Evening star., 1938-03-22
SENSE Of UNITY
URGED ON NATION
Dr.. c. A. Dykstra Offers
Seven-Point Educational
Program for U. S.

Speaking on Democracy and Edu-
cation" In the concluding lecture Of
the Bronson Cutting Memorial series,
DR.. c. A. Oykstra, liberal minded pres
ident Of the University of Wisconsin,
pleaded last night for marshaling of
educational facilities ito fire our peo-
pie once more with sense of unity,
q common cause, clear objective and
. love OF the traditional America"
Americans might well look to the
relationships of Europe as an object
lesson in this respect, he suggested,
Tor they at least are cultivating a
common and new goal in teaching
the doctrine that to save ones life
one must lose it in devotion to COM
mon social ideal"
DR.. Dykstra, one-time city manager
Of Cincinnati and professor of political
science and municipal administration
In several Western universities, ad-
dressed a distinguished audience that
nearly filled Constitution Hall. Prom
inent among the special guests was
Mrs. w. Bayard Cutting of Few York,
mother of the late Senator Cutting of
New Mexico, who founded the annual
lectures in memory of the prominent
Progressive. A large block of seats
was reserved for local alumni of the
University of Wisconsin.
Senator La Toilette Presides.
Senator Robert M. La Toilette of
Wisconsin, colleague of the late
Senator Cutting, presided and the
lecturer was introduced by DR.. John
W. Studebaker. United States Com
missioner Of Education.
Referring to the challenge America
faces today in world of warning phil
osophies, Or. Dykstra warned that
through the short wave radio the
missionary endeavors of the Fascist
world" are endangering democracy in
this country.
American education faces a very
real decision" he said. I'VE cannot
help but recognize how widespread is
the teaching throughout the world
which by precept and implication
throws overheard the whole theory and
method OF democracy.
1T must see that the values which
We have taught in America for gen.
erations no longer produce a proper
understanding of the world as we find
1t. We keep putting new wine into
old bottles instead of getting a new
orientation.
Cultivating New Goal.
The dictators are not making this
mistake. They are cultivating a COM
mon and a new goal. They are teach
ing the doctrine that to save ones life
one must lose it in devotion to a COM
mon ideal. One of these days we, too,
may have to decide that all of our
available educational facilities, schools,
the press, the radio and the screen,
must be marshaled together in an
enort to give the American people a
realistic picture OF the world in which
we live and an understanding of the
problems facing our civilization and
our democracy.
These educational devices, by en-
tirely proper and democratic means
might in brief space of time fire
our people once more with a sense of
unity, common cause, a clear OBJ
3ective and love of the traditional
America. For we face within our own
borders, and particularly through the
device Of the radio, the missionary
endeavors Of the Fascist world"
Dr.. Dykstra declared that war would
change the Indifferent attitude of
Americans toward their native land
but temporarily. Our sense of COM
mon purpose and common sacri-
flee, he asserted, must be lasting and
constant active sentiment which does
not, waver. "Only a conscious edu-
cational program can effect such
result" he said.
Seven-Point Program.
He laid down a point educa-
tional program which, he suggested,
would point "the way of freedom and,
It is to be hoped, Of security"
Such q program, Dr. Dykstra said,
calls first of all for "an understanding
Of democracy as a way of life and a
nourishing of the underlying values
upon which society depends for its
existence"
Second, it requires that we live in
the present as well as in the past, and
that We face the future "Our educa-
ton must be concerned with the COM
ing generations as well as with the
present" he reminded.
In the third place, he said. the fldu-