Commencement Address, University of Toledo, by Commissioner of Education Earl McGrath, Education and Public Affairs: The Mid-Century Challenge
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OCR Page 1 of 12EDUCATION AND PUBLIC AFTAIRS: THE MID-CENTURY CHALLENGE*
Nembers of the Class of 1950: Some months ago, one of our most
distinguished mon of letters wrote an article for a national magasine
entitled "The Conquest of America." It was a penetrating analysis of what
can happen to free institutions when the people in a democracy lose sight of
their goals and ideals. The writer held that Americans my be defeated in
the battle of ideologies between demooracy and totalitarianis if they
falter in their sense of direction. Our philosophy, he claimed, has become
nebulous and confused. The dootrine of the supromacy of human righte
historically the dynsmic fountainhead of our strength and
at times to be subordinated to material and physical values. Unless citisons
in a democratic society know what they stand for, and what they are willing
to defend, the author warned, the United States may forfeit its leadership
of the free peoples of the world and lose this ménontous ideological struggle
by default.
In this world-wide conflict, education is America's first line of
defense. It is also our most potent offensive weapon in the fight for pease.
Educational institutions are the most effective agencies for helping citisons
keep the goals of a democratic society olearly before them. You are here today
because as a Nation, we are committed to the principle that our society can
survive, flourish and grow only as all of the talents of all of our people
are utilised to the maximm. We believe that there mast be equality of
opportunity and that includes opportunity for education for each individual
to develop his abilities to the fullest.
By Marl Jomes MoGrath, U.S. Commissioner of ducation, Federal Security Agency,
Washington, D. C. at 1950 Commonoement exercises, University of Toledo, Toledo,
Ohio, June 15, 1950.
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