Auburn University - Glomerata Yearbook (Auburn, AL)

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, , l'4 'I s . I i it I Fl , ifglw R:-:aes What Auburn ls An instrumentality of the State and not just a col- lege, Auburn has her three broad fields of use- fulness in the work of Alabama. First, the Ala- bama Polytechnic Institute, familiarly known as Auburn, is an institution of learning where young men and young women may obtain a college edu- cation but with special emphasis upon Agriculture, Engineering, the sciences and the preparation for the fundamental and related vocations constituting the surrounding rural life, industrial and business life and the fundamental training in citizenship necessary for the development of the individual in his relation to his fellow citizens and the State. The second great function of this institution is re- search, the finding out of facts, the development of knowledge, the study and determination of those scientific, economic and social factors the knowledge of which is necessary for the people of the state in meeting their problems in an ad- vancing civilization. No institution can teach well without thirst for knowledge, nor can an institu- tion be prepared to advise wisely on matters af- fecting the people without the acquisition of knowledge in advance of the times. The third great purpose of Auburn is the dissemination of knowledge to all the people of the state, particular emphasis being laid upon the agricultural or rural population of Alabama. Through representa- tives of the institution residing and working in the various counties, Auburn deals more intimately with the lives and the work of thousands of its citizens than any other institution in the State. 0240

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Accomplishing The student body has increased from 1,615 in the regular session of 1927-28 to 2,007 in 1931-32, an increase of more than 24 per cent. Including the summer' school and the short courses, the total number coming to the campus each year for in- struction is more than 5,300. The research work in Agriculture has been greatly extended to meet the needs of the State in the new day when cot- ton becomes less dependable as a source of income. Five branch experiment stations and ten fields are used to study soils, crops, livestock, cost of pro- duction, farm management and many other prob- lems affecting farmers. Chemistry, Physics and Engineering branches are also undertaking lines of work the results of which are attracting sci- entists, business men, farmers and citizens gen- erally to Auburn as a source of information. The outstanding accomplishment in the scientific world is the discovery of a new element by Doctor Al- lison and the naming of that element after the great state of Alabama. Last, but by no means least, the tremendous effort of the Extension Work in Agriculture and Home Economics working dil- igently with the organized farmers of Alabama and with the citizens everywhere to establish a bet- ter and more dependable farm life on a new plane Of economic independence and resourcefulness. A Conservative estimate of the number of people reached in this way by effective work would be 100,000 and through these the work of Auburn IS felt in every home in the rural sections of Ala- bama. 9250 F-itigtiif iii'