Auburn University - Glomerata Yearbook (Auburn, AL)

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School of Military Science John Thomas Kennedy F.A., D.O.L., M.H., D.S.M. Commandant The School of Military Science was established at Auburn at the very inception of the institution under the provirions of the original Land Grant of Congress accepted by the State of Alabama. It comprises a Field Artillery and an Engineering Unit of the Senior Division of the Reserve Officers Training Corps. This school has received the highest rating awarded by the War Department for the past nine years. It offers course, which not alone train the student for the army, but which arc valuable as a part of vheir general education. Zoe Dobbs A.B., M.A. Dean of IVomen Social Director The Dean of Women is general adviser ;o women, and through this office a personal contact is secured for them. A close relation is insured which gives increased incentive for higher •cholarship as well as a desire for a more active participation in college activities. The Social Director exercises indirect supervision of the dances and other social events through the Social Committee. Berner Leigh Shi M.S., C.E. Executive Secretary and Registrar The Executive Secretary is assistant to .lie president and secretary to the Board of Trustees. The registrar’s office keeps the scholastic and personal records of all students and furnishes information concerning entrance requirements. Information regarding students’ records are furnished to executive officers of the institutions, members of the faculty and student organizations. 28

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SchooJ of IcxtiJc Engineering Edmon Weymon Camp B.s. I lead The School of Textile Engineering is the newest school on tits campus of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, and has for its object the training of young men ns textile engineers, textile administrators, specialists in textile design, and in textile chemistry. It is well equipped with a new and modern plant where both theoretical and practical instructions are given. The great growth of the textile industry in Alabama makes the work of this school in education, research and extension important. A gri c u J t u ra I E tensio n Luther Noble Duncan M.S. Director The Extension Service is the medium through which useful and practical information on subjects relating to agriculture and home economics is disseminated among the people of Alabama through county agents, county home demonstration agents and specia ists. It assists the rural people of the state in solving their dillicult problems by educational means and practical instruction on the farm and in the home. It dcsseminates information through practical demonstrations, publications, meetings, and through the broadcasting station WAPI owned in part by this institution. en.sjon Teaching i Benjamin Roscoe Showalter A.B., M.A., Pit.I). Director The Division of Extension Teaching carries on instruction in study centers, organized classes at other points than Auburn, correspondence courses, and through lectures. It gives courses of instruction for college credit conducted by regular members of the faculty to those who arc unable to come to the campus. 27

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It was during the reign of the good Queen Bess that Shakespeare, Bacon, Marlowe and other great writers quickened English literature into its first great awakening, and their writings have been justly classed among the immortals. the C LASSES