__O__ THE MICHIGAN DAILY NG ACT DANCE Kirk Says Student Press Needs Greater Freedom STUDENT PRESS SERVICE: SEPS to Utilize National News Center The University of Michigan GILBERT &SULLIVAN SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING ., Sept. 20, 7:30 P.M. 3RS Michigan Union aiav deN Z ajne 'll Because of the nature of an in- stitution of learning, the student press should be endowed with a greater degree of freedom than a public, commercial publication, Russell Kirk told the Third Stu- dent Editorial Affairs Conference. "The student press should share in the privileges and immunities of academic freedom," the author of "The Conservative Mind" and "Academic Freedom" noted. Dealing with the freedom, re- sponsibility, and powerof the stu- dent press, Kirk said that excess of zeal, imprudence and judgment, and even intemperance of langu- age ought often to be tolerated in the student press when similar of- fenses would not be tolerated in the ordinary press. "It is better that the indiscre- tions of youthful judgment be en- dured than that the faculty of forming resolute opinions should be discouraged," he averred. Among rights of the student press, Kirk'. enumerated candid commentary on the status of stu- dents and educational problems and standards, intelligent discus- sion of affairs beyond the bounds of the university, and publication of deserving writing from both stu- dent and outside contributors. Freedom of expression, in turn, WILLIAM HARTWIG, Proprietor EXCEPTIONALN PICTURE Ff1RMING 229 NICKELS ARCADE NO 2-6151 Nationally Advertised OVERTON PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES 3fAx4V4to 11x14 Metal-Woo-Leather-O val-Round-Rectangular al THE SHOCKING HIT PLAY ELECTRIFIES THE SCREEN! BRILLIANT!I THE BEST OF IPLAYWRIGH-T. PAD DY{' CHAYEFSKY'S ODES TO THE COMMONPLACEI S ippe to think all the time, do you think 1'd be here now going away like a little tramp for a weekend $r with aman three times my age" 4 £4 a is charged with responsibilities, he said. Kirk stressed the duties of accuracy, decency, loyalty and re- spect for persons. This check-and-balance system of rights and responsibilities is the distinction between liberty and license in the student press. Kirk mentioned two incidents in illus- tration. Ten years ago at Michigan State University, the editor of the State News was suspended and a faculty advisor was appointed to act as censor following the publication of an editorial. A juvenile legislature sponsored by the American Legion and held at the University was described as "Fascist," militaristic and undem- ocratic. In response, only one letter of protest was received, Kirk said, but the university's administration acted abruptly. "At the time, as now, I thought the offending editorial a bad one, and the student editor misguided. But the editor had shown some courage, originality and vigor. "Yet I thought the college ad- ministrators intolerant and impru- dent in taking action so harsh and hasty," Kirk continued. "Such suppression is no satisfactory model for freedom of the press-- responsible freedom-in the world beyond the academy." Another more recent case in- volved publication and subsidy of University of Chicago Review, a' magazine regarded as objection- able in content. Chancellor Lawrence Kimpton suspended publication after com- plaints, but was severely criticized for his action. Kirk defended Kimpton's action as justified because a university, he believes, is not compelled to lend its name to pornographic publica- tions. "The real freedom of the student press is directly proportional to the decency and discretion, quite compatible with editorial vigor and independence, by which editors ought to govern themselves," Kirk said. The power of the student press is considerable, not in the sense of influencing national elections or reproving the conduct of American foreign policy, but in the sense of developing literary and editorial talents and forming student opin- ,ion on questions which most nearly concern them, he concluded. USNA Elects Hoffman Head The United States National Stu- dents Association has announced its new officers for the coming year. President is Don Hoffman of the University of Wisconsin. Isabel Marcus of Barnard College is In- ternational Affairs Vice-President. National Affairs Vice-President is Curtis Gans of the University of North Carolina. The two new Program Vice- Presidents are Richard Reddig of the University of Washington and James Kweder of Allegheny Col- lege. The Third Annual Student Edi- torial Affairs Conference, held1 August 20-24 on the University ofi Illinois campus, moved to cen- tralize the administration of the Student Editorial Press Service (SEPS). SEPS will now distribute college news of nation-wide interest through a national office located newspapers to protect the free at Philadelphia. Paul Du Brul, student press through national former editor of the Hunter Ar- publicity for its members. row, Hunter College, New York, is publcyforitember. appointed national coordinator of The conference further agreed SEPS. on the following principles regard- SEPS in its new form evolved ing the responsibilities of the edi- from an organization of college tors of a student newspaper, em- (EDITOR'S NOTE: Following is the text of the resolution on the Aims of Education as introduced to the National Student Congress.) Principle: The aim of education is to awaken and develop to the highest possible degree the capacity of . the individuaL for original, creative and rational thinking, and the ability to choose intelligently between alternatives and to instill in him an appreciation of his culture, both past and present. Education is a continuing process which enables the indi- vidual to maximize his contributions to the totality of human intellectual endeavor while striving for the ultimate fulfillment of himself as a human being, and the betterment of his civili- zation. Education is brought about in the individual through: (1) the accumulation and understanding of facts, concepts, and methods of intellectual inquiry. (2) the integration of these particulars into a meaningful whole. (3) the relation of these particulars severally and as a whole to himself and through himself to society. Declaration: USNSA advocates the education of all the people to the highest degree of excellence of which they are individu- ally 'capable. -The sole criteria of educational opportunity and advancement must be the individual's demonstrated ability and desire to. obtain that education, rather than age, creed, ethnic group, color, race or sex. To a large extent education today has become the mere presentation, acquisition and parroting of facts and concepts rather than the questioning and understanding of these facts and concepts. The process of higher education, in essence, has come to mean the acquisition of professional and vocational skills, Even in pursuing these skills, the criteria for excellence have been lowered. The goal of academic excellence in all fields of intellectual endeavor is not receiving its due respect. This situation, evident on all levels of education, is especially alarming, in higher education which by its nature ought to be dedicated to the ideals of academic excellence. Curriculum: Institutions of learning must eliminate the dicho- tomy between the general and vocational education through a return to a concentration on the basic intellectual skills. There must be a re-emphasis of those areas of academic discipline which are not confined to a single vocation, but are essential to every vocation. In pursuit of this objective we strongly believe that the basic education of every individual must include courses both broad and deep in the natural sciences, the humanities, the fine arts, and in the social sciences. Atnosphere: American colleges lack devotion to the intellect, a sense of dedication and a profound respect for the education which the student should be pursuing. The loss of the proper intellectual climate has been accompanied by a misdirection of legitimate extra-curricular activities through an over-emphasis on social, athletic and governmental activities for their own sake rather than for the sake of the overalleducational process. The Individual: USNSA has observed that in the baste to bring more education to more people, and as a result of the change in the emphasis of education from academic achievement to social adjustment, the individual-the center of the educational process-has been forgotten. 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