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

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HOME ECONOMIC The scope of the field of Home Economics is increasingly far reaching and, therefore, pro- fessional opportunities for women with this training are becoming more varied. This neces- sitates thorough preparation in the fundamental sciences, English, economics and sociology as well as in the various departments of this divi- sion. However, the purpose of the division is not primarily to (it the students for professions, but rather to prepare them for living and to enable them to apply modern resources to the improvement of the home. 1 N E ' ' ' ' ' 1 t 4 III |wi.iTiii|iii . 25

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V O 1- J- f .L ' . » ' y-- ' ■ ' ■ Vti APPLIED CIENCE The Applied Science Division was established in the fall of igii as a result of the feeling among the faculty that an opportunity ought to be pro- vided for training m the fundamental sciences without necessarily having to study the special applications of these sciences as given in Agri- culture, Engineering, Home Economics and Veterinary courses, the only ones offered at this college up to that time. The first Dean of the Applied Science course was Dr. F. S. Kedzie, who had just resigned the presidency which he held for five years, and who had for many years before that been connected with the De- partment of Chemistry. In this course, a student IS able to get a thorough training m some of the more important sciences, while at the same time having opportunity to devote considerable time to various other lines of study, not necessarily scientific but cultural. It is in this course that the students preparing themselves for dentistry and medical training find it most convenient to get their preliminary training. m » ii

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y.t mik ' e VETERINARY MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY Medicine has always had its roots in science. It has not always been well nourished since science has had a marked development only recently. Michigan State College was founded with a view to presenting the sciences as a foundation for agriculture. Naturally, veterinary medicine, which has to do with the relation of medicine to the lower animals, has always been given a prominent place in the curriculum and in the experimental work of the College. Veterinary medicine makes the same demand on the sciences as does human medicine. Michi- gan State College does not offer a course in human medicine, but it does give premedical work to both prospective medical and dental students. In addition, there is offered a full four- year course in veterinary medicine. The graduates from this course are making a success in practice and are tilling positions of responsibility all over the world. The opportunities in this field are not surpassed in any field for which college furnishes training. Michigan State College also offers a full four-year course in medical biology or technology. Men and women are trained in this course in chemistry, bacteriology and pathology, so that they bring these sciences to the aid of the medical profession in its effort to prevent and cure diseases of man. This course is the only one of its kind offered in the United States. It is proving to be popular and meets an urgent need. We are especially well located with reference to the State Health laboratories and large hospitals m Lansing to give instruction in medical biology. 41-Oku. ife-.