The Carolina Journal, September 27, 1967 Page 4
The Cowsills Sing Out
Photos by Dan Cook and Monte Zepeda
Susan
Susan, Barbara, and Bud
Bill
Bob
Barry
McCall Hits Home With ‘Kids’
Applauded by a standing
audience, Or. Darryl McCall of the
English Department delivered his
“Last Lecture” on Wednesday of
las week.
His address, entitled “The Care
and Feedingof Students,” had much
to say to the student body—and
goes to show what one man can
accomplish in the interest of a
whole profession.
“Teaching is one of the few
really free occupations left,” said
Dr. McCall, in listing things he
would have us students know--as
parents like to give knowledge they
have learned from experience to
their children. “There’s a lot to
be said for the academic life,”
he continued. He also expressed
the wish that students could real
ize how marvelous is the English
Learning Machine
In Action
By PATRICK Mc^EELY
1 find myself getting quite phil
osophical when 1 perceive this vast
menagerie of campus life. How can
I help myself when I see this enor
mous learning machine in opera
tion. Here, where time is the most
valuable entity of all; here where
the “rats” of the maze react to the
conditioned response of the bell;
here, where a man is measured
from “0” to “4”; here where what
should be known is mapped (by
whom?); here, where drink and
drugs are the only relief; here,
where sciences battle for indivi
dual existence; here, where smalt
minds are expanded, genius
choked; here, somewhere lies
education.
Is there a non-fictional educated
man; or are we more like the horse
pulling the cart with the apple
of wisdom dangling before us?
will blow this prize our way. I
see no certain destination also;
if only I were wise enough to know.
Even if this sad analogy is
accurate, we will plod on, hoping
the string will break or the wind
language. “Literatirre gives 1-
mages of mankind, and teaches
about the varieties of mankind,”
said Dr. McCall.
He regards students as “pet
hamsters,” calls us “kiddies,”
and admits that he “falls in love”
with us in class. “Having no fam
ily of my own—no wife and kids
to hug me— I guess I’ve adopted
you as my family,” Dr. McCall
commented. “And , like most
parents, I want you to get things
easier than i did . . .”
In speaking of what he had dis
covered about the student-profes
sor relationship during his teach
ing years. Dr. McCall had formed
several rules from this infor
mation. One ruie is “Students
never do what you want them
to.” He continued, “Students start
to rebel the minute you give them
something to do. But, we would
worry if you didn’t show some
signs of rebelling.”
A second rule: “Students waste
their time.” “Or at least parents
and professors think you waste
your time. The real world, though,
is outside the classroom; so
actually you may not be wasting
your time at all.”
Rule three is “No professor can
ever get the better of a student.”
Dr. McCall used one of his own
classes as an example. He allowed
this class to vote ontestingpolicy.
The students chose the former.
“It turned out to be just that
much more work for me,” com
mented Dr. McCall with a laugh.
“Professors learn more from
students that vice versa,” he
emphasized. “Students keep tea
chers alive and in their places.
They manifest a fresh light that
is lost as one matures.”
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