North Dakota State College of Science - Agawasie Yearbook (Wahpeton, ND)

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director of junior rollryr VERNON E. HEKTNER Ideas are the most powerful things in today’s world. More than anything else, new social and technical ideas will serve to keep the torch of freedom burning. New and better ideas will liberate man from disease, pain, and discomfort. Social innovations will make our life more livable and happy by eliminating some of the causes for human unrest. Most ideas simply do not occur as a single flash of genius in some person, but are the result of creative thinking in some person or group and a lot of hard work to back it up. More than anything else, the educated person must be able to think; he must be able to think through the ideas of the past and come up with ideas for the future. It has been said that Americans are more orientated toward the future than the past. That is as it should be. Science students are interested in the future or they would not be preparing themselves for the future. It is to this world of the future that we dedicate our todays—the world of tomorrow, a future so full of new ideas as to stagger the imagination of even a dreamer.

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a ico ril from ihv prosiiloiit The Future is what is of prime importance. Thinking and planning and working engenders enthusiasm and helps to keep us young; and gives us “that zest glow from head to toe”. Maybe I’ve carried the idea a bit too far but we are told to set high goals and then sec how close we can come to reaching them. It pleased me to learn that the officers of this annual have chosen to make dedication to the Students of the Future. That is a new idea to me and the more I think about it. the better I like it. The Future is really what counts. Those who are responsible for the educational systems in this country must think and plan and work to be ready to meet the demands of tomorrow. Students of each generation must have more education than those of the past. Progress requires this. To me education means many things. It includes book learning, of course, but more than that it should provide for laboratory experiences, shop experiences and for the inculcation of straight thinking in human relations. It is the responsibility of our staff at the State School of Science to plan as well as possible for the Students of the Future to whom you have dedicated this yearbook. Everything cannot be done in a day. But may I assure you that folks on our administrative and teaching staffs will do everything within their power to improve opportunities on our campus for the Students of the Future who are given special recognition in this 1959 Agawasie. G. W. HA VERT Y President

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rotfisirar. business school hvatl W. M. NORDGAARD The past several days—this is being written on February 25—my major problem has been student placement. There seems to be an urgency on the part of students, particularly girls, to take a job. I think it is very nice for them to have a desire to work and to earn a living. However, I fear that many young men and women overlook the fact that employers are not seeking people —they are seeking people with certain skills, work habits, personality, and mental abilities. The applicant must possess these qualities before they can expect favorable consideration from the employer. I am frequently asked, “How long should I go to school?” There is no one answer to this question, but I usually answer saying that you should go to school as long as it takes you to qualify for the type of work that you want to do. To be a stenographer you should be able to take dictation at 80 words per minute and transcribe it accurately. You cannot expect to obtain employment as a stenographer if you can just take dictation at the rate of 40 words per minute. Time spent in training for a given job is generally not wasted. The important thing is that you make the best use of the time that you put into training. Do the very best job that you can, so that some employer is going to be interested in your abilities. The school has then attained its goal and you have attained your goal in the business world of the future.