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...primary reason for the action, Van Vleck cites the fact that few students are aware that engineering occupies a large part of the Division. "Many alumni wonder if we are still interested in engineering. By giving the department a new and more precise name we are attempting to spell out explicitly what we are doing," says the Dean...
Despite a limited enrollment in the program this year, Dean of Applied Science John H. Van Vleck expressed pleasure yesterday at the progress of the University's new five-year arrangement for students pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree...
...program was announced too late to interest more than a few members of the Class of 1954, but Van Vleck expects 40 or 50 engineers-elect to take advantages of the five-year plan next year...
...five-year Bachelor of Science degree is an effort to "legitimatize our professional engineering training program," Van Vleck said. Under the five-year arrangement a student can get enough training to obtain an engineering license, but does not need to pursue the often unnecessary "over-preparation" required for a Master's degree or doctorate...
Exercises will open with a convocation in adjacent Peirce Hall, with Professor John H. Van Vleck Dean of Applied Science, presiding. Remarks by James R. Killian, president of M.I.T., will close the ceremony...