Catalog, 1958-1959 - Hoover Library

1958 Iruroduction
ing by Johns Hopkins or the University of Maryland. To enter
engineering, students should have exceptional ability in mathematics
and quick comprehension of scientificmaterial in general.
FORESTRY. This is a new vocational opportunity for young
men who like an outdoor life and have outstandins ability in
botany. As in medicine, law, business, and engineering, schools
of forestry desire broadly educated people; they have, therefore,
sought arrangements with liberal arts colleges. Western Maryland
is one of a number of schools which offer the pre-professional
training in forestry for Duke University. After three yea.rs
at Western Maryland and two years in the Duke School of Forestry,
the student receives the A.B. and the master's degree in
forestry.
IN"DUSTRY and GOVERNMENT SERVICE. In the laboratories of
both private industry and the government, innumerable posilions
of highly varied requirements are constantly open to the
graduate who has been trained in mathematical, physical, or biological
science. Advancement in such positions often comes in
consequence of the qualities developed by the non-scientificside
of college education, so that the liberal arts graduate has in the
long run a clear advantage over graduates of purely technical
programs. Many Western Maryland graduates in Biology, Chemistry,
Mathematics, Physics, and Home Economics hold distinguished
positions in these fields.
NURSING. Nursing requires women of intelligence and integrity,
whose interest is in people. In addition good physical
stamina and emotional stability are needed. A college degree is
increasingly in demand in nursing. especially for supervisory
positions. The student is required to spend two or more years
in college before entering nursing school. Those who desire a
B.S. in nursing may take a prescribed course for two years or
more at Western Maryland and then transfer to a hospital connected
with a university which offers the B.S. in nursing. For
example, students have transferred to Johns Hopkins Hospital
and received the degree from Johns Hopkins University. In most
hospitals students who follow this program may have the period
of attendance in nursing school shortened by several months.
Capable students who are ambitious to secure the advantages in
nursing gained by those holding a college degree are invited to
write to the BiologyDepartment, Western Maryland College, for
detailed information on the combined curriculum.
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