University of Maryland College Park - Terrapin / Reveille Yearbook (College Park, MD)

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than either could do alone. The time has gone forever when the man of science can remain within the four walls of a College laboratory and solve suc- cessfully problems of practical value. Certain phases of these problems must be settled by the aid of the microscope or by chemical tests, but a complete solu- tion involves, in almost all cases, field study and application. Laboratory methods together with the ever-increas- ing volumes of information have made elective courses in our curricula a necessity, and have created a demand for post-graduate work in all branches of natural scienc e. It is true that there is great diversity of opinion as to what should constitute post graduate work, but it is generally conceded that it should be along the lines of investigation. As a natural result of the enlarged idea of the laboratory combined with the desire for postgraduate work we find a demand for so-called University extension. Knowledge gained through special study along all lines of natural science is now carried from educational centers to homes in all parts of the land iu the form of lectures, printed matter, pictures, views, specimens or manufactured products. The tendency of modern educational work is more and more toward carrying information personally to the masses. This results in a broader knowledge of men and tends to bring educational institutions into closer touch with those whom they are intended to help. Scientific investigators as well as teachers are con- stantly in search of newer and better methods of de- termining and of imparting truth, and this together with the broader laboratory methods now in vogue leads them in scores to visit other countries in search of new apparatus, new methods and new truths. Many, however, are disappointed to find in foreign laboratories no new apparatus, no magic facilities for the solution of difficult problems, and return without realizing the fact that the great benefit to be derived is the contact with other men, and the learning to look at great problems from other than our own accustomed point of view. These, briefly stated, are some of the advances that the present century has witnessed along the line of science teaching. It is impossible to predict the advances that will be made by the coming generation ; undoubtedly, however, they will be as numerous and as striking as those that have already appeared and perhaps even more important; but whatever they may be and to whatever heights they may lead may the old Maryland Agricultural College catch the step and keep pace with the progress of the century. — C. O. TOWNSEND. 17

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