1956 Fredericton Encaenia
Alumni Oration
Delivered by: Sisam, John William Bernard
Content
"400 Hear Speaker At Alumni Dinner" Telegraph Journal (17 May 1956): Extract. (UA Case 67a, Box 2)
"It is time we considered the question of whether the sharp line at present drawn between education in the practical and cultural fields should be continued," J.W. Bernard Sisam, Toronto, told a gathering of more than 400 graduates and Alumni at the annual Alumni Dinner of the University of New Brunswick last night.
The dean of forestry at the University of Toronto stressed the fact that a broad liberal education, though it did not impart any particular technique or craft, did teach students how to think critically and with understand of the problems met daily.
"A technician has been defined as one who knows everything about what he is doing except its ultimate meaning," Dean Sisam continued "It is time we reassessed the question of what is of most value in education and broadened the scientific curriculum to include more work in the humanities."
"At the same time it would be of value to those with a background in the humanities to know something of science and its great impact on modern life," Dean Sisam told graduates in the Lady Beaverbrook Gymnasium that modern technological advances had been a source of great wealth through the development of agriculture, industry and medicine, but that there was a danger of a serious shortage of trained scientific personnel if universities did not expand their facilities for scientific instruction.
"It is time we considered the question of whether the sharp line at present drawn between education in the practical and cultural fields should be continued," J.W. Bernard Sisam, Toronto, told a gathering of more than 400 graduates and Alumni at the annual Alumni Dinner of the University of New Brunswick last night.
The dean of forestry at the University of Toronto stressed the fact that a broad liberal education, though it did not impart any particular technique or craft, did teach students how to think critically and with understand of the problems met daily.
"A technician has been defined as one who knows everything about what he is doing except its ultimate meaning," Dean Sisam continued "It is time we reassessed the question of what is of most value in education and broadened the scientific curriculum to include more work in the humanities."
"At the same time it would be of value to those with a background in the humanities to know something of science and its great impact on modern life," Dean Sisam told graduates in the Lady Beaverbrook Gymnasium that modern technological advances had been a source of great wealth through the development of agriculture, industry and medicine, but that there was a danger of a serious shortage of trained scientific personnel if universities did not expand their facilities for scientific instruction.
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