Catalog, 1958-1959 - Hoover Library

Western Maryland College 1957
THE ARMED FORCES
able-bodied male citizen must As every eventually serve in
armed forces, it seems advisable to train men for positions as
the
officers. western Maryland has had for more than thirty years
an ROTC unit which has always held top rating and which has
contributed many effective officers in the long national emergency
since 1941. The unit is at presem classified as "Brandl
General," which allows those who graduate with commissions as
reserve officers serve in a branch of the army appropriate to
to
their special training. Students selected for the advanced course
are deferred while college. Though a number of graduates
in
have chosen career in the army, the program allows the student
a
to qualify for his academic objective and at the same time secure
a commission as a reserve officer.
SOCIAL WORK
Western Maryland For some years has furnished a number
workers in the field of social therapy and rehabilitation. Such
of
workers must be interested in people, have sympathy the for
unfortunate, be willing to face disturbing conditions without
distaste. Social workers most frequently major in Sociology, but
some have specialized in English or Psychology. Many Western
Maryland students are employed by social agencies immediately
after graduation, but those who seek professional recognition
in this area should plan to do graduate work at of the ap·
one
proved schools of social work. Such graduate study is often subsidized
by a public agency, which at the same time gives the
student part-lime employment.
The new field of church secretarial work requires similar
training and qualifications. Prominent among personal char-
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GRADUATE STUDY
to secure preparation The best place for graduate work is
liberal arts college. Graduates of Western Maryland have
the
gone to most of the great universities in all fields. A considerable
number have secured doctoral degrees. Many have studied,
both in this country and abroad, on scholarships awarded on the
basis of their achievement at Western Maryland. Though the
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