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Title: Lawrence College bulletin
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Lawrence University Lawrence College (Appleton, Wis.)
Subjects: Lawrence University Universities and colleges
Publisher: Appleton, Wis. : Lawrence University
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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nts and usually does not have the organization andvariety of courses or the equipment of a larger school. Onthe other hand, a large university usually lays the emphasis ongraduate, professional and technical training and turns theundergraduate over to tutors and instructors, usually youngmen without experience, who work on very small salaries andare not equal to professors of a strong college. Acquaintancewith teachers is not common. Close supervision of the stu-dents s work is not usual and ideals of life are not high. Butlittle opportunity is given for participation in the responsibil-ity of student organization. Living expenses are always high-er. A college of the size of Lawrence is the happy medium.It is the largest college in the state but not too large for per-sonal attention being given students. It has neither the dis-advantages of the small college, nor the great university, but represents the advantage of both,is best. The moderate sized college 20 LAWRENCE COLLEGE BULLETIN
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LAWRENCE COLLEGE BULLETIN 21 PRE-PROFESSIONAL COURSES COURSES of Study at Lawrence are arranged in generalculture and in pre-professional groups. The formerare intended to give a thorough general training whilethe latter are so arranged as to give a broad founda-tion for the study of such professions as law, medicine, jour-nalism, engineering, etc. It is now generally conceded that itis very unwise for a young man to pass at once from the highschool to the professional or technical school. Mr. Horwelltruly says: Specialization which is not based upon a liberalculture attempts to put an edge on pot iron. Students who take the pre-professional courses at Law-rence receive a general training which will make them broaderand more efficient men and at the same time receive a specialpreparation for study of a particular calling. They can alsousually shorten their professional course by at least one year.Thus those who take our pre-engineering course can completethe engineering work in a tech

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