Mississippi State University - Reveille Yearbook (Starkville, MS)

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MtVtillt DEAN MOODY The School oi Engineering The School of Engineering offers courses in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Civil Engineering. The course in each of these great branches is so outlined as to fit the student to be of immediate value in practically all of the subordinate positions of the profession and to b: ing him to a point where he may be able to continue his studies professionally and to develop in any particular field which he may choose. As mathematics is. to a large extent, the basis of engineering, the student is given a thorough course in this subject as an important part of his foundation work. Of scarcely less importance is the study of Physics and Chemistry, which give the student a knowledge of the laws of Nature and an understanding of the composition of materials. An extensive course in Eng.ish prepares the engineer to express his thoughts clearly and forcibly. The chief aim of the School is to give the engineer such a combination of general, scientific, and professional training as will fit him for a higher usefulness and success in the industrial development of Mississippi and the South. 24

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:Ol tMtVtilU DEAN BOWEN The School of Business Administration Modern society is complex. This is part icularly true in the field of our relations. Those who do not understand in some measure these relations function of the School of Business at this College, therefore, is conceived to be- that underly our system of finance, our methods of organization and nianag risks involved, and the scientific application of all these in the managemen and in foreseeing and managing for the future. The field is broad and complicated; therefore, the courses are full in content of more than average difficulty. They are made practical through the study applications to Mississippi ' s conditions. In a state like this, where agriculture is the basis of all industry, there i than A. and M. for such training to be given, for here the farmer and th the business training they need, and must have, and the business man may get into the needs of the farmer which is necessary to enable him to help solve of the state. financial problems and are handicapped. The to study the principles ement of business, the t of one ' s own affairs, and in many instances, of problems and their s no more fitting place e engineer may secure the sympathetic insight the economic problems 23

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Mtvtilh DEAN HAND The School of S cience In the numerous technical courses in Agriculture and in Engineering offered at A. and M., advan- tage must be taken of all developments in science and in practice that no aid to progress may be overlooked. The sciences are not merely adjuncts to the various courses of instruction; they form bases upon which such courses must be built. II is obvious, therefore, that the College will guard jealously its facilities for scientif ic work of a high order. It is one of the primary functions of the Science School to supply the fundamental courses in the sciences required in the general scheme of technical training offered by the institution. But the School hands out opportunities that are broader than that. It seeks, through elastic schedules, to present adequate plans of undergraduate work to meet the special requirements of college men of varying predilection and objective. In a large body of enthusiastic students, there are many who hopefully look forward to careers as scientists. Here th y may receive inspiration and begin the accumulation of fundamentals, and, as the years go by, develop a program which will challenge their abilities and resources when they leave to begin graduate work or to find employment. Besides the special courses in the physical and biological sciences, the Science School offers a General Course to men seeking merely sound academic training. Here the liberty of election enables students to pursue more fully their natural inclinations. 25