Mississippi State University - Reveille Yearbook (Starkville, MS)

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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.

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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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DEAN DRENNON Dean of the Graduate School since its creation in 193 5, Dr. Herbert Drcnnon has succeeded in estab- lishing a comprehensive and well-balanced curri- culum. His increasing effort is seen in the expan- sion of the department and his eagerness to help the students. His innate friendliness and sympathetic understanding of student problems has won him a prominent place in the respect and admiration of the State people. DRENNON Dean of Graduate School BUSINESS ScLo The School of Business and Industry, organized in 19 H, is the oldest college school of business in the State and one of the oldest in the South. It is a professional school which trains persons for positions in the fol- lowing fields: Accounting, Banking, Commercial Aviation, Insurance, Merchandising, Production Man- agement, Public Administration, Secretarial Science, Institutional and Industrial Management, and General Business. The School of Business and Industry represents an expansion of a broad program of business administra- tion training which the divisions of Agriculture, Engineering, and Science had maintained in order to give their students advanced knowledge in business fields. One of the major functions of the School is to con- tinue its services to the other schools on the campus by offering work which is designed especially for them. The major purpose of the School of Business and Industry, which consists of the departments of Busi- ness Administration, Economics and Sociology, Government, and History, is to train men to assume posi- tions of responsibility in private and public businesses and professions in the State of Mississippi.