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

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THE REGISTRAR E. I. HOWELL If a college education could be compared to a wheel, the Registrar ' s Office might be the axis on which it turns, as all the routine activities of the student center about this point. If a prospective student desires information of the College, he writes to this Office; when he gets to school, he looks here to find out what to do next, and throughout his entire college span, Mr. E. J. Howell and his trained helpers keep a close watch on his records and progress. Some of the most important functions of this Office are the examination of the credits of appli¬ cants for admission to the College and the publication of directories, catalogues, and official bulletins.

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THE FISCAL DEPARTMENT Mr. W. H. Holzman, Comptroller of Accounts, is the executive head of the Fiscal De¬ partment and very efficiently executes the business matters of the College. The scope of his work is subdivided into three major divisions. The Office has a Cashier ' s division which con¬ stitutes a convenient depository and checking system for students; when any department of the College needs supplies, the Purchasing division handles such matters; all of the ac¬ counting work of the College is intrusted to the Accounting division.

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THE TEXAS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION The Agricultural Experiment Station is one of the main divisions of the A. and M. College of Texas, and under the expert guidance of Mr. A. B. Connor with his staff of able assistants, it has made much progress in disclosing valuable information on prob¬ lems of veterinary medicine, rural home research, plant pathology, physiology, farm and ranch econom¬ ics, feed control, entomology, chemistry, botany, apiculture, animal industry, agronomy and agricul¬ tural engineering. THE EXTENSION SERVICE The Cooperative Extension Service, A Federal- State-County agency for giving out very helpful in¬ formation in agriculture and home economics to all people of this state, is administered by the A. and M. College under the able direction of Mr. H. H. Wil¬ liamson. The Extension Service is not only concerned with the crops of the year and problems of the present, but endeavors constantly to better underlying condi¬ tions and correct passing evils due to habit or insuf¬ ficient knowledge. This work, rendered through direct correspond¬ ence, news articles, bulletins, radio broadcasts, and personal work has helped make possible the marked development in Texas. ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION The A. and M. College of Texas, seeing the great need for research in engineering problems, took a forward step in 1914 by establishing its own Engineer¬ ing Experiment Station in conjunction with the School of Engineering. Although Congress has not yet pro¬ vided financial support for projects of this kind, its researches have contributed much technical informa¬ tion of value to Texas and the Southwest. The Station has published bulletins relating to Highway Construction, Sanitation, Cotton Manu¬ facturing Industry, Household Appliances, Fuels, and various other subjects. Dr. F. E. Giesecke, who is director of the station, is assisted by the Engineering Experiment Station Staff, which is selected from time to time from the teaching forces of the various departments of the School of Engineering. The heads of these depart¬ ments constitute the advisory council of the Engi¬ neering Experiment Station. © f© G G G