Stanford University - Quad Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA)

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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

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The Stanford School of Engineering it divided info four nr ajor divisions to pernnit the student to specialize in the various fields of engineering. These divisions are Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. The latter is further subdivided into smaller divisions of aeronau- tical engineering and engineering mechanics. The school is thus designed to permit the scientifically or aeronautically minded student to follow a program which is flexible enough to suit his specific interests. Degrees In engineering can even be obtained without specification of a major field. Recent years have been spent by the Engineering School In developing new facilities for research. These and other advancements such as the Stanford linear accelerator which Is housed In the Microwave Laboratory, have received widespread acclaim in the scientific world. ENGIi Ei;RIN(i HUMANITIES SCIENCES The very heart of the Stanford educational program is the School of Humanities and Sciences. It Is the largest and most all-embrac- ing school on campus; In it are Included the faculties of thirty-one departments. The purpose of this school, unlike the other schools on campus, is not to give the student professional Instruction, but to offer him a general education. The school therefore contains all of the basic and traditional studies as well as the many fields of specialized study which do not lead directly to professional degrees. The School of Humanities and Sciences Is the backbone of the Stanford research program. It offers ample opportunities for research and Its subsequent application. This school has satis- fied the desires of many who come to college with no other goal In mind than receiving a liberal education. 27