Word: self
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Since relations with other groups are important, the HYDC has a Second Vice-President in charge of external affairs, a sort of counterpart to its First Vice-President in charge of internal organization. "Club growth beyond a certain size is almost self-destructive," remarked one officer, "because the social contact of smaller groups is lost, and the resulting bureaucracy may drive out amateurs...
Dedicated to "presenting both sides of controversial issues," the club remains what Bernat calls a "rebound" club for dissatisfied "regulars" of the HYRC and for self-styled "eggheads" who are "hammering out a new ideology for the party." If they are hammering, it is quietly done...
However, the indictment is not a blanket one: "This does not mean that the universities are complete failures; it merely means that they are far more unsuccessful, according to their own standards, than they are generally willing to admit." In large part, Williams attributes the failure of self-analysis to the limitations of the professorial personality...
Williams asks that the universities cure themselves by rigorous self-criticism and emphasis on better teaching. He requests that the university try to inspire four ideals in its students: the democratic, the scientific, the Christian, and the joy of learning. The presentation of these ideals is certainly neglected and needed in American colleges. Williams may often stroke with too broad a brush and with too vivid color, but any perceptive student can tell you that his criticisms are legitimate and vital...
...conflict appears when military needs force the intelligent man into a job he does not care for. But this intelligence is needed even in non-specialized areas and the army cannot be finicky. Universal Military Training advocates are likely to accuse college students of self-interest and "softness," arguing that military discipline is a valuable experience, even for the intellectual, and a necessary training for all military situations--whether firing a rifle or running a computer. Their proposals come closest to fulfilling the ideal of universal service...