The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1914-02-05

students for department No would desire to conne the
American college curriculum but is also perfectly
clear that when the college undertakes its activities applied
agriculture and engineering to give specific preparation
professions like journalism and law and medicine 1t Is compelled
to do one things Either make its instruction superficial
throughout obtain far larger money for support
than would necessary for the legitimate work of the college Prac
teal agriculture engineering would the end be burden to the
college, fully developed they little value when specifically
done The inauguration Mddebuy 1912 of the Department
Of Engineering competition with the staff and adequate resources
provided the University Vermont and the attempt
to develop department practical agriculture in competition with
the weequipped Agricultural College mwse departures
from field of the college, The college has no engineering equip
ment except surveying Instruments and the offering freshman
and sophomore curriculum engineering by single assistant pro
fessor graduate in 1907 of engineering school, misleading
The preliminary mathematics chemistry physics and
engineering be learned at the college, pu
to announce be engineering mistake
The Department Pedagogy Mddebu established IN 1913
nv the legislature with an appropriation of $4,000 which
increased in The head of the department
the principal of the Johnson Normal School, and his
immediate colleague the conduct of the department was Tor
mery high principal and teacher at the Caeton Normal
School department has good and special library which
it planned available for teachers Some use has been made
schools for but this feature OF the deV
pment yet rudmenary stage The work. however, beng
rocted with vgor this development will have
upon the college possible at this time to foee 1t may well
be that Department Pedagogy will in time transform the college
into something resemble professional school, largely Tor
It is not easy to define just constitutes American college,
any more than express clearly what constitutes elementary
school or secondary school, win be generally agreed that the
American college general training in those fundamental
studies that are intended the intellectual and spiritual quail
ties student think to help to introduce him to his
duties as citizen and to lead him into general cultural
relations primarily vocational school, On the contrary It's
main purpose to with respect to intellectual moral
and social that whatever vocation he adopt he may
play mans part
1t has hitherto that when technical professional school
has been college, that the technical school has generally
run college and the for this not far to SEEK be-
cause student the professional spirit The student
Of pedagogy engineering has his the method
by which he is living This attitude of mind quite different
otof
to have groups together but matter OF fact usually
has not a when they are in the
same institution Whether therefore, the institution of the Depart
men of Pedagogy the college will turn out to be primarily for the
benefit of the development of Mddbury college question
well consideration by the trustees and the officers OF the ns
tuition
Nothing clearly indicates the attitude institution toward ed
entrance requirements that
may experience shows that is not necessarily the amount
or difficulty of the entrance requirements that constitutes the difference
in institutions rather the discrimination and sincerity with which
the aope requirements administered The of fixed
college lies in the fact that the fundamental
fairly homogeneous of students whose intellectual attainment
at least Only when the student group approximately
homogeneous in fitness be taught advanageouy
mad difference between the preparation OF
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