Bates College - Mirror Yearbook (Lewiston, ME)

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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.

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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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Page Tl1'l'Il'F SAMUEL FREDERICK IIARMS, A.M.: the ideal of the Liberal Arts Vollege is the dream for ideal men and women. EDWIN MINER WRIGIIT, Ph.Il.: the aim of the Liberal Arts College: to help the student adapt himself to the written and unwritten laws by which man and nature control his world: to foster an intellectual curiosity and a spiritual idealism that shall make him a vital force in his community: to stimulate in him the mani- fold cultural interests that will enrich his private life. BLANCIIE TIIWNSEND GILBERT, A.M.: during the last decade wrecking-crews have worked efiec- tively destroying structures that had long served society. the world now looks for the rise of a new generation of constructive genius, intelligent and responsible. is it not the function of the Liberal Arts College to train these builders? WILLIAM HAYES SAWYER. Jr., Ph.D.: the Liberal Arts College should help the individual to discover and develop latent abilities by which he may become a useful and independent member of societyg and should provide acquaintance with the broad back- ground of culture that may enable him to live in tolerant and sympathetic understanding with his fellowman.