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Bryant Tells Rotations
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ION, Mitch 3.
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Ni zatlon awns
Men today does not stand on
the threshold of e ree ed
society but on the threshoi of
a new civilization, says former
Florida Gov. Farris Bryant.
Bryant. now director of the
0.8. Offim of Emergency
Planning. spoke at opening
day sesions of the three-day
annual conference of District
6. Rotary International. in
the George Washington Hotel
yesterday.
Joseph P. Whittleoey Jr..
formerpresldentofthenotary
Club of the Beecha. was
electeddistrictpresident.
Whittleeey. director of the
East Duval County Moequito
Control District, will take hie
new office July 1.
Honors Gnome]
The conference is dedicated
to honor of 8. Kendrick
(sUClMEY of Jacksonville. for-
mer president of Rotary
International. and his wife
ldythe.
Bryant eaid the computer.
Farris Bryant
electronic communications.
the jet airplane and turnpikes
have not ea men more
timethey ve just length~
ened his grasp. And with
this new grasp men has
changed the work. Bryant
declared.
But when l e ek of a new
civilization. it not in the
sense that rockets will be the
new common mode of individ-
ual transportation. or plankton
from the see a major m
of food. or hospitals automat-
edthoughthesemaycometo
pass; not
jor characteristic
of the new civilization will be
some exotic thing it produces.
or uses. or developsthough
these also may be true; but
new in that the key to-
productive living will be the
ability to comprehend, per-
haps enticl to and make use
ofthere rateofchange.
"Iledicallibrarieeerebeiu
adapted for electronic data
storageandretrievel.$orepii
is the growth of medical
knowledge that we may learn
to remake man before we
learn what to make him." the
former governor observed.
The puletion growth of
which loride ie an exemple.
has assumed much propor-
tione as to defy accommoda-
(Contlnued on B-zColunm l)
F est-Paced future
Expected by Bryant '
(Continued from 8-1) .
tion, he said. It is taking away
the rights of individuals which
seemed absolute in days when
population had a density of
' change, but to anticipate its
one per square milesuch
rights as digging wells, hunt-
ing game, letting cows roam
atwill,tobui]dahouseorto
dump refuse into a river,
could be unrestricted when
their exercise had no discern-
able effect on others, he
added. But today, with 100
people per square mile, these
rights and all others can be
exercised only with regard for
the combined rights of the rest
of the population, Bryant said. r
Columbia University is 7
creating a new institute to :
examine the impact of the '
scientific revolution on human
affairs, to prepare students to
live in a world the outlines of
which cannot be discerned, a
world that sustains the impact
of a continuing revolution, he
states.
Columbia Institute hopes,
and I hope with them, not only
to be able to cope wit
consequences and suggest fu-
ture responses to it. It is the
task of every universit to
enable its students not 0 y to
understand and master what.
is. but also what may be, in
this world of geomric
ch e.
mi Galedens
We must face the threat n
implicit in the fact that in a
few years the economic gap
between this country and at
other nations of the .world will
be so great that we are the
envy of all, and the object of
ihatred for most. Even today
the spectre of American
icconomic colonialism is an
active political issue in En-
gland. France, ltaly, even
Canada. And while we enter
an era of plenty, for most of
the people of the world what
lies ahead is starvation.
"We must realize that in a
few years there will be
several nations with the ca-
pacity to cause intolerable
damage to this hithertotore
invioiate land, and that we
lwill have to learn to live, as
Europe lives. as Asia will live,
atthemercyofafoolora
maniac.
Man lives today on an
escalator. lie goes to sleep in
. one world and wakes in
another. He graduates from
' colle e in one world. but the
in which he must live
are far ditterent, and always
changing.
Targetinigbt
Lifes targets are no longer
bulls eyes, but birds eyes,
and the birds are in ight," 1
Bryant told the Rotarians. I
Whittlesey is a native of
Jacksonville. attended public':
schools here and is a graduate .
ot the University of Florida. A .
Naval officer, he served I
overseas during World War II
and in the Korean conflict.
Active in UP alumni affairs.
he has served as president of
the Alumni Club of Jackson-
ville Beaches and vice presi-
dent of the Alumni Club of
Jacksonville.
lie is a ruling elder of the
C o In m u n i t y Presbyterian
Church in Atlantic Beach,
having served as clerk of the
Session for five years, and he
has (light an adult Sunday
School ass for to ears.
lie resides wi his wife
Cynthia and college-age
daughter Cindy in Atlantic
Beach. .
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Fast-Paced t uture Expected by Bryant (Continued from B-) one per square mile-such rights as digging wells, hunttion, he said. It is taking away ing game, letting rows main the rights of individuals which at will, to build a house or to seemed absolute in days when dump refuse into a river, population had a density of could be unrestricted when their exercise had no discernable effect on others, he added. But today, with 100 people per square mile, these rights and all others can be exercised only with regard for the combined rights of the rest of the population, Bryant said. Columbia University is creating a new institute to examine the impact of the scientific revolution on human affairs, to prepare students to live in a world the outlines of which cannot be discerned, a world that sustains the impact of a continuing revolution, he states. "Colubnia institute hopcs, and I hope with tem, not only to be able to cope with change, but to anticipate its consequence and suggest future response to it. It is the task of every university to enable its students not only to understand and master what is. but also what may be, in this world of g e a na.L i c Gap Widens "We must face the threat implicit in the fact that in a few years the economic gap between this country and alt other nations of the world will be Sn great that we are the envy of all, and the object of hatred for most. Even today the spectre of Americas economic colonialism is an active political issue in England, France, Italy, even Canada. And while we enter an era of plenty, for most of the pepe of the world what lien abed is starvation. "We must realize that in a few yearn there wig be several nations with the ca. pacity to cause intolerable damage in this hithertofore inviolate land, and that we will have to learn to live, as Europe lives, an Asia will live, at the mercy of a fool or a maniac. "Man lives today on an escalator. He goes to sleep in one world and wakes In another. He graduates Irom college in use world, bt the world In which he must live are tar different, and always changing. Target Is Flight "Le', targets are no longer blas' eyes, but birds' eyes, 18."d the birds are in lightt" Bryant tlaid the Rotarins. Whillesey is a native of Jacksonville, altended public schools here and is a graduate of the University of Florida. A Naval officer, he served overseas during World War It and in the Korean conflict. Active in UF alumni affairs, be has nerved as president of the Alumni Club of Jacksoanville Beaches and vine president of the Alumni Club of Jackaaaville. He a a riling elder of the Co m mit n i t y Presbyterian Church in Atlantic Beach, .having served as clerk of the Session for five years, and he has taught an adult Sunday School class for 10 years. He resides with his wife Cynthia and cot Il ogeag daughter Cindy in Atlaotc
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