Word: scholarly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...important, they must be practical, must be able to turn out a finished, pruned product which will be useful and inspiring to the non-scholastic world. The type for this job is the great personality, the ideal teacher, the man who will be able to inspire the non-scholar group of undergraduates...
...balance must be set up here between the scholar and the teacher: faculty members must be made aware of their position to the College, their chances for advancement; their duties must be defined and outlined more carefully...
These men could be termed the scholars, among the undergraduates, but the term "scholar" is a misleading one. For present, purposes a scholar should be defined as one who is primarily interested in scholastic work, as such, with a view to becoming an expert in one limited field. On this definition, many high ranking men in the above group would have to be listed under a different heading. The number remaining under the pure scholar heading would still be large, however, and growing as more Prize Fellows were imported...
From both of these groups will be drawn future leaders in every field of endeavor in the United States. Undeniably, however, more managers of government and business will be drawn from the non-scholar group. Even if the scholar group, on the above definition, amounted to 40% of the College, yet it would supply a smaller proportional numbers of leaders. The men in the non-scholar group will not, for the m most part, use the knowledge learned in College in their professions; rather it will serve as a cultural foundation and a mind trainer...
...scholar group need to be led by men with personality, speaking ability, interest in students; men who have an adequate knowledge of their field and an ability to criticize and analyze their subject; not walking dictionaries with heads crammed with knowledge...