Princeton University - Bric A Brac Yearbook (Princeton, NJ)

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Professors G. E. Duckworth, J. V. A. Fine, P. R. Coleman- Norton, R. F. Golieen, Department of (Classics tions? Finally, and in 1954-55 these are practical quest- ions, shall we put the nation s stakes mainly on develop- ing sources of nuclear and economic strength, and com- mit ourselves also with the means of dealing intelligently and responsiblv with aspirations and attitudes of other peoples whose patterns of thought differ from those nearest to us in time and place? The answers the human- ities must offer to each of these sets of questions are the difficult answers. They are not therefore the less practi- cal, if. as is right, practicality is measured in terms of of the end. This is the real issue: what is education to he practical for. what is the objective? Humanistic studies exhibit all man ' s many limitations: withal, they hold up as the goal for striving a vital, con- scious existence accordant with the highest aspirations of the human spirit. Justice, courage, self-control: truth, beauty, creativity, freedom; love as mutual understand- ing and as mutual responsibility: education which as- pires to a realization of lesser qualities is that which has curbed its practical potential. Princeton aims higher and with lontt-ranged sense of ijraclicalitN . Professors E. SjoqvisI, W. F. .Stohliiiun. Ucparlmcnl oj Art and Archaeology; Professor F. F, A. Coinstock, School of Architecture 21

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Professors E. Peressutti. R. W. McLaughlin. Jr. Director, V. 01g av. School of Architecture Professor E. D. H. Johnson, Department oj English Professors P. H. Ashhy, R. P. Ramsey. G. F. Thomas, Chairman, Department oj Religion

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Professor R. D. Challfiier. Department at Hisforv SOCIAL SCIENCES By Richard Delo Challener, Ph.D. Assi. ' ilant Professor of History The social sciences, one of the three basic divisions ol the university curriculum, have as their purpose the studv o{ [he economic, political, and social aspects of human liehavior. Although individual social scientists concern themselves with a wide range of subjects and employ highly divergent methods — the political scientist in- terested in power relationships, the economist studying problems of production, exchange, and distribution, the historian concerned with the question of change over time — all would agree that they share a common interest in the studv of contemporary society and its historical back- ground. The true social science approach is two-dimen- sional: not only a concern for the broad expanse of the ]jresent-da world but also an attempt to put that world in perspective through an appreciation of what is remote ill time. It follows closely from that there is no sharp line of demarcation between the social sciences and the human- ities. The humanist, to be sure, is perhaps more con- cerned with the unique, and the social scientist is more interested in the [prediction and control of human activitv. But at the same time all of the humanistic and Professors J. R. Strayer. Chairman. J. P. Boyd. Department ol History Professors E. A. Belter. M. IhiV. L,-.-. W. F. Craven. R. R. Palmer. Deparl- ment oj History 22