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Bulletin (United States. Office of Experiment Stations). no. 164, 1906
Bulletin no 164 1906 - United States. Office of Experiment Stations Author:Unknown Author Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: MINUTES OF THE SECTIONS. SECTION ON COLLEGE WORK AND ADMINISTRATION. Afternoon Session, Tuesday, November 14, 1905. The section was called to order at 3... more » p. m. by the chairman, R. W. Stimson, of Connecticut. Culture Studies In Land-grant Colleges. The first subject taken up for consideration was " To what extent should the baccalaureate degree courses of the land-grant colleges be severely scientific and technical—that is, inclusive or exclusive of so-called ' general-culture studies? ' " A. B. Storms, of Iowa, presented the following paper: The Field And Functions Of The Land-grant Colleges. Curriculum.—The avowed purposes of the land-grant colleges, according to the Morrill Act, being " to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions of life," to what extent should their baccalaureate degree courses be severely scientific and technical— that is, exclusive of so-called " general-culture studies? " GENERAL EDUCATION AND TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY—"A MINIMUM GENERAL-CULTURE REQUIREMENT." There are two important general considerations in determining what should be the scope and character of the courses of study in land-grant colleges—(1) the intent of the original land-grant act and (2) the evolution of the intent or idea in land-grant colleges. Seldom or never do the.originators of any far- reaching and benificent idea conceive its execution in finished detail. Rather, they open a fountain of inspirational impulse. They initiate principles and outline the main working features of a plan. Broad-minded and benevolent statesmen, in devising plans for the future good of the race or of their country, are the last to wish to give stereotyped and rigid form to the details of their plans, knowing wel...« less