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...developed about the name of Virgil, the Latin poet. Randall Thompson '20, composer of music, will do creative work in musical composition, abroad. Dr. C. H. Wesley, Ph.D., 1925, professor of History and head of the Department of History, Howard University, will undertake a study of negro slavery and apprenticeship in the British West Indies, 1807-1836; a study in economic transition...
...concerns to employ men for the short space of three months, especially when there is no promise on the part of the student to accept permanent employment with any particular company after graduation. This is merely another form of the difficulty, that employers are unwilling to take over the apprenticeship or education of students without some immediate and tangible benefits to themselves. In an age of efficiency and sharp competition they can hardly be blamed. But in spite of this it is possible that a workable solution might be obtained...
...believes, sometimes wrongly, he is interested, offers a feasible solution for one type. The student who drifts from one position to another after graduation, merely because of lack of practical experience, is all too common. The new plan, besides being remunerative, offers such experience, in the nature of an apprenticeship which conflates in no way his university career. In its present stage the Junior Training Unit is extremely attractive as a solution of some of the outstanding evils of existing vocational systems. It is an experiment as yet, but as such it deserves an enthusiastic reception rather than a faint...
...policy of studying only those subjects which fit the undergraduate for his career losses sight of an important reason for a university education. If college were merely an apprenticeship for business it is just as well to supplant them with up to date high-geared schools of specialization turning out standardized products. The College does, or should, put into the world men with a well-rounded knowledge of one subject and broadened by a liberal acquaintance with others. The ultimate value of their education is as much an ability to view their profession in correct relation to their lives...
Students who come to the School after a year or more of experience in Education may meet the requirement of apprenticeship by credit for the practical work they have already done...