University of Chicago - Cap and Gown Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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THE PRESIDENTS YEAR militate is never anything wrong with the educational system of a country. What is wrong is the country? In these blunt and somewhat startling terms Robert Maynard Hutchins has expressed his be- lief that the educational system of any country is only the product of that countrys own desires. But although the educational system in America may be that which America wants, it is not the one which President Hutchins wants or which he feels is most productive. To build, at the University of Chicago, a model of the most pro- ductive system possible is the end toward which the Presidenfs eflorts have always been directed, and toward which further innovations will be directed next year. No longer will arbitrary distinctions as divi- sions, majors and courses prevail in an academic scheme which is now essentially a heterogeneuous collection of students with a tremendous diversity of interests, aims, and abilities. Borrowing in part from the English system which clearly defines the limits of college and university, the New Plan will eliminate all confusion between the academic program of the general college students, and the more intensive work of the higher levels of learning. The educational program for a product of the Plan would include six years of elementary school, four years of high school, and four years of college. The Bachelors degree would then be conferred at the point which is now the end of the sophomore year. Thus there would be two great advantages to the system, the first in elim- inating those who are interested only in such a degree and the general academic experience con- nected with its attainment; the second in pro- viding an opportunity for genuine scholars to occupy themselves with advanced work in the arts and sciences, unimpeded by superficial tele- graph pole counting research. k In spite of the Presidents occupation with educational theory, no scholar has been more consistently in the public eye or reflected more credit upon his institution than Robert Maynard Hutchins. One way in which this has been accom- plished is through a number of excellent and newsworthy appointments to the University faculty. Topping the list of names is that of Dr. Eduard Benes, formerly president of Czecho- slovakia, whose presence indicates clearly the IIIJ'W: 0M UNI l'l, i mtlllll' P It i112 l mlll t' In l: Ml hilt 11011. H7 utlitill' t nllnih l llll li 1m ..2 : Illlx H' i: 11k lltr x lltlt 1.1: tibiliw. n'nl thlll'i llllh h Wt l'ttli: t'llllJlllY '1 liix unitlu Uilltm pn-xm limit and 11' lllt' s1 tlmult mtmL lot llk lime .lt .llllu Ht Qlt g: humL , tltm t I