THURSDAY. FEBRUAR
The Lecti
Dar
Need
By DR. HOWARD J
Director of General
A university is a
versation, a conve
rected toward ful
standing.
The conversatio a requires
an involvement ani a partici
pation not attained by all who
frequent the classroom. An active]
interchange is essenti si to conver
sation, and this interchange de
mands a giving and receiving by
all who would be r part of it.;
Students must brinj something
to the conversation; instructors
must be receptive. Instructors
plan what they have to bring, but
how alert are they n reception?
Students plan to be receptive, but
how generous are th ;y with their
ideas, preparations, and artistic
expressions? The (responsibility
for the exchange is nlmtual among
conversants.
Recently, I met a former en
rollee who had not planned to be
receptive. He gave generously of
his time and knowledge. The for
mer he had in abundance; the lat
ter was in short supply. He had
been receptive to very little since
the ninth grade, so his chatter
was soon unacceptable to both
fraternity and classroom. He
never participated in the conver
sation, for he had nothing to give
because he refused to receive.
Tq be actively receptive is to lay
oneself open to destruction and
creation. Such receptivity can be
both terrifying and vitalizing.
Like a single character-fault in
Greek tragedy, a single idea can
shatter an otherwise beautiful
Sauers Retires
As Fire Chief
Thomas Sauers Jr., • superin
tendent of the chemistry-physics
shop at Osmond Laboratory, has
retired as chief of the Alpha Fire
Company of State College.
Sauers, who served as volun
teer fire chief for 11 years, will
continue in his University posi
tion, which he has held for 28
years. He was previously an in
strument maker in the shop.
Sauers said he-retired primarily
because of the press of his re
sponsibilities and the need to give
more time to his University job.
He will be succeeded as fire
chief by George H. Miley, bor
ough police department patrol
man and former first assistant
fire chief.
Y 5, 1959
rn, No. 2
trig, Receptive Minds
ed by the 'Corner sants
L. CUTLER
Education
great con-
H’sation di
ler under-
DR. HOWARD A. CUTLER,
now director of the General
Education program of the Uni
versity, is former head of the
Department of Economics. He
still maintains touch with his
field by teaching Economics 404,
but his main concern is the pro
gram he and others have de
veloped through the past several
years, the culmination of his
work being the present courses
in Humanities, Social Sciences,
International Understanding and
Biological Sciences. .
Dr. Cutler is the second guest
writer of The Lectern, new
weekly feature of The Daily
Collegian.
whole. We risk the destruction of
a personality, and institution, or
a culture by entertaining such
questions as:
What if there are no significant
differences in the significant hu
man traits of all races of man?
What if the principle of conserva
tion of parity is not borne out by
observation? What if the human
istic concept of God is no longer
a workable hypotheses? What if
there is no basic regularity in na
ture? What if there is only se
quence without causation? What
if money, man’s ingenuity, and
time —plenty of time—cannot
solve man’s problems? -
But in taking this risk, we stand
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to gain a greater potentiality for
understanding. Without the risks
of this receptivity, there is no
gain, but only a loss of even such
understanding as now exists. The
demise of cultures bears witness.
There is a vitalizing aspect to
the clash of ideas in a receptive
mind left ajar by uncertainty.
Science has progressed rapidly
because scientists are so uncer
tain of their answers. Certainty
abolishes the need for creativity.
When all the questions have been
asked and answered, there is no
need for conversation, no need for
a university.
The university is dedicated not
to finding definitive answers or
furnishing conclusions, but to ask
ing questions and tracing the con
sequences of possible answers.
Constant awareness of the partial
nature of knowledge spurs fur
ther search, which often skirts
the brink of indecision.
Tlie requirements of the great
conversation are rigorous. It de
mands strict adherence to the
rules of internal consistency, of
presentation of assumptions, of
correspondence with observation,
and of accuracy of reporting. The
commitment to report the truth
as one sees it is the responsibility
called academic freedom. This re
sponsibility is essential to the
goal of fuller understanding, and
without it the university the
great conversation soon ceases
to be.
Those whose lack of contribu
tions or absence of receptivity
renders them unable or unwilling
to participate in the great con
versation have no part in a uni
versity. even though they are
physically present. Courses which
have THE ANSWERS should not
be taught, but should be em
balmed in books and preserved
as conversation pieces in the li
brary. It might also be appropri
ate to embalm instructors who
are so uninteresting that they
cannot even entertain a doubt.
Those who would participate
must seek out the other hungry
ones and engage in the responsi
ble and free conversation which
is the university.
Art Works Shown
By Faculty, Alumni
- Several faculty members and former students of art at
the University have works displayed in the 154th annual
exhibition of water colors, prints, and 'drawings at the
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia.
Samuel C. Sabean, associate professor of art, is repre
sented by a water color, titled "Water Color—College."
Stuart H. Frost, instructor in
art, exhibits two pen and ink
drawings, “The Tree House” and
“The Mirror,” and Bruce Shoba
ken, instructor in art, shows a
woodcut, “Jazz Series II.”
Six paintings and drawings
form an invited group honoring
Dr. Albert Chnst-'Janer, former
director of the School of the Arts
at the University and now dean
of the School of Art at Pratt Art
Institute.
Hobson Pittman, who teaches
oil painting at the University
during the summer, shows six
watercolors, and Chen Chi, a visit
ing artist who will teach water
color this summer at the Univer
sity, is represented by two.
Included among former stu
dents whose works are exhibi
ted are Warren Rohrer, now of
Philadelphia? Dan Miller, Phil
adelphia? Hib Sabin, Pittsburgh?
Gordon Sleigh, Philipsburg:
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one of the best, especially since
it includes drawings and prints
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strong.
Geography Prof Named
Encyclopedia Consultant
Dr. George F. Deasy, professor
of geography, has been appointed
consultant in physical geography
to the editor-in-chief of Collier’s
Encyclopedia.
Deasy’s work will deal with the
revision of many articles in such
fields as cartography, climatology,
physiography, and biogeography.
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