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

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IP ' HE School of Arts and Sciences embraces the following departments of the College: Biology, Chemistry, Economics, English, Geology, History, Mathematics, Military Science, Modern Languages, Physical Education, and Physics. The School of Arts and Sciences is the one school with which every student comes in contact. The subjects offered are the basic ones for every course approved by the faculty. Then, to those whose temperaments require cultural study, as well as their specialized studies, this school is the one to which they must go. Not only do all of the students spend some of their time in this school, but it is also here that some of the students spend all of their time. The four-year course in Science is intended for those interested in biology, chemistry, geology, or physics. Then, there is a four-year course in Liberal Arts that is offered for the benefit of those students who wish the more cultural subjects. It is of interest to note that the enrollment in this school is steadily increasing, which is evidence of its increasing value in the organization of the college. Page 2 b I A3 .V. '

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O ACK in the early seventies of the past century, an agricultural school was nothing, more or less, than a farm. Although there were some classes, they were of a classical nature. There was no technical literature pertaining to the study of agriculture, or its kindred subjects. Now, in the School of Agriculture, are found the following departments: Agricultural Economics Agricultural Engineering, Agronomy, Animal Husbandry, Dairy Husbandry, Entomology’ Forestry, Genetics, Horticulture, and Poultry Husbandry. Students have their choice of the following four-year courses: Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering, and Landscape Art. A non-collegiate two-year course in Agriculture is also offered. It has been only a comparatively short while since agriculture had no appeal as a profession. In fact, so recent has been its recognition, that few people consider it as such. Consider the man who has attended college four years, and who has studied highly technical subjects to prepare himself for the life and work of a farmer, rancher, teacher, county-agent, governmental agri¬ cultural specialist, agricultural research worker, or even as a banker or merchant in an agricul¬ tural district. He is as much a member of a profession as the physician, lawyer, or engineer- The time is fast approaching when as much dignity and prestige will surround his profession as surrounds those just mentioned. Many a farm boy has come to college to study agriculture, thinking that, because of the fact that the farm was all he knew, he would have an easy time. He has been completely dis¬ illusioned, and made to feel the depths of his ignorance, by the time he has completed his course of study. Because of the fact that he is made to realize his shortcomings, and is encouraged to increase his knowledge of the vital subjects, he is made a much more contented and useful citizen than he would have been otherwise. It is interesting to note that the graduates in agriculture are more likely to remain in Texas than those of some of the other schools, for they have their widest field of opportunity here. Texas needs them, recognizes the need, and is willing to pay for their services. Tl

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m v - THE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING Dean F. C. Bolton, B. S. f ' TT ' HE lad who comes to college to study engineering because he has seen a brawny -W- fellow looking thru a three-legged instrument at a striped rod, meanwhile waving his arms to and fro, and who thinks that he would like to be such, is due for a very sad dis¬ illusionment, for he can’t foresee the many hours of “boning” over math, drawing, and all the multitude of widely varied subjects which he must study before his ambition can be realized. Probably that same lad did not realize that, in the School of En¬ gineering at the A. and M. College of Texas, the following departments arc included: Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Textile, Municipal, and Sanitary Engineering, and Architecture and Drawing. Four-year courses are offered in all these departments, with the exception of the Department of Drawing, which serves the others equally. A two-year course is also given in the Textile Engineering Department, which is really a specialization study of cotton classing and marketing. As one man has said, “There are engineers and ENGINEERS.” It is the latter that the School of Engineering endeavors to develop in its classes of theory and practice. The real size of the letters in the word, “ENGINEER,” that a graduate writes after his name ten years hence, will depend upon his own ability, but it is certain that if he has graduated, he knows the fundamentals reasonably well. Perhaps the best way of stating the aim of the School of Engineering is to define the word “engineer” in terms of the ideal toward which sincere engineers strive. “An engineer is an honest, dependable, highly technical man of discerning judgment, and who possesses common sense, a knowledge of hurran nature, and a sense of human values.” 3BK • Page 27