University of Maine - Prism Yearbook (Orono, ME)

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College of Agriculture I T VER since llie founding of the State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, in 1865, agriculture has played an ini|M rtant role in this institution. Located in a slate in which farming is of great importance, the College of Agriculture of the University of Maine has done much to aid Maine farmers. The original equipment of the College con- sisted of two farm homesteads, purchased l the State in 1869. There were no available laboratory facilities and but one instructor, who taught a single curriculum in agriculture to the handful of students enrolled. Today the College is housed in eight large buildings, possesses 645 acres of farm land, and operates a modern dairy and poultry plant. The teaching faculty includes forty-six instructors and professors and five gradu- ate assistants and graduate fellows. Many others are engaged in research in the agricultural prob- lems of our stale and nation. Today a student in the College of Agricul- ture may enroll in curricula leading to a B.S. degree in any one of nine special phases of agri- culture, as well as in bacteriology, biochemistry, botany and entomology, forestry, home econom- ics. or wildlife conservation. In addition to the regular four-year curric- ulum in agriculture, a two-year course is avail- able for those who wish to become practical farmers, but who cannot devote time to full high- school and college training. There are 491 men and 196 women, a total of G87, enrolled in the College of Agriculture for the 1939-1940 school year, making this college the largest branch of the University. Fifth row Osborne. Pope Fourth row Gorham. Chapman. Meyer. Libby. Mundt. Clapp, Raleigh, Dow. Og.lcn, Riley Third row—-Hall, Aldous. Kittams. Marston. Mcndall. Savcraid. Jones, Curtis. Dorsey. Gardner. Snicszko Second row—Swift. Baker. Kelley, Mu»gravc, Swcctm.m. Witter, liorgman, Nesbitt. Snyder. McCarthy. Dirks. Smith First row—Dean Decring. Demerit!, Hill, Cairn». Waring. Smyth, Loriug. Steinnietz, Chucka. Merchant. Greene, Hitchner

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Fourth row—Klein, j.andon, Wcathcrbec, Brush. Stewart, CoRKeshall. Dmcnbury, Wencc. White, V. Whitney. Kimball, Clanvillc, Run ion Third row—Jordan. Crofutt. Bryan, Jones. Reynolds. Sandcrlin. Burn. Hawthorne. Ashby, Turner. Ilobhalt, Flcwellinc. Cooler Second row—Stevens. Crosby. Wilson. Ellis. Oleson, Williams, I.arson. Morrow. Starr. Miles, Ruzzcll. Baxter. Arnold, Crandon First row—Bennett. Kirshen. Smith. Levinson, F.llis, Allen. Bailey, Dickinson, Peterson, Drummond, Huddilston College of Arts and Sciences IN ilie ad providing foi the land grant colleges, Congress directed that agriculture and the me- chanic ails should be taught “without excluding the other scientific and classical studies.” To comply with the evident intention of the act. the Maine State College established very early an Elective Curriculum, for those students who desired a general rather than a technical educa- tion. From 1876 to 1897 this curriculum became more and more popular and developed rapidly in scope. Preparatory Medical and Latin Scienti- fic curricula were added. In 1897. when the State College was reorganized as the University of Maine, the Elective Curriculum became a sep- arate division, called the College of Arts and Sciences. Today, the College has two iinj ortant func- tions. First, it offers curricula leading to the B.A. degree in such major subjects as economics and sociology, English, mathematics, physics, oology, psychology, history and government. foreign languages, speech, and line arts. Of special interest is the five year curriculum in Nursing, established in 1937 with the cooperation of the Eastern Maine General Hospital and the Central Maine General Hospital, which combines a liberal ans education with practical training in nursing. As a second function, the College offers service courses in several departments such as mathematics, English, modern languages, public speaking, psychology, economics, physics, and zoology, for students in other branches of the University. I hose courses proside basic ma- terial for the more specialized study in Agricul- ture and Technology, and also serve to broaden the students’ cultural and intellectual horizon. The faculty of the College of Arts and Sci- ences comprises sixty-four professors and instruc- tors and nine graduate fellows and graduate assistants. There are 369 men and 283 women, or a total of 1132 students, enrolled in ibis college. 22

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College of Technology 'TMIK College of Technology lias expanded ■ - Irom iis small beginning until it includes six departments, each covering a different field of engineering. It took the lead among the de- partments ol Maine State College soon aftei the founding ol the latter, and in the period from 1890 to 1910 was relatively the most important. Ibis branch ol the University expanded very rapidly and is now rated with the leading tech- nological schools in the east, on the basis of equipment and instruction. In i8 8. the value of the physical equipment for the teaching ol science was $141. Today, the equipment of the College of Technology is valued at over $200,000. Ci il Engineering, once taught in one small room with only a transit and level as equipment, now occupies Wingate Hall and lias equipment valued at $50,000. The soil mechanics laboratory of this department cannot be equaled in the east. The Chemical Engineering division has mod- ern. well-equipped laboratories, containing much original apparatus. The Pulp and Paper division is in reality a small paper mill, containing com- plete apparatus for the study and manufacture of pulp and paper. Crosby Laboratory, serving the Mechanical Engineering Department, contains a 15,000 gal- lon water-power layout, including a working model ol Ripogenus Dam. It also contains a solid injection Diesel engine and equipment for the testing ol gasolines and Diesel fuels. The Electrical Engineering Department has equipment valued at $73,000, housed in Lord Hall. Worthy of note are the department’s 150.000 volt transformer, and its complete broad- casting and receiving system. There arc 617 men and one woman, or a total of G18 candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Science, enrolled in the College of Technology. The teaching faculty consists of thirty-six instruc- tors and professors and nine graduate fellows and graduate assistants. Fourth row—Davcc, McNeary. Crabtree, Hogan. Trcfcthen. Martin, Tomlin. Jcnness. Creamer Third row—Sawyer. Otto. K. F. Heimett. KIim. Hill. Robert». Brann, Caulfield, Nolan Second row—Osgood. Stephenson, Taylor. Sparrow, I’lagcman. Lekherg, Sprague. I.yon. Brautlfcht. I.cavitt First row—Bray, Weston. Barrows. Cloke. Bradt. Kent. Evans. Watson. C. E Bennett