Milford chronicle., 1960-04-22
Who Runs Ulcer
Prone World?


Though / am not fully quail
fed to reckon with spaceSage sci
ence or to deal with population dy-
namics, or to predict where we are
heading in this highly organized,
credit-bought, committee-operated.
science-minded, sputnik-surround-
ed, ulcer-prOne world, l do firmly
believe that decisions IN a demo-
cracy are the result of individual
sponsibility and action" s. said
Dean George NJ. Worrilow Thurs
day night of last week at the State
All leaders banquet at Caesar Rod
ney High School.
Discussing the problems of lead
ership in tomorrow's world, the
Dean said, Leaders are important.
but so are followers, and they may
change places as they are qualified
to make a contribution in each
area"
"The opportunity to become a
leader is. ever present, but today
we are confronted with problems
that seem impossible of solution
due to their depth and scope. So
the tendency is to take the attitude
that there is little I can do so why
bother"
The rapid changes taking place
challenge the leadership of all ed
ucational institutions, Worrilow
said.
"Most conspicuous, of course, is
the powerful surge of technology
which has literally changed the
face of the earth and shaken hui
man institutions to their very foun-
dations."
81 suppose every age has had its
irresistible trends. But today we
witness a decline of individualism
as these trends assume a massive
ness and a power that deteriorate
the role of the human being. Pow
erful forces conspire to make us
think alike and do alike.
"The scientist and the technolo-
gist becomes deeply absorbed in
adding to the sum total of scien-
tific knowledge and harnessing
knowledge for human use of one
kind or another. They are drawn
into the belief that all such prog
ress is good and are too often heed
less of what the captains of indus
try and war may do with their dis
coveries.
"The consumptionist, flying the
flag of Madison Avenue, creates a
new cult to fit the times. He
breaches mass production, frenzied
salesmanship and planned obsol-
escence. He urges us to consume
at an ever increasing rate so we
can produce at an ever increasing
pace to keep factories busy and
employment high.
Man, with his institutions and
contraptions, is afioat on the
stream of changing civilization.
The question is, must he drift or
can he steer a wide course, even
to the point of turning upstream
when this appears desirable?
81 think it is the clear duty of
all of us as educational leaders to
set up desirable goals and to mold
| the trends of the time rather than
| to -"ccumb to them.
SIS 1t necessary to drift or can
we .ake posltlve action to control
our environment and technology?
We must participate in these de-
cisions for, and of, tomorrow"
More than 125 of Delaware's vol
unteer All leaders attended the
4 banquet sponsored this year, for
the second time, by the Delaware
Bankers Association.
Mr.. w. R. Brown, First National
Bank of Wyoming and president of
the association, spoke honoring the
leaders, as did Mr.. George Simp-
son, chairman of the agricultural
committee of the association.
DIR. Samuel Gwinn, assistant di-
rector of the Agricultural Exten-
sion Service, University of Della
ware, was master of ceremonies
and announced the winner of the
state wide window display contest
held as part of National All Club
Week, March 5-12.
The Westville Club of Marydel
took top prize.