University of Connecticut - Nutmeg Yearbook (Storrs, CT)

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PRESlDENT'S MESSAGE q As one contemplates the state university, he is impressed with its enormous responsibilities in, first, conserving and, second, strengthening the democratic way of life. Furthermore, the university is the one best place in all the world for intellectual training, for a mastery of the technique of the professions and of the instruments of inquiry and research. The state university must have a social vision as well as an effective kind of individualism. It must be dedicated to the making of a better world in which to live. It must not neglect its duty as a guardian of the intellectual treasury of civilization nor as a pioneer of the frontiers of knowledge, but must acquire a new breadth of interests and sympathies, outlooks, intellectual tastes and appre- ciations in harmony with the age in which it lives and to which it owes its being. The state university has a special obligation to bring its scientific investigations to focus upon the enrichment and stabilization of the life of state and nation. Years ago the focus of our attention, educationally speaking, was upon the individual, in the future it must also be upon those things which promote the common welfare. And the common good must not be conceived as depending upon the training of the fortunate alone, but rather upon the training of all who are competent to profit by it. It must be generally recognized that future educational programs cannot be confined to youth. A state university should be a center of stimulation within the state for the continuing education of adults who are exercising leadership or are in a position to exercise it. In looking forward to the achievement of these aims, the University of Con- necticut is today a stronger and more effective institution than ever before in its history. It has met, or is meeting, with increasing effectiveness the four major requirements of a great institution of higher learning. The University has flj a strong faculty, Q21 a well qualified student body and QS, well-planned and accepted curricula. It is endeavoring to meet the fourth requirement, namely an adequate physical plant. Graduates of even recent years, on returning to the campus, note with pride the great strides that have been made, and are continuing, in the various areas of needs. The Student Union Building, the proposed Auditorium and the new Athletic Field are three of the imposing structural changes which are already in evidence. Students may see the new quadrangle taking shape now being formed by the School of Engineering, the Student Union Building and the new College of Pharmacy. On the other side of campus, the group of agricultural buildings, including the recently-completed Animal Industries Building, are among the finest found anywhere. Meantime, it must be stressed that the present status of the University is not confined to physical growth but includes constant efforts in building the scope of graduate and undergraduate studies and research. Within recent times at the University there have been added curriculums 'in physical education, physical therapy, medical technology and industrial mechani- cal engineering. There has been and is continuing expansion of graduate pro- grams, works in arts and classics, research facilities for physical sciences. Other recent developments include institution of the University Scholars, a new system of general honors, new psychological clinic and a graduate program in clinical psychology. In addition, the University's place in relation to the state at large as well as the nation must be taken into consideration. Connecticut was the hrst state to establish an agricultural experiment station. While designed primarily for the service of agriculture, the scientific discoveries of this station have made important contributions to the industrial development of the state. As the University of Connecticut has grown, it has become increasingly con- scious of its obligations as a state institution to serve the industries of the state, as well as of the opportunities presented for providing technical leadership in the developmentof highly specialized forms of industry. The services of the University of Connecticut to the business and industrial interests of the state have taken many forms. Important services are rendered every day by nearly every college or school, department or division of the University. And thus the broad scope and horizons of your state university may be seen a little more clearly than is possible while you have been occupied with your studies. Becoming aware of these must make you that much prouder of what has now become your Alma Mater. 21

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