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

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(ZoUeye O tcuzCz JOE E. DAVIS, B.S., Colonel, Inf., U.S.A.R. Commandant and Coordinator, School oj Military Science C. A. ROEBER, B.A., B.B.A. Business Manager 20 H. L. HEATON, M.S. Registrar

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oCie pe J. P. ABBOTT, Ph.D. Dean of the College r- ' WMWnB MMMy dlilWf 1 W. W. ARMISTEAD, D.V.M., Ph.D. Dean, School of Veterinary Medicine - . V J. E. ADAMS, Ph.D. Dean, School of Agriculture W. H. DELAPLANE, Ph.D. Dean, School of Arts and Sciences JOHN C. CALHOUN, JR., Ph.D. Dean, School of Engineering

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Sc aoC 4 tccu£tufte Across for the Engineers Library, the Ag. Building houses offices and class¬ rooms for the Ag. bovs. The School of’ Agriculture was organized in 1911. E. J. Kyle was its first dean and served continuously until May, 1944, when he became Dean Emeritus. Chas. N. Shepardson became dean in December of that year and served until April. 1955. The growth of the School, under these able men is reflected in the in¬ crease from 4 to 15 departments, and an enrollment at the top for the nation. Students have the opportunity to major in agronomv; floricul¬ ture; landscape architecture; horticulture; range management; forestry, (2 year curriculum); animal husbandry; poultry science; dairy science; agricultural economics and sociology, with special curricula in agricultural meterology, food processing, animal science, biochemistry and nutrition, and soil and plant science. Also special curricula in farm management and marketing; agri¬ cultural education; agricultural engineering; entomology; and wild¬ life management. Seen here is a fine herd of Holsteins at the new dairy center. Graduates are located over the world with about 85 percent actively engaged in agriculture and 45 percent of these actually operating farms or ranches. Representatives from the student societies of the various departments form the Student Agricultural Council which plays a vital role in the School. Agriculture Hall was built in 1922 and has been headquarters for the School since that date; it presently occupies all or a major part of five other buildings, with construction of facilities for Dairy Science and Biochemistry and Nutrition now under way. It supervises the operation of approximately 6,000 acres of land used for research, teaching, and extension type demonstrations, with modern facilities having been built since 1947. .... .. The Agricultural Industries building houses the offices of Genetics, Animal Nutrition, and Animal Husbandry. Ken Killion, Stanley Keese and Melvin Lebo get their hams into shape for the Little Southwestern Livestock Show.