Trine University - Modulus Yearbook (Angola, IN)

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Education Just Beginning The term Commencement is well used to express the general program connected with the completion of a course of study. It is possibly true that some young people, obtaining that objective, feel that they have finished their education and are ready to go forth into the world to do and to conquer. In the great majority of cases, however, we are quite sure that young people realize that the completion of a set course of study is but the beginning of their education. After being inducted into a position they find in many cases that their previous training has been but a fore-taste of the work they will need to do in order to master the details of their job. Probably the average engineer works as hard if not harder after he secures a place than he did while in school. Fortunately opportunities for contin¬ ued training after entrance into a position are many and widespread. Public libraries are available in which magazines and books are found, dealing with every conceivable subject. Many times courses in indu strial training are promoted by companies for the benefit of their employees. Surely in this day, no one may plead a lack of opportu¬ nity as a reason for a failure to continue to study and learn after leaving school. A great many young men will be com¬ pleting courses at Tri-State College during the next few weeks and will receive diplo¬ ma and degree certifying that they have finished the curriculum of studies laid down. We hope that each one may realize his ambition to secure a place of work that will offer opportunities for advancement. These opportunities will most certainly en¬ tail a continuation of study and research. Many times the degree in which the young man takes advantage of this opportunity for study will measure his success and his advancement in his chosen line. We wish for the young people making up the class of 1940 all success possible. BURTON HANDY, President Fifteen

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f ca’d) cl Dkectcte BURTON HANDY President WILLIAM A. PFEIFER Dean of Engineering GEORGE G. NIEHOUS Chairman RAMON T. ROUSH Vice-Chairman Secretary-T reasu rer

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Facts and Gossip This country has undergone many changes during the last few years. Many folks contend that the changes have all been for the worse while the folks who really come close to understanding things in general know that history is in the mak¬ ing. Practically any person who is doing a good job of anything these days will make some mistakes as do a group of associates and the same thing may be said of nations. After a mistake has been committed it usu¬ ally is pretty difficult to do much about it but if one has made a mistake he should en¬ deavor not to make the same mistake in the f uture and, thus, become stronger and bet¬ ter qualified in his undertakings from day to day. Herein comes about the subject of this article, Facts and Gossip. Suppose an individual wishes to become so acquainted with some subject so that he can really talk about the subject intelligently. The best plan would be to make a close study of the situation, studying what the best books or minds have to say and from this study begin to form conclusions. The next procedure would be to find out what the populace thinks about the subject. At once it will become apparent that there will be one or two, maybe several general ideas prevalent. Most of these latter mentioned ideas will be gossip which is entirely worthless to the student, while the remainder of the ideas will most likely be facts. It is a system of facts which constitute real knowledge. Facts are usually recorded in textbooks, re¬ search laboratories and in the worthwhile things of everyday life. Gossip runs ram¬ pant in many newspapers, cheap advertis¬ ing and in common everyday conversation. If you are really endeavoring to educate yourself, learn to sift Facts from Gossip. WILLIAM A. PFEIFER, Dean of Engineering Sixteen