PAGE TWO
THE LANCE
JANUARY 16, 19^
EDITORIALS
Anli-Inlelleclaalism
A college is an intellectual institution—or is this still true
today? Is anti-intelleotuaJism being encouraged directly or in
directly by faculty, students, or outside groups?
In one light it appears that anti-intellectualism is being en
couraged by both the colleges themselves and rtihe students. Pro
fessors who feed information to students to be merely memorized
and regurgitated on quizzes contribute to creation of the situa
tion in question. Disproportionate emphasis on social life and
extra-curricular activities is a fault on the part of both students
and faculties. The term “intellectual starvation” can be used,
relating ito instances in which controversial lecturers or persons
with ideas not completely in conformance with the, prevailing
philosophy of the college are barred from the CEimpus. Granted,
our Christianity and Culture program brings students into con
tact with new concepits and ideas, but should mental stimulation
and challenge be confined to a single course? Can intellectuality
—the power to reason and judge, to make decisions based on
facts, to weigh evcduations—be achieved in a sterile atmosphere?
The faculty of a college is again at fault when lesson assign-
merrts and work are made as a matter of form or tradition, not
with a specific purpose or end in mind.
Students who feel secure in balancing a just-barely-average
academic record with extra-curricular activities are deluding
themselves. The balance seldom holds for long, and too often the
scales tip toward the social whirl and non-academic matters.
Students wtho refuse to read anything other than their assign
ments or material that must be read miss an intellectual as
well, as, oftentimes, an aesthetic exj)erience.
The constant raising of requirements for college entrance
and continuance refute somewhat this charge of growing anti-
intellectualism. Persons already in college as well as aspiring
high school students are aware of this fact, are even at times
discouraged by it. There are available on every campus activities
outside the classroom whidh broaden one's knowledge as well as
serve as a means of social intercourse. Programs such as the
National Merit Scholarship program that offer financial aid to
students encourage intellectual achievement in high school as
preparatory to coUege and supply an incentive to high achieve
ment while in college.
To produce a healthy atmosphere of balanced intellectual
and social pursuits is the dutty of students, faculty, administra
tion and persons outside the college who have influence upon
the college, both directly and indirectly.
I/ectures
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Managing Editor Paul BoyUn
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eneral Staff Edwin Carter. Jean Anderson,
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, Sue Stephenson
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Faculty Advisor Mr. Leon Gatlin
Opinions expressed in Letters to the Edito • and in sisnart
pearing on tliis page are not necessarily those f The Lanc« Onlv
torials are the official opinion of the newspaper
'rJssjTi s
Trueblood Explores
Aristotle^s Wisdom
"His glory of life was that
he came to feel that he had a
mission to ‘tend the souls’ of
the people,” said Dr. E3ton True-
blood of Socrates at the first of
his lectures entitled “Beginner’s
Philosophy for Adults.”
At Tuesday night’s lecture,
fourth in a series of seven, by
Dr. Trueblood, a well known
American philosopher, 300 stu
dents and citizens of Laurin-
burg listened to the different
thoughts of contemporary phil
osophers.
On campus since Jan. 3, Dr.
Trueblood began his talks with
an upperclassman chapel talk
on “finding happiness in the dif
ficult.” Tlie following week he
spoke to the sophomore and
freshman chapels, too. On Jan.
6 the Westminster Fellowship
of St. Andrews heard him speak.
In his evening lectures Dr.
Trueblood has stressed Socrates,
Plato, Aristotle and contem
porary philosopher and exten-
tialism. These lectures, which be
gin at 7:30 p.m. and end at
9 p.m. “standard St. Andrews’
Scottish time,” have attracted
many freshman C&C students.
“Plato’s strongest argument
for immortality,’^> Dr. Trueblood
pointed out in the second lec
ture, “is that man at his best
in most akin to the realm in
which intangibles exist.”
On Jan. 10, Dr. Trueblood
spent the 90 minute lecture peri
od discussing Aristotle and his
ideas. “There are four causes,”
he said, “material, formal, effi
cient and final. The material is
like the clay used when one is
making a vase. It is necessary,
but not sufficient. The idea in
someone^s mind that includes
the shape of the vase and con
trols the use and disposition of
the material is the formal
cause. The efficient cause in the
technique with which the work
er works the clay. And the final
cause is that for which the thing
is done.”
Often in his lectures, Dr.
Trueblood uses material from
one of his 20 books. In Tuesday
night’s lecture he had the gal
ley copies of his forthcoming
book, to be on sale at the end
of March.
John Snowdon, manager of
the college book sitore, has had
a display of books, recommend
ed by Dr. Trueblood as parallel
reading for his lectures, in front
of the mural after each of the
lectures.
Under the topic of exitential-
ism Dr. Ti'ueblood said, “Modern
positivism stems from the Vi
enna Circle with the philosophy
that notihing has meaning un
less it can be proved true. These
men hold theory ‘God is’ to be
untrue because you cannot put
it in a test tube. Religious ex
perience could not even be dis
cussed if you held this theory.’5
Professor, lecturer and au
thor, Dr. Trueblood has preach
ed at churches in the surround
ing area each of the Sundays he
has been here. During the day
he is available for conferences
with students. On Jan. 9 Dr.
IVueblood had supper with a
group of students in the faculty
dining room at which time he
talked on the church.
With Dr. Trueblood, his wife
has been popular with the girls
on campus, especially on Jan.
11 when she held a “gab ses
sion” with interested girls in
the njain lounge of Concord
Hall.
Academic Probation
Reviewed
Questions raised during the
past weeks have made it nec
essary to issue an official mem
orandum 'reviewing the provis
ions of academic probation.
All students with a grade av
erage of less tlhan .6 at any of
the four grading periods are
subject to probation, suspension,
or other apiwopriate action.
Those wlho are on probation
at the final grading period for
two consecutive regular semes
ters may expect to be suspend
ed for no less than one full
jemester.
Written notices to students
and to their parents are given
when probation occurs, and
the students are expected to
be alent to the requirements of
good standing and to keep their
parents or guardians fully in
formed of their progress or
pix>blems.
Students on academic proba
tion are required to observe
the followimg strict probation
ary condiitions”;
1. The students shall not
carry more than 14 or less than
12 semester hours.
2. Academic schedules will be
balanced between Mon day-
Wednesday-Fi-iday and Tuesday
Thuirsday-Saturday class se
quence.
3. A weekly schedule will
be worked out, to be approved
by Deans Decker and Hesiter
and the student’s faculty advis
or, to include:
a. Tw'o hours preparation
for each semester hour.
b. Thirty minute break
when free from classes during
ithe morning and afternoon of
Monday itlhrough Friday to vis
it the Student Center, in addi
tion ito normal time for meals.
c. Twice weekly, the break
may be exitended to Laurinburg
when cleared beforehand and
recorded at ;the reception desk.
d. 'The student will wori
out with the Residence D'
rector definite understanding 1
to “sign-in”and “sign-out” whe
leaving .the dormitory,
e. An evening break „
ithinty minutes, between 93
and 10:00 may be taken for
visit to the Student Center
f. Some itime, perhaps a
hour daily, should be set asid
for recreational enjoyment 0
campus (e. g„ intramuralj
bridge, other students in tli
room, etc.).
4. Automobiles, if possess^
are to be operated only for ^
senitial trips into Laurinbun
or df by non-residents, for tr;
vel to and from the campii
and other essential places i
Laurinburg. “Out-of-town” trip
will be approved only for trip
to one’s home and (then onl
once each eight weeks exce{
in emergencies.
Non-iresidents are expecte
to follow a similar schedule ani
to assure kn'^wledge of where
abouts with their parents
landlord.
If there are any question
tliat are still unanswered, cliec
pages 10 and 11 of the ham
book or see an advisor. Res
dence Director, or dean.
No Increase
In Tuition Foreseen
For some unexplained rea
son, some students persist ii
circulating a rumor that ther
wiU be a $200 increase in tu
tion next year.
This question has noit beei
I'aised officially anywhere 01
this campus and there is n(
plan for changing the cost 0
aittending St. Andrews nex
year. The Board of ’Trustees
of course, has this right an]
time it sees fit.
I hope that each of you wil
refuse to repeat rumors. Tlii
is a pant of being a a-esponsibli
member of a college commun
ity. AC5
A Career In
Oceanography
By PROFESSOR DONALD W. PRITCIL4RD
Cliairman of tlie Department of Oceanography
The Johns Hopkius University
editor’s note: This is one of a series of special articles
on various careers being distributed to high school news
paper! by The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.
The oceans of the world have
been shrouded in mystery since
ancient times. Man has explored
the farthest reaches of the earth
and he has probed the upper at
mosphere to observe the sun, the
mooa and the stars. But the ocean
deep has proved a formidable foe
and much of the mystery remains
today. In fact, we know less about
many regions of the ocean than
about the surface of the moon. It
is the job of the oceanographer
to remedy this situation.
Oceanography is the study of
the se^ It is a relatively new field
of scientific endeavor, having
grown greatly since World War
n. It has four main areas of
study: physical, chemical, bio
logical and geological.
Physical oceanographers, for
example, investigate the character
of the great ocean currents such
as the Gulf Stream, while chem
ical oceanographers seek im
proved methods of determining
the composition of sea water.
Geologic specialists map the
ocean floor with its 35,000 foot
trenches and undersea mountains.
Finally, biological oceanographers
study the billions of living or
ganisms in the sea ranging from
microscopic plankton to whales.
integrated SCIENCE
Many oceanographers are em
ployed by federal or state gov
ernments to help solve contempo-
rary problems. The disposal in
water ef jadioactive atomic
waste, for example, is one of the
most vexing questions facing us
today. Internationally, marine
scientists work with the UN and
the International Cooperation Ad
ministration, helping imderdevel-
oped nations. The petroleum in
dustry, in its quest for undersea
oil, is one of the many industries
which employs oceanographers.
As you can see, oceanography
is not really a strict science itself,
but rather it is an integration of
many sciences—all applied to the
study of the sea.
BRIGHT PROSPECTS
To be an oceanographer, one
first must be a scientist. CoUege
training is necessary, of course,
so fill your high school program
with as much biology, chemistry,
physics, mathematics and geology
as you can get.
As a college student in ocean
ography you will acquire a fund
of knowledge about the ocean it
self; you will study other sciences
to use as tools in your oceano
graphic studies; and you will learn
how to apply these tools in the
study of the sea.
What are the prospects for good
oceanographers? Well, the Na
tional Academy of Sciences tells
us that twice the present number
are needed soon.
I prefer merely to tell you that
there are 300 million cubic miles
of water on this planet! Tbats
future eaougb.