Page Six } Liberal Ed. Continued iromipage 4 of judging which is better and which is worse. A carpenter must know what is _meant by “straight”, it he is to manufacture a ruler which, though not ideally straight, is almost straight. Similarly, to say and know that one kind of action is just and another unjust, one must have a fair understanding olwhat justice is; lor if not, what he considers just action becomes vague, capricious, varying from individual to individual, and finally useless. Fifth, just as there is an art of making good chairs, good violins, and good houses, and such an art requires knowledge as well as practice in accordance with that knowledge, so there is an art of Coming to know both me habits which lead to a pleasant life and the manner of getting those habits. And just as the productive arts are not acquired without discipline and ellort, so in the case of the proper lhabits. So allowing students complete freedom of action in the name of “selfrrealization” and other such amorphous terms amounts to allowing a learner oi the violin to go his way without instruction, or a thief to “realize” hiswishes and ambiti nsr 'Wlfit are the vario‘us hindio‘l pleasures? In general, what are the various kinds of things called “good"? Some goods are ex ternal, for example, houses, property, money, and the like; others are in men themselves, lor example, health, the pleasures of the mind, and the pleasures of the senses. There is another way of sub-dividing good, namely, “As rue lNlTIAL THRILL al the Antispollurion crusade quiel: down, certain annoying economic constraint: will sink inm public awareness. We will lace rhe [act that we can't have cverylhing. W3 wont clean air, land and Water, but we — we — "I: going to have (in pay for them, So we shall then begin asking our- selves: How much anti-pollution d0 we want, For n he: copy at compared to NAYiONAl ki- olher things we VIEW, write: Devi. also want?" t. 150 r. as Slleet, N. v. tools. . Your Favorite Beverage and Snack Ilems At low, Discount Prices into those which are pursued lor their own sake and are ends in themselves and into those which are pursued for the sake of something else and are means or instruments to an end. Evidently, the ends (assuming they are good) are better than the means to them. Riding to the stadium and buying a ticket are means to an end, which is watch- ing the game. Similarly, we buy groceries in 'order‘to enjoy a good meal; we do not enjoy eating in order to buy more groceries. Other activities which are ends in themselves are these: listening to music, seeing a movie, reading a novel, being at a party, playing a game, in- venting machines, doing research, and sex. So students go to college to get an education. But why? In order to better themselves, which implies: in order to lead an enjoyable lile, a happy life. This does notmean that the pursuit of the means is painful. lt olten is, though it need not be, and whether it is painful or not often depends on the person’s attitude. Still, the end is usually more pleasurable than the means. What about health, is it a means to an end? Health is in men, and its absence diminishes or obstructs the pleasures ol die mind and or the senses. Anyway, health is a good thing, and the leeling of health incrfises all the othJ pleasures; and we need not be too academic about its nature here. We might SCARLET AND BLACK also add this, that many ends cannot be realized without the means; so to disregard the means or to try to achieve the ends in such a manner that the means towards those ends are barred is to make also the at- tainment ol the ends impossible. ) Letters / ' Continued Irom page 2 SGA resources. Ample funds remain in a number or accounts, such as the initiative fund and general budget reserve, to cover the $50 allocation to High and in demanding ideal ends, some ,L Mighty. Student government is a laculty andsome students are not .long wayfrom delicitspending. aware of this means»ends—’ relation; the former preler liberally educated army officers, but they bar candidates lrom acquiring such education in a liberal arts college; the latter are in college partly in order to learn and so be able to solve personal and social problems, but their presumption to knowledge and their conduct closes the possibility of discussion and ol trying to understand what the problems involve and how they can be solved. What has been gathered in- ductively from the goals of the various colleges does not appear to be Very far lrom what has been pointed out by analysis. The goals of the live colleges, Whether stated or implied, are live: Development at intellect, development of character, a career, appreciation of arts, and health. The'goal analytically, considered is happiness, which Consists somehow in the pleasures of the mind and those oi the senses in a healthy man. Evidently, the pleasures ol the Liberalliducation—v Continued on Page 7 , W 938 Main 3 LEVELS OF SHOPS Ladies’ and Children’s Wear Home Furnishings — Gilt Ware Double Gold Bond Stamps on Wednesdays low We Accept Vouchers McNALLY’S SUPER llliLll OPEN EVERY NIGHT 'I'ILL 1 — loll MAIN The central problem is whether or not a small campus can sup port an independent newspaper. To date the prospects are not encouraging. This past week students on campus bought only 160 copies 7 that's about $40 worth. As you can see, that is a long way from meeting our expenses, which this week total about $150. Perhaps Pterodactyl, . with on-campus sales twice this amount, was appealing to the prurient interests of the campus after all 7* , Finally, the insinuati 5 about Tom Thomas are unjustified. You write as though the $50 allocation is to him personally, rather than to the paper. He could not (as you write), “pay off the (previous) loan with the $50 the Senate gave him, “because the .allocation is to High and Mighty, ARE COUNTRY SET GIRLS dagger: Friday. March 1:. I970 nm as Your financial “facts” are misleading, your insinuations of “profit making" are false, and your slam upon the intentions and character of Tom Thomas are unjustified. SEIZE THE TIME POWER TO THE PEOPLE'S PRESS High and Mighty stall To The Editor: A “Reading guide" to wading through Crossett‘s latest “con- tribution” (or “What is Good Journalism,” 5&3, Feb. 27, 1970): Start at the last paragraph with, “Each editor starts from scratch. Some have gotten better- like Mr. Ancona and Mr. Arieti; some have gotten worse—like Miss Neuman and Mr. Brandon” Stop. Now for “better“ substitute” “status quo” or ”conservative” or “reactionary;" for “worse” use “liberal,” ”leftist,” “pinko- commie-scum?). Now you have a definition 7 nice and simple “good” journalism and “bad" Krystyna Neuman SPOILED? 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