Stanford University - Quad Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA)

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«aDi i uon«ia )•••« MA« ra t ovirctQ Abtfal Maiit 4 M«l l, l«o— d t»»r M ' ASCE Through memberthip in the Stanford Student Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers, engineering itudcnti make the beginning contacts with engineering at a profeuion. This is the f rst student chapter of this organiiation and it supplements tKe regular classroom instruction with a broad program designed to give its members »n insight into professional engineering life. The program includes lectures given by profni- nent engineers of the area and visits to construction sites and other places of engineer- ing interest. In addition to this, members of the Stanford Chapter have a standing invitation to attend meetings of the San Francisco chapter of the ASCE. The organi- zation, which is open to all engneering students from sophomore to graduate standing, meets in the Village Clubhouse Ihree or four times a quarter.

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The Stanford Graduate School of Businesi seeks as Its goal the preparation of graduates who will take their place in the business world well equipped to organize and direct various specialized fields of business into a working business enterprise. The School ' s method of doing this Is not therefore to let the student specalize in one functional field of management, but to instruct him in a general knowledge of each important functional field. The Busi- ness School student ' s curriculum consequently includes compre- hensive surveys of such fields as Marketing, Accounting, Finance, and Production. He is instructed at all times with the final objec- tive of management in view. In this way the School of Business Is doing its part towards assuring that the business world of tomor- row will be populated by persons fully capable of carrying on where others have left off. BUSINESS E l IJ C AT I O ' « » 3 o- Since the days of Dean Cubberly, the Stanford School of Educa- tion has been well-known and widely acclaimed. The School is a professional one which deals with the training of both elementary and secondary teachers, as well as the training of public school administrators, and the training of college instructors in educa- tion. The prospective elementary and secondary teachers are Instructed by the most modern methods of teaching so that they may take their place in education as the highly trained instructors that our school system Is so badly in need of. But it Is in the train- ing of administrators that the major emphasis has been placed. Stanford can justly be proud of the great number of superin- tendents of schools who obtained their degrees from the Stanford School of Education. 23

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r TAU BETA PI Tau Beta Pi Is the national honor society for engineers. Founded to serve the university and to dignify and advance the engineering profession, the organization consists only of upper-division students who have been outstanding In the different branches of engi- neering. Regular meetings are held throughout each quarter; In the fall and spring Tau Beta Pi sponsors Initiation banquets, In addition to their annual Engineers ' Banquet held in May. Bjorklund. - ( o» SEC ASME A link between academic and applied engineering is the Stanford Student Branch of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. An organization of long standing at Stanford, this group brings to the campus distinguished engineers who speak on all phases of Mechanical Engineering. In addition to this, their program Includes field trips to the local Industries, interesting lectures, scientific movies, and group discussions. An Important activity of the ASME is the molding, casting and finishing of the Senior Class Plaque, which Is placed on Inner Quad in memory of each graduating class. 25