University of Iowa - Hawkeye Yearbook (Iowa City, IA)

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SUl's PresidenT WriTes: . xfkffifliipiaidakllf - , y-,HV sil- ,v' - AA f 'v . -. 2 T Q Magis- Swv.-,-K -' 'Ffa' TP, Unk. 'r Y. -' ff11ff.'.,f 1 WZ?-T-I W ' 5 f!ff'wf'f!1QTT'i'ii:'?f2s2zr.i 1 if - lf7 ' f Aplf si -. ,liwigfa Aj ggi. 7 .- .Fi 4 ' -.ff MH! .. IT has been observed ThaT we live in an adapTive, noT a sTaTic, civilizaTion. This is a new Thing in human hisTory. Cer- Tainly older civilizaTions have changed, have alTered Their Torms and cusToms, and have come To ends Tar removed Trom Their beginnings. BUT They never experienced The acceleraTed raTe OT change which our civilizaTion has experienced in The lasT cen- Tury. Moreover The raTe oT acceleraTion appears To be increas- ing. Hence The problems oT educaTion are Tar diTTerenT Than They were in prior ages. Whereas, educaTion Tormerly was designed To TiT persons Tor a socieTy noT unlilce ThaT oT Their TaThers and grandTaThers, educaTion musT now TiT sTudenTs To live in a rapidly changing socieTy, a socieTy unlilce ThaT OT Their TaThers and grandTaThers, a socieTy whose shape and paTTern cannoT be predicTed. UniversiTies by Their consTanT search Tor knowledge and by Their educaTion oT men and women Tor The proTessions and specialTies oT our modern world sTand aT The very ToreTronT OT our civilizaTion. Their conTinued exisTence, Treedom, and pros- periTy are essenTial To The mainTenance oT our advancing civili- zaTion. IT The lighTs oT learning Tail or Tliclcer in The universiTies, They will Tail or Tliclcer everywhere. More Than a decade ago, Orlega Y. GasseTT in The RevolT OT The Masses expressed concern lesT our civilizaTion decline or perish because The very persons whom iT susTains Tail To under- sTand The civilizaTion which susTains Them. The same dangers Tace our universiTies, Religion, poliTics and educaTion are subiecTs upon which everyone, even The mosT ignoranT, has an opinion. OTTen The more ignoranT The person, The more vehemenT and inTlexible The opinion. Men, who would never Think oT prescribing a pill or Trying a lawsuiT, will discourse wiThouT knowledge or qualms on The educaTion OT youTh. YeT Tew Things are more complex and diTTiculT Than The educaTion oT youTh. Ignorance can desTroy, parsimoniousness can sTarve, chauvin- ism can enchain our universiTies, The lighTs oT learning can go ouT as They wenT ouT in Germany and Japan, and as They have gone ouT in Russia, and as They will go ouT in China. Your generaTion musT see ThaT The lighTs do noT go ouT in America. By your example, The lighTs musT be lighTed once more ThroughouT The world. !!...,'.f m lima...