Auburn University - Glomerata Yearbook (Auburn, AL)

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SCIIUUL ' AGRICULTURAL scuznce - DAIRY MANUI-fACTURING 0 AGRICULTURAL ENGI- NEERING 0 ORNAMENTAL HORTICUL- TURE 0 FISH AND GAINAE MAN- AGEMENT 0 ENTOMOLOGY ' ZOOLOGY 0 FORESTRY H . I I -Q DR. EDWIN V. SMITH E Dean of The School of Agriculfure - COMER HALL Houses Ihe Ag. School adminisirafrix offices. The School of AgricuIIure oiiers degrees in AgricuI- Iural Science, AgricuIIuraI Adminisiraiion, Agriculrural Engineering, Foresiry, Fish and Game Management and Grnamenial I-IorIicuIIure. Srudenis may also rake ma- iors in Agronomy, Animal Husbandry, Dairying, Enfo- mology, PouI+ry I-Iusbandry, and Zoology. AgricuIIuraI Science is +he broadesr of Ihe curricula. I+ gives The siudenr a general background in all phases of agricuIIure. IIs graduaies are weII Trained for Ihe business of farming or for proIessionaI agriculiural work in Ihe AgricuI'ruraI Exiension Service or Ihe Federal agen- cies such as Ihe SoiI Conservaiion Service or Ihe Farmer Home Adminisiraiion. The course in Agriculrural Adminisrraiion is designed for siudenrs planning Io enier business Ihai deals wirh farmers. II Iirs Ihem Io become agricuIIuraI agenis for 22

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The members of The adminisTraTion of Alabama Poly- Technic lnsTiTuTe perform unheraided Tasks ThaT are nev- erTheless essenTial To The smooTh operaTion ol The insTiTu- Tion. Keeping The greaT mass ol records in The regisTrar's ol-Fice, sweaiing wiTh The financial problems of The school. or supervising The mainTenance ol Auburn's physical planT are examples of The duTies of The adminisTraTion personnel. Travis Ingram, business manager: Charles W. Edwards, regisTrarg Clyde l'l. Canjrrell, librarian: Miss KaTharine Caler, dean ol women: Sam Brewslrer, direcTor ol build- ings and grounds: Wilbur l'luTsell, aThleTic deparTmenTg L. O, Brackeen, direcTor oi The news bureau. and Morgan JOE SARVER Alumni Execulive Secrelary L. O. BRACHEEN News Bureau Director W. Brown, head physician are esiablished Tigures on The Auburn campus. Newcomers in adminisTraTive circles include James Foy, providing a capable replacemenT in The po.siTion oT direcTor oT sTudenT aifairs, Joe Sarver, new alumni execuTive secreTary and Rolland G. STurm, direcTor of The Auburn research ToundaTion and engineering experi- menT sTaTion. The Auburn adminisTraTion has had To lace a wide varieTy of problems in recenT years beginning wiTh a greaTly expanded enrollmenT aT The end of World War ll and exTending Through The problems oT losses oT sTu- denTs due To The Korean conTlicT. ln all insTances The Tinal goal has been The conTinued progress of Auburn. CLYDE H. CANTRELL Librarian .., - ,4 -av ' - .af ' - SAM BREWSTER DR. MORGAN W. BROWN MISS KATHARINE CATER irecfor of Buildings and Grounds Head Physician Dean Of Women l W li l l i 5, l, S 21

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OFAG banks, rnerchanls, salesmen for agricullural machinery and supplies, and managers of farm cooperalives. Agricullural Engineering graduales find employmenl in many fields, including soil conservalion, rural eleclrilicalion, and designing and sell- ing farm machinery. Sludenls were gradualed from Auburn in Foreslry for Jrhe firsl lime in I948. Since Thar lime, lhe Foresiry curricula have been fully accrediled by 'rhe Sociely of American Foresiers. Graduales are employed by pub- lic foresrry deparlrnenrs and by privare wood-using induslries. Alpha Zela and Gamma Sigma Della are honorary frajrernilies recog- nizing scholarship and leadership in fhe School of Agricullure. F h Pond Consfruchon. . .na+ure was never like fhus. . .save +l1a1' +op soil boys e finer poinis of nalure . . . Hnoroughbreds show fheir sfuff . . . fhe firsf sfages of lumber RIGULTURE