Looking Backwards: “Have We Kept the Faith?” by Norman Foerster

In their Introduction to this special issue of The CEA Critic, guest editors Lauren DiPaula and Tammy Winner conclude that, taken together, the collected essays ask us to consider how we, through the study of our various disciplines, can teach peace, examine oppression, and heal trauma. [...]in sele...

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Published in:CEA critic 2020-07, Vol.82 (2), p.99-105
Main Author: Kraver, Jeraldine R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Democracy
Education
Essays
Pandemics
Peace
Presidents
War
World War II
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Summary:In their Introduction to this special issue of The CEA Critic, guest editors Lauren DiPaula and Tammy Winner conclude that, taken together, the collected essays ask us to consider how we, through the study of our various disciplines, can teach peace, examine oppression, and heal trauma. [...]in selecting an essay from The Critic’s past to share in this issue, I looked to the war years and selected Norman Foerster’s 1942 piece, “Have We Kept the Faith?” in which he urges his readers to consider (or reconsider) the place of education in a world at war. Featured in the January 1942 issue of The News Letter of the College English Association (vol. 4, no. 1) was a report about the surprising turn-out the previous month for the Annual Meeting of the CEA: “In spite of war and a deeper national crisis than was anticipated when plans were made, a total of 141 persons—from Nova Scotia, Texas, Wyoming, Florida, Alabama, and less remote regions—registered their attendance at the CEA annual meeting in Indianapolis” (1).
ISSN:0007-8069
2327-5898
2327-5898
DOI:10.1353/cea.2020.0007