Ohio University - Athena Yearbook (Athens, OH)

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(M The College of Liberal Arts PACH student of life and ■ education has his own inter- pretation and definition of what constitutes a liberal education. In his book, The Meaning of a Liberal Education, Everett Dean Martin presents us with this analysis: Education is emanci- pation from herd opinion, self- mastery, capacity for self-criti- cism, suspended judgment, and urbanity. Herd opinion! Herd opinion is the opinion of the crowd; it is mob opinion. Acquainted with the history of human thought and action, the liberally educated man knows that fre- quently the vox populi is not the vox Dei; he is a pioneer; he blazes a new trail. Self-mascery! This quality is closely related to the preced- ing. He knows himself, his limitations, his powers; he can control his passions, evaluate his prejudices, and guide his aspira- tions. He has passion prejudices, and aspirations but he is their master. Capacity for self-cricicism: He has the power of objectivity, he can project himself outside of himself and look at himself as he would look at a stranger. He is not selfishly self-centered nor is he a supreme egotist. Suspended judgment! He can wait in patience until all the evidence is in before he reaches a conclusion; he knows that one must know accurately before one can reason correctly. And urbanity! This means courtesy, refinement. The liberally educated man can move without embarrassment or friction in a world of men; his personal- ity protects itself by the long established conventions that mankind has agreed upon as conducive to smooth living; he extracts from life the durable satisfactions. E. W. C. Edwin Watts Chlbb. Litt. D.. Ll.D. Dean Twenty

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1 ' HIO University has had continuous progress since its estab- - ' lishment in 1804, as the illustrations in this well-prepared volume will show. Classes were then small, and students and faculty members were few in numbers. However, the spirit of the institution was then, as we believe it to be now, aggressive and far-sighted. The permanent holdings of the University have increased along with the enrollment and the faculty. The curricula of the University have developed, and specialized courses in many lines are offered. As the demands of the world outside have increased and become diversified, Ohio University has attempted to equip students to successfully meet these changed situations. One hundred twenty-six years of progress is a statement which might he made today as characterizing the history of Ohio University. This advance has been admirably set forth by illus- tration and text in the 1930 Athena. ELMER BURRITT BRYAN Nineteen b

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The College of Education THE College of Education of Ohio University is a ' 0- cational school which exists primarily for the purpose of pre- paring young men and women to become teachers. Its gradu- ates with their backgrounds of preparation and student-teaching experience leave the University ready to enter the profession under very favorable circum- stances. The College of Education believes in ample and thorough preparation in academic fields of srudy as well as in professional work in education, psychology, educational sociology, education- al biology, and other courses of a professional nature. A teacher can expect to give the best in- struction to the child only when he, as a teacher, has a compre- hensive knowledge of the sub- ject. Accurate and careful mastery of academic subject mat- ter is stressed by all departments in the College. Without this accuracy in knowledge, thoroughness in teaching cannot be secured. Worthy standards are maintained chiefly through high grade instruction in the college class rooms. Well prepared members of rhe faculty, more than twenty of whom hold the doctor ' s degree, give careful personal and professional attention to the needs of their students, whether they are freshmen or seniors. The policy of bringing high grade instruction by teachers of professorial rank even to freshmen is significant and promises added success to worthy graduates who hope to become real artists in the teaching profession. T. C. McC. Thomas Cooke McCracken, Ph.D. Dean Twenty-One