Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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SCHOOL OF SCIENCE HE School of Science serves a double pur- pose 1n the University scheme. Considered from one angle, it is an independent school which provides a very broad scientinc education without neglecting those subjects which would bring about greater culture to students of this particular school. As in the other schools of the University, certain courses are required of all students While others are elective. A student may, by careful selection of these elec- tive subjects, obtain a very intensive and thorough knowledge of any one of the main sub- jects offered. The School of Science differs from the ordinary college of Liberal Arts in that it insists upon the student taking a greater amount of the Physical Sciences and upon his spending a greater amount of time upon them. It furnishes adequate preparation for professional schools and for teachers. The second function of the School of Science is as a service department to the other schools in the University. The staff of the Science School cares for the mathematics, history and modern language of the other schools of the University. Therefore, what the students of Purdue University accomplish in their respective lines of endeavor is largely influenced by their Work in the School of Science. Since science is the foundation upon which all technical Work is built, all students of engineering or agriculture or whatnot must have a definite knowledge of subjects taught in this school. Dean Moore of the Science School is a noted authority upon various scientific subjects and has accomplished much in the particular field of rare gases and he has likewise done a great deal of Work on radium, its manufacture and use, with particular attention to its actual cost. The School of Science at the present time is one of the largest schools of the University, and, with the enrollment increasing year by year, there is no reason to doubt but that it will become stronger and will exert even a greater influence upon the success of graduates of Purdue University. Since Dean Moore has become head of the School of Science the school as a Whole has progressed with the major share of this progress being due to his untiring efforts. o

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THE GRADUATE ScHooL HE Graduate School of Purdue University was organized in its present form during the past year, and, under the new management, has been in charge of graduate study at the University during the present school year. R. G. Dukes, head of the department of Applied Mechanics, was made Dean of the Graduate School. Dean Dukes has been actively engaged in supervision of graduate work for several years, although it was not before organized as a separate school of the University. 01 'WJ The purpose of organizing this very essential department as a seperate and self-con- trolled school was to bring under closer supervision the work of graduate students in the various schools of the campus. Considerable diiheulty in arranging schedules of work in different departments under the old system was very prevalent, and this fact brought in- convenience not only to students but to departments as well. Graduate study in any department enables the student to make a much more thorough and careful study of the particular branch in which he is interested. He is able to become a master of his subject, and with the close supervision of expert professors, is enabled to pursue the study in a more scientific and businesslike manner. The personal contact with admitted masters of the Held adds no small amount of interest and desire for mastery of whatever subject the student may desire to follow. This condition of close contact between instructor and student is one of the greatest advantages given the graduate student over the undergraduate. Graduate work at Purdue is being carried on by some three hundred men and women. Much of the work is done in research, in developing new principles of operation and con- struction. It is largely through graduate study that many of the great developments in engineering, agriculture and scientific endeavors have been brought about at Purdue under the new and better supervision resulting from the adoption of the new Graduate School, many more and similar developments may be expected to be forthcoming.

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SCHOOL OF PHARMACY 0 0 HE School of Pharinacv of Purdue Univer- L' J . . ' , sity was organized some thirty years ago by the Board of Trustees for the purpose of supplying thoroughly trained and competent dis- pensers of medicines for the people of the state of Indiana, and of developing chemists for research and manufacture along pharmaceutical lines. Graduates of the School of Pharmacy are engaged in various pursuits. Some are oper- ating their own drug stores, some managing drug stores, some are prescription clerks, teach- ers of pharmacy, manufacturers of pharmaceuticals, or chemists for drug manufacturers. The State of Indiana is highly compensated for money spent upon pharmaceutical education, because a large percentage of graduates are employed in dispensing medicine in Indiana. The School of Pharmacy has been a leader in pharmaceutical education both in the state and in the nation. It was largely responsible for raising the standards for the practice of Pharmacy in Indiana to a par with those of any of the states in the union. The School has a particular importance at Purdue if for no other reason than the fact that it compounds all prescriptions written by the University I-Iealth Service. These pre- scriptions are compounded by seniors of the school under the supervision of a registered pharmacist. The number of prescriptions filled thus reaches an enormous figure, and, be- sides being a service of undoubted worth to the University, enables the pharmacy students to obtain excellent practical experience. XVith the erection of the new Pharmacy building, this particular branch of the Uni- versity curriculum will take on an even more important and worthy aspect. Students of pharmacy will have access to better equipment and educational facilities than they have ever known in the old building. Under the supervision of Dean C. B. Jordan in these new headquarters, the school is bound to take its place in characteristic Purdue style near the top rung of the pharmaceutical ladder of the country. The new building has been completed this year and is the very latest in educational buildings in its field.