Mississippi State University - Reveille Yearbook (Starkville, MS)

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school of forestry Work in the Forestry School, like that in most schools, is not limited to classroom work, but includes many interesting and ed- ucational hours of work in the field, putting into practice classroom principles. Physical facilities for forestry instruction are centered about the Northeast Mississippi Experimental Forest, an 8,000 acre tract owned by the University and managed by the School of Forestry. This property, which furnishes valuable source materials for the foresters, lies within 15 miles of the school and is well stocked with a variety of timber types, tree species, and age classes. Mississippi State serves the people of Mississippi in a twofold way: educating competent foresters and conducting research to keep Mississippi green.

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28 school of engineering Aeronautical, agricultural, civil, electrical, mechanical, nuclear, and petroleum engi- neering are offered in either a four year plan with a Bachelor of Science in your chosen field, or a five year plan for all but agricul- tural, conferring a B.S. in business adminis- tration. With the development and expansion of the graduate school, higher degrees are now being offered in the engineering professions. The curriculum of the school is fully ac- credited by the Engineers ' Council for Pro- fessional Development, a council which sets the standards for engineering schools throughout the country. This means that the work of the school is of the highest quality. The Engineering School, in line with the tremendous upsurge in technical occupations has grown amazingly in recent years.

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the graduate school The Graduate School has been in opera- tion since 1936 and in the last eight years has given more Master ' s Degrees than the whole school gave Bachelor ' s Degrees from the time of its founding in 1880 until the Graduate School was formed in 1936. Until 1958 Ph.D. degrees were given only in Agronomy but an expanded graduate program in the past few years saw the es- tablishment of these degrees in the fields of Animal Science, Plant Science, Engineer- ing and Physical Science, Bi ological Science, and Social Science.