The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-02-03

department of engineering
students for such department No would desire to onne the
American college hadandas curriculum but also perfectly
that when the college undertakes extend its activities applied
sciences like agriculture and engineering or to specific preparation
for professions like journalism and law and medicine it compelled
to do of two things Either to make its instruction superficial
throughout else to obtain far larger of for support
than would be necessary the legitimate work of the college Pra
@ agriculture and engineering would in the end be burden to the
college, fully developed they little value when specifically
DONE The Inauguration Mdebuy in 9112 of the Department
Engineering competition with the staff and adequate
provided that field by the University of Vermont and the attempt
develop practical agriculture competition with
the weequpped State Agricultural College unwe departures
from the true field of the college The college has engineering equip
ment except surveying instruments and the offering of freshman
and sophomore curriculum in engineering by single assistant
fsor himself graduate 1907 engineering school, misleading
to the student The preliminary mathematics chemistry physics and
engineering learned at the college, but
to what to engineering is mistake
The Department Pedagogy Mdebuy established 1908
bv the legislature with an annual appropriation of $4,000 which was
$1,000 The head of the department
the former principal of the Johnson Normal School, and his
immediate colleague in the conduct of the department for
mey high school principal and teacher at the Caseon Normal
ocnoo Inc department mas gooo rooms ana speca
it planned to make available for teachers Some has been made
Of the local schools for teaching but this feature of the deve
pment yet rudmentary stage The work. however is being
with vgor What effect this development will have
the college not possible at this time to oresee 1t well
Department Pedagogy college
into something that resemble professional school, largely for
women
is define what constitutes American college,
than clearly what constitutes elementary
school secondary school, but will be generally agreed that the
American college stands for general training those fundamental
studies that intended the intellectual and spiritual quail
the student think help to introduce him to his
citizen him into general cultural
relations is not primarily vocational school, On the contrary its
orient the student with respect to intellectual moral
that whatever vocation he adopt he
play mans part.
the hitherto that when technical professional school
has been yked with college that the technical school has generally
with the college, and the for this far to seek be-
technical in the professional spirit The student
pedagogy of law engineering has his the method
which make living This attitude of mind quite different
that of the college student and it ought not to be bad thing
associate together but matter of fact usually
happened they coasce when they the
institution Whether therefore the institution of the Depart
Pedagogy the college will turn be primarily for the
the development of Mddebury college question
consideration by the the officers of the ns
Nothing clearly indicates the attitude of institution forwarded
the method the entrance that
adopt and experience shows that not necessarily the amount
difficulty of the entrance requirements that constitutes the difference
institutions rather the discrimination sincerity with which
requirements administered The fixed
requirements college lies the fact that the fundamental
constitution of the American college bring together
fairly homogeneous group students whose intellectual attainment
comparable Only when the student approximately
homogeneous intellectual fitness it be taught advantageous
there marked difference between the preparation of
the whole