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Friday, February 28, 1969
THE SALEMiTE
TkrM
Lewis Analyzes Use Of "Intellect”;
Advocates Esthetic Atmosphere”
Mrs. Qarrett Enjoys
Teaching Salemites
Pear Editor:
l\Ve hear so much these days
ground Salem College about “intel
lectual atmosphere.” If such be de
sirable, we should want to under
stand the term thoroughly. When
so understand it, will we still
T^ant so much emphasis on the “in
tellectual” ?
A short definition of “intellect”
as “the conceptual intelligence” is
handy but needs explication. Both
“intelligence” and “conceptual” need
further clarification. Without doing
violence to generally accepted defi
nitions (public rather than private)
-twhich, of course, vary in details—
we may call intelligence the ability
to solve problems by apperception
of relationships among the factors
of a problematic situation. We
need to illustrate for easy under
standing.
IA chimpanzee in a cage solves his
problem of hunger by joining two
sticks each three feet long, one with
a^socket on the end, the other with
a'small rake on one end, and reach
ing a banana eight feet away. The
■gimp’s arm is two and one-half
feet long. After much trial and
Jror manipulation, the chimp ap-
perceives the relations among the
factors—sticks, arm, banana, raking
in action — and finally solves his
problem. This activity meets the
definition, the chimp is “intelligent.”
Now, to clarify “conceptual.”
. Suppose that you, the reader, are
ked the question; “If the situa-
ion is as described above, can the
chimp really get the banana? When
assured that no trick is involved,
|ou answer: “Well, of course ! Two
sticks each three feet long that fit
^gether, plus arm two and one-
half feet long . . . that makes eight
and one-half feet . . . plenty long
(though to rake in the banana eight
feet away.” Of course, you are cor-
fsct: you too have apperceived the
pattern of relationships among the
factors of the problematic situation;
you, too, dear reader, are intelli
gent.
I^UT—and this is the point—there
is a RADICAL difference in the
types of intelligence shown by the
chimp and you. The chimp solved
the problem by manipulating the
actual physical factors and rela
tions, present in SENSUOUS im
mediacy. But, you manipulated
substitute tokens or CONCEPTS
(words, or terms, that are CLASS
designators) in total abstraction
from the actual physical factors.
The chimp (and, apparently, all ani
mals below man) can solve similar
problems only by manipulation of
sensuously immediate factors: the
chimp has only ‘practical’ intelli
gence. But, humans solve such
problems by manipulating, not the
physical or practical objects or fac
tors, but conceptualized systems in
abstraction from the sensed (or
ESTHETIC) factors: humans have
not only ‘practical’ intelligence but
also ‘conceptual’ intelligence or IN
TELLECT.
Now become clear the defining
properties of “intellect” as usually
given by dictionaries and scholarly
sources of careful use of terms:
that “function of the mind as dis
tinguished from feeling, sensation,
volition, conation.”
Notice earefully then, that in an
“intellectual atmosphere” emphasis
on feeling and sensation—the very
basis of ESTHETIC knowledge and
learning—must be carefully avoided
in so far as we mean business by
seeking an “intellectual” emphasis.
Literature emphasizes the ES
THETIC use of language, not its
intellectual use, which belongs to
the language of science, philosophy,
and practical knowledge. (A chem
istry book uses language intellec
tually; a piece of literature uses
language esthetically.) To the ex
tent that they remain arts—and are
not confused with critical knowl
edge about art — music, painting,
dancing, sculpture, etc., must em-
ah Instructor Stresses
Experimental Psychology
By Joy Bishop
Salem College’s psychology lab
structor this year is Miss Pat-
icia Sinicrope.
I Miss Sinicrope’s “home” is now
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, but
she has lived in various other states
in the past, including Kentucky,
Oklahoma, Alabama, and West Vir-
#nia.
Miss Sinicrope graduated with a
degree in psychology from Wake
Forest University and then worked
for two years at the Child Guidance
Center in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsyl-
fnnia. The Center is a residential
freatment center for disturbed
(ihildren.
Miss Sinicrope is now a second-
year graduate student in psychology
at Wake Forest. She plans to
graduate in June with a Masters in
experimental psychology. After
graduation, she would like to go on
to earn her Ph. D. in clinical psy
chology, specializing in child psy
chology.
Miss Sinicrope’s main interests
lie in clinical psychology, and she
would someday like to work with
therapy for disturbed children—per
haps researching various therapy
methods' appropriate for different
types of children.
As lab instructor at Salem, she
holds two labs weekly and is re
sponsible for demonstrating all the
new lab equipment Salem has pur
chased. She enjoys working at
Salem and feels that the College’s
psychology department has excel
lent facilities. Miss Sinicrope feels
that a background in experimental
psychology is useful for any further
work in psychology a student plans
to do and stresses the mastering of
experimental techniques and statis
tics for psychology majors.
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phasize the ESTHETIC, not the
intellectual.
When we use the term with
scholarly regard for important
meaning, do we want to emphasize
an “intellectual atmosphere” at
Salem? Why not a more “esthetic
atmosphere” ? which, in my opinion,
is much more needed.
How long shall we continue our
vulgar use of important words like
“intellectual” ? Language is our
most important medium of exchange
for communication, and, perhaps,
communion: can we afford, then,
to debase the coinage ? Do we not
have confusion and triviality enough
for our time ? It seems to me that
Salem College should stand for
quality and importance in the use
of our most precious instruments
of thought, and not permit shoddi
ness and triviality.
H. Michael Lewis
(Please, dear reader, in your think
ing, do not accuse me of “over
simplification and such awful crimes
as cutting up the “whole child” into
separate compartments! When one
is trying to hold copy to the bare
minimum allowed by newspaper
style, one has to simplify and use
directional and limiting concepts. I
appeal to a sympathetic imagination
to catch my thought on the wing.
After over forty years of wrestling
with the problem, I know the mat
ter is very complex; but I do not
believe I have distorted the essen
tial meaning of the problem
treated.)
BasketballTeam
Does It Again!
By Debbie Lots
Salem scored its second and third
victories of the season on February
18 and 24 respectively. The Feb
ruary 18 game was scrimmage with
Salem, the score being 56 - 36. The
Parkland team was very aggressive
and played a good game despite the
Parkland High School in Winston-
fact that they were nervous about
playing a college team.
Salem traveled to Queens on
February 24 and beat Queens on
their home court by a score of 54-40.
Mary Anna Redfern led the first
half, with Dianne Daily leading the
way in the second half and ending
up as high scorer for the game
with 18 points.
By Melissa Turner
Does being a “private teacher for
eight education students” sound like
an interesting job to you ? Appar
ently it did to Mrs. Harriett Gar
rett, a native of Warrenton, who
last semester taught elementary
methods of education to only eight
Salemites. An asset to the depart
ment, she is also the supervisor of
the student teachers.
After completing her under
graduate work at both Hollins Col
lege and the University of North
Carolina, Mrs. Garrett taught in
Florida, Texas, and Salisbury
where she lived for six years. Be
fore coming to Winston-Salem
with her husband John W. Garrett,
who is presently working with the
personnel management at the Wa
chovia Bank, she taught for a short
time in Asheville.
NOTICE
When asked how she likes Salem,
Mrs. Garrett commented with a
smile, “Very much.” She says that
although she has only worked with
a cross-section of students, she
finds these eight girls extremely
conscientious about their chosen
field. She also added that the one
aspect of life at Salem which im
pressed her most upon her arrival
is the excellent communication
medium which exists between the
faculty and students.
At her home on Field Dale Ave.
here in Winston-Salem , Mrs.
Garrett enjoys reading and garden
ing - whenever she is not busy
helping her two children, that is.
Take time to drop in her ofifice
on one of your excursions to the
Fine Arts Center and meet her.
We Salemites want her to know
more than eight of our “merry old
band” don’t we? After all, she had
no complaints about Salem.
Dean Ivy Hixson will meet with
the Sophomore class in Shirley Re
cital Hall on Monday, March 3, to
discuss teacher education and other
academic matters.
- Kline -
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man’s desire for clarity in the midst
of chaos).
Music also was treated in light
of its tonal and harmonious quali
ties relating it to the field of mathe
matics. In conclusion, it became
quite evident to the audience that
mathematics has played a tremen
dous role throughout history in an
integral and necessary sense.
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