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

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Freedom To Question True education results when a student has had an opportunity to learn the facts, to hear or to read what authorities have said and to question how they have arrived at conclusions they hold. Education does not consist of a student’s accepting blindly what he is told is true. At River Falls the classroom, the guest lecture, the informal meeting with leaders of thought and opinion are designed to let the student question ideas and attitudes—his own as well as those of others. Faculty members at River Falls encourage the student to develop an inquiring mind and to regard education as a continuing process. They know that the only true education is self-education and that while the College can provide the classrooms and laboratories, the professors, the stimulation and helpful atmosphere, the student himself will determine how much or how little he learns. 14 • Weighing a statement.

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Education is stimulating. It is aimed at producing ideas and examining them. But the first step is to form ideas. This can be done best when there is freedom to investigate. The thinking of the past has been preserved so that we can know what thoughts have been held; what ideas have been tried. No one begins completely anew, for our progress is based on having retained what has gone before. The wealth of man’s knowledge is contained in books and the student will find the library a source of mental stimulation. It offers a place for examining ideas, weighing the new against the old and making comparisons and contrasts in ways of thinking. The laboratory also affords a setting for testing ideas, re-thinking what has been done in the past and striking out in new directions. 13 • In the laboratory.

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• Seeking an answer 15 • Gening advice • Considering a reply