Book Reviews : The Non-Western. Areas in Undergraduate Education in Indiana. Edited by ROBERT F. BYRNES. "Slavic and East European Series," Vol. XV. (Blooming- ton : Indiana University Publications, 1959. Pp. 106.) The Efficiency of Freedom: Report of the Committee on Government and Higher Education. MILTON S. EISENHOWER, Chairman. MALCOLM MOOS, Director. (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1959. Pp. viii, 44. $1.)
| Published date | 01 June 1960 |
| Author | G. Homer Durham |
| Date | 01 June 1960 |
| DOI | 10.1177/106591296001300220 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
526
The
crux
of
the
book’s
inquiry
-
i.e.,
the
amount
of
real
power
and
author-
ity
possessed
by
the
national
committee
&dquo;remains
a
moot
point.&dquo;
Institutionally
speaking,
the
national
committee
possesses
only
a
small
repository
of
power,
much
of
it
-
at
least
by
authorization
-
being
limited
to
managing
the
national
con-
vention.
Generalization
concerning
the
national
committee
as
a
corporate
center
of
power
is
hazardous
because
so
much
depends
upon
the
forcefulness
and
re-
sourcefulness
of
the
national
chairmen,
the
President,
and
the
Capitol
Hill
com-
mittees.
Perhaps
the
surest
test
of
the
ability
of
the
national
chairman
lies
in
the
tenuous
and
sensitive
liaison
with
the
state
and
local
organizations.
Another
extremely
delicate
area
concerns
the
extent
of
the
ways
by
which
the
national
committee
can
formulate
party
policy
-
the
jealousy
of
the
party’s
officeholders
in
Congress
means
that
any
such
role
must
be
performed
in
most
indirect
and
subtle
ways.
Recent
development
would
indicate
that
the
national
committee
of
the
party
out
of
power
(i.e.,
the
presidency)
tends
to
serve
as
a
cata-
lyst
in
the
field
of
policy,
best
illustrated
by
the
noble
experiment
of
1956
-
the
creation
of
the
Democratic
Advisory
Council.
One
should
not
forget
that
the
de-
pendence
for
money
upon
a
relatively
narrow
base
severely
restricts
the
range
of
policy
alternatives.
If
there
is
to
be
more
policy
expression
on
the
part
of
the
national
organiza-
tions,
who
shall
proclaim
the
program?
The
national
committee,
the
national
chairman
or
congressional
party
leaders?
The
author
asserts
that
&dquo;in
the
final
analysis
when
the
party
does
not
control
the
presidency,
the
party’s
congress-
men
have
won
in
the
showdown.&dquo;
This
is
a
highly
competent
treatment
of
a
basically
neglected
area.
While
fortunately
devoid
of
behavioralistic
gobbledygook,
it
bears
the
imprint
of
so
much
written
in
our
field
-
i.e.,
the
lack
of
the
sense
of
drama
and
excitement,
frustration,
pettiness,
and
bitterness
which
is
so
implicitly
a
part
of
political
be-
havior.
The
student
of
politics
seemingly
must
rely
primarily
upon
journalists
to
capture
the
real
feeling
of
political
life.
MARKO
L.
HAGGARD
Portland
State
College
The
Non-Western.
Areas
in
Undergraduate
Education
in
Indiana.
Edited
by
ROBERT
F.
BYRNES.
"Slavic
and
East
European
Series,"
Vol.
XV.
(Blooming-
ton :
Indiana
University
Publications,
1959.
Pp.
106.)
The
Efficiency
of
Freedom:
Report
of
the
Committee
on
Government
and
Higher
Education.
MILTON
S.
EISENHOWER,
Chairman.
MALCOLM
MOOS,
Director.
(Baltimore:
The
Johns
Hopkins
Press,
1959.
Pp.
viii,
44.
$1.)
The
volume
edited
by
Robert
F.
Byrnes
has
more
than
usual
interest
for
political
scientists.
The
title
is
misleading
unless
second
thought
is
taken.
At
first
glance,
one
is
inclined
to
ask,
&dquo;What,
pray
tell,
are
the
non-Western
areas
of
Indiana?&dquo;
Furthermore,
&dquo;What
is
the
relationship
between
non-Western
areas
in
Indiana
and
undergradute
education?&dquo;
The
book,
however,
runs
deeper,
influenced
by
the
research
center
in
anthropology,
folklore,
and
linguistics
at
Indiana
University.
Consisting
of
essays
presented
at
a
conference
held
in
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