Wartburg College President Darrel Colson will open this year’s Keep on Learning at Wartburg series by teaching four classes during the month of September.

A college professor before entering higher education administration, Colson is known for engaging presentations that enliven the field of philosophy. He will discuss “Socrates, His Method and the Thirst to Know” on Thursday mornings, Sept. 6, 13, 20 and 27, in the Heritage and St. Elizabeth rooms of Saemann Student Center. Coffee is served a 9 a.m., followed by the class session from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.

Pre-registration is not required and participants can attend the first class of each session free of charge. A $30 fee is payable at the second session. Parking is available in the lots and on the streets directly east of Saemann Student Center.

“Arguably, Socrates was the first — and the best — philosopher in the Western tradition, which is an interesting accomplishment for a guy who left behind no written material and who many have argued was illiterate,” said Colson.

Using three of Plato’s Socratic dialogues, Colson will examine the exacting standards enforced by Socrates in his search for answers as well as the progress his method facilitated and frustrated.

Other topics offered in the series will include “Meeting Beethoven at the Piano” in October; “A Guide to the Modern Vampire” in November; “The Power of Movies: Visual and Verbal” in January; “The Founding Fathers: Their World and Ours” in February; “Great and Glorious Game- changers” in March; and “Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man, the Architect, the Genius” in April.

More information is available at www.wartburg.edu/kol.

The Wartburg College Alumni and Parent Relations Office sponsors Keep on Learning. Area residents serving on the advisory committee include Gene Drape, Randi Ellefson, Robert Gremmels, Fred and Lorraine Hallberg, Dale Johnson, and Marianne Beck of Waverly and Joan Loslo and Joyce Spande of Cedar Falls.