Bates College - Mirror Yearbook (Lewiston, ME)

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Page Ten IIALBERT HAINS BRITAN, Ph.Il.: the object of a Liberal Arts College should be to prepare the student to live intelligently and appreciatively in this complex world of today, and to give him a start, both technically and in ideals, toward becoming a productive, 1-Hicient member of that society of which he is a constituent part. GE0llGE MILLET CHASE, A.M.: an educated manzknows mankind part and present, literature. the physical universe, human mentality, historic conceptions of life and God: appreciates poetry, music, art: uses effectively his native tongue and two or more others: reads intelligently, thinks soundly, realizes his limitations, is generous and understanding toward others, welcomes new ideas. WILLIAM RISBY WIIITElI0llNE, Pll.D.: the ideally educated man should have, in addition to an exhaustive knowledge of his chosen Held, a real interest in, and familiarity with, various other fields. he should be able to give an intelligent answer to any question and to render a wise judgment when needed. GEIIRGE EDWIN RAMSIIELL. A.M.: the ideally educated person is one who is master of himself. he has some knowledge of the past, some understanding of the present, and some philosophy concerning the future. He loves knowledge, not alone for knowledge's sake, but that it may enable him to contribute to the moral, social, and intellectual stability, ot' our inter-dependent life.

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ARTS AND SCIENCES GROSVENOR MAY RORINSON. A.M.: ARTHUR NEWVTDN LEONARD. the graduate of a Liberal Arts College should be able to mingle in a social group, confident that his deportment is above reproach and that l1is manners are wholly satisfac- tory: as a member of a strictly intellectual group he should participate in the conversation in an interesting and intelligent manner in the field in which he specialized as a student: and in other fields he should find it easy to listen appreciatively and profitably. Pll.D FRED AUSTIN KNAPP. A.M.: if I am indifferent to the opportunities for developing my intellect, for acquiring the ability to think straight and act wisely, I shall never know either the past or the pres- ent, or the bearing of either on the future. Nor will my insight into the problems of human nature measure up to the dictum of Terence: I am a man : notlzfzzg that relates fo man I deem foreign fo nzyseff. is this ideal impossible of attainment? Johnathan Y. Stanton is the answer. FRED ELMER POMEROY. the experiences of life constitute a continuous series of contacts in science, art, and literature. The ideal of educa- tion should be: to so train the individual that he will cultivate his spiritual and physical well-being and be able to correctly interpret the various contacts that are made during life. Se.D.: Page .YU

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R. R. N. G0l'LIl. .LH the Liberal Arts College is to train students to function effectively as members of the state by developing their powers of research, by giving an impartial knowledge of the purposes and mechanism of the state, and by develop- ing their sense of discrimination in the arts and sciences. JOHN DIUIIRAY CARRIILL. AAI. the ideal college of liberal arts is an indefinable organiza- tion in which somehow or other older and younger learners develop intellectual drive and a spirit of inquiry so that its graduates go out into a changing world better equipped for independent research and for critical appraisal of established and emerging ways of life. ROBERT A. F. McDONALD, Ph.D the ideally educated man is he who, through the lifelong processes of impression and expression, enters apprecia- tively and progressively into the cultural inheritances of the race lag., the scientific, the linguistic and literary, the institutional, the religious and estheticl and learns to use his developing powers effectively for social ends. WALTER ALBERT LAWYRANFE. Ph.D an educated man should be: QU familiar with the great achievements of the past and the present and capable of discerning future trends, C22 acquainted with the major laws of nature, C35 honest, a good citizen, reliable, HD meeting life's problems heroically, and C55 able to earn a living. few are educated, none, ideally.