Texas A and M University - Aggieland Yearbook (College Station, TX)

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ADMINISTRATION Page 25

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work he was called upon to do in placing the College in the front rank of American educational institutions. In the beginning he announced cer¬ tain policies that would guide him in his administration. Among these were: (1) higher standards of morality, (2) greater religious activity, (3) higher standards of scholarship, (4) proper conduct of athletics, (5) development of the ma¬ terial equipment of the College, and (6) a greater field of usefulness for the College through the Extension Service, the Ex¬ periment Station and resident college in¬ struction. The thorough manner in which these policies have been carried out is well known to all of the friends of the College. The standards of scholarship have been raised so that in this respect the College is now on a par with the best institutions of the country. From the standpoint of material improvement, the ten years of his administration are by far the greatest in this history of the College. In the 38 years previous to the beginning of President Bizzell’s administration the State of Texas ap„- propriated $1,250,000 for buildings and permanent improvements. During the last ten years the amount appro¬ priated for these purposes has been in excess of $2,500,000. At the present time the College has a valuation of approximately $6,000,000, and is the best equipped institution of its kind in the South. The enrollment at the beginning of his administration was 1,219; the enrollment for the session 1924-25 has exceeded 4,000 students, a gain of over 300 per cent. The Agricultural and Mechanical College System of Texas, which includes the resident instruction at College Station and at the two junior colleges, and also the work of the Agricultural Experiment Station and the Extension Division, has proved a most important factor in the industrial development of the State. The purpose of the College is well summed up in the excellent definition of an education as given by John Milton in his famous Tractate on Education: “I call, therefore, a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skillfully and magnanimously all the offices, both private and public, of peace and war.” The Agricultural and Mechanical College now offers degrees in fourteen different departments. These degrees cover any phase of Agriculture and Engineering that may be found elsewhere in the State of Texas and many that cannot be found except at A. and M. Besides these two general divisions the School of Arts and Sciences offer courses leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree in Liberal Arts and also one in the natural Sciences. Military Science is taught all the four years of a regular course. With the Military Staff that is maintained there by the U. S. Army, the rating given by the General Board of the U. S. Army Inspectors is second best in the entire country and the largest enrollment of any Military School in the United States. This combination with the numerous other courses puts the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas on a plane with any leading University or College in the entire country. The graduates of this institution are found in every part of the world and in every business that there is; always making good regardless of the existing circum¬ stances or conditions. They are putting into practice the theoretical as well as the practical principles that they were taught in their four years at A. and M. College of Texas. Entrance to College, 1926 Page 24

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T. O. Walton President Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas Page 26