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With scarcely any advance notice, President Nnamdi ("Zik") Azikiwe himself went on the radio to allay the nation's fears. "My fellow countrymen and women," he began, "I would like to acquaint you tonight of steps which have been taken to avert the crisis...
...learn because we have an interest in understanding: we notice because our vision fulfills a need in our lives. In the extreme case Mr. Welch poses, we engage in inquiry to acquaint ourselves with enough technical knowledge to enable us to earn a living, build a bridge, or attain whatever finite goal we posit. The answers we obtain have meaning only in terms of the purposes behind the questions we ask; there is no realm of "truth in itself," towards which it is the duty of the student to yearn in a pointless idealism...
...such as Hum 5 or Soc Sci 1. A large proportion of Harvard students were not exposed to this type of material in high school. In many fields it is assumed the student is familiar with Plato, Aristotle, or European history. Certainly the student should have the opportunity to acquaint himself with basic material of this sort, as well as basic techniques, in Gen Ed courses...
...responsibility of General Education to acquaint the student with the substance of knowledge, and the method by which it is acquired, in fields other than...
Finally, the program will include teaching seminars in the graduate schools and conferences designed to acquaint businessmen and government officials with research findings and suggested action programs developed under the program. In a further attempt to broaden the program's impact, selected working papers and symposia will be published as books or monographs...