PAGE FOURTEEN
General Revision In Engineering Curricula
Quitters Sorry
-But Too Late
Boys who quit school before
they should, almost invariably re
gret it and would like to return
after it is too late, according to a
10-year study just completed by
Dr. C. S. Anderson, professor of
agricultural education.
Dr. Anderson found that only
one-third of a group of young
farmers who left school before
graduation had expressed a de
sire to be farmers.
“Many of these who had no de
sire to farm might have learned
about other ways to make a living
if they had stayed in school long
er,” he stated. “Schools should
have followed up these boys to
find out why they quit and to en
courage them to return.”
The principal reasons for leav
ing school were a chance for a
job, failure, disinterest, social mal
adjustment, inaccessibility of
schools, and home and family in
fluence. Dr. Anderson urged that
more effort should be made to
arouse the interest of retarded pu
pils and those of lower intelli
gence, and that more guidance
should be given in the choice of
agreeable work.
“Unless this is done, the new
18-year age limit will cause nu
merous disciplinary problems for
teachers,” he explained. “For
those who are already out, eve
ning classes should be organized
which give the kind of practical
agricultural courses these young
men want to study.”
Leaders Will Attend
Penn's Bi-Centennial
President Ralph D. Hetzel, Ar
nold C. Laich ’4l, All-College
president, and William B. Barthol
omew, senior class president, will
officially represent the College at
the University of Pennsylvania’s
Bicentennial Celebration Week, it
was announced recently.
With special convocations, gen
eral sessions, conferences, and
scientific and cultural exhibits
among its features, the program
commemorating the founding of
Penn in 1740 will be held on the
campus from September 16 to
September 21.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
will be the guest of honor on Sep
tember 20 when he will receive
an honorary doctor of law degree.
Of 75 students at Sam Houston
state Teachers College, Huntsville,
Texas, who were asked to name
the school song, only six knew,
says The Houstonian.
Nitfany Lion
CwHlr O/i the Campus
We invite the parents of the new freshmen
to make use of our facilities. We welcome
the opportunity to be of service to them.
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Thanksgiving Moved
Back To November 28
Thanksgiving, which has been
kicked all over the College cal
endar since President Roosevelt
announced his views on the sub
ject a year ago, is going to be
observed in its traditional spot,
November 28, by the College this
year. ,
This was decided by the Col
lege Senate on June 6 after Gov
ernor James announced Pennsyl
vania would not observe Presi
dent Roosevelt’s earlier date of
November 21.
Last year Pennsylvania and
the College adjusted their sched
ules to observe the early Thanks
giving. The College had plan
ned to observe the early holiday
this year but changed when
Governor James adopted the
later date.
Because the shift was not
made until June, both the Col
lege Catalog and the Student
Handbook incorrectly carry the
earlier date. The holiday as now
approved by the Senate will be
gin at 11:50 a.m. Wednesday,
November 27, and end at 8 a.m.
Monday, December 2.
Pan-Hel Clears
Sorority Problems
A clearing house for inters sor
ority problems, Panhellenic Coun
cil is comprised of two represen
tatives elected from each sorority
arid meets bi-weekly to treat
problems common to the sorori
ties as a unit and further friendly
relations among groups.
The presidency and vice-presi
dency rotate among these groups,
with the vice-president automat
ically succeeding to the presidency
the following year.
Proposed Panhellenic ruling are
brought to the chapter meetings
of each sorority for a vote-. No
ruling becomes effective until it
is approved by all sororities.
Harriet Singer ’4l will bead the
council this year with Arita L.
Hefferan ’4l as secretary and Nor
ma P. Stillwell ’4l, treasurer.
Food Study Made
The average farm family of five
plus one laborer consumes $350
worth of home-produced products
a year .according to a seven-year
study of 1262 Centre County farms
made by J. E. McCord, professor
of farm management and agricul
tural economics.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Changes Broaden
Scope of Course
The School of Engineering has
announced a general revision of
its curricula to effect increased
thoroughness of learning, concen
tration on essential subject mat
ter, and greater emphasis on sci
ence and the humanities.
Effective this semester, the
changes, as described by Dean H.
P. Hammond, recognize that “the
present-day engineer must have
not only mastery of the funda
mentals of science and engineer
ing, but that he must also be a
broadly educated man having an
appreciation of the impact of
technology on the modem world.”
The purpose is not to make stu
dents work less, but better to con
centrate their efforts in the in
terests of a thorough mastery of
their courses, he said. The num
ber of courses will be reduced
from an average of 7.1 per se
mester to 5.73, and in some cases
there will be mergers of closely
related courses to allow concen
trated effort.
“We know that our average stu
dent spends about 54 hours per
week on classroom and outside
studies,” said Dean Hammond.
“We want to apply that time to
better advantage .so that more
attention will be given to tech
nology, basic sciences, and econ
omics, and to the relationship be
tween science and technology and
our social order.
“The changes are in accord with
modem trends and especially
with the recent findings of a com
mittee on curricula of the Society
for. .the Promotion of Engineering
Education. So far as 2 know,
Penn State is the first institution,
to put the committee’s recom
mendations. into effect following
the publication of its report.”
For the approximately 1,000 en
gineering . students at the . Col
lege, the immediate effecls of the
new plan will include:
More time on mathematics,
physics and mechanics, and slight
ly less time on engineering spe
cialties.
At least one humanistic course
per semester, including courses
combining work ill both English
composition and literature. Read
ing of good literature will be em
phasized.
For die first time, every engin
eering student will be required
to take a course in public speak
ing.
Greater freedom in choice of
elective courses. Electives now
provided for the freshman year
will be cancelled in favor of. sen
ior year electives, “where it is
expected that the greater matur
ity of the student will insure bet
ter results.
Consolidation of many engineer
ing courses, mainly by combin
ing laboratory and classroom
work in the same subjects.
Dean Hammond has been in
terested in revision of engineering
curricula for some time and was
the chairman of' the committee
that studied this subject for the
Society for the Promotion of En
gineering Education,
The changes will apply to all
departments in the School of En
gineering, They are the depart
ments. of architecture, civil en
gineering, electrical engineering,
industrial engineering, mechani
cal engineering, and engineering
mechanics.
'Don't Carve Desks/
Freshmen Are Warned
The cooperation of the incoming
freshmen Is requested in refrain
ing from carving fraternity insig
nia, and initials on desks and
i.tablet arms of all classrooms,
i . "For the sake of the future and
the pride of the Class- of 1944}
pleaserefrain,” Ray V. Watkins}
CollegeseheduEng officer, requests!
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, First atom-smasher at a woman s
college is being installed at Smith.
Announced By Hammond
Engineering's Dean
Dean Harry P. Hammond, now
in his fourth year as head of the
School of Engineering, has. an
nounced a sweeping revision.of the
curricula to give it a broader
scope. The change is the, result of
a careful study carried on over
a long period of time. (For details
see column three.)
“The Yanks Are Not Coming”
was the theme of Hunter College’s
peace strike.
Texas Technological College at
Lubbock is organizing a polo team.
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1940
NYA Applications
Threaten Record
Although the College has not
been officially notified of its Fed
eral appropriation for 1940-41
NYA work, it was learned yester
day that the work will definitely
be continued.
Applications are pouring in and
thrgaten to top the mark set last
year when over -1400 students ap
plied for work. At that time jobs
could be provided for only about
half -of the applicants. Because
the appropriation is not a lump
sum but spread over three periods
the number of students employed
varies from time to time. How
ever, it is expected that the usual
number will lie between 600 and
700.
The rate of pay will be 35 cents
an hour, the same as last year.
Students work from 35 to 40 hours
each month and receive from
$12.25 to $l4. Maximum earnings
for the College year approximate
$160;
Application blanks may be ob
tained at the NYA office, 208 Old
Main, They must be completely'
filled out and certified by the par
ent or guardian of the applicant.
Jobs are limited to students be
tween the ages of-16 and 24. -