Chesterton University

My oldest niece has just gone off the her first year of college. The first of the grandchildren. This is a momentous occasion.

If you've got young people in your life going off to college, consider giving them the Chesterton University Student Handbook.

From the intro:

"At Chesterton University all subjects are taught and all things considered. This is essential not only at the university, but elsewhere. There is no such thing as an uninteresting subject. In order to avoid the pitfalls of specialization, that is, knowing more and more about less and less, we advocate generalization, that is, knowing at least a little about a lot. In order to achieve academic excellence, the University directs students (and their parents, and everyone else) to study the Great Books. Conveniently, all of the Great Books were written by G.K. Chesterton, after whom the University is named."

Chesterton University is a great concept, yet to be realized physically at a campus, but one that gets people's attention. Whenever I wear my CU sweatshirt, I invariably get asked, "Chesterton University, where's that?"

And the answer is, in his books. Read the books. Oh, and at www.chesterton.org