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

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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

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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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THE SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE 1TN this day of the horseless carriage, it might appear, at first glance, that the day of the veterinarians is past. But the School of Veterinary Medicine was established at the A. and M. College of Texas for the purpose of rendering protection to the live stock of the state. At the present time, the value of the live stock of the state is many times greater than it was at the time that the school was established, so that, economically at least, there is a greater need for men trained in this line of work than ever before. Although the idealists insist that money should not be the aim of men, the fact remains that money, because of that which money brings, is very, very desirable to all but an infinitesimal part of the population of the world, and that anything that speaks favorably for itself in terms of dollars and cents has justified its existence, provided that it has not caused anyone undue suffering. It is because of a judgment according to this stand ard that graduates of this school, who have studied Veterinary Anatomy, Medicine and Surgery, Pathology, Physiology, and Pharmacology, are eligible for ap¬ pointments in the U. S. Army, in the Bureau of Animal Husbandry, and as veterinarians in the State Live Stock Commission and in City Boards of Health. Perhaps it is permissible to state, in passing, that the graduates of this school enjoy a distinction that is theirs alone in A. and M. College, in that they are called “Doctor” by virtue of their degrees, and in that they are truly members of an old and dignified profession.