New Mexico State University - Swastika Yearbook (Las Cruces, NM)

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bm in Cs!-vat-Con ASSYSTANT T0 THE PRESIDENT, G. L. GUTHRHZ As his TiTle indicaTes, G. I.. C5uThrie, has many duTies besides his insTrucTor- ship in business adminisTraTion. In The capaciTy oT The presidenT's assisTanT, he assumes execuTive responsibiliTy during Dr. FiTe's absence. l-le plays The role oT middle man beTvveen The adminis- TraTive and sTudenT groups, bringing abouT a more genial undersTanding be- Tween members oT The sTudenT body and The TaculTy members. This oTTice, in which a dean oT sTudenTs usually serves, has been capably Tilled by lvlr. GuThrie Tor The pasT several years. The marked growTh in sTudenT enroll- menT may, in parT, be aTTribuTed To his inTeresT and acTiviTy in acquainTing high-school sTudenTs over The sTaTe wiTh The educaTional opporTuniTies oTTered aT STaTe College. Display adverTising and The conTacTing oT These sTudenTs is carried on Through his oTTice. Again This year, lvlr. Gujrhrie has served as chairman oT The publicaTions commiTTee, sTudenT loan and sTudenT employmenT commiTTees. For-emosT among The college's well- wishers, Mr. C5uThrie has served on The adminisTraTive sTaTT Tor ThirTeen years. 1C,fl

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bww in ishwwfion DR. RAY FIFE, PRESIDENT Rounding ouf his second year as ac- five leader of Sfafe College, Presidenf Ray Fife has assumed a major role in encouraging fhe growfh of fhe insfifu- fion. During his adminisfrafion fhe en- rollmenf has increased 35.4 per cenf wifh a fofal of l,O8I sfudenfs regisfer- ing during fhe presenf school year. Physical improvemenfs fo fhe exfenf of SI9O,5OO have been added fo beaufify The campus and enlarge fhe scope of classroom insfrucfion. These progress- ive sfeps were made possible only Through fhe close cooperafion of Presi- denf Fife wifh a Board of Regenfs who have worked zealously fork Sfafe Col- lege. Presidenf Fife had already won na- fional recognifion as an educafor be- fore coming fo Sfafe College, and cifizens of fhis area now realize fhar his repufafion was well deserved. He holds fhe Docfor of Philosophy degree from Columbia Universify. For fwo years he was presidenf of fhe American Vocafional Associafion. and before coming fo Sfafe College served as Sfafe Direcfor of Agriculfural Educa- fion in Chio for fiffeen years. The Swasfilca wishes you success. Presidenf Fife. We have lcnown you as a faifhful friend and advisor.

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fgcbool of lj4vfs .owab dances -, ,.-,z.,,. DR. P. M. BALDWIN, DEAN The School oT ArTs and Sciences aims To oTTer boTh liberal and voca- Tional educaTion. Accordingly, The cur- ricula in This School give The sTudenT an acquainTance wiTh The principal Tields oT human knowledge, wiTh an opporTuniTy Tor concenTraTion in The Tield oT his greaTesT inTeresT and adapT- abiliTy. STudenTs who maior in Econom- ics, English, l-lisTory and Social Science, Modern Languages or Music, receive The degree oT Bachelor oT ArTsg Those who maior in Biology, Chemis'Try, MaThmeTics or Physics receive The de- gree oT Bachelor oT Science. There are also special curricula leading To The de- gree oT Bachelor oT Science in Business AdminisTraTion. in EducaTion, and in l-lome Economics. l 1 i 1 f liifllll' Gradualres Trom The School oT ArTs and Sciences secure posiTions in The various branches oT Teaching, business, and public service, while many Take posT-graduaTe work in universiTies or proceed To some college giving Train- ing Tor a profession, such as law or medicine. ThaT The opporTuniTies presenTed by The School of fXrTs and Sciences are appreciaTed by The sTudenTs is shown by iTs enrollmenT, which This year amouTed To 394, or approximaTely 43 per cenT oT The enTire sTudenT body. Dr. P. lvl. Baldwin, Dean oT The School, is assisfed by a TaculTy oT 37 proTessors, giving insTrucTion in The various deparT- menTs.