The Tennessean from Nashville, Tennessee • Page 149

THE NASHVILLE TENNESSEAN "It'i rich man's war and a poor man's fight." Slogan of the Draft Rioters. New York City, 1S6S "All quiet along the Potomac. A picket shot." War Dept. announcement September, 1861 fi SUNDAY, DECEMBER fi, UMil EDUCATION, RELIGION BRIDGE PAST fl 4 'If if Mi? MmP 1H 'rV'fe' Staff colorphoto by Jos Rudls Between classes at Vanderbilt University (above) and after church services at Westminster Presbyterian (left) these are two of the elements that help make Nashville the "Athens of the South." 1 I i -4' I' ,4 1 Nashville: Golden Era Of Culture Hush'd be the camps 10- I d'y I And soldiers let us drape our war-worn weapons, And each with musing I soul retire to celebrate, Our dear commander's I death- I No more for him life's i stormy conflicts, Nor victory, nor defeat fe Pf no mor time's dark if I eveBts- 1 Charging like ceaseless clouds across the sky. TV Classroom Helps Parents Toe the Line By ROBERT C.

GLAZIER, General Manager, WDCN-TV WITH AN in-school viewing audience nearing the WDCN-TVs big Channel 2 "classroom" now is beginning to include a growing number of adult learners as well. And all of the adult viewers are not using Channel 2 exclusively during the evening hours. Although WDCN-TVs "in-school" telecoursea from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. each day are carefully planned for use in 47 participating school systems and are intended primarily for students from the ages of 6 to 18, TV learning has no age limit.

i mm But sing of the love we bore him because you dweller in camps, know it truly. As they invault the coffin there. Sing as they close the doors of earth upon him one verse. For the heavy hearts of soldiers. Walt Whitman (May 4, 1865) 1 w.r- 1 1 rm r33 A1 By EUGENE DIETZ.

Education Editor TF THE EDUCATIONAL, religious and A cultural center called Nashville did not exist in the mid-South, someone would have to create it. No region and no period of history could get along in a world which regards itself as civilized without the clustering together some place of universities lending support to each other in perpetually pushing back frontiers of knowledge. Often, in such an intellectual center, there will be a collection of other forces which help man find his way to the good life. Nashville provides such an example. The 14 institutions of higher learning here make up one of America's foremost centers of learning.

The wo medical schools and high caliber graduate work are particularly renowned. Unique in the South No other Southern city has so many colleges. Some proudly trace their beginning to Civil War days, and others to points preceding that period of a century ago. Vanderbilt University, Peabody College, Fisk University and Meharry Medical College are among America's elite schools. It is not provincial, and it is not boastful to fall this metropolis of 420,000 residents "The Athens of the South." This long-honored way of describing our city is backed up by: Those colleges and universities forming a distinguished educational community, with the University Center (Vanderbilt, Peabody and Scarritt College) at the heart of it.

That full-size replica of the Parthenon a structure which has become a landmark since its development here in the last century. The numerous Nashville-based church organizations, with worldwide connections, which have earned Nashville the title of the Protestant Vatican of America. The emergence of a series of musical organizations, including the renowned Nashville Symphony, which have made it possible for us to hear superb "live" performances of works by musical masters, rather than being restricted to listening to such sounds only on record, radio, or by watching television. 1 i Forces of Enlightenment Taken separately, any such Ingredient of A growing number of adult home viewers joined in this year as indicated by an increase in the requests for home study guide materials. Binds School-Home Ties Many parents find time to watch the tele-course their child watches at school, and they report that it provides a new bond between them and their offspring as well as between them and their child's school.

The reason is obvious. In the past, when Johnny got home from school, his mother would asfc what he did in school that day and she'd receive the customary reply: "Nothing." It wasn't quite an accurate answer, but Johnny just never quite knew where to begin. Today, Johnny! mother can watch his science telelesson at home on Channel 2 and be orepared i i -ately, for instance, to strike ud a conversation about fossils. The discussion can even lead to a familv trip to the library, the museum, or even out into the Har-Deth Hills to search for foUs. Many parents of teen-agers are viewing (Continued on Pag 8) 1 f)9 mil ill, ,1 I i He fr I) Staff photo by Harold Lowe Jr.

With the WDCN-TV tower behind them, Robert Glazier, manager of this region's only educational television station, and Mrs. Miriam Roach, one of the ETV teachers, discuss a forthcoming telecourse to be sent out for viewing by students in Middle Tennessee and Southern Kentucky. this package we call Nashville would be nn-.