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History is the "queen of academic disciplines".cnd the "best way to study man" accordingto Dr. Charles P, Carlson, associate professorin the Department of History and Director ofScholars' Program at the University of Denver.Dr. Carlson explains that in his first years ofcollege he was undecided as to a major untila history professor showed him how historyis as pertinent to the present as the past.Now Dr. Carlson is himself trying to instillin students this same fascination with history."History itself does not repeat, but patternsdo; thus, we can relate and predict trendsand their effects."Through his work as Director of Scholars'Program, Dr. Carlson comes in close contactwith students of highly varied backgrounds,since the Program attracts people from allparts of the country. "They are as differentas their backgrounds. I can see some whowill be successful soon after graduation andsome who lack a personal direction and mayspend their whole lives searching for somethingto interest them - and, sadly, willnever find anything."Dr. Carlson received his B.A. from John Hopkins,his M.A. from the University of Denverand his Ph.D. from the University of Colorado.He is "one of the few admitted Republicanson campus," a camera bug, and,sometimes, a Presbyterian minister. A finalremark reveals Dr. Carlson's intense concernfor people: "It sounds slightly trite, but I stillbelieve it's true that the world's biggest problemis man's inhumanity to man."48