April 1, 1955
Too many students here at Highunros are hypnotized by marks and are
igndrant of the true reasons for a die liege education. Too many students look
no further into the future than to their receiving a degree qualifying them
as engineers or bio-chemists , Too many students acquire.knowledge only for
exams and forget it immediately afterward• The time has comc for those students
to face some facts. If you, a doctor, are right in only 70% of your diagnoses,
if you, a lawyer, are correct m only 70% of the cases you cite in your
if you, an engineer, are right in only 70% of your estimates, you are worthless
to society and a menace to it.
The world of today does not need students who know ’something' about their
subject} industry is not crying for engineers who know a 'little' Math, and
clients are not searching for lawyers who know 'a bit 1 about law. As a matter
of fact the world would bo better off without any of these 'know-little' students
who cheapen the reputation of the remainder of their professi on, who destroy
the public confidence in the profession} and who cause serious and needless
damage to the fortunes and lives of other people.
A science student who crams for his chemistry exam certainly isn't paying
attention to the future when he wi.ll need an intimate knowledge of the principles
he so carelessly learned and so quickly forgot. How about the education students
who 'crack* a book solely because an exam threatens? Do you think such a person
is qualified to instruct the youth of this nation? child taught by a teacher
who only knows 70% of his subject, starus out along the road of education w&th
a distinct handicap,. Often the child learns many erroneous or false facts which
hinder him in later life.
To enlarge on Mr, Mattern's excellent phrase, " ¥e don't want cook-book
chemists", neither do we want cook-book engineers, lawyers, or anything else.
As long as students blind themselves with marks, that's all we'll get. This
certainly is no one's fault but the individual students. The faculty certainly
never stresses marks over subject mastery, as a matter of fact marks, as far
as possible, are played down,, So let's wake up to the danger facing America -
a danger which we ourselves are responsible for.
Pre-registrat-ion Trill be held from
must pre-register during the period aloitecU
Eight week grades will be available from your advisor on Wednesday,
April 13.
The Convocation Comittee met on Tuesday and disdussed general details for
the program o At this meeting were Mr, Kostos, Mr. Mattern, Miss rbrick, Mr.
Peigbtal, Stan Gruszevski and Max Mehalick. The next meeting is scheduled for
May 7, The entire committe ’±3quested to be present.
The annual Home Ec Spring Weekend will be held on April 22 and 23 on the
main campus, attendance at these activities should prove to be worthwhile and
of interest to Home Ec majors.
MO YOJ DO?
By Larry Xcaalski
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