Purpose of the College

IT SELDOM IF EVER does justice to a man to take a bit or a part of what he says or writes from the context of the whole. Since we cannot with any point reprint all of Mr. Gazley's reply to Mr. Qua here we will conclude our share in the discussion by underscoring part of the statement of purposes which teachers in the social sciences include in their objectives for the liberal colleges. The following abstract might well be inscribed on page one of student notebooks. It should certainly be reassuring to alumni, if reassurance is needed. Mr. Gazley writes:

"The aim of the liberal arts college, inso far as the social sciences are concerned,is to produce broad minded citizens, cognizant of recent trends, able to keep a coolhead in the midst of controversy. The college graduate should be neither a crackbrained visionary nor a blind reactionarybut a man of judicial temperament, intelligent, and tolerant."