Vassar College - Vassarion Yearbook (Poughkeepsie, NY)

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Ifi1'.f Campbellfr if: got to be good. The social sciences gave us an ever-growing frame of reference for the understanding of man in his world. In history we grasped the sources of lvest- ern civilization's evolution as we coursed through Charlemagne's reign. the French Revolution, the Munich Pact-and innumerable note topic pads. We mapped out the facts of man's physical en- vironment in geography and learned the influ- ences of rainfall and resources upon our lives. The ways of government and the order of laws im- pressed themselves upon us in political science. We applied our developing American political philosophies to puhlic administration and inter- national relations. Economics utilized our propensity to learn the basic essentials of corporations, unions and gov- From Pillow To P011 20

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and forces. Astronomy broadened our perspective as we explored the constellations and saw our planet's small place among the solar systems. The world of living things was newly opened to us by plant science. We studied in microscopic de- tail the fungi and bacteria and found that chloro- phyll, not jack Frost. paints the leaves. Advanc- ing with evolution. we entered the animal king- dom. Zoology revealed the logic of nature from the structural bases of function in the amoeba to the genetic constituents of the higher vertebrates. The life processes of man himself came under our scrutiny in physiology: smoked drums, pithed frogs and our own caloric intake enlightened us on respiration. metabolism and the inevitable neuro- muscular fatigue. Juinxal. r'fg4'I1ll11:'. or minrrul. Tllrrf lap: rvrulrd KSN llnmfbook. p. Sll 'Y 'V 19

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Pradudion Ponibilffy rar. Dillllllifllillg Rehlrm' ernment finance. We computed statistics and analyzed curves and found ourselves being Nlar- shallian and Keynesian in turn. The classes in out- side society were our concern in sociologyg we theorized about structures, processes and change and turned practical attention to social welfare in the community. Our concept of culture became dynamic with anthropology and our outlook Now fullrn I rea: widened as we found that among Aborigines and Americans language, myth and values are not always so very different. The Field Work Oflice provided us with oppor- tunities for observation and experience beyond the academic outlines. Through volunteer jobs, surveys and field trips we grew into Tennessee Valley authorities or Hudson Valley apprentices. lill!fCIJP'I1llF1ll mpitalistir enlrrprrneur . . . 21