Tennessee Technological University - Eagle Yearbook (Cookeville, TN)

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IDEPARTMENT OF AG1i1CUL'fUltE Mr. Overall, Mr. Conry, Mr. Huclcllcston The purpose of the Agricultural Department is to prepare men for positions in agriculture so that they may help improve living conditions, farms, soils, crops, and livestock in our country. D151mix1MuNT OF BUSINESS IXDMINISTRATION Mr. Johnson, Mr. Cameron, Mr. Woodward . The prograin of work inn this cur- riculum nffords opgortunity to stu- dents to select as a .eltl of specmlizetl study either nccountingl general lzusi- ness, or secretarial training. DE1'All'I'MlEN'F OF EDUCATION Mr. Farr, Mr. Lane The main function of this depart- ment., which .is found in the statute creating the institution of Tennessee Polytechnic Institute, is to train teachers for the -elementary and secondary schools of Tennessee. Q ' , ,g ' ' i :ff-ffm-1i,i.'xi.f't,' I' 'I 7 1 l - i Q, cf Di2rmwrMr2N'1' or ENGINEEIKING AND I'Nnus'riimr. ARTS Nlr. Henderson, Mr. Mattson, Mr. Lee, Mr. Byrns This department affords the student an opportunity of securing the thorough, fundamental, and technical education which is necessary for one of alle highest types of professional worm Dr:rfAnTmiaN'r or Home ECONOLHCS Miss Sell, Miss Margaret Johnson, Miss Dorothy johnson The two main functions of the Department of Home Economics are to dprovicle general academic training, an to prepare teachers of home eco- nomics for high school positions. -c , v, .A - I I S If . M2 ,X J' v' I In i r X3 sf -Mgt 13

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sv, I vs . W I I I PRE IDE DERRYBERRY Starleats of Tennessee Tech have learned to like our new lI1'C'.S'i!IlL'71f in the short time that he has been with us. Along with a strilzing personality, our jiresirlevt is a rlisiinguishezl scholar, having won a Rhorles Scholarshijz in 1928. The st1ta'e11ts sincerely wish that Presirleiit DL'7'1'ybC'1'1'j,' will s.l1e11rl many years as the presirling officer of our great institution. - iw' ,w w HJ' sh ,. DEAN SMITH Twenty-five years of service have emlearerl Dean A. W. Smith to the st1La'e11t body of Tennessee Tech. He will he 1'L'771'671ZI76'7'EIZ hy his wit anal humor which are asecl to a great extent when he makes amzozmee- ments in chapel. --.gif 12 EQ.-

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-if 14 ite-- Dxmivrmuivr or' BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE Mr. Gregory, Mr. Bnrtoo The courses in biology are intended to meet the needs of those students who are preparing to enter medical schools. Dl3l'AR'l'MliN'f OF ENGLISH Mr. Pnssons, Mr. Hatfield, Mr. Meadows The Department of English has two main purposes: to give the stu- dent Il thorough mastery of the English language, and to develop in him an understanding and apprecia- tion ot literature. DEPARTMENT OF HEAL1'H AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION Mr, Stowe, Miss lobe, Mr. Frey The specihc aims of this depart- ment are to instruct youth so that they may conserve and improve their own health, and to improve the in- dividual and community life of the future. , DE1'AliTMliN'F OF PIISTORY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE Mr. Bruner,'Mr. Pinkerton The aims of this department are to provide ri. general cultural 'background :ind to aid- in equipping the student lor his duties :Is Z1 citizen. ,fnollff DIEPIXIKTMENT' oxf M,xTI-IEMATICS Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Moormzm, Mr. Duncan w The Courses in nmthemntics :ire cle- signed to develop an apprecizttion of the serviee which mathemzltlcs hfts rendered IH the development of cxvir lization.