Auburn University - Glomerata Yearbook (Auburn, AL)

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(allege of 'Veterinary rJXCedicine THE Veterinary College at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute was opened in 1907, and it was the first of its kind to be established in the South. Prior to 1907, for fifteen years, the Alabama Polytechnic Institute maintained a department of Veterinary Science but during that time it granted no degrees. From 1907 to 1923 this college has graduated one hundred and eightv-two veterinarians. Some of these graduates are practicing throughout the Southland while others are teaching in Southern schools. During the World War over eighty of these men gave their service to the Government. The livestock sanitary work is preventing and eradicating animal diseases throughout the country. There is a great field for the services of qualified graduate veterinarians in this line of work. The demand is growing and will continue to grow for veterinary practitioners; for livestock sanitarians to prevent diseases; for veterinary teachers; for Government Inspectors of meat, food and milk. Veterinary medical graduates of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute are eligible to membership in the American Veterinary Medical Association; for livestock sanitary service in all states and cities. The department offers the regular four-year course in Veterinary Medicine, and a combined six-year course leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. CHARLES ALLEN CARY' is a graduate of Iowa State College, from which he received his B. S. degree in 1885 and his I). V. M. in 1887. He then attended the South Dakota Agricultural and Mechanical College for three years. In 1890 he came to Auburn as head of the Veterinary Department, in which capacity he has served with untiring efforts for the past thirty-four years. Dean Cary is president of the National Veterinary Association of America. Ciiari.ks Ai.i.bx Cary, Dean Page 2

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School of Qiemistry and 'Pharmacy The Chemical Department of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute offers courses of instruction leading to degrees in Chemical Engineering and in Chemistry and Metallurgy. Graduates in the courses in Chemistry are occupying important positions throughout the country in connection with college departments of chemistry, experiment station laboratories, State a d Federal laboratories for the inspection and control of fertilizers, feedstuffs, foods and other commodities. In addition to this, numbers of men are sent out by this department in charge of important industrial plants or with laboratories which exercise chemical control over the operation of such plants. The State Chemical Laboratory is con- nected with, and is a part of, the Chemical Department of the Institution, and for Bknnbtt Battle Ross, Dean many years has rendered important and efficient service in protecting the consumers of the State. This Department also renders valuable service to the citizens of the state through the examination or analyis of plants, soils and miscellaneous products. BENNETT BATTLE ROSS received his B. S. degree from the Alabama Polytechnic Institute in 1881 and his M. S. degree in 1880. He spent one year abroad in the universities of Gottingen and Berlin. Upon his return he held the Chair of Chemistry at L. S. U. for the term of six years. In 1893 he returned to his Alma Mater as head of the Chemistry Department, in which capacity he is still serving. In 1917 the Southern University conferred the degree of LL. D. upon him. During the World War Dr. Ross rendered valuable service to his country. He was a member of the State Board of Industrial Preparedness; Associate Member of the Naval Consulting Board of the United States, lie is a member of the Fellow A. A. A. S., Association of Official Agricultural Chemists of the United States, and the American Chemical Society. Pagt 21

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College of Engineering and cArchitecture AUBURN is a pioneer among engineering colleges, not only in the South but in the nation. It was organized as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama Polytechnic Institute and under this name the engineering college made rapid development. The department of Electrical Engineering was established in 1891, one of the earliest in the country. This was followed by the departments of Architecture, Chemical, Mechanical, Architectural and Highway Engineering. These courses are well established and are doing work of the highest nature. There has been a steady growth in the registration in Engineering courses, and at present we have the largest number in the history of the institution. The graduates from Auburn receive wide recognition from industrial concerns in Alabama and in other states which employ college men. A number of the largest companies in the United States take men from our graduating class. The work of Auburn has been an important factor in the industrial development of Alabama. The engineering college at Auburn has been fortunate enough to retain for a long period the same staff of loyal and efficient instructors. They have carried heavy schedules and with unbounded enthusiasm have cheerfully responded to every demand made upon them. An important step forward has been taken by the Engineering department in the development of research work by the establishment of an Engineering Experiment Station. JOHN JENKINS WILMORE received the degrees of B. S. and M. E. at Purdue University. He is a member of Tau Beta Pi and Phi Kappa Phi honor societies. He also.stands high in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Society for Promotion of Engineering Education, Alabama Educational Association, Fellow American Association for advancement of science. He started teaching in Auburn in 1888. In 1893 he was made professor of Mechanical Engineering and in 1907 Dean of the College of Engineering, in which office he is now serving. John Jenkins Wilmore, Dean Page 23