SDonCC
February 19, 2013, 1:13pm
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<p>In my opinion (as a parent of a student at Grinnell), this Des Moines Register look at self-governance at Grinnell nails it! I think this gives a real sense of what "self-gov" is all about.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013302160016&nclick_check=1%5B/url%5D">http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013302160016&nclick_check=1</a></p >
PRJ
February 20, 2013, 7:37am
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<p>Thanks for posting, SDonCC. I love the quote from the Grinnell President’s inaugural address in 1887:
It is ten thousand times better that young people should learn to govern themselves, than that they should be governed in any best way whatsoever
I have boundless confidence in putting students on their honor. If we expect great things of them, they will give us yet better than we expect.
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<p>You guys don’t need to sell me on Grinnell… I am already hell-bent on attending Grinnell, if accepted…</p>
<p>Sounds like the Quaker ideal. I like that!</p>