Mississippi State University - Reveille Yearbook (Starkville, MS)

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m Dean Weddell The Academic School The Academic School is the youngest of all the schools. It was organized in 1920, and now comprises the departments of Political Science and Sociology, English, History and Economics, Modern Languages, Public Discourse, Physical Education, and Mathematics. Since the college is a technical institution, it has not been deemed wise to offer a course of study leading to an arts degree; hence, the function of the Academic School is limited to that of definitely co-ordinating the work of the academic departments with the several schools which offer courses leading to a degree, and to the securing of closer coherence in matters of depart- mental administration. The departments of the Academic School offer in all the other schools courses essential to a curriculum which attempts to offer a well rounded education. Especially is this true in the Science School, where the student is comparatively free to elect academic courses. Although the courses of study in the Schools of Engineering and Agriculture are largely prescribed, there is some opportunity of election which permits the student to choose additional courses of an academic nature. Students who are not candidates for any degree may, if they so desire, elect academic courses and apply the credits toward an arts degree at other institutions.

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■ Dean (Moody The School of Engineering The Engineering School is at present the largest in the College; it comprises three divisions — Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical. The men in these different divisions are, after the two-year basic course which is the same for all Engineers, given instruction in their individual branches of the profession. This in- struction is intended to give the student a thorough understanding of the basic theories of his subject, and to give h ' m as much practical instruction in the labor, tory and in the field as circumstances and equipment will permit. The equipment of the Engineering Department is fully equal to that in any college of equal rank; es- pecially is this true of the Mechanical and Electrical departments, whose equipment and opportunities for practical shop and testing work are second to none in Southern technical schools. The Civil Engineering Department has a large number of high grade transits, levels, plane tables, and other instruments. In the last two years there have been established a Student Branch of the American Institute of Elec- trical Engineers, a chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and a chapter of the Amer- ican Society of Civil Engineers. These organizations hold regular bi-monthly meetings, at which profes- sional papers are read, debates between students are hJd, and other methods used to hold the student ' s interest in practical engineering. These societies bring to the campus, as speakers, many men prominent and suc- cessful in engineering circles; their experience and advice is of untold worth to the student engineer. In addition to these groups, the Engineering Club, composed of juniors and seniors from the Eng ' neering School as a whole, has the purpose of combining the whole group of engineers in a unit to discuss topics and events relating to the entire school. There is also an organization devoted to the recognition and promotion of engineering scholarship — the Triangle Club, composed of men who have by general ability and scholastic merit gained a place of worth and service to the Engineering School.

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TDean Lipscomb The School of Agriculture Agriculture has been and will be the basic industry of Mississippi, and in the past half century the School of Agriculture of A. and M. College has contributed generously to the growth and improvement of that in- dustry. Due to its importance in this respect, the School of Agriculture has caused the location here of the Experiment Station and the Extension Department. The Agricultural School includes the Departments of Rural Education, Agricultural Economics, Agricul- tural Engineering, Dairy Husbandry, Horticulture, Poultry Husbandry and Veterinary Science. The agri- cultural student may take the degree of Bachelor of Science in either Rural Education, Animal Husbandry, Dairying, Horticulture, Poultry, General Agriculture, or Agricultural Commerce. These men can hold their own anywhere, but they are specially fitted to cope with the problems and conditions in Mississippi, Grad- uates in Animal Husbandry are prepared for livestock farming, which is coming forward as one of Missis- sippi ' s chief occupations. The graduates in Dairying are preparing to take part in the rapidly growing industries of dairy production and dairy manufacturing, which promise much in the future of the state and, indeed, in many districts have already furnished the means to a new prosperity. Milk condenseries, cheese factories, and creameries open new avenues to the young Mississippian interested in Dairying. In the De- partment of Agricultural Economics the students receive training in accounting, statistics, marketing, banking, and the general economic situations to be met in farming, with a general course in agriculture as a basis. They are thus prepared to run farms of their own on a sound financial basis or, through co-operative mar- keting, banking, and other methods, to improve the financial status of the farmer. The Agricultural Club, composed from students from all branches of the School of Agriculture, is the tech- nical organization of that school. It demonstrates its activity and alertness through the columns of its monthly publication, The Magnolia Farmer. The Experiment Station at A. and M., with its branches in various towns throughout the state, is con- tinually conducting experiments to determine the best methods of scientific farming. These research projects total eighteen hundred annually, and furnish valuable information in all lines of agricultural endeavor.