Michigan State University - Red Cedar Log Yearbook (East Lansing, MI)

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i ' LIBERAL ARTS The obligations of a state educational insti- tution today are large as compared with those of a generation ago. Not only more students are enrolled but a much more extensive curric- ulum IS necessary to meet the needs of society. The latter consideration led to the addition of the Liberal Arts Division to the Michigan State College. Through this enlarged curriculum, combined with generous elective privileges, it has become possible for this college to furnish training for a large number of additional pur- poses. First of all such a curriculum takes care of the student who seeks a broad general training in preference to the technical lines. This type of education involves an effort on the part of the student to understand himself, his capacity and his limitations, as well as to appreciate the world in which he lives. Furthermore, it is true that combinations of subject matter in this Division may be utilized as preparation for some vocational service. Nearly any subject, properly supplemented with allied subject matter, may furnish preparation for entrance into the teaching field. A Department of Education furnishes special instruction in the art of teaching and equips the qualified graduate with a life certificate. Economics and related subjects prepare one for the business career. The skillful student of art, including music in its many branches, as well as drawing and painting, finds such training serviceable for commercial purposes, if he likes. A special course m music leads to a life teacher ' s certificate; similarly, a course in drawing termi- nates in the same type of certificate. This Division in cooperation with the Engineering and Home Economics Divisions, furnishes important subjects for the newly established Hotel Administration course, training men and women for this particular business. It is here that the student finds opportunity to study the great human interests which are becoming of constantly greater concern in society. Finally, there are found in this Division two important courses in physical education, one designed es- pecially for men; the other for women. Both lead to college degrees. Obviously, the subject matter of t his division affords generous opportunities for choice of subject matter in planning one s education. In these efforts on the part of the student to discover a suitable educational program for himself, the faculty of Liberal Arts is ever ready to render assistance in the way of advice and suggestion. 21

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THE TREA URER Importance is attached to the office of the treasurer in that the collection of all student fees and all disbursements by the State Board are effected through this office. Class funds, student loans, and publication finances are also ad- ministered by the treasurer. 4 THE REOIJTRAR The office of the Registrar of the College was established in 1908. On June first of that year it opened in one of the upper rooms of the present Entomology building with a staff of one. At that time the student body numbered about 700. The growth of t he College has twice necessitated en- larged quarters, and our present enrollment of over 3,000 requires a staff of six. O THE LIBRARIAN When Michigan State College opened its doors to stu- dents in 1857, It possessed a small collection of books which had been presented by the Michigan Agricultural Society- From this modest beginning has developed a library of more than 70,000 volumes housed in a beautiful building of English Gothic architecture. We are all proud of our library. Vx-NTv O. J . A ' ■ 0-w ? -. 20

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e ■ AGRICULTURE Graduates in agriculture from Michigan State College are to be found throughout Michigan — successful dairymen, poultrymen, live stock breeders, fruit growers, florists, landscape ar- chitects, seed growers, foresters, agricultural teachers, county agents, millers, managers of co- operative elevators, railroad agriculturists and limestone and fertilizer salesmen. Many other states and the federal government have gained leaders in agricultural fields from this Institu- tion. Building on this well established founda- tion, the Agricultural Division gives the neces- sary training and inspiration for men who even- tually find splendid opportunities in the widely diversified field offered by agriculture and in- dustries serving agriculture.