University of Kentucky - Kentuckian Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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Z. i ACADEMIC FE4TURES HOW 8i WHY EDUCATION .............. 31 Should the system be called education or induction? What is the real function of the university? HEALING . . , ......................... 33 Healing is taught by Allied Health, Dentistry, Nursing and Medicine colleges. CREATING ....................... ... 39 Creative means are instigated by the colleges of Arch- itecture and the Arts, CONSTRUCTINC ........................ 45 The Architecture and Engineering Colleges teach Stu. dents lo construct necessities. PROBING ........................ ., .. 51 Probing science and problems are promoted by Med- icine, Law and Sciences Colleges SERVING .......................... 57 Almost all the colleges serve the community directly or indirectly in some way. TEACHING .............. V...63 The end mean of education is taught by teaching teachers. WITH WITHOUT EDUCATION . , . 69 Education seems to be an induced demand. Linda Carroll iCurrimlum Edited ix' 3 journalis'm ROph- omore Tom Kaiser is a preeiaw freshman.

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iAbovey Engineering student Surveys grounds between Classroom Building and MilierIHaIl. iOpp.pg., Top Lem Swimming students wait on sidelinex. lTop RighU Teach- er Corp employee comforts tearful Child. icenter Lem Horticulture student waters her many things outside including classes tBote 'torn LefIJ Drj'Ron Garst's'Geography 151 class views slides he took while in Africa iBottom Right; One of the many horses found on UK' s CoIldstream Farm V each of our classest Through reaching the man or woman who had three plants. tCenter Righu Warm weather brought I I this induction into areas of study are what make us better people and the EducaUOn ., 0r lnducUon How and Why Education? by LINDA CARROLL MAN is different from other creatures because he is the only one who transmits culture. The university is the catalyst by which ou'r Civilization is preserved and tIansmitted from one generation to the next. Healing was taught whether it was learning not to sew up the clamps, inside the patient or studying until 4:30 a. m. with hopes of being future doctors, nurses and dentists. The largest hospital operated by a university in the state was located on our campus. Creating extended into such fields as architectiire and the arts. As William Prescott said' the greatest test of .1 civilization is its architecture. The endurance, imagination, and' lives of an entire civilization Iwasi immor- talized in the beauty of its buildings, paintings and music. Today s man, who was supposedly unconcerned with the cultural aspects of life took great interest in them. He searched not into past civilizations but towards the future and desired to leave a mark in order to be remembered to future generations. It was an existence demonstrated by the 40 story buildings, pop art and modern music Constructing, through architecture and engineering, led to monumental , structures medical advances and an easier lifestyle for the American people. The university ehdeavored to teach future generations how itO make 'life more comfortable In every respect Comfort was achieved only through medical research in areas such aS'I tuberculosis that was at one time a dreaded disease. This scientific Prebimgg led us out of our own universe in the past quarter of a century. Yet . within the area in which we lived contort was found through the law and' order society dictated and great men uphold. These great men sought to serve us in the same way the teacher, bus- inessman, librarian, farmer and all the other fields fqund here at the uni- versity can encompass We were all Serving one another. If we learn nothing else here than this we will be remembered for that because we offered something of ourselves to mankind Those who made, perhaps, the greatest contributions Could be found lllm I thrOUgh four years of College found the things the educational Iimit'it t . lacked and set out in whatever way .to imiprgye them, eh n?ge them, or simply help us to adjust to them. Without any of these so-called institutions mand would become the island he sometimes wishes to become and he wouldvbeunable to survive. . We are all forced to learn, to take classes wihichdonlt appeal Ito us yet world a more productive, well-rounded place. f