Mississippi State University - Reveille Yearbook (Starkville, MS)

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ENGINEERING ScLd The School of Engineering comprises the departments of Aeronautical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Drawing, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, and Mechanical Engineering. In addition, it makes use of many other departments of the College. All instruction in Engineering subjects is centralized in the Engineering Building, a modern, commodi- ous, fireproof structure with several shop annexes. In this building are the offices, recitation and lecture rooms, general departmental drawing rooms, the shops, laboratories, and museum of the School of Engi- neering. Since laboratory instruction is recognized as an important element of an engineering education, through- out all courses of study in Engineering much time is included for work in laboratory, field and shops, that practical application may go hand in hand with theory. It has been the constant aim of the School to pro- vide complete, practical labor atory equipment, for each and every engineering department, and to keep this equipment up to date at all times. Every effort necessary is made to train students to become independent and efficient workers in their profession. Although this is not a trade school, shop courses are stressed and required of the majority of engineering students. All engineering students are advised and urged to spend their vacation periods in factories, repair shops, power and electric light plants, or with engineering corps in the field, in order to obtain commercial experience, that they may better appreciate the relations of their technical instruction and training to actual work. PATTERSON DEAN PATTERSON One of the most popular schools on the campus, the school of Engineering, is headed by a competent and sincere man, Dean L. L. Patterson. Since the school has taken an added significance due to the need of engineers in the war effort, Dean Pat has given his untiring effort to prepare his students to meet the task. He serves as head of the Department of Electrical Engineering as well as performing his duties as dean of the school. . ' -■

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AGRICULTURAL School DEAN COLMER Dean Colmer is head of the School of Agriculture, a divi- sion which is vital to Mississippi Agriculture. Since he has been a member of the faculty, this department has grown and is now recognized throughout the nation. He has not only shown untiring and conscientious in- terest in this field, but has worked for the betterment of Mississippi State as well. A true lover of State, he holds a high place in the students ' hearts. Ably led by Dean E. B. Colmer, the School of Agriculture comprises nine major departments. They are General Agriculture, Agricultural Administration, Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Engineering, Agronomy, Animal Husbantry, Dairy Husbantry, Horticulture, and Poultry Husbantry. Course offerings in this school are designed to prepare men for the practical affairs of life, for scientific investigation in the various departments of agriculture, for Extension work, for teachers in high schools and colleges, for service in the United States Department of Agriculture, and for various fields of business where an intimate knowledge of scientific agriculture will be of much value in dealing with the farmer and the general public. Instruction in agriculture is divided between field work, class room, and laboratory. The fields, test plots, pastures herds and flocks of the Experiment Station provide excellent material for practical instruc- tion. The poultry plant, greenhouses, agricultural engineering building, and the main agriculture build- ing provide laboratory facilities. In addition to the several class rooms and laboratories in the Agricul- tural Building, the Experiment Station building with its numerous experimental laboratories, and the meats laboratory offers opportunity for special study and observation. The staffs of both the Experiment Sta- tion and Extension Division of the College offer opportunities to students for broadening their professional contacts.

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DEAN BROOKS In his years as dean of the School of Education, Dean B. P. Brooks has greatly advanced the academic standing of his department. He is now holding down two jobs. He is not only dean of the Edu- cational School, but also acting dean of the Busi- ness School. He is steady and efficient as a Dean, capable and conscientious as Director of Instruction, popular and esteemed as a man. BROOKS EDUCATION ScLd The program of the School of Education is of the functional type. Careful consideration has been given to the social and economic needs of Mississippi and to the resources and facilities at Mississippi State College that may be used to serve these needs. This institution has facilities exceptionally well adapted to give train- ing in the following fields: Agriculture, English, mathematics, natural science, physical education, social studies, commercial and distributive occupations, and trades and industry. In these fields the School of education proposes to train high school teachers who will contribute very definitely to the social and eco- nomic welfare of the State. Changes in modern American life are so rapid and so numerous that it is fast becoming necessary for every person to have some systematic plan for keeping his supply of information reasonably up-to-date. In no other way can current developments or the causes underlying them be understood; nor can the possible choices facing American citizens be appreciated except by this means. For many years there has been a growing demand that Mississippi State College, an institution financed by popular support and a part of the public education system of the State, make all its re ources available not only to those privileged to reside on its campus, but also to every Mississippi citizen interested in utilizing the services or the facilities of the College.