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

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ARTS AND SCIENCE... Is not a specialized college... much in the same sense that New Mexico State University ' s familiar and formidable backdrop, A Mountain is not a specialized mountoin. As the center of attraction on A Day, A Mountain dominates the freshman ' s introduc- tion to campus life in a most demonstrative manner. The big, white A is a tangible ex- pression of the Student — the common de- nominator of the university ' s colleges. Contrasting this symbol as a unifying spirit, and also situated prominently atop A Moun- tain, is a symbol of the learning process — a major astronomical observatory. Education is more than specialization, it is so- cial maturity. The Arts and Sciences ' programs, offering 24 majors, prepare the student for his inevitable role in society as well as in a profes- sion. His major specialty is complemented by a broad education in the humanities and the sciences. ■ rr - •jAf i PRODUCED BY ROBERT O, RARER PHOTOGRAPHS BY WESLEY LOVEU

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The University Education To teaching has been added the important concept of basic and applied research as an integral part of the university ' s work. The work of the land-grant college has made life in America as well as in all nations of the world richer, healthier, and happier. Finally, and perhaps most distinctive, is extension work. This embraces cooperative extension in ag- riculture and home economics in association with the U. S. Department of Agriculture, and general extension activities — adult education courses, radio and television programs, conferences, special in- stitutes, which disseminate knowledge beyond the campus to the entire population. Within the next 24 pages, you will be exposed to the tri-part concept as each of NMSU ' s colleges interprets it. 27

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§ !t As expression with paints may be achieved by diverse methods, so may knowledge be gained by relating concepts from ostensibly unrelated fields of study. The link between the extremes, science and art, is the student. In the same manner that the A and the ob- servatory on A Mountain are related by position and common denominator, the fields offered in the Arts and Sciences College are related in objective, which is directed toward the student ' s university education. For the student desiring a basis upon which to choose a career or profession, the Arts and Sciences provides a curriculum particularly valuable in developing his intellectual po- tential and his appreciation of enlightenment. Within its broad scope, the Arts and Sciences College aptly discharges the land grant uni- versity ' s functions of teaching, research, and service, to student and community alike.