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

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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.

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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.

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COLLEGE OF BUSINESS EDUCATION The School of Business Administration offers comprehensive courses of training for men and women planning on business car¬ eers. In addition to instruction in the sub¬ ject matter of accounting, banking, finance, law, management, marketing statistics and so forth, the courses are designed to emphasize the economics principles underlying our com¬ plex civilization, to distinguish their bearing on the formulation of sound business policies, and to develop in the student a faculty of analysis and a skill in the solution of busi¬ ness problems. Because business is as broad as life itself, the business curricula include a wide range of liberal and professional courses offered in other divisions of the University. The viewpoint is managerial. On the executives of concerns throughout the busi¬ ness world have devolved responsibilities for the welfare of peoples, the importance of which has become recognized by all too few social scientists. The benefits of modern industrial organizations are apparent. Interference by political authority is fraught with danger and ulti¬ mate loss. Regulation by economic and business experts offers more hope. Through education, it may be reasonably expected that such national plagues may gradually disappear. Dean C. C. Fitchner