Page Two THE MICHIGAN [DAILY MAGAZINE Wednesday, January 11 5, 1958 Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY MAGAZINE Wednesday, January 15, 1958 Complete Formal lenital at Reasonable rrices WALK A FEW STEPS -- 4-'.- AND SAVE DOLLARS I i !, }Qi1 ifs ""'- STUDY RELAXED! SMOKE RELAXED! Prepare for Those Long Cramming Sessions-with A Fine Pipe OPEN 'TIL.9 P.M. PIPE CENTER 118 East Huron - Opposite County Bldg. - Ph. NO 3-6236 wintroduce you to unequalled 1 r / ,'ri sn" . Casual Comfort! N E w S. B s c R I T. ,0 N for Next Semester's DAILY Are Being Taken NOW THRU FINALS Call NO 2-3241 Any Day Between 9 and 5 P.M0 By PHILIP MUNCK Daily Staff Writer IT SEEMS probable that from the dawn of time, mankind has looked to the younger generation to solve the cares of the world. Today, with international prob- lems and tensions at an all time high, the new generation of lead- ers graduating from America's colleges and universities faces a bewildering host of c o m p 1 e x tangles to unscramble. How will the college students of today react when they reach positions of responsibility in the near future? If the answer lies in the beliefs, attitudes and drives of these students while they- arej in college, Changing Values in Col- lege by Prof. Philip E. Jacob of the University of Pennsylvania pre- sents a dismal picture of the future. THE PICTURE of college stu- dents as liberal, independent thinkers using college to choose and fix their outlooks and atti- tudes is misleading, if not totally incorrect, according to Prof. Ja- cob's study. His book shows that students are gloriously contented, and self-centered. They are not liberalized by the college experi- ence but are merely socialized, These are shocking statements, and will draw quick and bitter criticism from those students who believe American colleges to be the embodiment of liberal and inde- pendent t h o u g ht. Nevertheless, this is no immature, half-hearted study-the material from which Prof. Jacob has drawn his con- clusions is impressive both from the standpoint of the number of students included and from the survey's diversity and compre- hensiveness. When he released a preliminary summary of his findings last spring, critics had a valid point in citing the lack of statistical support for his ideas. But the "In- ventory of the Data" includes 354 different studies and surveys used in the book-sufficient informa- tion to support his arguments. The only grounds left for criticism of the conclusions is in his inter- pretation of available facts. 'COLLEGE VALUES The Jacobs Report Evaluated CHANGING VALUES IN THE STATISTICAL information COLLEGE. By Prof. Philip included with the text of his E. Jacob. New York, 1957: findings is satisfactory and, while he is too emphatic in his state- Harper and Brothers. 174 ments at times, the truth of the pp. $3.50. conclusions is evident. The sad, Brtunate fet is that t h uiiuiuulisGt 1t~t 1 u , o v ule average student, college is an idealized trade school. It is a place where one acquires skills necessary to earn a living and to associate with his peers. Prof. Jacob inquires into these changes in values on both the cur- ricular and social levels. The only thing left cut of' the book is an explanation of the sources of these attitudes. ONE POSSIBLE explanation comes from Reisman's con- ception of three-staged society. Reisman divided social develop- ment into a "tradition directed" stage, which emphasizes family and tribal ties; an "inner directed" stage which is dynamic and in- dividualistic; and an "other direct- ed" society in which the emphasis is on living harmoniously -with one's fellows. If the United States is entering such an "other direct- ed" form of society, one explana- tion for student conformity can be explained. Prof. Jacob's study offers a great deal of support to this theory. One of the outstanding conclusions reached in his book is that college student's values are remarkably similar to those of other students in their own colleges and to all college students, "regardless of lo- cation, administration, size and background of the students body, or character of the educational program." MOST STUDENTS, he finds, are self-confident. They believe the individual has control of his own destiny, that "knowing peo- ple" is important to success, and that their lives will be "happy and long." At the same time, the stu- dent is quite self-centered and feels that his first duty in society is to protect and provide for him- self and his family. The average student, Prof. Ja- cob continues, believes in the here- after but doesn't let religious philosophy extend into his per- sonal life. Although tolerant to- u aua11y holds to conventional moral standards. For the most part, college stu- dents have no desire to take on See JACOBS, Page 15 0 I 4 Step Into the store, next time you're downtown, and step out in the most comfortable Casuals you've ever met . . . Evans Casuals. Yousil find the new Evans Casuals as friendly with your pocketbook as they are with your feet. NATURAL BUCK MAGAZINE Vol. IV, No. 4Wednesday, January 15, 1958 CONTENTS COLLEGE VALUES ..........'Philip Munck Page 2 'THE LIVELIEST ART' ..... Burton Beerman Page 3 HOMAGE TO BREDVOLD Thornton Parsons Page 6 SAILOR'S LIFE .............Thomas Blues Page 6 IN MEMORIAM, R.L.B. ...Ronald Kotulak Page 7 'LOOK BACK IN ANGER' .. Judith Silverman Page 8 MAINE & THE ARTIST . .... Michael Kraft Page 10 PABLO PICASSO ...........R. C. Gregory Page 11 JOSEPH CONRAD .......... R. C. Gregory Page 12 JAZZ HANDBOOK ..........Philip Munck Page 13 MAGAZINE EDITOR: Tammy Morrison MAGAZINE PHOTOGRAPHER: Bud Bentley PICTURE CREDITS-Cover: Picasso made "Le Repas Frugal" ("The Frugal Meal"), a drypoint-and-etching on zinc, in 1904, when he was 24. Considered one of his best works in this medium, "Le Repas Frugal" has been widely reproduced. Photograph of the print in the Alfred Stielglitz Collection was provided- by The Art Institute of Chicago; Page 3: Photograph Courtesy of the Macmil- lan Co.; Page 4: Daily photograph by Malcolm Shatz; Page 7: Daily photograph by Eric Arnold; Page 8: Photograph courtesy Ronald Muchnick; Page 10: Photographs by Michael Kraft; Page 11: Photographs courtesy Museum of Modern Art; Page 12: Fron- tispiece from "Joseph Conrad" by Oliver Warner (Longmans, Green & Co.); Page 13: Jacket from "A Hondbook of Jazz;" Page 16: Photographs courtesy Museum of Modern Art; Page 18: Daily photographs by Eric Arnold; Page 19: Daily photograph by Eric Arnold. 4 Sizes 7 to 12 CAMPUS MAST'S SHOP 619 East Liberty NO 2-0266 i m n~r1