University of Missouri College of Engineering - Shamrock Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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C ill l wwf l rl? l EQ w l Editorials ll l MODERN TRENDS IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION l DEAN E. J. MeCAUs'rLAND ' The modified curricula increasing the number of hours per semester appears N to he quite satisfactory to all concerned. Students do not modify their natural industry to meet changes in the number of credit hours scheduled. In other words, Q the gait of the average student is fixed by quite other considerations than the number of hours in the schedule. At any rate, the Faculty is not dissatisfied with the greater number of hours required per semester. In spite of the general industrial depression attendance is normal and 'the M qualifications of the students quite up to past standards. No special difficulty was ll 71 experienced last spring in finding places for our gmxduates, in spite of the business l and industrial depression at that time well under way and threatening even more depressed levels. During thc coming season however, the selection of candidates hy the repre- N' scntatives of the industries will be more restricted and it is likely that only the IJ better men will find it easy to secure satisfactory employment. The fact must be il recognized that we are entering upon an era of more intensive competition for l engineering trained minds. The period of rapid growth in industrial development fi is showing a marked recession which is likely to be felt for some time to come. That ill our naturzll resources have limitations is only now heginning to he recognized and ll the resumption and expansion of industrial development in other parts of the world ll is forcing us into a most intense competition with trained groups of men in other nzitions. This brings me to the kernel oi' this message. The College of Engineering pre- ? sumahly is established to train men in modern scientific methods as applied to the organization, extension and development of industry, transportation and commerce in its broadest meaning. They cannot be so trained unless each individual is not only willing but keenly anxious to do his part in the process. Therefore, I appeal to every student to widen his horizon, to study the history of the development of industry. to inform himself' on the present industrial situations of the world and 'to shape his actions so as to tfike advantage of probable trends and to guide his ambitions so that he may serve himself first and by so serving. serve his country X and the world. l l T Page 55 if' sC.lJ7f V I 91352-5f lCY T T 'inw' TW if , I +3512 igiig -1 T7 + : i 'l DI