Montana State University - Sentinel Yearbook (Missoula, MT)

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BOTANY .IriSRI-U I-!. KlIiKW ' 13 XUCMAS BAB by year new discoveries are made in subjects related to botany. AH matters dealing with the life, behavior, clistrilmtion or classified inn nf plants, hoth in nature and under cultivation, belong to botanical science. There are three reasons why one should study botany: (1) Its value as a cultural asset. Nature, through the plant world, touches human lives at many points of intellectual and emotional interest. (2) Its prac- tical value. There is scarcely a phase of existence but stands in some material ivlaitimi to plant life. (3) It vocational value. Research m both pure and applied botany, plant breeding, exploration, landscape pardon- ing, museum work, industrial interests, teaching and other lines offer Clean, interesting, dignified and remunerative employment. The aim and purpose of the Department of Botany is first to present the subject to students of the State University with either the cultural or vocational outlook. Standards of this school compare favorably with those of any other institution in the country. Research and publication are also a part of the departmental work, The present staff consists pi I ro feasor Kirk wood. Assistant Professor Graff and Instructor Severy. Mir: Kirk wood ' s special field of interest is the distribution and classification of plants, Mr. Graff specializes in the fuimj and plant diseases and Mr. Kevery ' s work is principally in plant nhysiolupy ami structure.

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BIOLOGY l r ift:nxfir Mi HI l i i -I . Kl.linji Iiiftiriutiif I Id; 1 1 l . tfrlMPklfr OrifSKS in the Department of Rinfogy at tin: State University lead the student to a widely varied study, both in the classroom and the field Biology is the science of living things, their organic structure, of I he laws by which they are controlled, of their utility to man and their relationship to htm and of man s relationship to the world about him. Through ihe study of biology, the student o! .tains a knowledge of the world of life in which he is a part. The biological expert may enter federal research work, he may become a .sanitary engineer, he may direct and manage a museum, he may became a teacher or he may concentrate his knowle lge in medicine, Montana pre-medic students arc fully prepared for admission lo any medical school or college in the t inted States. An important part of the Department of Biology at the State Univer- sity is the Biological station at Yellow bay on Flathead lake. The Univer- sity owns eighty-nine acres at the bay, with nearly a mile ami a half of shore line, forty acres on Wild Horse island and forty acres on Bull (Idlewilde) island. Building equipment at the station comprises a sub- stanti al brick laboratory, a log dining room, a kite hen and a group of sleeping lenls. Other equipment necessary for research work includes sixteen and thirty-foot gasoline launches, a row boat, collecting apparatus and Juhornloi-y instruments The station is located in virgin forest between the lake and the Mission mountains, which rise to an elevation ot 8 600 feet at this point. An oppor- tunity La provided here for field work which cannot be accomplished in the regular routine of a university program. M

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CHEMISTRY Prof teMi n lu H BD II. Jfcssl:, ii.MHMa.v Wji.ua m fjk Bai r, m . I xxttrin t • Pr fr x ut ' ■ I II El iwil ■losrrir VY, IIowjlHH ISutBB CAmflrHf, HKMISTRY at the State University includes a cur- riculum appealing to any student interested in major or minor work in this subject. The courses lead from general chemistry three quarters of fundamental stilly, la advanced courses and research for graduates. Following the general course is a more extended and detailed study oi fundamentals in inorganic chemistry and qualitative analysis. This course includes the properties and relations of the non-metallic inul niHallic ele- ments and the theory and methods of inorganic qualitative analysis. The theory of, and the methods for the detection and separation of the principal inorganic basic and acidic ions is studied in qualitative analysis. Quantitative chemistry deals with an introduction to qualitative gravi- metric and volumetric methods, while a briefer survey of the field of or- ganic chemistry, intended for students of pharmacy and home economics, is made in a course titled organic chemistry. Undergraduates and graduates may undertake studies in carbon com- pounds, physiological, textile, physical, inorganic and organic industrial chemistry. The department is prepared to arrange, for properly qualified students, advanced and research courses iri inorganic, analytical, organic, physical or industrial chemistry and in biochemistry.