Dartmouth College - Aegis Yearbook (Hanover, NH)

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p,iMic- nmxlle hte (iiiiikd liy the premise tliat niu ' (if the fhief |)uri)()se.s of a eiir- riculuni is to hroadeii the stucleiit ' s general education in those fields of thought which will lay a foundation for his intelligent action as a man and a citizen, the Committee on Educationa I ' oliey hatched the Great Issues Course, which will he activated in the fall of 1047 under the .luspices of the (ireat Issues Steering Committee. The course is designed to bring the knowledge acquired by the undergraduate in his first three years into sharper focus upon those national and international differences which may confront him as an active citizen. Since the jjattern of events which make world history are never fixed, the program will be most flexible. Those to] ics most likely to be chosen for discussion will include the United Nations, in- dustrial strife, military preparedness, racial prejudice, Russia, foreign policy, atomic energy, and colonization. Great Issues .Steering Coinmittee ' i VNS.

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a iGXxMalui 6.Uilti l vo-Ht oUi6.iic4. ( ' lirislcncd ill IS ' iH. 1 ):irliiiiiiilirs l -:ichiiif4 liody ;if- (luircd till ' title iif ■■Faculty, when the Moard (if ' I ' rus- Ices reiioiiiiced its former lal)el of ' ■Kxeeutive Aulhorily. W ' itii a eurrieuhiin l)a ed on Livy. Roman . nli(|nities. Homer, Horace, rhetorical jirammar, and iMiripides, l)arlinonth s professors set out to lead their classes into a thorough invest ij;a I ion of t lie past. licsides handlinii the role of ])ioneer of the past, the professor was originally coinmissioned to ■■exercise as far as |)ossil)le a pari-ntal aulhorily o ' er the sludeiils, to ■■usi ' all fit occasions to eui ase Ihe couuuou sentiment on the side of virtue, to discourage the concealment of crime, to correct feelings of false delicacy and lalsc honor. to ' ■check every i)crceivcd tendency to ncgli- gcTice or dissipation, and to ' ■reprove every known vio- lation of decorum. ' J§ .v- -S. 1 .ipraooj mm L4 l:|-;iF|nj]| ' i teiraLtltiiii