Bulletin of Chatham College, Vol. 58

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Excerpt from Bulletin of Chatham College, Vol. 58: September, 1962Chatham College, as a college of liberal arts, has from its beginning been concerned with preparing young women to meet the varying circumstances of life with a fund of useful knowledge, with clear and discriminating understanding, and with a readiness to adjust and act responsibly.A liberal arts college is to be distinguished from other kinds of institutions in that it provides an educational pro gram designed to develop those qualities of mind and emotion necessary for the successful performance of the major functions of life. Liberal education strives to develop in the student a comprehensive understanding of human life in terms of the social environment and in terms of the laws of the natural World. It attempts to inspire a range of interest, a depth of appreciation, and an agility of thought and action needed for effective living in a democratic society.The major functions of life fall into three categories, one of these involves the individual's discharging with wisdom his obligations to society. Democratic society is dependent for its success upon the existence of an enlightened and responsible citizenry. Enlightenment consists of more than the possession of a certain minimum of factual information about our eco nomic and social life, it involves understanding concepts basic to our own society and other societies, both historic and con temporary. Responsibility, in turn, demands more than passive acquiescence, it requires active participation in the continuous progress of our social order. It is the belief at Chatham that participation in collective decisions in college and the acquisi tion of concrete experience in a metropolitan center such as Pittsburgh are important means by which the knowledge and attitudes necessary to the performance of one's civic obliga tions can be acquired.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.