North Carolina State University - Agromeck Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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state ' s problems are rooted in the school ' s history. For so long N. C. College of Agricultural and Mechani- cal Arts and later N. C. State College did an exceptional job of providing strict technological training for North Carolina ' s farmers, factory workers, engineers, etc. From this standpoint, no other school in the area had contributed more to the well-being of North Carolina. And yet while I recognize the unique- ness of the institution, I feel there are changes afoot. From the past comes a dual tradition of technical and liberal education--and the factors have clashed openly in the present. As the humanistic problems of the day de- mand attention, the engineer or the architect, or the textile worker finds that he alone as a technical expert cannot offer an adequate solution to ghettos, pollution, or population problems. 10

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While State ' s role in North Carolina remains a distinct one from that of any other institution, while its goals remain the same as those of 1889, there is an unquestionable synthesis of means within the University. That I suppose accounts for the fact that for several years after State added a Liberal Arts school and required social science courses in its engineer- ing curriculum the school ' s purpose wasn ' t as clearly defined as it once had been. How can State successfully combine its two traditions? 12