAY S, 1964
'FLUNKING' RESPONSIBILITY:
Report Sees Colleg
A.Se,
United States colleges are fail-
ing in their responsibility to pre-
pare Americans for world lead-
ership, according to a recent com-
mittee report by 10 prominent
educators on a special study of
"The College and World Affairs."
The report charges that "Too
few institutions in the 19 years
since the war ended, have taken
vigirous action to educate our
youth to meet the requirements
of a changing world." Many col-
leges and universities, according
to the report, have failed the pur-
poses of liberal education "by
emasculating or cheapening the
curriculum, or by permitting the
course structure and the college
community itself to become weedy
with modes of living and learn-
ing antithetical to liberality of
mind and spirit."
The committee report states
that "both power and responsibil-
ity came to the U.S. before eith-
er the government or the people
were prepared for it. They had
neither the knowledge, the out-
look, the skills, nor the under-
standing required. Unfortunately,"
the report continues, "this condi-
tion still persists even after 20
years. It is this continuing lack of
preparation for world leadership
that poses a serious challenge to
education."
Sputnik
In commenting on the report,
committee chairman John W. Ma-
son, president of Carleton College,
said, "Most criticism of our high-
er education in the last few years'
followed Russia's sputnik, with its
Implication of Soviet technologi-
cal superiority. Changes then be-
gan to be made in our science and
engineering departments, but these
did not reflect a genuine concern
about the kind of people we are
turning out in this country, or
about the general liberal arts ed-
ucation we are giving college grad-
uates. In this study we are in-
terested in the student as a lib-
erally educated person."
"If liberal education is to meet
the requirements of a new kind
of world," the committee writes
"it must undergo one of those
fundamental overhauls that have
kept it alive for centuries. There
must be a re-formulation of pur-
pose. The great humanistic philos-
ophy in liberal learning must be
translated into twentieth-century
terms.
"The capability of the college
to broaden the scope of under-
graduate education depends pri-
marily on the attitude of the fac-
ulty and on its competence to
teach about foreign societies and
cultures and the profund changes
that are occurring throughout the
world. The curriculum is largely
a reflection of the outlook and
training of the faculty. In the
final analysis these are what de-
termine its scope and content."
Attitudes
Partly at fault are certain tra-
ditional attitudes that have con-
fined the college curriculum to
predominantly Western thought
and ideas.
But much of the blame is laid
to inertia and parochialism of fac-
ulty members within the colleges
themselves, especially in the hu-
manities and social sciences. Fac-
ulty members, steeped in Western
languages and traditions, are re-
luctant to allow changes in the
curriculum, according to the re-
port. The committee calls on the
colleges to take specific measures
to broaden the interest and com-
[petence of faculty members .as a
prelude to making necessary cur-
riculum changes..
A few colleges have begun to
make the break from primarily
Western-oriented teaching, and
Failure Colieg.
ilureRoundup
the report details their experiences SANTA CLARA-Beginning next
as models for others to follow. fall, the undergraduate colleges of
Some colleges, close to each oth- the University of Santa Clara will
er geographically, are pooling switch to the quarter system. All
their faculties and library facili- undergraduates will be limited in
ties to offer common language and the number of courses they will
area-studies programs. Others are be allowed to take each term:
working out a division of labor so freshmen and sophomore students
that the "critical" languages of will be allowed to take only four
Asia and Africa will be offered courses per term; juniors and sen-
at various institutions, and stu- iors will be limited to three.
dents will be allowed to transfer However, Prof. John B. Drah-
Dr spend their junior year accord- mann, originator of the plan, said,
ing to their interests. in its years of usage the quarter
Experiment system has inherited the major
In some cases, larger universities fault of the semester system: un-
which are experimenting with new due fragmentation of the curricu-
courses share their facilities with lum into many different courses
smaller colleges. In others, public which should be discussed in depth
and private institutions of a whole in one single course.
state may develop joint programs As proof of this idea, he cited
that include faculty fellowships a college that went "slam bang
and regional institutes on foreign into the 3-3 plan" without any in-
areas. troduction and which is now hay-
An earlier study on "The Uni- ing quite a few difficulties in per-
versity and World Affairs," fi- fecting the system.
nanced by the Ford Foundation in
1960, resulted in the establishment
of Education and World Affairs. AMHERST, Mass.-Most under-
This organization is undertak- graduates would be unwilling to
ing a four-year program to im- attend classes on a year-round
plement the recommendations. The basis according to the recent poll
program is aimed at "deepening conducted on the campus of the
and extending in American un- University of Massachusetts by the
dergraduate education the under- Student Senate Academic Affairs
standing of other cultures and so- Committee. Believed to be one of
.ieties outside the Western world." the largest samplings ever taken
EWA plans to work closely with here, some 1600 students returned
the colleges. the questionnaires.
According to the committee
Laachairman, 1143 students said they
would be unwilling to attend class-
es year-round with 334 stating
GetfTop Hikhe they would attend.
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(Continued from Page 1) SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - The
credit hour system in American
while only a little more than three education, which placed American
million degree holders enter the colleges and universities in the
market each year. academicbookkeepingbusiness,
-The University compares un- has outlived its usefulness, Dean
favorably with other schools that Allan 0. Pfnister of Wittenberg
have been extending fringe bene- University declares.
fits, similar to those granted fac- Prof. Pfnister, formerly of the
ulty members, to their library per- education school, advocated that
sonnel. more colleges abandon the system
Hard Hit of one and two and three credit
Wagman indicated that three units. The work would be ac-
categories of professional staff complished instead in larger blocks
have been especially hard hit : of time and the emphasis would
cataloguing, personnel with a be on means of assisting stu-
science background for work in dents to achieve a certain level of
ranch libraries and reference competency rather than the num-
branc irrisadreeec ber of, hours spent in classrooms
listening to lectures or engaging
"But the losses have generally in tightly-controlled discussions.
been across the board," he said.
Coming Events This Month
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THIS WEEK
The University Players will pre-
sent the opera department of the
music school in Tchaikovsky's
"Queen of Spades" at 8 p.m. to-
day and tomorrow in Lydia Men-
delssohn Theatre. Prof. Josef
Blatt, the music director and
conductor, wrote the new English
version being used..
Aikido
An Aikido demonstration by the
Tokyo University Aikido Club will
be held at 7:30 p.m. today at the
YM-YWCA. The program is being
sponsored by the Judo Clubs of
the Ann Arbor YM-YWCA and
the University as well as the In-
ternational Center and the Center
for Japanese Studies. "Strength
without Strength" through men-
tal discipline and mind control is
the basis of this bodily art. Aikido
teaches the conditioning of one's
body and the training of one's
muscles and nerves to move and
act-first on commands and later
automatically, according to Mori-
hei Ueshida, originator of the art.
Hospitals
The University and the Michi-
T o Get Ballots
For Students
The Young Democrats and
Young Republicans willemake ab-
sentee ballots available to stu-
lents on election day next Novem-
ber.
However, students in many
states will have to register this
summer in their home towns to
be eligible for absentee voting, YD
President Michael Grondin, '65,
warned. He said registration laws
vary from state to state, and add-
ed that both political groups have
full information on various states'
regulations.
MOSCOW NEWS
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In English or Spanish. All as-
pects of Soviet life. Full state-
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Editors will hold its eighth annual
meeting Monday and Tuesday at
the Michigan Union, partially
sponsored by the National Sci-
ence Foundation. The 150 mem-
bers of the conference are editors
of scientific journals or are affil-
iated with scientific publications.
Drama
The 1964 Ann Arbor Drama
Season will- present Tennessee
William's classicdraman"The
Glass Menagerie" Tuesday
through Saturday at Lydia Men-
delssohn. Sylvia Sidney stars.
At the Fair
The University Symphony Band
under Prof. William Revelli of the
music school will travel to New
York on May 18 to participate in
Michigan Day at the New York
World's Fair. The band will give
a Michigan Day concert, an addi-
tional concert on the fair grounds,
a performance at a Michigan
Alumni breakfast and one at a
luncheon for the New York and
Detroit Economic Clubs..
Gov. George Romney will head
an official delegation of 300 busi-
ness and industry leaders which
will also take part in Michigan
Day ceremonies.
Alumni
Prof. Rensis Likert, director of
the Institute for Social Research,
will receive the 15th annual
Stockberger Award from the So-
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gan Hospital Association will pre-
sent a series of seven lectures on
performance st a n d a r d s, work
scheduling, purchasing and opera-
tions research today and tomor-
row at the public health school.
Next Week
The University Symphony and
Marching Bands will present their
annual Spring Outdoor Concert
"On the Diag" at 7:30 p.m. Sun-
day. Professors William D. Revel-
li and George Cavender of the
music school will conduct the two
groups in a program featuring the
bands both separately and togeth-
:r.
Issues
Sen. Stanley G. Thayer (R-Ann
Arbor) will speak at 8 p.m. Sun-
day on "Political Issues of 1964"
at the Unitarian Church.
Biology
The Conference of Biological
PROF. RENSIS LIKERT
ciety of Personnel Administration
on May 24 at the society's annual
convention in Washington, D. C.
The award cites Prof. Likert for
"profound and authoritative in-
fluence on personnel management
policy in all enterprise,' and says
that behavioral research and
training during the past 15 years
have been founded on the tech-
niques and results he has devel-
aped.
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Heaton plate or dish, or a
Royal Copenhagen figurine.
Any Mother would be pleased.
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FRIDAY, MAY 8
Day Calendc
Advanced Firemanship Confe
Civil Defense and Disaster
Center.
Schoolmasters' Day-Rackham
Hall, 8:45 a.m.
National Conference ofI
Counciors-Physics-Astronomy
a.m.
Branstrom Awards Convoca
Trueblood Aud., 1 p.m.
Dept. of Astronomy Colloq
William E. Howard III, Assoc.
Astronomy, "The Michigan Ra
tronomy Source Catalogue: A
for Determining Catalogue Er
Spectral Parameters-SomeF
Room 807, Physics-Astronomy
p.m.
Dept. of Psychology Colloq
Edward L. Walker, Prof. of Ps:
"Psychological Complexity ina
of Motivation and Choice":I
Award to be announced: Aud
gell Hall, 4:15 p.m.
Cinema Guild-Satajit Ray's
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SUMMER CONCERT SERIES
PRESENTED BY
The University Musical Society
STARTING
MAY 14th
GEORGE
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FOUR PIANO RECITALS
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GYORGY SANDOR-July 2, 8:30 P.M.
Fantasy & Fugue in G minor ............... .....Bach-List
Fantasy, Op. 17 ........... ......... ..Schumann
Fantasia quasi Sonata (Apres une Lecture de Dante).......Lizt
Fantasy in F minor, Op. 49 ........................Chopin
Variations on a Theme by Paganini.................Brahms
DANIEL BAREN BOIM-July7, 8:30 P.M.
Young Israeli Pianist
Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 81a ("Les Adieux") ... Beethoven
Sonata in F minor, Op. 57 ("Apassionata").........Beethoven
Sonata in C minor, Op. 111 ......................Beethoven
EUGENE ISTOMIN-July 20, 8:30 P.M.
Sonata in A major.*. ............................Haydn
Sonata in C major, Op. 53 "Waldstein"............ Beethoven
Sonata in Three Movements....................Stravinsky
Variations on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24 ............Brahms
RALPH VOTAPEK-July 29, 8:30 P.M.
Winner, Van Cliburn International Competitions, 1962
Four Sonatas D,,E, B-flat and D major..........D. Scarlatti
Sonata in A minor, Op. 164,.,....... Schubert
Three Interiezzi-Op. 116,' No. 2; 117, No. 3;
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he'll cheat..
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everybody...and
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raight from the pages of tomorrow's
comes this knock-down and dragout
wing-ding . . . crackling with timely
and witty dialogue that Ann Arbor
audiences can and will appreciate.
It's an extremely articulate dramatic
effort with biting satire that made it
aiong run hit on the Broadway stage
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