North Carolina State University - Agromeck Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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THE ACiIP.cn ECIKI - V B - , .y ■ A fV y -m m W B i - - J ■ K ■H ' ' - ' V ■ ' p iP ' m Hh v, -. nM Tlue T Instruction in textile work has been given at Stare College since 1 00. at which time the Textile Department was organized. The Board of Trustees at its meeting June 8. 1925. decided to expand the Textile Department as one of the six major divisions of the college. The Textile School comprises the following divisions: (a) Yarn Manufacture, (b) Weav- ing and Designing, (c) Textile Chemistry and Dyeing, (d) Textile Research. The aim of each division is definite, and the courses and curricula offered make special contribution to the profession. F S The purpose of the Textile School is: (1 ) ro pro- HH I mote the the State by giving H struction in the theory and practices of all branches f 1 ' ' ' textile industry; (2) to cooperate with the 1 ' H textile mills of the State in securing, through scientific I . research and experimentation, reliable data pertaining to the textile industry: (3) to educate men for pro- fessional service in Textile Manufacturing. Yarn Manu- facturing. Weaving and Designing, Textile Chemistry and Dyeing, and at the same time develop their capaci- ties for intelligent leadership so they may participate in public affairs: (4) to demonstrate the value of • -■ economic diversification and to aid in the development ■ m K H of the industry through research and experi- I H k H Students prepared to such J H l °f mills, and treasurers, managers, ll „ . superintendents, foremen, designers, textile chemists, purchasing agents, and salesmen of textile products. Uk. 1 lli)M. s Ml. SON 1-6 6 F Dean - 28 )ij -

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THE A ' GIRO N lECIKI The School of Agriculture Beginning a generation ago on a very small scale, the School of Agriculture has grown until today it embraces the following important divisions: (a) Agronomy, including Field Crops. Soils. Plant Breedings and Agriculture Engineering: (b) Animal Industry, including Animal Production. Animal Nutrition, Dairy Production, and Dairy Manufacturing: (c) Botany, including Bacteriology. Plant Physiology, and Plant Disease: (d) Horticulture, includ- ing Pomology. Small Fruit Culture, Floriculture, Truck Farming, and Landscape Architecture; (e) Forestry: (f) Poultry Science, including Poultry Disease, Poultry Breeding. Poultry Feeding, and Poultry Management; (g) Zoology, including Gen- etics. Entomology, and Animal Physiology. The purpose of the Agriculture School is three- fold: ( 1) To secure through scientific research, ex- perimentation, and demonstration accurate and reliable information relating to soils, plants, and animals, and to secure from every available source reliable statistical, technical, and scientific data relating to every phase of agriculture that might be of advantage to our state: (2) to provide instruction in college for young men who desire to enter the field of general agriculture, or wish to become professionals in agriculture education or specialists in any field of science related to agri- culture, and (3) to disseminate reliable information through publications and through extension agents, and through a wise use of this information to give instruction to the agriculture workers of the state in the scientific, experimental, and practical progress in , c tiM.n ... 1. w. oCHAUB the various lines of agriculture. Dean -4 27 -

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The School of Engineering The School of Engineering of the North CaroHna Stare College of Agriculture and Engineering embraces the departments of Aeronautical. Architectural. Ceramic, Chemical. Civil. Construction. Electrical. Highway. Industrial. Mechanical. Mining, and Sanitary Engineering and the Engineering Experiment Station. Important research is in progress with its stimulating effect upon teachers and students, and the Extension Service is fulfilling its promise of usefulness. Measured by its facilities for instruction, irs shops and laboratories, its technical and industrial equip- ment, the personnel of its force for teaching and in- vestigation, and the number of students, the School of Engineering is substantially equipped to render, and is rendering, great service in engineering education and in the State ' s industrial development. The purpose of the School of Engineering is three- fold: (1) to educate men for professional service in Aeronautical. Architectural. Ceramic. Chemical. Civil. Construction. Electrical. Highway. Industrial. Me- chanical. Mining, and Sanitary Engineering, and at the same time to equip them to participate in com- mercial and public affairs and to develop their capaci- ties for intelligent leadership; (2) to aid in the de- velopment of our commerce and industry through re- search and experimentation, to investigate natural re- sources and demonstrate their value to the people of the State; (3) to cooperate with private companies, municipalities, and public authorities for the purpose of improving our public utilities, and with commercial and industrial organizations through scientific research for increasing technical skill, improving the val ue of manufactured products, and eliminating waste. Dr. V , C. RiDDICK Dean -4 29 }.5 -