Fisk University - Oval Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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History teaches understanding -Students must learn to criticize, doubt, and try to reshape their society so they can place themselves in it. -What you do is what counts-not the consequences. -Students should aire their views but not superimpose them. -Western society has tended to make us self centered, for many college is where education stops. We must create enough in- terest so the students will continue to think with the techniques they have acquired in school. Dr. Jake C. Miller V ...f-fzfxge e tf 1 ' 1 511: Dr. Paul Puryear The need for a politically educated population is more acute today than ever before. Crackling rifles and the concussion of mortar tire from Viet Nam, a captured reconnaissance ship in North Korea, antiquated gestures of nationalism from General DeGaulle, pressures, from growing African nations, racial threats from the nation's urban centers, and haranguing election speeches gave impetus to Fiskis superior department of Political Science.

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Physical activity stimulates the mind to clearer thinking and Greater Capacity The broad objective of the Department of Health and Physical Education is to con- tribute to the total educative experiences of the student at Fisk University. Thus, specific experiences are provided which are geared toward education through the physi- cal rather than education of the physical. With this underlying philosophy, emphasis is placed upon developing the individual intellectually, socially, emotionally, and spiritually, as well as physically. The phi- losophy of education through the physical rather than of the physical demands a pro- gram which has a wide range of activities and which is rich in opportunity for self- expression. Mrs. Susie Cobbs Mr. H. B. Thompson Chairman