Education: Before the Final Signature

The world, as scores of orators were testifying at commencements across the U.S., is in a sorry mess. But what is really wrong? And what can be done? Last week one answer came from a man who had gone to Wellesley, Mass, to see his daughter Jill, 19, graduate from Pine Manor Junior College. Said Novelist William (Sanctuary) Faulkner:

"What is wrong with this world is, it's not finished yet ... It is not completed to that point where man can put his final signature to the job and say, 'It is finished. We made it, and it works.' Because only man...

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