A wide-spread ignorance that engineering is included in the term "Applied Science" motivated yesterday's faculty decision to change the name of the Division of Applied Science to the Division of Engineering and Applied Physics. The new name, result of a motion made by Dean John H. VanVleck, will become official on July 1, 1955.
As the primary reason for the action, Van Vleck cites the fact that few students are aware that engineering occupies a large part of the Division. "Many alumni wonder if we are still interested in engineering. By giving the department a new and more precise name we are attempting to spell out explicitly what we are doing," says the Dean.
Dean of Admissions Wilbur J. Render expects that the name change will have the effect of augmenting interest and perhaps enrollment in the department.
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