THE MICHIGAN DAIIY
ssion Evaluates Humanities
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MEETING OF MINDS-The scholar on the left listens intently to the translation of a colleague's speech, while the two gentlemen
on the right seem to have found a humorous note in the discussion. Whether seriously or not, there has been much agreement among
the scholars at the International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies, and some disagreement.
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Humanities Provide Basis
Prof.. Richard .P. McKeon of
hicago University stressed the
mportance of humanities in the
nodern world by providing a "ba-
is for future civilizations to be
)ult on."
Stressing both the unity and
lurality of the individual disci-
>lines included in the humanities,
ae said they should give an "im-
ge of man" in all his aspects.
The importance of understand-
ng the diversity of cultural tra-
litions between the East and West
ind between individual countries
was pointed out by R. N. Dande-
car of India. Also, important in
Propagatingthe' humanities Is a
nethod of transmitting them from
ne generation to the next.
He cited' India as the scene of
struggle between the humani-
ies and technology today.
Humanists Hunt Cause
Prof. Emeritus George Boas of
rohns Hopkins Unviersity said in
% paper that the humanities can
>e as modern as humanists could
nake them.
He said, "It. is simply not true
hat a highly industrialized and
urban society is anti-humanistic."
Humanists, he observed, are
he ones who talk of the°decline
Af the humanities, not' concert-
;oers.
Their idea has resulted from at-
empts to unify the cultural tra-
lition according to scientific-type
aws.
Such laws, he asserted, do not
xist in the diverse setting' of
world-culture.
This false unification of tradi-
tion evaded difficulties, but it was
not too helpful to the world; hu-
manists can help by asking the
right questions," he added.
Adopt New Viewpoint
People finally began 'to realize
that humanists' problems were
from books, not contemporary sit-
uations, and began to adapt a.dif-
ferent viewpoint of their problems
from that of the old-line human-
ists.
He concluded that it was the
humanists' task not to propagan-
dize the world, but to understand
the humanities in correct terms.
Works Sell Selves
The great humanist works will
"sell" themselves, he commented.
Joshua Whatmough of Massa-
chusetts said man created ma-
chines,. not God nor the devil, so
man should be able to cope with
them.
Humanists can't use the mass
media to tell their story, he also
said, because people can turn
them off. They must go them-
selves.
W. G. Constable, of Boston,
added that the power of educa-
tion should not be underestimat-
ed. The spirit. of learning about
the past can be put into people's
minds.
Science Affects Humanities,
Science has also affected the
advancement of the humanities,
Frederick Burkhardt of New York
contended. He cited new methods
of handling data and a greater di-
versity of cultures due to techno-
logical advances.
"The problem of unifying the
culture of nations is the task of
the humanities," he said.
Jean Thomas, UNESCO Deputy
Director General, called teaching
man to live in the physicallworld
the most important function of
the humanities.
Defining humanities as "the
common thought of all men, in-
cluding the scientist trying to
of France denied the need to de-
reach the moon," Michel Francois
nied the need to defend the clas-
sics against modern technology,
but stressed the responsibility to
use technology to insure the "vul-
garization" necessary to reach as
many people as possible with the
classics.
Prof. W. Friederich of the Uni-
versity of North Carolina (also
called for a stronger alliance be-
tween the humanities and science.
The kCouncil will hold a public
meeting again from 9 to 12 a.m.
today tp discuss .the humanities
in relation to education.,
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