Wheelock College - Wheel Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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JAMES E. CONNER President BS., College of William and Mary; M.Ed., University of Virginia; Ed.D., University of Maryland Dr. and Mrs. James E. Conner 16 ee ee The President Several years ago, I was asked by students what I considered to be the most important consideration in selecting a candidate for teach- ing. As I recall, I only hesitated a moment before replying: The most important factor is that there be evidence that the person is a learner.” If the person, other things being considered, had that intellectual itch; if she questioned and expressed wonderment, joy and enthusiasm for certain developments in this world, then chances were excellent that she would transmit this intellectual fever to her pupils. The overriding task of the graduate is the continual exercising of his intellectual muscles. Anything short of this can only bring about a form of intellectual atrophy which is self-perpetuating unless arrested by intellectual stimulation. Don’t get out of the habit of attacking intellectual problems, of organizing your ideas. Someone has observed wisely that we do not learn from experience but by thinking about experience. You cannot sit idly by while life is played out before you like some soap opera on television. Alfred Whitehead stated that “Life is an offensive against the repetitive mechanisms of the universe.” It might well be stated that learning is a struggle against the repetitive mechanisms of daily living. The mind might be likened to a rubber band; it is useless unless stretched. Shopenhauer observed: “Every man takes the limit of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.” In a time when responsible and informed citizenship is required of all, we can ill afford the luxury of narrow minds. It is my fervent hope that college represents only a beginning in the ever-expanding boundaries of your mind. JAMES E. CONNER

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2 MARY C. POWELL Dean of Students A.B., Women’s College, Uni- versity of North Carolina; A.M., Columbia University So you want to teach in the Greater Boston area, too? hed een hoe LAURA TOWNSEND RUTH CLAPP MABEL EAVES SIMON GREENBERG Director of Admissions Registrar, Placement Director Bursar Director of Maintenance B.S., Simmons College A.B., Boston University; A.M., Hastings Business College Smith College MARIE COTTER JEAN KELLER HORTENSE BURLEIGH Librarian Assistant Director of Dietitian A.B., A.M., Brown Univer- Admissions B.S., Simmons College sity; B.S., Columbia Univer- Mt. Allison Ladies College sity