Northwestern University - Syllabus Yearbook (Evanston, IL)

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Carl Sandberg joins us with poetry' of lilzieugo mul of .-llnerieu. He is lmrmrerl as one of Illll uutslumling men of the ,Xurtlm'esI. Qu.-1n .-llberto Cainza Paz., reeeives un lI4IllUl'lll1V degree of :lm-Inr of ilillfllllllbilll, mul is later reengnizerl at the mrnrrl eolirneutinli. them drifted through the grill. up and down the walks that wound from building to building. and from the open windows of the house. Not all of us joined in them: not all of us listened to them. They were not all intelligent: they were beginnings. attempts. There were those on the outside who had labeled ns as an unthinking and unspeaking generation: we eonld not give them eomplete rebuttal. but our eoneern was a signal that we were not numbed. liven in eritieiz- ing each other for being unthinking. we were thinking. As a part ol' the Centennial program. the univer- sity was doing its part to help us grow. So was AWS. Through the year. they exposed us to many great and important people. They had begun by bringing to us Reinhold Neibuhr and George Kennan. Niebuhr's lllurlvs Simrtlmut eurnes mul fills us with the lu-uulvv of her sung. flssueiutefl ll amen .NHIIIUIHN sponsor ller reeitul for us. ,pi F. , A1 Ge Ifennelt lferjf is mmlller jeulure of the Ill H program series He tells us llmt our tastes in liumnr ure growing up. too. xiews on religion and lie-nnan's on teehnologieal ad- vanees lN't'1rllIlt' the nuelens lor our Centennial Confer- enee on Religion. l'ieonomies I'J:lIllt' alix e through the leetures and dis- eussions by Sehlieter. llpgren. and vIllt'I'. Theories that had been dead words in the elassrooln began to have signilieanee. Vie attended for various reasons: some ol' us went heeanse we really were interested: others of us went beeanse we were required to do so: we all learned something: we were glad we had gone. Maggie lliggens made this one ol' her first stops on the road home to the New York llerald lrom Korea. She had reported on the war and had now eoine baek to stir us into aetion and thought. A few weeks later Carl Sandberg joined ns with 15

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It 1' lisleltwl to lffilllllilll N1'il:11l1r's rieu' on religinrz. He flux ll'llI'll1'll In lin' zritli i11s1'1'111'il-V llirouglz -Yl'lll'S in prison 1-amps. 5111111111 Sl'lIlll'll'I'. one of fllllllvt'-S l1'llllillg l'l'IlI1lIllIiS1S, 11111lfes the 1101111 llzenries of the l'lllSSI'lllllIl Vlllllf' ulire 11-ith sig111yi1'11111-0. rw No. l didn't mind getting out ol' hed early. lhink what l van tell Illy grande-hildrenV' Ho xou think he's right about Korea? Xnd suddenly. alter several false alarms. the Gen- eralis ear was upon us. lt rounded the eorner in a streak. tht- NliU'l'fiI saluted. the band struelx up a few measurese the lleeting memory of a stirring salute and a smiling. stately profile lingered with us. And tht- sign posted on Sargent Vere with you. Mae. The president lxielxed us out. too. Ground breaking for Shepard hall in the fall promised to return Sargent to the men. making women in the North Quads a unique feature of our year. There was violent debate on the loyalty oath and a1-ademie freedom. There was talk about diserimin- 14 l' n-..............-1 l1l'lII'gl' lXl'llIllll1 talks with us 11lm11t the i111p111'l ifflt'l'IIllI1I1lgif'lIl 111l1'11n1'1f IIII the 1'iz'ili:11Iiu11 of the u'11rl1l. ls it gum! nr bud? ,IIISPIIII l'pgren 1lis1'11sses the illfl'il'Ill'iPS 111' supplv 111111 1111111111111 1'11r1'1's. Illlll we listen Illlfl lf'!lI'II. Il' 1' 1111 lf'lll'II SOIlIPllIillg. ation and taxation. we tried to faee the problems. Anil suddenly we realiLed that as long as we had the right to argue and to debate these issues. there was hope. and we plunged into the year with its talk. talk. talk. Both we and our professors were pleased with out attempts. Our lounders had built a home for think- ing individuals. Perhaps we were learning to use it as it was meant to be used. We began to realize our responsibility as heirs to the leadership of the world. These serious topics of eonversation were cropping up in all sorts of strange plaees. They were Carried from the elassroom and leeture to the dinner table. to dates, to parties, even to formals. Fragments of

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x 'lllw f:4'I10l'lll-S rur rnunrls ilu' 1'nrm'r. 'flu' flvvtilig lllllllllllii' qf u stirring salute' mul ll smiling. slulvlv prajila' lingers with us. pm-trx nl'fll1i1'agu anal ul' Alum-riva anal a twang or two ul- guitar musiv. tilafly s Sxsarthuul Vlllllt' aml fill:-cl us with the- he-auty ul' lwr sung. Xml in tht- mnlst ul the- hrst llt'l'll4' we-4-lt ul lull quurta-r. iw hail Ibilllivll lo sw- Xlha-rto llainza Paz. 1-xilvsl 4-alitnr ul' Xrge-ntina's Lu l'rvn:u. lwce-iw' an hun- urarx tlt-gn-v ul' tltwtur ul' journalism. 'l'ln'rv su-rv lvzirs in his 4-yvs as ha' aww-pIe'4l it: must ul' us Iblt that Paz was tht- lxinsl ul' man m- wuulel likt- lu ltnms ln-tta-r: hv was lwaw- anel firm and unyia-l4ling to prin- 4-iple-. YM- haul tulwn nur lrvt-almn lm' grantwl: Pax re-- minilwl us ul' our ln-ritzigt-. lin-nm-tt lie-rl' was almtlivi' l-f'illlll'1' ul' tht- XXX S pru- :,Il'illIl svrin-s. llc- lulul lla nur tastes in llunmr xsc-rv grmsing up. tim. Vs 1- limi tllSt'kll'llt'll Illi'-lll-li2il't' lm' ltbllgjllt'-lll-l'llt't'lx. Hur M-luml ye-ur was nut a 1-mnplf-tv lnwalx with thi- Illisl. l ur lllI'HllgIll must ul' il ran mvilt alitt-r me-nt that lmre- thi- pre-lix. Ili-ntl-nilial. 'llllt'l't' was ilu-C11-im-nnnial Vlizia-Mu slum. XX itll tht- high 4-xvilt-ilwlil ul' any llruzulway l'1WlI1' on tlw first night. it opt-limi. It was fill.-fi with our lwritagv. l'iNt'Il Hlil fiulla-gv haul lm-n nmu-4l zivruss Sli:-riilzm ruaal lin' tht- up:-ilillg sm-iw. Xml tlmugln l'lHlIlltl4'l'h. ilzu hail lwe-n in ,lkillll2il'S. in Xlziy ll huga- hirtlulay valw appa-arml. right in tht- miilallt- ul' tht- North Quzuls. Xlllji was vc-lvlrrating lr. ,gn urmnlwl mw640ENT MKKED US 11' , nr ,, 'I sign is pnslell un Surgvnl. .-uHl'.I'l' with you. i'lIar'. The pres- iilvnt lfif-lfwl us nut. Inu. llvn lnflligffrvrltfv givv up nvu' dorm. fffllllllll lzwrllfilig fur SIIPIIIIIVI hull in flu' 'filll promisvs tn re turn Surgvnl tn tlw nwn uml In svnzl ilu' lmrlwlz Inu-If South