University of Arkansas Fayetteville - Razorback Yearbook (Fayetteville, AR)

Page 31 text:

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING An engineer, in using and utilizing the forces of nature and in directing men, may find his field of usefulness in serving society as a professional engineer, who may teach, en g a g e in research, or, as a professional engi¬ neer, advise others. Such men should have mastered the physical sciences and mathe¬ matics, and be proficient in some branch of Engineering. The man with aptitude for engineering, but having a lesser knowledge of the funda¬ mentals, may find useful employment in pro¬ duction or installation of machinery, estima¬ tion or appraisal, sales work or operation. The training one receives in an engineer¬ ing college fits him for service in a number of fields and should he find himeslf in some other vocation, the t raining he has received w iH be of great benefit to him. Dean W. N. Gladson Our Engineering College is well equipped for training men in the fundamentals. Our faculty is small in number but every man has been chosen because of his ability and high standing in the field that he represents. Our laboratories, supplied with the best available instruments offer the best opportunities for the graduate student as well as the undergraduates.

Page 30 text:

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION The major function of the College of Education with reference to teacher training is two-fold, guidance and preparation. In the preparation of teach ers the College de¬ pends largely on the subject matter depart¬ ments of the other divisions of the Univer¬ sity, articulating the work of these depart¬ ments for the needs of the prospective teachers and supplementing their efforts with appropriate courses of a professional nature. In performing the guidance function the College attempts to represent the interests of the prospective teachers in all colleges of the University. While other divisions enroll stu¬ dents who expect to teach, the College of Education is vested with the responsibility for leadership in the University’s training program, a responsibility which involves the continuous study of problems of placement and of improved articulation between college prepara¬ tion and work in the field. The student teacher is given practical training in practice teaching and they are given certifi¬ cates, which allows them to teach in the State, when the course is successfully completed. Dean C. E. Prall

Page 32 text:

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE HE College of Agriculture of the Uni¬ versity of Arkansas is one of the new col¬ leges of the University. The University, as originally organized, was not divided accord¬ ing to present designations. Courses in agri¬ culture were offered almost from the open¬ ing—January 22, 1872—of the University, but the College of Agriculture was not established under its present name until 1905, twenty-eight years ago. As educational matters are reckoned, our College of Agriculture, is, therefore, only a baby. Many other states have similar colleges twice as old as ours and although our College is young it has widespread effect on our state and other states through the work of the students that have graduated. The business of the College of Agriculture does Dean Dan T. Gray not consist wholly in finding and developing young men and women for leadership in Arkansas, but that is one of its chief jobs. That the job of the developing leadership is being pursued vigorously is evidenced by the fact that the College now has approximately 150 of its grad¬ uates in positions of public leadership in Arkansas and still others have a part in the business and agricultural life of the state.