But the number of bachelors and first professional degrees has multiplied
11 times And the number of doctors degrees about 22 times as you would
expect. The most dramatic change has come in science and technology. 80
years ago, scientists and engineers were so little in demand that they
were only 3% of our professional man today. They are more than 20 80 years
ago. A scientist, engineer or technician was only one worker in 1100 Today.
Jim he is one in 60. I'd like to ask. Mr Edens what this means here in
Arizona. Well, Haskell, Arizona is the fastest growing state in the nation
in the past 10 years. Arizona is bursting with industrial expansion with a
huge plant in Tucson. The electric center at Fort Huachuca. Sperry rand
General Electric Motorola Air Research, Goodyear Reynolds, metals and
sylvania. These industries need engineers. Well, is Arizona turning out
enough engineers know we're not the total production of engineers in this
state last year was not enough to fill the needs of just one phoenix
industry tom what do you think? The answer is? Part of the answer was the
establishment of a full college of Engineering at Arizona state last
september and our new engineering school enrolled over 600 students. On
the first day it was open, They're studying five different engineering
fields and this is good tom. I noticed you said this was only a partial
answer. Yes. Haskell because these new Arizona industries tell us they
need graduate engineering at Arizona as well. A master's degree in
engineering and a doctor's degree. This is important because engineers
recruited by these companies come into Arizona nearly always want to
graduate. I want to do graduate work to advance themselves well now, tom
how good is the engineering? The undergraduate engineering that's now
offered by Arizona State in Tempe. Well, jim, it was established on the
basis of the latest evaluation of engineering education by the American
Society of Engineers and we are confident that it will be accredited fully
as soon as we have graduated the first class. Not only that, but the
personnel brought into the state by our industries include engineers and
men with doctors degrees who might serve as a nucleus for a graduate
engineering faculty, second to none in the United States. How does this
tie in with the university status at Tempe? And our hopes we call a
university, will Haskell. Arizona state in Tempe is a university already.
It has four colleges professional degrees, a doctor's degree, increasing
research activity. And it is listed by the American Council on Education
In the United States Office of Education As a university, it should be
called a university because that's what it is and students doing work
deserve a university degree. If it is called Arizona State University, it
will make it easier to recruit new engineering faculty and other faculty
and will add prestige to the state and make Arizona State's job easier and
more effective as we do our part to meet the need for educated talent. We
have been talking about, well tom, we hear a lot of talk by people who
take a great interest in this problem of developing Arizona's higher
education. A lot of talk about, well this will hurt some other institution.
Do you think that this development here at Tempe is going to harm any
other state institution? Definitely not? Jim I can't understand why there
has been any objections, particularly from the University of Arizona
Tucson, unlike some of the other friends of the University of Tucson, we
believe it can stand and grow and develop on its own merits. We believe it
does not need to thwart another institution in order to thrive. Whenever
the program of Arizona State at Tempe is expanded. It doesn't take away
anything from the University of Tucson or Arizona state at Flagstaff.
Success is not divisible, you can't have success one place in Arizona
without the whole state benefiting. And you can't have weakness one place
without hurting the whole state. Tom as uh alumni president pointed out
while ago, you are a graduate of both Arizona state at Tempe and the
University at Tucson. Do you feel that uh this uh gives you a pretty
objective feeling about them? Yes, Jim, I am very proud that I am a native
of Arizona too and I have a degree from Arizona state in Tempe and very
proud that I have Arizona Tucson and I wouldn't want to do anything to
hurt either one of these schools. I want to see both of these schools
increase. I want to see them have a better curriculum, higher standings
And I also would like to include, I would like to see Arizona stated
Flagstaff be a better college and a better school of higher education.
Our point is, Arizona needs all three institutions, one at Tucson, one at
10 P and one at flags down. And in a few years Arizona may need even more
Enrollments are going to triple in Arizona by 1970 On our campus at 10 p
alone. Our registrar conservatively expects over 15,000 students by 1960.
We believe Arizona state in Tempe called a university can meet that
responsibility better and we believe in the steady and progressive
development of a unified program of university education that will meet
the needs of the people of Arizona economically efficiently and
effectively through a multiple campus university system. Thank you very
much tom Edens Jr of phoenix for this review of your very fine address
titled Arizona's part in brain power for survival. And to remind our
listeners that they can have a copy simply by dropping a postcard to the
alumni opposite Arizona state. And thank you also Haskell Henshaw, our
alumni president for being with us tonight.
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