April 22, 1955
in the Collegian of last week, there appeared an article entitled Lteal
Artist ov Engineer. Tt seems that the writer oi that article feels that the
tchooliS l^threngi neering curriculum is insufficient and restricted only to
engineering subjects. It is obvious/that many people have this same impression
of Engineering, and they should be enlightened on this subject of Liberal arts
v Engineering.
If one was to look into the engineering curriculum, he would find that the
course is actually two courses rolled into, one. The engineer of today speca all. e
in engineering the same as a Liberal Arts student majors in such things as art, or
journalism. However, along with his engineering subjects, “
is required to take courses in Liberal Arts including such things a p - > . '•*
or political scienoe. This is done, we are told, so as to broaden the education
of an engineer instead of restricting him to engineering alone.
To quote from the article of last week, "He is a jack of all trades and a
master of none " may apply to the student of Arts and Letters, but to the engineer,
we can say that he is a jack of all trades and at least a master of one.
Colleges of today have awakened to this so called "specialization" which
leaves the student with only half an education, and have conquered this problem
by introducing a generous quantity of Liberal arts courses into all the other
curriopiums. It's true that such people as the engineers do not get into such
courses as sociology as deep as the Arts and Letters students, but we cannot say
that a world of engineers could not survive in our present world for this reason.
Let's face the facts and spread the information, while Liberal Arts gives,
one a general education with, no specific training, the others, such as engineering,
are teaching the student a trade as well as preparing him to take his place in
society,
The Parnassus Society had its regular meeting on Wednesday, April 20 in
Miss Garbrick's office. The organization has completed a revision of the activity
point system. It is hoped that this revision will enable more students to become
eligible for membership, without lowering the standards of the organization.. The
Parnassus chart for the foyer is also finished and will soon be returned to its
usual place.
The Parnassus spring initiation will be held on Friday evening, May 20, in
tyie main lounge. Faculty club sponsors are asked to have the lists of active
members in their organizations completed by next Tuesday, April 26, so that points
can be tabulated in time for the initiation.
The elections for the Parnassus awards will be held on Monday, May 16.
IF IOU HAVE NOT ALREADY PTGKEP UP YOUR EIGHT WEEK GRADES FROM YOUR ADVTSOR,
please do so immediately. 1
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