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COLLEGE LEGEND

MIKE TOLD ME ABOUT A FANTASTIC PHILOSOPHY PROFESSOR
AT JOHN CARROLL {UNIVERSITY, CLEVELAND, OHIO},
WHO GAVE AN ENTIRE COURSE WITH ONLY ONE TEST, A FINAL.
ON THIS CUMULATIVE FINAL, HE ASKED BUT ONE QUESTION
ON WHICH TO BASE THE GRADE FOR AN ENTIRE SEMESTER.
THE QUESTION WAS "WHY?" NATURALLY, THE CLASS WORKED
FURIOUSLY TO INCLUDE ALL ASPECTS OF PHILOSOPHY IN
THEIR ANSWERS WITHIN THEIR ALLOTTED TIME. BUT WHEN
THE TESTS WERE GRADED, ONLY ONE PERSON RECEIVED
AN A FOR THE COURSE. HE WAS THE STUDENT WHOSE
ENTIRE SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM CONSISTED OF TWO
WORDS: "WHY NOT?"

Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND

Keyword(s): PHILOSOPHER

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero

Date learned: 04-00-1966

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