Goucher College - Donnybrook Fair Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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Human Values in the Miss Jeanne Lowe Seminars were an integral part of Coucher's Seventy-Fifth Anniversary observance. This pro- gram, which was designed to emphasize the Ameri- can trend towards urbanism, served as a means by which the Coucher community could come in con- tact with, and also explore, some of the basic human issues created by the cities of today. Through the seminars it was hoped that all those who partici- pated in each session would be so stimulated and 12 chosen because 0 by each in regard men served as co-lea evening sessions extendl Dr. Eugene 1. Johnson, Di Center, Washington University, and Dr. Charles Frankel, Profess Columbia University, New York Cit The exhibits and special activities, wh student publications on human values in were climaxed by a major conference held college on April 8-9, a program designed to b the program to the attention of the Baltimore com munity as well as to other liberal arts colleges across the country. The five seminars, while covering the general topic of urbanism, had definite and unique char- acteristics of their own. The first one, held in October, with key speakers, Lawrence K. Frank and William H. Whyte7 was entitled, Wlihe City Today: Protector 0r Destroyerf, The seminar looked into the classic values of the city7 and inquired as to whether the city still serves as a protector of human lives and nurturer 0f marfs economic, religious, and social life, or if the rapid migration to the city with consequent chaos and overpopulation has a dehu- manizing and destructive effect on men. In November a seminar entitled ttThe Suburbs: Paradise Regained? , led by Dorothy Lee and Robert C. Wood7 again drew a group of interested spectators. An attempt was made by the seminar to assess suburban values7 and to discuss manis life in this itoff-shoot 0f the cities.

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Senator Wayne Morse Left to right: S. Dorfman, P. Toltesy, B. Koch, L. Berlove. ll tics, and to enable us, through the knowledge we gain of such matters, to approach intelligently similiar instances te.g., presidential electiom in our adult lives. Barbara Koch, chairman of the Coucher National Committee, has guided the workings of her execu- tive committee towards making our convention a success; Karen Hersey as chairman of the Con- vention, Lucy Berlov as secretary, Milbrey Turner as Keynoter, and Diane Kressler as Parlia- mentarian, have clarified the details and mechanics of the event, while the members of the executive committee have done the rest to publicize the importance and value of college participation and the bull roast. Run in the exact manner of either the Republican or Democratic National Convention, ours has an advantage over both in that we finally select the best man for the job of president, regard- less of party affiliation. We are all new members of the Coucher Party, and we want to make sure that our country is run well!

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ttThe Coming Urban Technology: Master 0r Servant?7 was the title of the seminar held on Janu- ary 6. The group present heard the speaker, Rich- ard C. Meier, discuss the disintegrating effect as well as the great integrating potential of modern technology on human values in the American city. The Honorable Joseph S. Clark, United States Senator from Pennsylvania, was the speaker for the seminar in February, aThe Emerging American City: What are the Economic, Social, and Political Choices?77 This seminar focused on the importance of each citizen as a civic leader in the urban areas of America. The final seminar, 4TCan We Plan For The Hu- mane Cityiw, with guest speakers, John Ely Burchard and Edmund Bacon, sought to discover who is to be responsible for the building of such a city, and just how the liberal arts relate to making this goal a reality.