University of Wisconsin River Falls - Meletean Yearbook (River Falls, WI)

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BOARD OF REGENTS OFFICERS Edward J. Dempsey Edgar G. Doudna Solomon Levitan President Secretary T reasurer PERSONNEL Jerome Baker John Callahan Edward Dempsey Oliver E. Gray Clough Gates William Atwell -J. H. Grimm Mrs. John A. Aylward George B. Miller C. R. Falk Otto M. Schlabach Whitewater Madison Oshkosh Platteville Superior Stevens Point River Falls Madison Eau Claire Milwaukee La Crosse Nineteen

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T7ROM time to time we attempt to formulate anew our ideals of - education. American schools and colleges have been dedicated to the democratic principle that education is for the betterment of the many and not for the training of a few selected leaders. It is highly important in this country that this fundamental concept of the purpose of education be kept clear. No more serious mistake could be made than that our institutions of higher learning be organized and administered in the interest of the select. Education in our country must have as its objective the improvement of the intellectual and ethical perspective of the great mass of our citizens. We do not need holders of worlds records: we do need the intellectual and ethical elevation of all. It will be recognized that the stability of our political and social systems is dependent upon a trained and disciplined citizenry, not so much in the science of making a living, but in the art of living itself. Education must be concerned with the larger values in life. It must enlarge the circle of interest, enrich the inner life and deepen the feeling of civic responsibility. The most sinister feature in the life of the American people today is their cynical contempt for law and government and the evident purpose on the part of great classes of our citizens to use government not as an instrument of justice to all. but as a means whereby some class benefit may be seized. The American student entertains a high type of loyalty for his institution. This is one of the splendid things connected with student life. The fine and enthusiastic support of loyalty which these young men and women have for their college has its chief significance in the kindling of these sentiments in the lives of the future citizens of the nation. Tn'imy-Ont