Northeastern University - Cauldron Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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Co=operating jFirmsi Technical scliool instruction, deiiendiiif; on class-room work and laboratories, must always lack some of tlie vital characteristics of an actual manufacturing plant. One is carried on for educational purposes, while the other is operated for dividends. Northeastern students ol tain the advantages of both systems. The college year is divided into nine five-week periods and each student spends alternate ))eriods at study in school and at work in the plant of some com])etitive firm. This enables the student to properly place himself in the world and ajjply theory to j ractice: besides developing through experience, that rare thing, executive ability. 30

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Cooperating Jfirmg The employers wlio eo-operate with the eollc ' s ' e K ' ' i ' ' ' y iififeo, whenever pos.sil)le, to eni])lo ' tlie students in all the diti ' erent dejjart- nients of their estaljlislinu-nt during the periods of engineering practice. This practice is just as coni])lete as the college class-room work. and. in order for a nuin to receive a passing grade in his course, a favorable re])ort must he sent in to the college by an official of the firm. Wlierever possible the student is given actual ])ractice in all ])hases of the work, from the handling of the raw materials to the ship- ment of the finished product. His jiractical training includes not only the Jiandiing and use of the tools and implements of his trade or pro- fession, but takes in. to a certain extent, instruction in the business end of the firm. Thus, upon the com])letion of his cour.se, the student not only knows how to do things, but also why they are done as they are. When a student is first assigned to a firm the college gives him general information in regard to the work done, together with a letter of introduction. At the first interview the student familiarizes himself with the kind of work in which he will be engaged and the conditions under which he will work. It is ex])ected that no student will acce]it employment through the school unless he fully expects to continue in college and with the firm in cjuestion throughout the year. 31