Questions and other ideas for discussion:
• In page 17, Placher mentions that “So colleges like Wabash have to keep fighting for the kind of education that emphasizes questions rather than answers, that opens people’s minds and expands their horizon.” During college education, are we asking questions purely for the sake of questions (more specifically, “expand horizon”), or are we asking questions in search for answers to reconcile the dillemata that raise our questions?—PY
• Pages 17-18. Placher mentions that the Wabash education is more, “mono-lingual and mono-cultural.” We have discussed before that it is important to learn from other cultures because it can perhaps solve a lot of problems. If Placher saw this issue in 1970 and we are still talking about it now, how do we fix it? Can it be fixed?—SM
• Ethics place in education (19).—BF
• Page 19: Baldwin’s belief in values and ethics in education.—WF
• “It takes only a few educated people to make a difference”, do you think this is true? Should we reevaluate how we value our Wabash education? (pg. 21).—EA
• Ok I read a page further than we were supposed to, but I found something that I would like to discuss in class. My topic: Depauw in Sports Illustrated page 22.—JC
• Page 28: could the division within Wabash in 1907-08 be rivaled by what could come from this year’s faculty dinner accident?—AR
• On page 9, I would like to discuss the similarities between the time at which the speech was given and our current times.—PW
• Ok I read a page further than we were supposed to, but I found something that I would like to discuss in class. My topic: Depauw in Sports Illustrated page 22.—JC
• On page 38, I would like to discuss the Greek concept of “eros.”—PW