Montana State University Bozeman - Montanan Yearbook (Bozeman, MT)

Page 30 text:

 THE COLLEGE OF HOUSEHOLD AND INDUSTRIAL ARTS The College of Household and Industrial Arts is indeed proud of its Alumnae as they have gone out to real service and positions of trust and filling their places with honor to their Alina Mater. Rapid indeed has been the evolution of women's progress. The old order •S changed and because the woman student today is living in an age that has emerged, quickened and tempered out of a great war she is more likely than her Sister Alumna of a few years ago, to choose the career that is best suited to her taste and talent. From Applied Art. Home economics and Sec-tetarial Departments, women are graduated each year, to go into various occupations to prove their strength and understanding in the beauty and manifold dut ies of life. In the Hook of Proverbs is found: ••Through wisdom is an house huilded and by understanding it is established. And by knowledge shall the V chambers lie filled with all precious and pleasant riches. A woman's happiness conies not from satisfying X Herrick nig a passing whim but in her everyday contacts with the high and low the lame and the halt, particularly net own family to whom she mav give of her resources. This is life abundant and a precious heritage.

Page 29 text:

APPLIED SCIENCE The College of Applied Science ai Montana Store College is playing a very important part in producing well (mined college men. This department gives instruct ion and training in the fundamental sciences as applied to agriculture, engineering, and home economics. A large and important part of the student’s work in the majority divisions is given in the science department. lx the Chemistry Lab It is the policy of the department of botany and bacteriology to give the best possible undergraduate work, sending its best products to the larger uni. versifies for graduate work. The department is also designated to give pm-medical work. Its graduates have been found very acceptable for fellowships in postgraduate schools where they have never failed to make good. Entomology and zoology are playing a big part in the sciences today, h is estimated that five-sixths of the animals in the world are insects. They have much to do with man’s economic welfare, his health and happiness. From a scientific point of view they are among the most profitable forms of study. The entomologist now takes bis place with the engineer, the chemist, the doctor and the lawyer in the professional field. The department of Chemistry takes a very important part in a technical school. Chemistry is applied to the various phases of agriculture, home economics. engineering and many other important industries. To prepare students to take a leading part in the development and operation of those industries and pursuits which are based on the application of chemistry, this institution offers three collegiate courses. These courses are designated as Chemical Engineering. Industrial Chemistry and Hio-Chemistry. The Chemistry building is one of the most modern in the country and is equipped with all the necessary laboratories and facilities for carrying on instructional and research work in chemistry. Entomology Botany

Page 31 text:

Household and Industrial Arts SECRETARIAL SCIENCE The t ollego of Household ami Industrial Arts at Montana Srare Collect is a field of applied knowledge heme its curricula need always to include generous provisions for basic courses in art and sciences. It is the ultimate purpose of the Home Kconomics course to improve the home not only in its various physical phases but also in its aesthetic, economic, educational and social aspect. The home, which is out most conservative social institution, is undergoing many and far reaching changes which eliminate much that was essential in the past but at the same time introduces a host of new and unsolved problems. The home is intended to serve tin various needs of the family group and must therefore Ik sensitive in its adjustment to changing conditions yet consciously conserving its heritage of emotional and spiritual values. It is the aim of tin Home Kconomics Department to equip their graduates with a measure of functional knowledge and also to develop within them ideals, appreciations and an inquiring and open minded attitude which will enable each to work out a solution to her life problems and yield her a satisfying personal philosophy. The Department of Secretarial Science not only prepares men and women for business fields, but also allows elective studies in education sufficient to meet the requirements for teaching of commercial subjects in school. Where the engineer, tin chemist, and the farm specialist work in the realm of production. efficiency measured in terms of physical results, it is the province of the accountant, the statistician, and the business executive to translate this work into terms of financial efficiency in the business enterprise by an analysis of production cost and the forecasting of market values. Good secretaries are always in demand, therefore the course offers training for the business secretary in the keeping of business records, and in the work of the office in the carrying out of the routine of communication between the executive and his contacts both within and outside of the business organization. Cooks Artists