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

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A. S. T. P. This page i dedicated to the A. S. T. I’. A. fine group of young men spent up to nine months on Prairie View's campus and studied at Uncle Sam ' expense. These men came from all parts of this great country. Many studied under Negro teachers for the first time. The Prairie View A. S. T. P. unit was the only such unit staffed entirely by Negro personnel. At full strength a Colonel (West a Hamilton), two Captains three Lieutenants and four enlisted men composed the staff. The number of enrollees reached two hundred. They took Mathematics Physics. History. Geography and Drawing. Some have expressed a desire to continue their college work at Prairie View when they arc discharged.

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Division of Agriculture The Division of Agriculture offers two four-year curricula leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Agriculture. The entrance requirements for these curricula are the same as for the other divisions of the University. The work in the division centers around instruction and practice in Agricultural Education, Agronomy, Animal Husbandry, Dairying, Poultry, Horticulture, Rural Economics, Rural Engineering, Rural Health, Rural Sociology, Plant Physiology, Entomology and Veterinary Science. Graduates are qualified to teach Vocational Agriculture, to become Extension Agents, Agricultural field workers and farmers.