Oregon State University - Beaver Yearbook (Corvallis, OR)

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Hrrr III ihr | j|riinti lok ' l. t !)• ' ■ II I ' jt-karil -aii furcrt ihU tl«y ' worrir in ihr •tudjr of Iif« uf a li at asf. DK. Earl Leroy Packakd l)e(amc (lean of the school ol srieiur in 1932. coining to this campus from the I ni er- sity of Oregon. His schohirly interest is in research in pa- leontology. His administrative interest is in the development of an efficient school of science kiinuii for productive resean li. He is the chairman of the gen- eral research council for the state system. Willi llic cloM- of the pic-cnt -.M ihc Oregon . talc school of science will have licm operating for four car . a college generation. Hy ailion of the Slate Hoard of Higher Kdncalion in I ' KVl. all undergraduate and graduate major work in the hiological and physical sciences and mathe- matics was centralized at the Stale College. The schiwil of science occupies one-half of the field of specialization usually iniluded in a college of lit Mature. science and arts. I he school ol scienc ' provide a liheral -du -ation for -Indents earning a H.A. «»r ii.S. degree with a major in science; professional training lor liiu-e planning to enter some schol- arly oecn|)ation in the field of s ience, such sludent n iially taking graduate work for an M.A.. M.S. or I ' ll. I), degree; and iia ir and service courM-N for siddent.-, in other divisions of the institution. The curricula include majors in general .science and in the special sciences of hacteriology, holany, chemistry, entomology, geology, mathematics, physics and zoology, and their various hranches; togclher with jireparatorv curricida in nursing and medicine. The close relali(»n hctween M-ience and t rlini( il udik .11 Oiigoii State — instruction, research and extension — provides many unusual and valuable opportunities for students interested in science to elect a wide range of n in- science subjects in addition to their major. The school aims to introduce students to the fields of science, to give tliein a broad perspective of science, and to prepare llieii) to become edicieiit re-eanb worker and teachers. Phytic Building School of .S ieiic e 29]

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Collrgr Library (Tjir ' llK lower (livi ioii of Iil)cral arts and sciences was JIL estai)lislic(l l)V the Stale Board ot lliglier Education in 1932 to in iirc to all students in die field of liheral arts and sciences sound general education during the freshman and sophonioie years, and to provide an opportunity for them to explore various interests before entering upon specialization in the upper division and graduate years. The lower division is descrihed as the modern efpiivaleul dl llic nld liiieral arts college, in which the student sought through general culture to find himself before proceeding in specialization. A year course in each of three fundamental fields of knowledge — language and literature, science, and socia science — is required to provide breadth, while additional work is taken in at least one of the three fields. At the same time, students ha e oppctrlunity to take the necessary prerequisites for the field of upper division specialization that they expect to enter. A carefully developed system of contacts between faculty and students seeks to provide guidance in wise selection ot subjects, and also to preserve the intimacy of relations of the old small college in the midst of the facilities of a larize instilulinn. Students mav prepare in llie lowei ' division lor upper division work, including lirmors work in a college olTcring honors work, m may take merely two years of general stud without |ilaiuiiiig to specialize. DK. -M. Elwoou Smith came from Syracuse uni- versity in 1919 as professor of English and dean of the school of basic arts and sciences. In l ' 32 he was made dean and director of tlie parallel lower divisions of liberal arts and sciences at the University of Oregon and Oregon State col- lege. He is an educational 1 leader in the state and region. A witlp array of couraea in the lour acicDCpa ia ailminialcrcd liy Dean Smitll, (urniahing oppor- tunities fi»r nianv valuable rleclivc couraca. [2P. I i» v4 r IMvisiiiii

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Ksrirulluir Hall (jlll HE first work in agricultun in Corvallis collopc — a two- JIL year rill ririihiiu — was aiiiuuiiict ' d in 1H69. Tlic instnir- tion, given priiRipally in llie riicinistry department. iiK-liiiied soil analysis, fertility, drainage, stock raising, fruit culture and farm Ituildings. ' ' i- ihcsciiI scliool of agriculture was established in 190K. The school is coin|joscd of tlirci- liruad liivisions — agricul- tural economics, animal industries and plant industries, with tlicir a!ii ii . (Icpaitiiicnts — tofzi ' tlici with (!i ' ])artments ot agricultural engineering, agricultural education, and extension methods. The experiment station and the nine branch stations in the various agricultural regions of the state, and the exten- sive federal cooperative research and extension work carried on in Oregon, add greatK to llic opportunities open to agri- culture students. Uppoituiiities (ipi ' ii to agrit iilture graiiiiatcs include actual work on a farm, management nl laiin m (nchard ])roperties and (il liM-iness enterprises requiring a know ledge of xientifie agriculture, land appraisal for hanks and trust companies, specialized service for the United States department of agri- culture, county agent work, teaching in secondary schools and colleges, contracting ami constrmtion on new projierties. experiment station wmk ami other service in varied fields. All the four-year eiiniciila lead to ihe H.S. degree. Foi graduate study the degrees nt M.S. and I ' h.U arc granted. ,y|irS dean and director of JlL agriculture. W illiam Alired Schnenfeld is chief ad- ministrator of the school of agriculture, the agricultural ex|)eriment station, and the ili ision of federal co-opera- tive extension. He holds de- grees in agriculture fmni W is- consin and in business atlmin- istratiou from Har ard. He is a national leader in agricul- tural development. A chairman of Ihe Loard of direclon of Ihe Federal Inlermrdiale Credit baok of Spokane. Dean Schoenfeld haa direcl conlaci wilh Ihe pracliral field, at well aa with scientific reaearch. [.30 wSi ' IkmiI 4»I ' A::i i4 iiliiiro