Region II, 1953 (1953)

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*> FOBBflORD It is sosaetiiaes difficult at th© moment o t an ssperleacQ to express th© deepest feelings and convict! ona of a group* It ia certainly temeritous to attempt it after the moment* whoa the group has dispersed. But on the basis of fragments of conversation in work sessions and at lunches, in conferences and in moments of relaxation, and from some hints contained in letters received after th© conference was over,, I should like to attempt the improbable. Th® work w® do, year-in, year-out, in Radio-Telovisioa educa¬ tion, despite its public nature is essentially lonely work, booaus© in Region II, certainly, it is pioneer work. At its best, it is pioneering work everywhere, and this concept of our work as pioneers holds significance for the mooting which w© have just concluded. Th© word ’pioneer* connotes more than th© opener of frontiers; it connotes th© hospitable house, the helping hand, end, ye®, the understanding heart. It connotes, ©von for us in civilised, settled Twentieth Century America, banding together for th© common cause. W® in the Southeast have a particular affinity with th© frontier and with Causes, Lost - and Won. Ia coming together in our common cause, we did these things: We learned to know and respect that hospitable house, our own house, the NABB « thanks largely to the always lucid, often brilliant, talks of Ausmus, Sehooloy, Miles, and Siegel. tf© offered to each other, gropingly perhaps, but eagerly, the helping hand - ’exchange' was the watchword of ©very discus¬ sion session. VI© caw with new understanding the cause in which hearts and hands and mind® ar® enlisted - to mak© these miraculous me&ia serve th© purpose a groat Region II writ©r has expressed: To ©very man his chance, to ©v©ry man, rogardless of his birth, his shining, golden opportunity - to work, to bo himself, and to become what¬ ever thing his manhood and his vision can combine to make him. This, seokor, is the promise of America. . • . Thomas Wolf©, Univoreity of North Caroline, *05