University of Georgia - Pandora Yearbook (Athens, GA)

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COLLEGE OF S. WALTER MARTIN Dean The Franklin College of Arts and Sciences is the oldest unit within the University of Georgia, having been established in 1801. The College of Arts and Sciences was the University of Georgia for the first half century. The traditional liberal arts degrees, the A.B. and B.S., are offered in ad- dition to the B.S. in Chemistry and the Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees. Besides the many majors in the college, almost every student vho registers in the University must take some liberal arts courses. The college embraces the basic program for all curricula. The faculty consists of 150 veil-trained and qualified staff members. Many of the liberal arts graduates continue their studies in graduate, law, medical, or theo- logical schools; others go into business or a pro- fession without further preparation. The pur- pose of a liberal arts education is to develop the intelligence, the ideals, and the physical body of the whole man, rather than to teach the technique of how to do a particular job or trade. The cur- riculum leads a student into the study of one or all the great fields of kno-wledge — the biological sciences, the physical sciences, the social sciences, the humanities, and the fine arts. Several of the twenty departments of the College of Arts and Sciences have national reputations, as a result of quality performance vithin a restricted area. A number of the staff members are recognized au- thorities in their respective fields of study. Of the five distinguished Regents professorships in the University, four are held by faculty members of the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. The Franklin College of Arts and Sciences has long been highly respected, not only in Georgia, but throughout the entire southeast. From it have come some of the South ' s most prominent states- men, educators, ministers, and business men. The present faculty and administrative officers strive to uphold and further its good reputation.

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COLLEGE OF . aricultare The College of Agriculture offers courses in three fields — agriculture, agricultural engineer- ing, and landscape architecture. Degree-course programs are offered in each of these. There are many opportunities to specialize in these three fields, including work in agricultural chemistry, agricultural education, agricultural economics, agricultural extension training, agron- omy, animal husbandry, botany, dairying, ento- mology, food technology, general agriculture, horticulture, plant pathology and plant breeding, poultry husbandry, rural electrification, soil and water conservation, and rural industries and services. The 2,47 5-acre college farm carries beef cattle, dairy cattle and other livestock herds, and the poultry farm serves one of Georgia ' s rapidly grow- ing industries through its program of practical experience and research. The College of Agriculture Extension Service reaches into every Georgia county and annually contacts the majority of Georgia ' s farm families. There is a county agent vho works primarily with farmers and a home demonstration agent working primarily with farm women in nearly every Georgia county. Both county and home demonstration agents work with and train 4-H Club boys and girls. On the Athens campus the state Extension Service headquarters staff is made up of some 50 specialists in nearly every phase of farming and homemaking plus an administrative group. In addition to the regular teaching and exten- sion programs, the experiment stations in the state make up a major phase of the College of Agricul- ture. There are stations at Athens, Griffin, Tif- ton, Blairsville, Calhoun, Plains, and Midville. There is a station ifithin 90 miles of every Georgia farm family. The College of Agriculture here is the youngest in the nation. The main building on the College of Agriculture campus, Conner Hall, was constructed in 1907. The present dean and director. Dr. C. C. Murray, assumed his duties in 1950. The College sponsors numerous student activi- ties each year that attract high school graduates from all over the state. The Little International Livestock Show, the annual 4-H Club Carnival and annual Dairy Day are anong the major events sponsored.

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I COLLEGE OF . . . (I5u6ine66 In the College of Business Administration stu- dents learn by doing. Its intern program saw students studying on the job in Ne v York, Chi- cago, New Orleans, and other large business points, as well as in Athens and the entire state of Geor- gia. Its fashion show, its co-operative program, jits laboratories — all are places where theory and [practice combine to form a sound basis for learn- ing about business. The largest college on the campus in terms of enrollment, the College of Business Administration was begun in 1912 as the School of Commerce. ! The Bachelor of Business Administration degree is aw arded upon completion of the four-year pro- gram. Majors are available in Statistics, Market- ' ing, Finance, Real Estate, Insurance, Economics, Aeronautical Administration, Personnel Manage- ment, Retailing, Secretarial Studies, Traffic Man- ■ agement. Public Administration, Accounting, and General Business.