Washington University Saint Louis - Hatchet Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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'e Twennyfrwo Page Twenty-three WILLIAM KEENEY BIXBY President of the Corporation 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 M V N , 151 1, 1 W 15 1, 13' 1. 11 i 1 U. 1, I11 '1 . li' 1 11 1 11 11 1 I 11 '1 11 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 11 22 11 1 1 1 1 I I 1 1 1 1 I 1 I

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GEORGE REEVES THROOP, Ph. D. Chancellor of Washington University 'Tw

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The College of Liberal Arts HE College of Liberal Arts has the largest enrollment of all the schools in the University. Almost every' student at some time or other is a member of the College. At the present time about one student out of ten completes the fourfyear College course, as most students branch off into medicine, law, dentistry, and business. It is felt, however, that a time will come when a broader and more varied foundation will be required before a student may begin to specialize. An education to be entirely successful should stimulate an intelligent interest of the student in worthy subjects outside the field of his probable life work. It is in the College of Liberal Arts that every study, however, abstruse and at times even uninterestf ing in anticipation, may be found. This contributes greatly to manis intellectual equipment, if it awakens in him a curiosity, the T satisfaction of which is one of the keenest of human delights. The GEORGE O. JAMES College also aims to fit its students for relations with their neighbors Dean and the community at large. There is a growing need for a large and thoughtful number of men, with the ever increasing class struggles in the economic and political worlds. It must be a body of men bound neither to the claims of defects of radicals nor conservatives, but able to stand on its own feet and vote according to sound judgment. In very recent times it has become increasingly evident that a course in the College may only serve as a background for future work of a more specific nature. At present the percentage of students who complete the College course is somewhat higher than it has been in the past, for many students who have it definitely in mind to specialize in some school, such as medicine, complete four years in the College, and a good number have the A.B. degree as their only aim. Thus, to anyone who enters the College, the value of a liberal education becomes apparent. No matter what goal the student has in mind, a course in the College, the backbone of the University, will broaden his outlook and splendidly equip him for his work in the future. l Page Twenty OUT