Texas A and M University - Aggieland Yearbook (College Station, TX)

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THE GRADUATE SCHOOL IT TNTIL 1924 the A, and M. College had no Graduate School. All of the graduate work was administered by a committee from the General Faculty, but at the present time the College has a well established Graduate School and graduate studies leading to degree of Master of Science. This degree can be gotten in Agricultural Administration, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agriculture, Architecture, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Education, Rural Education, Science, and Veterinary Medicine. Professional degrees in engineering—-Chemical Engineering, Civil En¬ gineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering—are offered on the basis of acceptable professional experience, a thesis, and an examination. Each year the Co llege offers a limited number of graduate scholarships and of graduate fellowships. The applicant for a scholarship or fellowship must meet the requirements for admission to the Graduate School and must express his intention for completing the master’s degree. Besides being Dean of the Graduate School, Dean Puryear is Dean of the College and is Head of the Department of Mathematics. With impartiality and with fairness to all, he helps the students of the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College solve their many problems. Everyone who knows Dean Puryear admires him for his tranquil personality. Page 20

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THE COMMANDANT Colonel Charles J. Nelson, B. S., Commandant TP ' HE students of A. and M. College become more intimate with the Commandant than with Jh any other administrative department. Naturally so, for this department maintains the Col¬ lege discipline. Rules and regulations governing the conduct of the students are issued through the Commandant’s office. The Commandant is also head of the Department of Military Science and Tactics. This department gives courses for Infantry, Cavalry, Field Artillery, Air Corps, Signal Corps, and Engineering Corps. After attending one summer camp and completing one of the courses of this department, the cadet is awarded a commission as second lieutenant in the Officers’ Reserve Corps, upon graduation from the College. Left to right, top row —Major E. H. Bertram, Infantry; Major J. E. Sloan, Field Artillery; Major J. P. Wheeler, Cavalry; Captain A. M. Guidera, Air Corps Bottom row —Captain L. A. Pick, Engineer Corps; Lieutenant A. E. Mickelson, Signal Corps. Page 19

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THE SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE Dean E. J. Kyle, M. S. A. TANY people think that the School of Agriculture is designed only for those students pre- T viL paring to be farmers or government research workers. However, various departments in this School prepare the student for almost any kind of Agricultural Business. The School of Agriculture consists of the following departments: Marketing-Finance, Accounting and Statis¬ tics, Farm and Ranch Management, Genetics, Agronomy, Agricultural Engineering, Entomology, Animal Husbandry, Landscape Arts, Dairy Husbandry, and Rural Sociology. Left to right, top rou .— Daniel Russell, Rural Sociology; E. P. Humbert, Genetics; S. A. McMillan, Farm and Ranch; J. O. Morgan, Agronomy; Chas. N. Shepardson, Dairy Husbandry; D. W. Williams, Animal Hus¬ bandry. Bottom row—V. P. Lee, Marketing and Finance; D. Scoates, Agricultural Engineering; F. W. Hensel, Landscape Arts; D. H. Reid, Poultry Husbandry; S. W. Bilsing, Entomology; O. A. Weinke, Accounting and Statistics. Page 21