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     The Cadre, Feb. 17, 1977 page 12 
     
    
   
   
    
     This week, a special ar- 
     
     ticle for all you artsies who 
     
     have been dreaming about being 
     
     an engineer. To see if you 
     
     qualify trythis: 
     
    
   
   
    
     ENGINEERING PREREQUS ITE EXAM 
     
    
   
   
    
     INSTRUCTIONS- Read each question. 
     
     carefully. Answer all questions 
     
     Time limit- 2 hours 
     
    
   
   
    
     Begin immediately. 
     
    
   
   
    
     History Describe the. history 
     
    

    
     of. the papacy from its origin 
     
    

    
     to the present day, concentrat- 
     
     ing especially but not exclu- 
     
     sively, on its social,political, 
     
     economic, religious, and phil- 
     
     osophical impact on €urope, Asia, 
     
     America and Africa. Be brief, 
     
     concise and specific. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Medicine You -have been provided 
     
     with a razor blade, a piece of vu 
     
     gauze, and a bottle of Scotch. 
     
     Remove your appendix. Do not 
     
     suture until your work has-been 
     
     inspected. You have fifteen 
     
     minutes. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Public Speaking 2,500 riot crazed 
     
    
   
   
    
     aborigines are storming the class- 
     
     room. Calm them. You may use any 
     
     ancient language except Latin or 
     
     Greek. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Biology Create life. Estimate the 
     
     difference in subsequent human cul-- 
     
     ture if this form of life had 
     
     developed 500 million years ear- 
     
     lier, with special attention to 
     
    

    
     its probable effect on the english 
     
     parlimentary system. Prove your the- 
     
     sis. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Music Write a piano concerto. 
     
     Orcnestrate and perform it 
     
     with flute and drum. You will 
     
     find a piano under your seat. 
     
    
   
   
    
     GENERAL KNOWLEDGE Describe 
     
     in detail. Be objective and 
     
    
   
   
    
     specific. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     d, uncout 
     
     ulGatian 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     Psychology Based on your 
     
    
   
   
    
     knowledge of their works, 
     
     evaluate the emetipnal 
     
     stability degree of adjustr- 
     
     ment, and repressed frustra- 
     
     tions of each of the follow- 
     
     ing:Alexander the great, 
     
     Ramses 11, Gregory of Nicea, 
     
     and Hammurabi. Support your 
     
     evaluation with quotations 
     
     from each-man's work. it is not 
     
     not necessary to translate. 
     
    
   
   
    
     SOCIOLOGY Estimate the sociologi- 
     
    
   
   
    
     _ cal problems which might ac- 
     
    
   
   
    
     company the end of the world; 
     
     Construct an experiment to test 
     
     your theory. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ECONOMICS Develop a realistic 
     
     plan for the refinancing of 
     
     the national debt. Trace the 
     
     possible effects of your plan in 
     
     the following areas: Cubism, 
     
     the Donatise controversy, the 
     
     wave theory of light. Outline 
     
     a method for preventing these 
     
     effects. Criticize this meth- 
     
     od from all possible points | 
     
     of view. : 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
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     DD PAOD DE OAK A Fone as eseesser stun 
     
    
   
   
    
     POLITICAL SCIENCE There is a 
     
    

    
     red telephone on the desk be- 
     
    

    
     side you. Start world war III. 
     
     Report on its socio-political 
     
    

    
     effects, if any. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Fe ASSs5 
     
    
   
   
    
     EPISTEMOLOGY Take a position 
     
     for or against truth. Prove 
     
    
   
   
    
     the validity of your position. 
     
    
   
   
    
     PHYSICS Explain the nature of 
     
     matter. Include in your answer 
     
     an evaluation of the impact of 
     
     the development of mathematics 
     
     of science. 
     
    
   
   
    
     PHILOSOPHY Sketch the develop- ~ 
     
     ment of human thought; estimate - 
     
     its significance. Compare with 
     
    
   
   
    
     the development of. any other 
     
     kind of thought. 
     
    
   
   
    
     EXTRA CREDIT Define the Un-_ 
     
     iverse: give three examples. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Semis ORES CEL okn 
     
     Cee Ot ede 
     
    
   
   
    
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     marry not an engineer is a., 
     
     strange being possessed of 
     
     many devils;. yea, he calle- 
     
     th a slide rule, and he 
     
     hath but one Bible- a hand 
     
     book. 
     
     "He talketh always of 
     
     stresses and strains, and 
     
     without end of Thermodynam. ~ 
     
     ics. He showeth always a 
     
     serious aspect and seemeth 
     
     not to know how to smile 
     
    

    
     arid he picketh his seat 
     
    

    
     in the car by the springs 
     
     therein and not by the 
     
     damselb beside him; neith- 
     
     er doth he know a water- 
     
     fall except for its power, 
     
     nor the sunset except fpr 
     
     her speci€ic heat. : 
     
    

    
     "Always he carrith his 
     
    

    
     books with him, and he enter- 
     
     taineth his maiden with 
     
     steam tables. Verily, though 
     
     his damsel expecteth choc- 
     
     lates, when he calleth he 
     
    
   
   
    
     openeth the package to dis- 
     
    
   
   
    
     close samples of iron.: 
     
     "Yea, he holdeth his 
     
     damsel's hand, but only to 
     
     measure the friction, and 
     
     kisses but to test viscosity. 
     
     For in his eyes shineth a 
     
     far away look which is 
     
     neither love nor longing--- 
     
     but a vain attempt to re- 
     
     call a formula. 
     
     "There is but one key 
     
     dear to his heart, and 
     
     this is the Tau Beta Phi 
     
     _key; and one love letter 
     
     for which he yearneth, 
     
     andthat an ''A''s and when 
     
     to his damsel he writhet 
     
     of love and signeth with 
     
     crosses, mistake not these 
     
    
   
   
    
     symbols for kisses but 
     
    

    
     ratherfor unknown quantities. 
     
     "Even as a young boy | 
     
    

    
     he pulleth a girl's hair to 
     
    

    
     test its elasticity, but as 
     
    

    
     a man he discovers different 
     
    

    
     devices; for he would count 
     
    

    
     the vibrations of her heart 
     
    

    
     strings and reckon her 
     
    

    
     strength of materials; for 
     
    

    
     he seekth ever to pursue 
     
    

    
     the scientific investigations, 
     
    

    
     and inscribeth his passion 
     
    

    
     in a formula; and his mar 
     
    

    
     riage is a simultaneous equa- 
     
    

    
     tion involving two unknowns 
     
    
   
   
    
     and yielding diverse answers.''