I asked classmates, “To shape excellent future citizens, if you could design one college course you believe so essential it would be required for all students, what would it be?” Sam Ostrow said, “I have a one-word answer: ethics.” John Isaacs would explore “the nature and causes of the deep political, racial, and ethnic divisions in the United States and how they might be healed.” Pat Horgan suggests, “civics—how our government was designed to run and what the responsibilities of its citizens are—like we had in high school.” Bob Smith and John Bash believe in “a well-rounded liberal arts curriculum with distributive discipline requirements, since no single course can accomplish the goal of a liberal arts education: the ability to assimilate, weigh, and relate information in a search for truth; to change our judgments as we acquire new facts; to learn about the past and present of the world and what we can do to solve its problems; and to communicate our findings clearly and credibly.” Warren Cook would reinstate “an updated and required ‘Great Issues’ course to instill community and country before me and thee.” Bruce Pacht and Howard Sharfstein each believe in a course teaching “how to meaningfully listen and speak to other humans, how to understand what others are saying and why, and how others perceive you.” Al Hine recommends “ ‘How the Earth Works’ to provide an essential basis for understanding the interconnected processes of the planet and the ramifications of climate change.” Jeff Zorn proposes “ ‘Logic and Critical Thinking: Six Themes’ to uncover and criticize underlying logical structures and exercise independent, incisive judgment.” Nesanel Kasnett suggests “a year in a theological seminary of one’s choice to learn the attributes of humility and altruism.” Rolly Hillas would help students “learn how to be happy by finding their own path through self-knowledge.” Jock Gill proposes “Rewiring America.” Dick Clapp wants students to take “ ‘Great Calamities and their Consequences for Public Health’ to prepare them for future disasters and support organized efforts to lessen their impacts.” For the full text of all these submissions, go to 1967.dartmouth.org.

—Larry Langford, P.O. Box 71, Buckland, MA 01339; 1967damnotes@gmail.com