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    "ocrText": "- 14\nAll the evidence it seems to me suggests that professional\nsocial workers should begin their specialised studies at the graduate\nlevel. They should already possess the type of intellectual maturity\nand the breadth of learning which four years of liberal arts education\nprovide. In recognition of this fact, most professions which do not\nalready require a bachelor's degree are steadily increasing the pro-\nportion of general liberal studies in their total educational program.\nIt would not seem to be sound for the profession of social work to\nmove in the opposite direction. There is also the factor of profes-\nsional cohesiveness. Students who enroll in the same professional\nschool and study a common technical curriculum develop an esprit de\ncorps and a set of attitudes and mannerisms which weld the group into\nstrong professional unit. In the newer prefessions this is a matter\nof considerable importance.\nBut even if we assume that the professional school of social\nwork is a graduate unit built upon four years of preparatory education,\nthe question still arises-what kinds of courses should the student\npursue in the undergraduate years? Both the intellectual qualities\nrequired in the practice of social work, and the experience of other\nprofessions with preprofessional subjects suggest that students should\npursue the breadest possible undergraduate course. of all the pro-\nfessions I can think of, none demands a more comprehensive and varied\nknowledge of man and his world, than social work. If there were time\nI believe I could show that philosophy, the fine arts, biological\nscience, and the other liberal arts studies have valuable contributions"
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