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

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The Commandant Hl HE Commandant is the branch of the administrative machinery of the College which is probably closer in touch with the individual student than any other. To a great extent the proper functioning of the disciplinary routine of the entire student body rests with the Commandant’s Office. Not only are the cadets subject to its action, but the non-military students also feel its hand. All of the demerit system of discipline is handled through the Commandant’s Office. Thus the Commandant’s Office con¬ ducts not only a function of the military part of the College, but co-operates with the academic division as well, which has proven to be a very effective arrangement. The Commandant is not only at the head of the routine disciplinary office of the College, but he is the head of the Depart¬ ment of Military Science and Tactics. This is one of the three largest departments of the College, at times having approxi¬ mately 2,000 students under its instruction. This department is not only charged with the instruction in Military Science and Tactics, but also with the organization of the Cadet Corps and the selection of the cadet officers and noncommissioned officers who are appointed on the recommendation of the Professor of Military Science and Tactics and with the approval of the President of the College. Courses are given in Infantry, Cavalry, Field Artillery, Air Corps and Signal Corps, each of which, when successfully completed and one summer camp attended, leads to a commission as a second lieutenant in the Officers’ Reserve Corps of the branch selected by the cadet. This latter appointment is contingent upon the student’s graduation from the College. Each of the branches has its quota of commissioned and noncommissioned instructors from the regular army. For the purposes of instruction and administration the Cadet Corps is divided into an Infantry Regiment, a Cavalry Squadron, a Field Artillery Battalion, an Air Corps Squadron and a Signal Corps Battal ion, each of which is commanded and officered by cadet officers. The cadet officers are held responsible to a great degree for the discipline and instruction of the cadets during the military training period. The military instruction at A. and M. College is given a very high rating by the War Depart¬ ment, this institution having been found worthy of the award of “The Distinguished Rating” each year since 1910. The officers of the department as well as the Cadet Corps take a great deal of pride in the high standard attained and are constantly attempting to improve it. The rating of the college by the War Department is made on a competitive basis. Competition among the colleges of the country is getting stronger each year; so that it is a task of increasing difficulty which requires the best co-operation of the cadets and army officers to retain the high rating held by the College in the past. Charles J. Nelson Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Army Commandant ! » jn ■------ au Sf Page 19

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Tlie Board of Directors F. M. Law Byrd E. White S. G. Bailey . OFFICERS President Vice-President Secretary Terms Expire 1929 F. M. Law Byrd E. White Walter G. Lacy Terms Expire 1931 W. A. WURZBACH FI. C. SCHUHMACHER W. T. Montgomery Terms Expire 1933 E. J. Kiest P. L. Downs, Jr. G. Raleigh White f ' TT ' FIE Board of Directors is an important unit in the administration of the College. Four if or five times each year the Board meets to discuss and decide upon matters which involve the general policies of the College. With its approval the President, the Administrative Council, and the Executive Board manage the affairs of the institution and its branches. Such matters as the purchase of property and the location of new buildings must meet the approval of the Board. The Board is charged with the fixing of salary scales. All appointments must meet with its sanction. One of its foremost functions is the submission of the budget request of the College to the State Legislature. Back row —Law, Walton, Downs, Montgomery, Lacy Front row —Schuhmacher, G. R. White, Wurzbach, Kiest, B. E. White, Bailey Page 18

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The Graduate School COURSES Agricultural Administration Agricultural Education Agricultural Engineering Agriculture Architecture Chemical Engineering Civil Engineering Electrical Engineering Industrial Education Mechanical Engineering Rural Education Science Veterinary Medicine Charles Puryear, M.A., C.E., LL.D. Dean f ' fP ' HE Graduate School was established in 1924. Prior to that time graduate work was ad- ministered by the General Faculty, acting through a committee on graduate st udies. The faculty of the Graduate School consists of various members of the teaching staff and of the staff of the Agricultural Experiment Station determined by the General Faculty, and has juris¬ diction over all matters relating to graduate work. The principal aim of graduate study is the development of the power of independent work and the promotion of the spirit of research. Each candidate for a degree is expected to have a wide knowledge of his subject and of related fields of work; the graduate student is not expected to get from lecture and laboratory courses all the knowledge and training necessary to meet the requirements for his degree. The completion of an approved course of study in the graduate school leads to the degree of Master of Science. Professional degrees in engineering—Ghemical Engineer, Civil Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Mechanical Engineer—are offered on the basis of acceptable professional experience, a thesis, and an examination. The Master’s degree denotes that attainment which a student of good native ability, who has received an appropriate bachelor’s degree, may reasonably expect to attain in one year of entire and successful devotion to advanced studies, with adequate facilities and under competent direction. The courses of study leading to this degree do not make research the chief considera¬ tion, but are intended to serve as an introduction to the methods and discipline of research. The College offers annually a limited number of graduate scholarships and of graduate fellowships. An applicant for a scholarship or a fellowship must meet the requirements for ad¬ mission to the Graduate School and must express his intention of completing in this College the requirements for the master’s degree. He must also agree, in consideration of the award, to render a reasonable amount of service, to be determined by the Dean of the Graduate School and the head of the department in which he takes his major work. Nominations to scholarships or fellowships are made on the basis of worthiness of character, scholastic attainments, and promise of success in the field of study to which the applicant pro¬ poses to devote himself. They are made by the Dean of the Graduate School, subject to the approval of the President. The Texas Power and Light Company offers a graduate fellowship in engineering having a value of six hundred dollars and open to graduates from the Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering courses. Page 20 jgr