Weber State University - Acorn Yearbook (Ogden, UT)

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These departments serve the cause of orientation in a direct wav. They aid the student in choosing his life’s wbfk and in realizing and assuming his place in life. One hears a great deal, especially at the time of graduation, that after school is completed the stu- dent must “go out into the work! and face life in its reality ' But Weber teaches the student to face life now. The idea is to let him take place with his own group as a definite part of the vocational world as early as pos- sible. Then when his training is com- pleted he may go directly to work without blundering his way through the problem of adjustment, without waste of time and energy. But this is not the only way Weber is fulfilling the principle of adjust- ment. It is necessary that citizens should know and understand the prob- lems of the nation and the world. They should be able to discuss those prob- lems and to cooperate in taking active measures toward solving them. For cooperation there must be contact established among the people of the world. In this line of endeavor. Weber College has been outstanding. She has sent her students across the ocean to make friends with another race and has brought members of that race to her own state. She has sent students into thirty-seven states of the union for the express purpose of establishing con- tact and discussing the outstanding problems of the nation. Weber aims to bring about the actual application of the subjects learned through class work and real life, social, political, and industrial. The daily assembly and the various social and group interests: the play- day in Ogden canyon, tennis, gym cir- cus. band, chorus, prom, are activities which help the students adjust to each other and to society in general. Thus Weber has solved the problems of orientation by helping the student to lind himself in life, by helping him to become a leader and thinker in world affairs .a real citizen of his country.

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a widespread demand, the Junior College. One of the great objectives of this new institution has arisen under the name of “Orientation ' As this term has been defined by educators, it means the adjustment of oneself to environ- ment, the selection of a life work, the adjustment of oneself to other people, participation in industry; finding one’s place in life; assuming the burdens and responsibilities of that place. In brief, orientation expresses the real purpose of education, to build citizenry. Weber College, a foremost insti- tution in the revolutionized education- al system, is fulfilling to an admirable extent this principle of orientation. In the first place, the students are urged to select their major field of study when they enter the school. Those who choose the same subjects are then or- ganized into a group, which has as its purpose social and vocational training. A typical organization in Weber this year is the Engineering group, organ- ized with a president and other offi- cers as leaders. Weekly meetings are held in which these engineers enjoy instruction and entertainment. Other organized departments are; geology and chemistry, history and political science, commerce and finance, Eng- lish language and literature; modern languages, biological sciences, educa- tion and psychology, and home eco- nomics. BIOLOGICAI SCIENCES. INGUSH. EDUCATION. SOCIAL SCIENCES. EDUCATION - 19-

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