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Show -jroreuiord fEBER COLLEGE found that when the war needs came its policy, program, and organization were such that it could adjust and serve both the nation and the individual who attends the College, without upsetting the established order of the institution. Registration continues to be heavy in the technological fields, yet the liberal arts and sciences maintain a consistent, steady enrollment. This testifies to the enduring values which students recognize in the program of studies encouraged by a faculty that believes a certain amount of general and cultural education belongs with the sciences and the skills. Both should be emphasized in a balanced education. Science tells one what is, a general and cultural education what ought to be. It gives one values and points the way. In these times of confusion and stress it is just as important to know what ought to be as to find out what is, and in the postwar period it may be more important. An examination of the pages that follow will show that during the past four years there has been a shift in terminal curricula, from campus to off- campus training, from day to extended day and evening school, from preparatory to supplementary training, and from the education of youth to the education of youth and adults. A survey of the pages will show also that another major adaptation is under way: a short-term and two-year occupational curricula with an extremely practical bent, designed for released service people and war workers, and kept sensitive to rapidly changing occupational demands by a continuous occupational survey conducted in conjunction with and through the assistance of the Utah Industrial Commission. These programs bear witness to the fact that methods of making a living have changed conspicuously during war years, and will continue to undergo marked changes in the years to follow the war. To the responsibility of administering for its students regular adjustable programs that make education true leadership in changing times, Weber College is dedicated in the important year that lies ahead. H. A. Dixon President of Weber College |