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Show engineering. business, home economics, geology and chemistry, french Orientation In Weber College By Alice Sorensen THE educational system of America was dedicated from the first to the purpose of turning out citizens worthy to live and carry out the ideals of this country. But somehow, it seems, the organization for many years defeated its own purpose. It enrolled the youth of the country in its schools, it gave them every opportunity to learn, but so concentrated did those efforts become that the young people in attendance were completely shut off from any condition of citizenship. They lived and moved in a world apart from the every-day problems and realities of life as members of a community, state, and nation. Not until the student left school did he make any attempt to adjust to the world outside of the school building. Then educators began to realize the benefit that might come to the nation if the energy and initiative of youth could be turned directly to a realization of the problems of every-day citizenship. But the traditional universities were too strongly entrenched in the fields of scholarship and culture to lend themselves to the new idea. Neither did the limitation of a vocational school serve. Finally there arose, as an answer to 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 environment, 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 institution in the revolutionized educational 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 organized into a group, which has as its purpose social and vocational training. A typical organization in Weber this year is the Engineering group, organized with a president and other officers 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, English language and literature; modern languages, biological sciences, education and psychology, and home economics. biological sciences, english, education, social sciences, education |