Book: From A Wisconsin Soapbox

Mark H. Ingraham Dean Emeritus, College of Letters & Science, University of Wisconsin
Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin [Click to view this 23MB PDF "book"]:

Contents

Preface

Part I Liberal Education

The Omnivorous Mind 3
Given May 16, 1962, to the University of Wisconsin Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. Republished from The Speech Teacher of September 1962.

Truth-An Insufficient Goal 17
The Keniston Lecture for 1964 at the University of Michi- gan; March 17, 1964. Republished from the Michigan Quarterly Review of July 1964.

On the Adjective "Common" 31
An editorial for the February 1967 Review of the Wisconsin Academy of Arts, Letters, and Sciences, February 23, 1967.

Part II Educational Policy

Super Sleep-A Form of Academic Somnambulism 37
First given as retiring address as President of A.A. U.P . This much revised version was given to the Madison Literary Club, March 12, 1940.

No, We Can't; He Has a Committee Meeting 57
Madison Literary Club; May 11, 1953.

Is There a Heaven and a Hell for Colleges? 70
Commencement address, Hiram College; June 8, 1958.

The College of Letters and Science 79
Talk given to the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin, May 3, 1958.

Some Half Truths About the American Undergraduate 84
Orientation conference for Whitney-Fulbright Visiting Scholars. Sarah Lawrence College, September 6, 1962.

Maps Versus Blueprints 94
Honors Convocation, University of Wisconsin, May 18, 1973.

Part III To Students

A Talk to Freshmen 103
University of Wisconsin; September 18, 1951

Choice: The Limitation and the Expression of Freedom 112
Honors Convocation, University of Wisconsin; June 17, 1955. Republished from the Wisconsin Alumnus.

"The Good is Oft Interred with Their Bones" 121
Commencement, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh; Janu- ary 19, 1968.
Talk at Honors Convocation at Ripon College

Talk at Honors Convocation at Ripon College 129
April 9, 1969

The Framework of Opportunity 136
Thanksgiving Address, University of Wisconsin; November, 1947

Part IV A Little Fun

Food from a Masculine Point of View 149
Madison Literary Club; November 11, 1946

On Telling and Reading Stories to Children 165
Attic Angel Tower, Madison, Wisconsin; March 6, 1978

Three Limericks 179

Fragments 181
a. From an address given to the University oF Wyoming Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, April 26, 1965

b. A comment

Part V Somewhat Personal

Letter of Resignation from Deanship 185
April 5, 1961

Retirement Dinner Talk 188
May 24, 1966

Thanks to Richard Askey for extensive assistance with this digitized book. Clusty Search Mark Ingraham.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at February 28, 2010 11:03 AM
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