Gonzaga University - Spires Yearbook (Spokane, WA)

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served as Convention manager. Several hundred students from several northwestern colleges participated, going through the nomination processes. Senator George McGovern was their pick as presidential candidate, and Shirley Chisolm was their choice as vice-president. The official procedures, security guards, and the excitement gave the convention an aura of the real thing. ln light of its main purpose-to educate-the convention was termed quite successful according to its organizers and manager John Timm. They hope to hold the convention every four years, prior to each presidential convention. Several other committees and organizations are under the auspices of A.S.G.U. They include The Academic Affairs Committee, The Publications Board, The Kennedy Athletic Pavilion Board, Teacher Evaluation, Third World Committee. There is also the class Council, which is comprised of the class presidents and vice presidents. At the beginning of this year, there were obvious conflicts of personality, said Rose Gangle of her staff. But when we're out of office we can all tie one on together. And we can be proud to say that we all did our jobs really well. written by- Marj Humphrey Anne Miles photographed by- Bill Daimond

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GONZAGAS EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY g IF YOU CANT BE RIGHT, BE RO AT THE TOP OF YOUR VOICE Lucy, the amateur psychiatrist of the Charles Schultz comic strip Peanuts , once said, If you can't be right, be wrong at the top of your voice! Perhaps this statement should be considered the cornerstone of educational philosophy. All too often the edu- cational system in this country stifles free and creative thought by supporting a method which demands' that one be either correct or silent. Mistakes are, unfor- tunately, not tolerated. Yet man learns more readily by making mistakes and then correcting them. In any discussion of the edu- cational system on the university level, the topic of academic free- dom seems to always arise. Can the student display original thought without penalty? Should students be penalized for their mistakes, even though they learn from those mistakes? Should the educational system dictate what courses the student should take in order to obtain a well-rounded education? A well-worn area in the dis- cussion of academic freedom at Gonzaga University is that of the Core Curriculum. Those op- posing the Core have brought forth many arguments. They feel that it stifles creativity by cram-