University of Virginia Library

OUR GROUPS NOW deal for the most part with doing and being,
rather than with thinking, because it seems that the University
structure provides adequate demands on cerebral time.

This is not to discourage intellectual groups — they work well, but
are fewer in number. The emphasis is on action, on meeting,
on play, in a society that demands study, competition and work.
The key note is education viewed as pleasure ...

We challenge you to enjoy.

"You get a real satisfaction out of the feeling that you're letting somebody in on
something they didn't know before. And you're also learning something at the same time,
when you teach. It was amazing - all the different kinds of people that took the course:
students, former students, students' wives - we even had a German professor. It was fun,
on both sides. We would laugh at our mistakes and laugh when people would come by
and ask what we were doing."

"It wasn't a course, as such. Our teacher wasn't really a teacher. He led us a little,
but we really all did it together. We all read the same books and discussed them when we
met. Yes, it was worthwhile. I would never have read those books if I hadn't been in the
group.. We mostly talked about the growing escape of people from the city to the
country. This spring we might spend a weekend out at Twin Oaks together."