Georgia Institute of Technology - Blueprint Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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ARCHITECTURE l Obviously the main objective ot the course in Architecture is to train men to become architects. As designers and supervisors ot construction, architects are called upon to take a leading position in the building industry, and must possess a wide variety ot knowledge and capabilities. The school course is necessarily ot considerable breadth and duration. In addition there is a secondary objec- tive based on a recognition ot the tact that an architectural education may serve as a good preparation tor certain occupations outside the profession ot archi- tecture. Architecture is a creative field and combines the imaginative and the prac- tical. Those who have a leaning towards both the artistic and the scientitic find this an absorbing course ot study. The problem method used in design, by which each student worlcs out his own solution ot a given problem, parallels certain phases ot actual practice and serves as the best possible preparation tor the all-important role ot designer in an architects organization. HAROLD BUSH-BROWN Head ot Department .25. HAROLD BUSH-BROWN A.B., M.Arch. A.B., M .Arch., Harvard University

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CHEMISTRY AND CI-IEIVIIC!-IL ENGINEERING .f - Wa, GILBERT HILLHOUSE BOGGS, B.S., Ph.D. BS.. University of Georgia: Ph.D., University ot Pennsylvania, Phi Kappa Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Tau, Alpha Chi Sigma, Scabbard and Blade, Georgia Academy ot Science. 've ln l9Ol, with the growth ot the Georgia School ot Technology, a course in Engi- neering Chemistry was established. Purposely it was not called Chemical Engi- neering as it is now because ot the laclc ot tacilities to Otter studies recognized as essential to that degree. ln recent years department expansion has made it possible to change the title ot the course to Chemical Engineering. ln i906 there was tirst otiered a tour-year course in Chemistry tor those more interested in Chemistry as a pure science than its industrial applications. How- ever the engineering course has always been the more popular. ln normal times industries absorb our Chemical engineers who enter their pro- tession in chemical manufacturing plants with the hope ot becoming managers, control men, or operators, while others talce up the design ot machinery. Chem- ists are usually inclined toward laboratory and research, while many continue their studies in various graduate schools. lt is our beliet that the growth ot industrial activities in the South will otter an attractive field tor our graduate holding either degree. GILBERT HILLHOUSE BOGGS l-'lead ot Department ir I .24.

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DEAN W. VERNON SKILE5, BS., A.M., Se.D. B.S., University ot Chicago: A,M., Harvard University: Sc.D., Uni- versity ot Georgia. Beta Theta Pi, Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, Georgia Academy ot' Science. GENERAL SCIENCE The General Science course leading to the degree, Bachelor ot Science, was established in l923. It was designed tor three classes ot students: lll tor stu- dents who wish a broad training in general scientitic subjects, l2l tor students who have the time and means to secure a general education betore talcing up protessional curricula, and l3l tor students who plan to go into business or ina clustrial activities that do not require highly specialized training. ln this course science predorninates, but provision is made, however, tor a wide choice ot electives in business, engineering, and general studies. It is the only course ottered by the institution in which this wide choice ot electives is permitted. The General Science course will be discontinued with the class graduating June, l937. To replace this course have been established courses in General Engi- neering and lndustrial Management. DEAN W. VERNON SKlLES Director ,i fi 5- ' mf .26.