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

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THE EXTENSION SERVICE Mr. O. B. Martin is head of the Extension Service, which is a Federal-State-County educational activity carried on for the State’s agricultural population. It has headquarters at A. M. College and is administered by the Board of Directors of the Col¬ lege and the President. The Extensions Service’s chief aim lies in the development and improvement of country life in Texas. Through county farm demonstration agents and home demon¬ stration agents, the information uncovered by research and taught here at the College is carried to every section of the State. Much aid of a more general character is rendered citizens throughout the State through direct correspond¬ ence, news stories, bulletins and the Extension Service Farm News. The general public and the farmers of the State are deeply indebted to the members of the Extension Service. THE FOREST SERVICE Mr. E. 0. Siecke is director of the Texas Forest Service and in accordance with the law has supervision over all forest matters and interests pertaining to forestry within the State. A. M. has purchased and received as gifts several large tracts of forest land. Mr. Siecke through his office administers all details arising out of this part of the College. Many bulletins have been published by the Forest Service, and the benefit to Texas through its ceaseless efforts toward better forest management is great. The Department also works toward the prevention and extinguishing of forest fires and the enforce¬ ment of all laws pertaining to the protection of forests and woodland. THE TEXAS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION Mr. A. B. Connor, director of the Experiment Station, has his main station located at College Station. The Texas Agricultural Experiment Station is the agricultural research agency of the State, its function being the investigation and solution of agricultural problems. It consists of the central station at College Station with appropriate indoor laboratories, and sixteen outdoor laboratories or substations located in various sections of Texas. The substations are utilized for extending the work of the main station so that statewide information may be secured about the various phases of the investigational work. The Experiment Station is the source of valuable information for the students of agriculture and the farmers and stockmen of the State. The work of the main station and of the Feeding and Breed¬ ing Substation presents to the students unusual opportunities both in theoretical instruction and practical experience. Page 20

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THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Dean T. D. Brooks, although a com¬ paratively new figure on the A. M. campus, has gained the respect and the support of all through his willingness to help those who seek his assistance. Dean Brooks has been striving to im¬ prove the rating of the Arts and Science School and has succeeded admirably. More and more students are enrolling in this school each succeeding year and although it was only in recent years that the School was founded it has at present an enrollment as large as the registration in any other School in the College. The B.A. degree offered for graduates in the School has attached to it the importance of a thorough back¬ ground in the arts and sciences. Dean Brooks has taken over the duties of the Graduate School too. The Graduate School has grown rapidly and extensively in the past ten years and today graduates of universities and colleges throughout the nation come to A. M. to acquire the Master’s Degree offered in the various lines of endeavor. THE SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE Dean Mark Francis, Dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine and a national authority in his field of work, is one of the best known personages on the campus. His ability as a teacher and his comprehensive knowledge of the courses he teaches has equipped him to give the students in his school a thor¬ ough knowledge in the field of their life’s work. Because of the importance of the livestock industry in Texas, the need for well trained veterinarians is great, and the object of the Veterinary School is to turn out men fitted to meet the needs of the ranchers and cattle¬ men in Texas. The United States Government, real¬ izing the need for well trained men, will accept the application of A. M. grad¬ uates completing the four year course in veterinary medicine for appointment in the United States Army, and in the Bureau of Animal Husbandry. The students are also eligible for appoint¬ ment as Veterinarians in the State Live¬ stock Commission, and on the Board of Health in many cities in the nation. Page 19

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THE FISCAL DEPARTMENT Mr. W. H. Holzmann is Comptroller of Accounts and Head of the Fiscal Department of the College. He maintains an efficient and courteous service at all times and greatly aids the students in reducing their financial problems while at A. M. All accounts with the College are handled in the Fiscal Office, and, through the installment plan of paying the maintenance monthly, the College enrollment has increased. This plan has greatly reduced the financial hardship on many students working their way through the College and the Department is to be com¬ mended for this service. All notes with the College and the student labor system are a part of the Department, and both are handled with dispatch and surety. All buying and selling accounts of the Subsistence and other College Departments are handled here and are open to inspection at all times. THE COLLEGE LIBRARY Mr. T. F. Mayo is custodian of the Cushing Library erected here at A. M. College in 1930. It contains approximately forty thousand volumes, exclusive of the Federal and State documents to be found here also. While the Library has, until recently, been developed chiefly along reference lines, a very good reading collec¬ tion has been accumulated, and the careful selection of new hooks keeps the collection abreast with contemporary thought. The students are in constant need of a modern library to supple¬ ment their regular work with parallel outside reading. Mr. Mayo and his assistants are always willing and anxious to help the students find the books they desire or to suggest likely sources of information. The Library has an atmosphere conducive to study, and for that reason many students take ad¬ vantage of their spare moments by spending them in the library. The building is provided with a reading room, rest room, private reading rooms, offices, lecture rooms, smoking parlors, and all the conveniences required for the comfort and pleasure of the students. THE COLLEGE HOSPITAL The hospital, a hundred-bed modern building, is staffed by one full-time physician, a technician, and four nurses. For a nominal fee each term, the students receive all the medical attention required, except surgical operations, without further additional cost. In contrast to the prevailing practice among school hospitals throughout the country, students entering the hospital here may stay as long as is necessary without any expense other than their term fee. Doctor Marsh is to be praised for the high standard set by him in the management of the hospital and the services rendered by it. No account of the hospital would he complete without a word or two about the head nurse, Mrs. Cleghorn, affectionately called Mom” by many of the boys. She always has a bright word and a happy smile for everyone. Thanks to you, Mom, the trial of being sick in the hospital is greatly reduced. Page 21