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The Political Science Curriculum in War-Time: Report of the Committee of the American Political Science Association on War-Time Changes in the Political Science Curriculum*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2013

Ethan P. Allen ,
Rodney L. Mott ,
Kenneth O. Warner ,
Francis O. Wilcox  and
E. M. Kirkpatrick
Ethan P. Allen
Affiliation:
Office of Civilian Defense
Rodney L. Mott
Affiliation:
Colgate University
Kenneth O. Warner
Affiliation:
Office of Price Administration
Francis O. Wilcox
Affiliation:
Office of the Coördinator of Inter-American Affairs
E. M. Kirkpatrick
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota
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In these days of war, with democracy facing the greatest challenge in its history, it would be a sad mistake for anyone to assume an attitude of smug complacency. Such would be disastrous if not literally treasonable. Educators, therefore, along with labor and industry, business and agriculture, need to re-examine and revaluate their contribution to the common welfare of the community. Engaged in a war that threatens the very existence of freedom of thought, scholarship, and teaching, educational leaders have an obligation to see that the best possible use is made of one of democracy's outstanding institutions—a free educational system. If the democratic nations fail to train men in good moral and intellectual habits, fail to produce men of keen insight and critical judgment, fail to give us free minds that can join in our struggle toward a better life for all the people of the world, they will have failed in one of their most important obligations to the human race, no matter how the struggle upon the field of battle may end.

Type
Instruction and Research
Information
American Political Science Review , Volume 36 , Issue 6 , December 1942 , pp. 1142 - 1146
Copyright
Copyright © American Political Science Association 1942

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* The Committee on War-Time Changes in the Political Science Curriculum was appointed by President Anderson in response to a request of the United States Office of Education. Members of the Committee are Ethan P. Allen, Office of Civilian Defense; Rodney L. Mott, Colgate University; Kenneth O. Warner, Office of Price Administration; Francis O. Wilcox, Office of the Coördinator of Inter-American Affairs; and E. M. Kirkpatrick (chairman), University of Minnesota.