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

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Burlingame, Cannon, Hansen, Brewer Supplementary to our major fields here in college, is the Service Course Department. lt is com- prised of English, headed by Professor W. F. Brewer, Education, headed by lVIiss Leora Hapner, Music, under the direction of Professor Bert Hansen, History, headed by Dr. Merril G. Burlingame, and Nlodern Language, headed by Dr. H. S. Cannon. The department has a very definite place in giving our students a broad education and cultural background which is so vital to the present college majors. Supplementary to this division are the General Engineering Division headed by Professor R, T. Challender and various service courses of the agricultural field. Professor O. W. llflonson heads the Irrigation Department in which much valuable material to our farming communities is compiled each year. The Veterinary Department under the able guidance of Dr. Welch plays a great part in the well rounded education of those majoring in Agriculture. Also important is the Agricultural Engi- neering Division headed by Professor H. E. Murdock. Nliss Leora Hapner heads the Education and Psychology Depart- ment, and is in charge of the correcting of all freshman placement tests and the distributing of these tests to administrative and departmental heads. These tests are given as an aid to the orientation and guidance of incoming freshmen in regard to their choice of a curriculum. Miss Hapner is responsible for a large part of the success of High School VVeek. She checks all requisitions and orders and supervises the distribution of tests sent to representatives for High School Week. Hun- dreds of thousands of standardized tests have passed through her office. The placement of a majority of seniors training for teachers is also handled by Miss Hapner in her position as head of the Education. Bliss Leora Hapner Twenty-eight

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One of the most interesting of science researches is being carried on by Dr. B. L. Johnson in the utilization of common wheat straw. Dr. Johnson found, in prelim- inary studies carried out in 1935, that straw might be treated to greatly increase its nutritive value. Following this lead, he soon learned that treating the straw with a dilute acid would prevent bacterial decomposition, and at the same time would increase the reducing sugar con- tent of the straw from 100912 to 6007-. Further studies also indicated that this product would be palatable and digestible for animal consumption. Recent work on this project has centered about the possibilities of increasing the decomposition of the crude fiber content of the straw. This is the reaction which brings about the increase in nutritive value. Thus far, however, nothing has been dis- covered which is more effective than the original dilute acid treatment. The results of this research have already yielded many valuable facts, and further developments will undoubtedly add a great deal to scientific knowledge. Dr. B. L. Johnson The lVIathematics Department is fortunate in having as its supervisor, Professor VV. D. Tallman, who is nationally known in the mathematics field. This curriculum is the basis for many of the courses on the hill and especially plays an important role in the engineering courses. Mr. Tallman has written several texts on mathematics, which are used here and in other technical schools. The economic aspects of entomology and the especially strong background for graduate study have made the Entomology Department one of the outstanding ones on the campus. Dr. Mills, though a comparative newcomer to our school, has done much for the college and the state of Montana by way of insect control and the effi- cient use of the funds set aside for that purpose. Professor lVI. H. Spaulding is again with the faculty this year after a year's sabotical leave. He is head of the Zoology Department and is well known and liked by the students. He has a fine sense of humor and is always willing to show the be- ginning students the correlation between a well ordered system of zoological classifi- cation and a well ordered professor's desk. ' Twenty-seven I Talhnan Nlills Spaulding

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Ed Howard Off-campus activities conducted by the Ag- ricultural Extension Service of Montana State College reach a surprisingly large number of ru1'al people every year. Through farm and home visits, personal contacts and letters supplying information requested, a total of 285,727 were reached in 1938. With the tremendous increased demand upon extension workers, due to the many new agri- cultural problems requiring much educational work, the use of trained rural leaders has ex- panded greatly. ln 1938 more than 5000 vol- untary leaders rendered indispensable aid, 1500 in junior and 3500 in adult work, all-time high in the number of trained leaders since extension work was started in Montaiia. Through the combined efforts of such local leaders and extension people, 8718 boys and girls carried on -l-H club projects during 1938 making it the most outstanding year in the history of this work. These projects netted over 560,000.00 in the production of crops and livestock, poultry and food for home living. Director Taylor supervises and directs this department and its many workers. Twenty-nine lVIontana State College may boast of alumni in all parts of the world, including Wales, South America, Africa, Australia, Alaska, Persia, and India. lVIany of these alumni are engaged in aviation, exploration and all kinds of engineering. One graduate of M. S. C. is a missionary in Persia, and two alumni are now college presidents. The 15,000 alumni of M. S. C. are bound together by an alumni association which tries to provide them with contacts among them- selves and tries to further the interests of the college. Ed Howard, executive secretary of the association, has as part of his duties the supervising of the publishing of a creditable alumni magazine, The Collegian, the or- ganizing of alumni groups in different places and the directing and making possible college publicity everywhere. , Aside from his numerous duties as repre- sentative for the alumni, Ed Howard also handles the funds and accounts of most of the organizations on the campus. He supervises the issuance of all student activity tickets and handbooks, thereby keeping in constant touch with the student body. John C. Taylor