North Carolina State University - Agromeck Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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AGROM ECK The School of Engineering DR. HE School of Engineering embraces the de- Pertinents of Architectural, Ceramic, Chem- ical. Civil. Electrical, Highway, Mechanical. Mining, and Structural Engineering and also the Engineering Experiment Station. It has for its purpose the preparation of men for efficient service in the solution of the various engineering problems which have become more and more complex as our civilization has advanced and more important locally by reason of the rapid change of the con- ditions in our State from agricultural and rural to industrial and urban. This college was established primarily for the purpose of teaching Agriculture and Engineering. It has continuously increased its emphasis on engineering education for the young men of the State and has been largely instrumental in bringing about the recognit ion of Engineering as a learned profession. While the instruction in the School of Engineer- ing is preeminently technical, it is not narrow. We recognize the fact that the activities of the engineer cover a broad field and that in order to succeed in this profession, one must be not merely a technically educated man, technical man. The School of Engineering, therefore, has incorporated into its curricula numerous subjects of general educational value from other schools of the college. Courses are required in English. Economics, Modern Languages, etc. There is, of course, thorough training in Mathematics, both pure and applied. The objective of the School is to prepare young men for success in their chosen profession as well as for leadership in all matters of public interest. The School of Engineering is largely and more completely equipped and teaches more students than the combined engineering departments of all other institutions of the State. Our students live and work in an engineering atmosphere and their every daily association is helpful, in that it keeps the prospective engineer in constant touch with those things that pertain to his work. In a word, State College is the center from which go out most of the men trained to supply the engineering industries of the State. The location of the college is especially favorable for the study of engineering. Besides being the capital and having the several State Departments, including the State Highway Com- mission, the State Board of Health, and other important State institutions, Raleigh is a rapidly growing city marked by unusual developments in residential, commercial and municipal con- struction which afford excellent opportunities for observation and study. Raleigh is also the center from which electrical power is distributed to a large section of the State. A large trans- former sub-station adjoins the campus from which high tension lines carry electrical power in every direction. Many large hydro-electric and steam -electric plants are within easy reach of the college, and to these plants our students make frequent visits for purposes of instruction. W. C. RlDDICK Dean but also an educated Page Twenty-seven

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AGROM ECK. The School of Agriculture purpose of the School of Agri- culture is to serve North Carolina ' s greatest basic industry agriculture. To that end the school is organized along three general lines of activity: First To secure through scientific re- search accurate and reliable information re- lating to soils, plants and animals and to collect from every available reliable source statistical, technical and scientific data re- lating to the var ious phases of agriculture that might be of advantage to our state. Second To provide resident instruc- tion for young men who desire to enter the field of general agriculture or who wish to become professionals in agricultural edu- cation or specialists in the various fields of science relating to agriculture. Third To give instruction and practical demonstrations in agriculture and home economics to persons not attending the college by field demonstra- tions, publications, and otherwise. Beginning a generation ago on a small scale, the School of Agriculture has grown until today it embraces the following important divisions: (a) Agron- omy, including Field Crops, Soils, Plant Breeding, and Agricultural Engineer- ing; ( ) Animal Industry, including Animal Production, Animal Nutrition, Dairy Production, and Dairy Manufacturing; (c) Botany, including Bacteri- ology, Plant Physiology, and Plant Diseases: (d) Horticulture, including Pomology, Forestry, Floriculture, Landscape Gardening, and Truck Farming; ( e) Poultry Science, including Poultry Diseases, Poultry Breeding, Poultry Feeding, and Poultry Management; (f) Zoology, including Genetics, Ento- mology, and Animal Physiology; (g) Agricultural Administration and Farm Management. I. O. SCHAUB Dean Page Twenty-six

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AGROM ECK. The School of Science and Business principal task of the School of Science and Business at State Col- lege is to train men for the profes- sional careers in the industrial and com- mercial world. A generation or so ago there were only a few professions which the colleges and universities were preparing their graduates to enter. The law, medi- cine, and the ministry exhausted the list. But now the number of distinct profes- sions, each with a background of training and a technique of its own, runs up into hundreds. Business administration has shown it- self to be susceptible of scientific study and of organization into distinct courses, each with an objective of its own but all cor- related into one unified curriculum em- b odying the whole professional aim. This aim is not to train men only to succeed in business, but also to succeed in the business of living to become something of a force to improve business and make it serve its highest social ends. In addition to training men for the various fields of business such as positions in industry, banking, retailing and wholesaling, marketing, account- ing, journalism, chemistry, etc., the school also lays the foundation for graduate work leading to positions with the government, or of teaching or research in the colleges and universities. Through its Placement Bureau, the school not only endeavors to place its graduates in the best available positions, but it follows them in their- after- college days and aids in their advancement. B. F. BROWN Dean Page Twenty-eight