Brigham Young University - Banyan Yearbook (Provo, UT)

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Biological and Agricultural Sciences

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THE FIRST PRESIDENCY BOARD OF TRUSTEES OPPOSITE PAGE: President Spencer W. Kimball. TOP LEFT: First Presidency and Officers of the Board of Trust- ees, The late First Vice-President N. Eldon Tanner, President Spencer VC. Kimball, Second Vice-President Marion G. Rom ney and Third Vice-President Gordon B. Hinckley. BE- LOW: The Board of Trustees, Marvin J. Ashton, Ezra Tart Benson, Victor L. Brown, Thomas S. Monson, Bruce R. McConkie, Neal A. Maxwell, Boyd K. Packer, Barbara B. Smith.

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' Unity with diversity ' — Biology ' s theme of life Carefully turning the knob of the micro- scope, the student stares as the milky screen focuses into a red sphere. The minute world of virus strains and plant cells become visible for research and discovery for the student of the College of Biological and Agriculture Sciences. The departments of agriculture eco- nomics, agronomy and horticulture, animal sci- ence, food science and nutrition, microbiology and zoology interrelate to educate the student to the characteristics and interactions of life from the postive charged particles of protons — to the statistics of retail food distribution. Dean Bruce N. Smith says, Biology helps discover a theme of life — it bonds a unity with diversity. Studying on a molecular level, similar- ities can be found between a Siberian Tiger and a Redwood tree. Each new discovery of these si- milarities brings the student closer to under- standing himself. And as he understands himself, he can understand how to apply a discovery such as the effects that pollutants have on a cellular level to the ingredients that should be used in a box of laundry detergent. The General Education program capsulates these ideas in the largest enrolled class on the BYU campus: Biology 100. In an effort to make the course not only the biggest but also the best, , the college has the instructors meeting together weekly and teaching each other their class les- sons with all the slides, overheads and visual aids that would be used in the classroom. Develop- ment doesn ' t stop in these meetings, but goes into special quiz sections that the teacher ' s assis- tants coordinate. Result: better instructions, bet- ter interaction and better learning. 5S The animal science department houses this bovine border as well as other species for study and breeding. Dean Bruce N. Smith says, Biology helps discovet a theme to life . . . The Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum attracts students like Jeff Robison who are cutious to know what it would be like to have walrus tusks. Professor Richard Heninger and student Meryl Chtis- tinsen discuss tesearch expetiments in the laboratory. Other museum visitors like Alan Hoffman enjoy the live exhibits such as this boa constrictot named Harold . f