Auburn University - Glomerata Yearbook (Auburn, AL)

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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

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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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Academic Department IN 1872 the State of Alabama took over from the Methodist Church a school at Auburn known as the East Alabama Male College, which o{)ened its doors in 1859. The memorial tablet on the South wall of Langdon Hall is dedicated to the students of this early College who lost their lives in the Confederate Army. The Classical College thus established became the nucleus around which was built the present Alabama Polytechnic Institute. It gives instructions in the fundamental subjects required for itself and the technical schools with which it is associated. It also maintains its own prescribed work, which is known as the general course, and awards its own degree for the Bachelor of Science. New subjects have been introduced from time to time and emphasis on the old classical curriculum has been -.abandoned in favor of more lil eral programs offered by modern colleges. By a grouping of electives a student is enabled to specialize in Art, Science or Business, in addition to the required work in History, English, Science, Modern Languages and Economics. After a period of aquiesccnce, interest in the academic work has re-awakened, perhaps, because of more liberal offering. The enrollment has trebled in two years. RUPERT TAYLOR received his B. A. degree at the University of Arkansas in 1908 and his M. A. degree in 1900. At Columbia University the Ph. D. degree was conferred upon him. When the United States entered the World War he gave his services to his country. From 1917 to 1919 he was a first lieutenant in the army; Executive and Confidential Assistant to Military Attache, American Embassy, Rome, Italy. On April 3, 1919, the Royal decree was conferred upon him, Knighthood in the Order of the Crown of Italy. In 1921 he was called to the Alabama Polytechnic Institute as Dean of the Academic Faculty, in which capacity he is still serving. Rupert Taylor, Dean Pate 24