Monday, November 28, 1960
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Franklin Speaks At Convocation Golden Featured in Symposium
Dr. John Hope Franklin, his
torian, writer, and lecturer, de
livered the address at the
fiftieth anniversary convocation
of North Carolina College,
November 11. In this climactic
program in the three-day obser
vance of the Golden Anniver
sary, the professor of history at
Brooklyn College, Brooklyn,
New York, focused upon the im-t
portant role of the liberal arts
college in America.
Sharing the platform with
many distinguished g u e s t s^,
among them the Honorable
Governor Luther H. Hodges, Dr.
Franklin expressed cordial con
gratulations to the school on its
Golden Anniversary, and since
he is a former instructor of this
school, as well as Shaw Univer
sity, he bade warm greetings to
old friends and acquaintances.
As a thesis Dr. Franklin stated
the importance of a liberal arts
education, an education in
which a person becomes en-i
lightened in a broad field of
knowledge, not limited in spirit
and scope, when compared to
the “specific” education such asl
the business schools, traded
schools, and the like provide.
Drawing upon his wide travels
in the U. S. and abroad, the his-
torian-writer made colorful
comparisons of the schools ir^
the U. S. which availed them-»
selves of the liberal arts curricu-*
lum, and the schools of other
countries which not only had nq
liberal arts programs in the*
school system's, but had neverl
heard of such a thing. For ex
ample, in Australia, the country
in Vv'hich the historian has lec
tured most recently, he found
that in professions such as law
and medicine, it was not re
quired of students pursuing de
grees in these areas to have a
^knowledge of any pther subject
■except the ones connected di
rectly to that particular field.
Thus a student of 17 years o:^
age, being in his second year of
law school, was found to be
dumbfounded when asked about
things of general knowledge.
This is to say that the youth, as
many of his countrymen, had no;
knowledge or appreciation ofl
the general scheme of things, ie:l
the history and destiny of his
country, appreciation of the
beauty of, nature, a better under
standing of his fellowman and
the like. These things. Dr.
Franklin pointed out, should be:
an integral part of everyone’si
education, for without them a(
person is not really educated,
“Trade, business, and pro
fessional schools teach one how
to make a living in the world;
whereas a liberal education
teaches one how to live in the|
world, which is the more impor
tant thing,” Franklin stated.
The speaker then pointed out
how North Carolina College in;
its aims and curriculum make
up is ideally his version of the
classical liberal arts school. He
inserted that students should
feel fortunate to be exposed to
this type of education and that
they should avail themselves ofl
every given opportunity tO(
broaden their horizons. To fur
ther crystallize his point, he
made note of the number of na
tional leaders, such as Jefferson,
Wilson, Roosevelt, and presi
dent-elect Kennedy, who are all
recipients of liberal arts educa
tion. He stated that from his
observations a good many stu
dents regard the courses in the
liberal arts program as just
something to fill out the acade
mic schedule. Dr. Franklin de
plores this view because of the
closer binding of today’s world
and its people and he feels that
men of different nations need to
Dr. John Hope Franklin speaks at Convocation.
realize a better understanding of
each other. Franklin advocated
a quest for a more liberal educa
tion in order that this dream
might be brought about.
The last point the professor
elaborated upon was the impor
tance of the liberal arts educa
tion in the field of business. He
emphasized how the person with,
the better background in a wide|
scope of knowledge is almost
always favored in securing em-i
ployment over the person who
does not have access to thid
knowledge. He cited instances
of persons who actually were
sent back to school to secure
credit in the liberal arts before
being accepted in positions in
the world of business.
“The role of the liberal arts
schools and their products play
a paramount role in the econo
mic and intellectual phases of
American society,” concluded
the speaker; “a person well in-i
formed in the liberal arts, as
well as his major field of study,
not only betters himself, but he
betters also his community, his
nation, and the world at-large.”
“When you limit others, you
limit yourself,” proclaimed
Harry Golden, editor of the;
Carolina Israelite, in the open-(
ing speech of the symposiun^
“The College and Accelerated
Social Action” on Thursday)
afternoon of the Fiftieth Anni-)
versary celebration held in B. N.
Duke Auditorium. The program
was one of several panels and
symposia presented November
9-11.
Mr. Golden gave facts and,
statistics illustrating how the
non-whites in the United States
have been treated, especially ir^
the South, and the effects.
Dr. Douglas B. Maggs, of the
Law School of Duke Univer^ty,
continued the discussion by
stating that the college should
not take a stand as such on so
cial action. “However,” he con
tinued, students should learn the
history of Jim Crow and move
ments against such action.”
The third panelist, Mr. Marion
Wright, vice chairman of the^
Southern Regional Conference,
stated, “Our first concern should
be humanity.” He admitted that
the accelerated social program*
in the South is retarded. He
emphasized that the sooner we
disregard ourselves as Southern
ers, the sooner we will become
accelerated. “Despite the hard
work of some people,” Wright
stated, “Many have reached a
state of complacency.”
For a long time, many peoplei
have attacked education, point
ed out Mr. Daniel H. Pollittd
Professor at the University ot
North Carolina Law School. Tha
speaker emphasized that the at-t
tack is never frontal, but that it
comes in indirect ways, as at-i
tacks on the curriculum, ban
ning of books, pressure on pro
fessors, and controlling of visi
tors.
Through questions from tha
interrogators and a few ques-i
tions from the audience, addi
tional information was presen
ted and views revealed. Amon^
other items, coming under dis
cussion were the college’s re
sponsibility to parents of stu
dents who participate in social
action movements and reactions
to the quota system used by
some universities in regard to)
racial and religious groups.
The relation of desegregation
to accelerated social action was
treated. It was emphasized by!
Mr. Golden that desegregation ig
not the answer to all problems,
but it is the first on the list of
problems. He stated that because!
education in the United States)
is highly looked upon, it is thei
best place to start.
The symposium interrogators
were McNeil Smith, Chairman*
of the North Carolina Civil
Rights Advisory Committee; Dr.
Asa T. Spaulding, a member oi
the North Carolina Civil Rights
Advisory Copmittee; Mr. J.
Nelson Strawbridge, chairmaa
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