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The university of Kentucky in prospect

1943; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 21; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/01619564309535847

1532-7930

H. L. Donovan,

Academic Freedom and Politics

It would be much easier to view the University in retrospect than to attempt to predict its future. It is always dangerous to wander into unknown lands. But we are enjoined to see visions as well as dream dreams. Members of the faculty of a university are challenged to delve into the future as far as human eye can see. Though prudence may be the better part of valor, we should utterly disregard it and venture to outline the shape of things to come as we see the future of our university. Captain Ted W. Larson in his very interesting book, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, tells of a conversation he had while in China with a very intelligent Chinese who told him that the Japs singled out universities and schools when they bombed Shanghai. Captain Larson observed that that seemed like a waste of bombs. No, said Koo S-ken, the distinguished Chinese, those Japanese know that education produces leaders. So they attempt to crush the source-our universities and schools.