Jacques Maritain's 'Ieducation at the Crossroads" Abyss of Personal Freedom and of the Personal Thirst And
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- Keep the homefront scholastic informed Vol. 119, No.1, September 9, 1977 Notre Dame, Indiana Send them a subscription COME ALL!· thi~ year FEATURES DARBY'S PLACE 4 My Favorite Book. in Educational Theory Joseph W. Evans Ir-----------------------, ' I 8 Do Not Go Joyfully Into That Good Night Dave Myers I Scholastic I LaFortune Student Center I I 10 "Dear Lutie •••" Cole Finegan I Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 I I I 12 Prognosis 77: "Irish Eyes Are Smiling" Ray O'Brien I Please send ............ years of Scholastic I I I I at $5.00 per year to: I Sun. thru Thurs. I ' I Midnight to 4 p.m. I Name ........................................................... I Basement of LaFortune REGULARS I I Fr. Griffin - Proprietor I Address ...................................................... I 7 People at ND Lisa Michels, Jim Romanelli I . I I City.............................................................. I 14 The Last Word Kathleen McElroy I ' I I State.. .................................. Zip ................ I L J CREDITS Illustrations: Sherry Simon 11 / Lee Hend ricks. 12, 13. Photographs: Tom Everman 5, 7, 9, 13, 14 / Sports Information 13. Front Cover: Tom Everman. Back Cover: Tom Everman, Lee Hendricks. Editor Kathleen McElroy Managing Editors Staff Mark J. Ondash Rhonda Kornfeld, Dave Beno; Clare Leary, Phyllis Romanelli, Leo J. Mulcahey, Barb Karen, Caruso Frey, Dan Lombardi, Sue Hart, John Delaney, Rick LaBelle, W. Ben Elliot, Mary DeRoche; Art Director Theresa Rebeck, Tom Westphal, Peggy McGuire, Fran Gilbert, Tracy Miner" liz . Sherry Simon " ' " Donovan,Moira Keating, Greg G. Gregory. ' Pro~uction Manager Julie Runkle News Editor ' The opinions expressed in Scholastic are those of the authors and editors of Scholastic lisa ,Michels and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the University of Notre Dame, its Culture Editor administration, faculty or the student body. ' . Jim Romanelli Sports Editor Ray O'Brien Copy Editor Second-class postage paid at Dame, Ind. 46556. The magazine is represented J. P. Morrissey Not~e for national advertising by National' Educational Advertising Services and CASS' Student Layout Editor Advertising, . Inc. Published fortnightly during the' school' year except, during vacation Maureen Kelly and examination periods, Scholastic is printed at Ave Maria Press, Notre Dame, Ind. Photography Editor Tom Everman 46556. The subscription, rate is $5.00 a year ,and 'back issues are, available from Business Manager Scholastic. Please. address all manuscripts to Scholastic, Notre Dame, Ind. 46556. Gary Garrabrant All unsolicited material becomes the property of Scholastic. , ' ' Advertising Manager copyright ©1977 Scholastic / all rights reserved / none of the contents may be repro- Lee Hendricks duced 'without permisSion. ' Special Projects Editor " Maureen Walsh Advisory Board , Ronald Weber, Paul Wieber, James Cook,' Bro. John Benish, C.S.c., Richard Conklin, Elizabeth Christman. .' , - Keep the homefront scholastic informed Vol. 119, No.1, September 9, 1977 Notre Dame, Indiana Send them a subscription COME ALL!· thi~ year FEATURES DARBY'S PLACE 4 My Favorite Book. in Educational Theory Joseph W. Evans Ir-----------------------, ' I 8 Do Not Go Joyfully Into That Good Night Dave Myers I Scholastic I LaFortune Student Center I I 10 "Dear Lutie •••" Cole Finegan I Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 I I I 12 Prognosis 77: "Irish Eyes Are Smiling" Ray O'Brien I Please send ............ years of Scholastic I I I I at $5.00 per year to: I Sun. thru Thurs. I ' I Midnight to 4 p.m. I Name ........................................................... I Basement of LaFortune REGULARS I I Fr. Griffin - Proprietor I Address ...................................................... I 7 People at ND Lisa Michels, Jim Romanelli I . I I City.............................................................. I 14 The Last Word Kathleen McElroy I ' I I State.. .................................. Zip ................ I L J CREDITS Illustrations: Sherry Simon 11 / Lee Hend ricks. 12, 13. Photographs: Tom Everman 5, 7, 9, 13, 14 / Sports Information 13. Front Cover: Tom Everman. Back Cover: Tom Everman, Lee Hendricks. Editor Kathleen McElroy Managing Editors Staff Mark J. Ondash Rhonda Kornfeld, Dave Beno; Clare Leary, Phyllis Romanelli, Leo J. Mulcahey, Barb Karen, Caruso Frey, Dan Lombardi, Sue Hart, John Delaney, Rick LaBelle, W. Ben Elliot, Mary DeRoche; Art Director Theresa Rebeck, Tom Westphal, Peggy McGuire, Fran Gilbert, Tracy Miner" liz . Sherry Simon " ' " Donovan,Moira Keating, Greg G. Gregory. ' Pro~uction Manager Julie Runkle News Editor ' The opinions expressed in Scholastic are those of the authors and editors of Scholastic lisa ,Michels and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the University of Notre Dame, its Culture Editor administration, faculty or the student body. ' . Jim Romanelli Sports Editor Ray O'Brien Copy Editor Second-class postage paid at Dame, Ind. 46556. The magazine is represented J. P. Morrissey Not~e for national advertising by National' Educational Advertising Services and CASS' Student Layout Editor Advertising, . Inc. Published fortnightly during the' school' year except, during vacation Maureen Kelly and examination periods, Scholastic is printed at Ave Maria Press, Notre Dame, Ind. Photography Editor Tom Everman 46556. The subscription, rate is $5.00 a year ,and 'back issues are, available from Business Manager Scholastic. Please. address all manuscripts to Scholastic, Notre Dame, Ind. 46556. Gary Garrabrant All unsolicited material becomes the property of Scholastic. , ' ' Advertising Manager copyright ©1977 Scholastic / all rights reserved / none of the contents may be repro- Lee Hendricks duced 'without permisSion. ' Special Projects Editor " Maureen Walsh Advisory Board , Ronald Weber, Paul Wieber, James Cook,' Bro. John Benish, C.S.c., Richard Conklin, Elizabeth Christman. .' , My Favorite ~ook in Educational Theory: Jacques Maritain's 'IEducation at the Crossroads" abyss of personal freedom and of the personal thirst and. striving for by Joseph W. Evans knowing and seeing, grasping and expressing-I should call this the Pardon me, dear reader, for this teaching here at Notre Dame du Lac, preconscious of the spirit in man. long, cumbersome title. But my last I have dubbed it (to the students For reason does not consist only of "little essay" in Scholastic (occa- who are no dunces) a "reading for its conscious logical tools and mani sioned in. part-as is this one-by all our days." I dub it this now to the festations, nor does the will consist "My Favorite Editor") was entitled teachers - at Notre Dame du only of its deliberate conscious de "My Favorite Cookbook" and it was Lac (where else?)-who are no terminations. Far beneath theap on Robert Farrar Capon's The Sup- dunces, either (I hasten to add). parent surface of explicit concepts per of the Lamb. Now, there is-be- I think it is an especially important and judgments,. of words and ex lieve it or not-a very real affinity reading for all of us-teachers and complete fulfillment.. His spiritual those who are moved by the divine pressed resolutions or .movements between these two books and, if I stUdents-at the beginning of a new fatherland consists of the entire Spirit. In· any case it is by the activ- of the will, are the sources of knowl am not going into this affinity here, school year; if we do not read it, we order of things which have abso~ ities that the philosophers call 'im- edge and poetry, of love and truly I would at least like to retain the may become dunces (such is the na lute value, and which reflect, in some manent'-because they perfect the human desires,' hidden in the spiri affinity in the titles of my two "little ture of the beast-i.e., the Academy, manner, a divine Absolute superior very subject which exerts them, and tual darkness of the intimate vitality essays." Of course, it is presumptu- or School!). to the world and' which have a are within it the supreme activities of the soul. Before being formed ous of me to be breaking into your You know, I think that instead of. power of attraction toward this Ab of internal achievement and super- and expressed· in concepts and judg world with "My· Favorite . .." discoursing and expounding- "situ in which the great universe in its solute." abundance-that the full freedom of ments, intellectual knowledge is at (your M & M's may be much more ating," sifting, critically elucidating entirety can be encompassed through : . Second bon mot: "The chief aspi independence is won. Thus the prime first a beginning 'of insight, still un to your taste). Hurl at me, if you -to you on Maritain's book (come knowledge. And through love he can rations of a person are aspirations goal ,of education is the conquest formulated, which proceeds from the will, the thunderbolt: "Oh, 'you pre- to my class if you want this-or at give himself freely to beings who are to freedom-I do not mean that of internal and spiritual freedom to impact of the. illuminating intellect sumptuous one, you!"; or, if you least' a "rough sketch" of this), I to him, as it were, other selves; arid freedom which is free will and which be achieved by the individual per~ on the world of images and emotions prefer, "Joe Evans-the presumptu- will just let him speak to us him for this' relationship no equivalent is a .gift of nature in each of us, I son, or, in other words, his liberation and which is but a humble and ous one!" Sticks and stones may self. If' I cannot provide you this can be found in the physical world. mean that freedom.which is sponta through knowledge and wisdom, trembling movement, yet invaluable, break my bones-but names will time with a little salad of Capon I' neity, expansion, or autonomy, and good will, and love." toward an intelligible content to be never hurt me. But they do give me capers, I can provide you with this "The notion of personality thus which we have to gain through con Third bon mot: "At this point it grasped.