Syracuse University - Onondagan Yearbook (Syracuse, NY)

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1 u CThc 1926 ' IT I College of Agriculture PRACTICALLY all food and clothing arc from raw materials whose source is the fertility of the land. ( )iie third of the people of the L ' nited States, people of average intel- ligence, people representing the highest type of Americanism, people who hold up their hands more than any other single group the destiny of the nation, are engagi ' d in th ' l)rodiictinn of this raw material. The day approaches when consumption of this material will overtake jjroduction. .Af- ter that there will he want unless averted by scientific methods of production and distri- bution. To the purpose of fitting the farmer of the future to cope intelligently with the ecomonic. the civic, the educational, the re- ligious, and al ' other social |)rol)lems that pertain to his. and therefore to the nation ' s welfare the Slocum College of .Agriculture is dedicated. Dkax Ki:ii;en L. . vk. K1 m m RC SK Si 17

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College of Forestry BT L . Df.ax Franklin F. Moon THE Xew ' ork State College of l ' ' orestry was established at Syracuse in 1911, the charter issued by the Legislature was signed hy (jovernor IJix. The first students received their instruction in the basement of l.vniaii Hall. At that time forestry was popularly con- sidered a tree-planting profession. The Forest- ry College, however, has developed many nn- portant branches such as: forestry engineering, wood utilization, silviculture, forest botan ' . forest zoo ' ogy. forest chemistry, city forestry, wood technology, and the more general fields of forest recreation and forest extension. In addition to the regiUar four year under- graduate com-ses special courses are offered that lead to the degree of Master of Forestry, Master of C it - l- ' orestry. Master of Science, I )octor of Philosophy, and Doctor of Econ- omics. Connected with the College is the Sopho- more Summer Camp located on the Cliarles l.athrop Pack Demonstration Forest of 1000 acres at Cranberry Lake and the i anger School near W ' anakena on shore of the Cran- berry Lake. The college has five forest ex- periment stations in various sections of the state comprising a total area of more than 4000 acres ; it is the largest institution of it : kind in the world. g i6

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fry trht 1926 3 College of Business Administration TIIE Lollegc (if liiisincss Adiiiinistratioii vva organized in ihc tall of 1919, b)- John Herman Wharton. Its purpose is to offer students a college education which will tit thcni more particularly for business careers. The instruction covers a period of four years and combines much of a more general vaJue, as for instance, instruction in English and other languages, in Economics, Mathema- tics, Political Science, Psychology-, etc. The instruction also covers a good deal of more specific value for instance, instruction in Accounting. .Advertising. Business Law, Busi- ness Management, Commerce. Finance, Trans- portation, etc. The instruction is divided into five groups as follows : General Ikisiness, Accounting, Secretarial Science, Business Education, and Journalism. The General Business group con- tains by far the larger number of students. These students are preparing themselves for business careers but are not concentrating their efforts to any great degree in any one phase of business. Dean Charles L. Raper College of Citizenship and Public Affairs TVTHATEV ' ER special aims American colleges may seek to realize, there is one that is common to the program of all ; that is, to train young men and young women for citizenship and leadership. In these post-war years it is coming to be more and more generally appreciated that this pan of the college program is not being satisfactorily carried out. Through the generosity of one of the alunmi of Syracuse University a school of Citizen- ship and Public Affairs was launched at die beginning of the present college year. It is a unit in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, but equipped with its own stall and engaged in developing its own curriculum. This makes it possible for the school to organ- ize the whole program in a more systematic wav than is being done in other institutions. Or. William E. Mosher. who comes from the staff of the Natural Inst itute of Public .Administration, and whose experience as in- vestigator, covers various units of government, will be Managing Director of the School and will be responsible for the development and Dean- Willia.m E. Moshek the execution of methods and plans. i8