Science as a liberal study

The past decade has seen Liberal Studies rise to a level of importance and acceptance in technical education that at one time seemed impossible to achieve. Much remains to be done, for not all scientists and engineers fully accept the concepts which are inherent in such studies. Too frequently the view is still expressed that time allocated to general work would be better employed on vocational studies, although it is perhaps of significance that such sentiments are, year by year, voiced in a more clandestine fashion. Many still pay only lip‐service to the ideals and at heart feel that an amalgam of so many and varied themes in liberal studies can have little more than a transitory effect upon those participating.