Oregon State University - Beaver Yearbook (Corvallis, OR)

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Dean Sciioexkkld William Alfred Schocnfcld came to Oregon State in 1931 as dean and director of agriculture. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin and Harvard, Dean Schocnfcld also studied international trade, finance and cconomicsat the University of Berlin. He came here from responsible positions on federal farm board. Agricultural Building School of Agriculture Just as the large agricultural hall occupies the center of the Oregon State campus, so does the work in agriculture in its three important branches form the keystone of Oregon State college, even though several other schools exceed it in actual student enrollment. The work in agriculture is conducted under three major coordinated divisions the instructional division on the campus, the division of research which administers the central and nine branch agricultural experiment stations, and the extension service that carries the findings of the research division to the farmers of the state. Degree courses arc provided under the instructional unit. Modem Farming? 29]

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Adolph Zicfle, an enthusiastic promoter of the school of pharmacy its interests and activities, came to the Oregon Statccampusin 1914-Dr. Zieflc immediately took an active interest in the department and aided in the formation of the school of pharmacy and, since its founding in 1917, has headed the school. I)»: N Zimi.i School of Pharmacy School of Pharmacy In answer to a petition of the druggists of Oregon for more thorough theoretical instruction in pharmacy and its related branches, the state board of education established the department of pharmacy on this campus in 1898. From its start the department grew steadily and in 1917 was raised to the rank of school. This school is a member of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, a national organization established to promote pharmaceutical instruction in the United States. The school maintains a scholarship fund, founded in 1925, for the purpose of aiding worthy students who would otherwise be unable to finish their courses. Drug at Large [28

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“Commerce Shack Secretarial Science Only since 1933 has the department of secretarial science been permitted to issue a bachelor’s degree. When the Oregon State school of commerce was incorporated with the school of business administration at the University of Oregon the department of secretarial science was recognized as degree-granting. In the second year 293 students were enrolled, showing an increase of 68 percent. The first term of the present year, 138 were enrolled from other colleges to fill elective requirements. The purpose of the school is to train teachers of commercial subjects in high schools and to produce well-qualified office workers and secretaries. Dkax llovr Harrison Val Hoyt is dean and director of business administration in charge of secretarial science with offices at the University of Oregon. Head of the department of secretarial science on the Oregon State campus is I Ierbert Townsend Vance, who has held that position under Dean I lovt since organization in 1933. II. T. Vaxck, head of ( re con State secretarial science work [30