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The Place of the Humanities and Social Sciences in a Technical Curriculum

School of Agriculture, North Carolina State College, Raleigh

ABSTRACT

The question as to what place the humanities and social sciences occupy in dairy husbandry curricula is, for the former, easily answered. The answer is none. Most curricula do include some social studios such as economics, sociology, and political science and most of them, too, probably include some history which in some minds is classified as social science; in others, perhaps among the humanities. But there is at least a paucity, if not a complete absence, of literature, philosophy, ethics, logic, art, and music.

In the early days of agricultural colleges, the curricula were, for the most part, composed of liberal arts subjects because (1) there was no body of technology and science in the field of agriculture, and (2) the faculties consisted of men who had graduated from liberal arts colleges, the only colleges then in existence.

Catalogues of the early agricultural colleges almost invariably contained statements such as the following: "It is intended to train young people by giving them not only a liberal but also a special education" and "It is believed that every young man needs a double education, one that is practical, to fit him for his profession, another that is cultural, to fit him to live."

¹ Visiting Professor.