Prairie View A and M University - Pantherland Yearbook (Prairie View, TX)

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WALTER BOOKER Head of Dept, of Biology, A.B., M.S., Ph.D. SCIENCE DEPARTMENT R. P. PERRY Director, Division of Arts and Scioncos; Chairman. Department of Natural Sciences; Head Department of Chemistry, B.A.. M.S., Ph.D. ARTS and SCIENCES THOMAS P. EOOLEY Biology Director of Extension School, A.B., M.S., Ph.D. Former Head of Biology Department, Ark. State College. E. E. O'BANION Professor of Chemistry, A.B. M.S.. Ph.D. Former Instructor of Chemistry, Louisville Municipal Collogo, Louisville. Ky.

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DIVISION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES The Division of Arts and Sciences offers courses in Biology, Business Administration, Chemistry, Economics, Education, English, History, Mathematics, Music, Philosophy, Physical Education, Physics. Political Science, Sociology, and Modem Foreign Languages. Courses lead to the following degrees: Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Science in Education. Courses in the Division have been geared to a wartime basis with the training process designed particularly to contribute to the war effort. This is seen in the operation of special war training courses and in the continuation of established courses modified in content to contribute specifically to the war effort. The mathematics of navigation, pre-flight physics, respiration physiology, sanitary bacteriology, drug chemicals, munitions and explosives, war economics, anthropology, propaganda analysis, first aid and physical fitness are only a few of the subjects being taught in the Division and pointing specifically to the war effort. In some departments of the Division research projects bearing specifically on the war are in progress. The faculty personnel is composed of forty-eight full-time members holding the doctorate and degrees of Master of Arts, Master of Philosophy and Master of Science.

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ARTS ami SCIENCES A. CRITTENDON PRESTON Profossor of Rural Education, Supervisor of Nogro Schools Waller County. B.S., M.A. Advance study Columbia U. Formerly teachor Virginia Stato College, Social Scionco Work. Now York City. N.Y. FRIEDA E. RHONE Prairio View Community School, Collogo Psychology. B.S., M.S. Advance study Univorsity of Chicago. THOMMYE C. BOOKER Teacher Prairio View Community School. Education—College. B.S.. M.A. Former Assistant Librarian Prarie View. M. A. BULLOCK Teachor Prairio View Community School, English—College A.B., M.A. Formerly Instructor Public School, Now Boston, Toxas. GEORGE W. REEVES Proiossor of Education. A.B.. A.M. Advance study University of Michigan, Teacher Education. Work Shop, Durham. N.C. Formorly teachor at Miles Memorial College, Birmingham. Alabama; Alabama Stato Teachers Collego. Montgomery. Alabama. ANNIE G. H. SASSER Prairio View Community School. College Mathematics. B.S.. M.S. Former teacher in Washington High School. Raleigh. N.C. ANNIE L SHEFFIELD Instructor in Education. B.A.. M.A. Advanco study Chicago U. Formerly toachor Texas College, St. Phillips N. I. School. Philander Smith Collego. Little Rock. Ark. BESSYE A. THOMAS Prairio Viow Community School. Education — College, B.S.. M.S. Former toachor public schools, Cameron, Texas.