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

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ScAa C Winburn Hoover and Michael August find this IBM machine to he one of the interesting aspects of Business Administration. Long a landmark and symbol of many Aggie traditions, the Academic building houses most of the departments of the School of Arts and Sciences. On May 26, 1924, the Board of Directors authorized the establishment of a School ol Arts and Sciences coordinate with the existing schools in the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College. Eleven departments. Biology, Chemistry, Economics, English, Ge¬ ology, History, Mathematics, Military Science, Modern Languages. Physical Education, and Physics were placed under the administration of the new school. The Board recom¬ mended courses embracing tbe following areas: culture studies for the other schools of the college,” comprehensive programs of study in the natural sciences,” and, finally, provision for a liberal education. Headed by Dean Charles Friley, Arts and Sciences enrolled 125 students in the 1924-25 session, and in the following summer session granted the only degree conferred bv Texas A M upon a woman student. In 1956 the enrollment of 1479 students made the school second in size in the college with 22 per¬ cent of the total. With the addition of Oceanography, Education, Business Administration, Journalism, Geography, and Religious Education, and the loss of Geology and Military Science, the program now includes a Division of Business Administration and 14 depart¬ ments. With a staff of 218 members. Arts and Sciences offers training in specialized fields of science, business, and education as well as preliminary work for doctors, den¬ tists, and lawyers. In addition it continues to serve the schools within the college in ac¬ cordance with the mandate of the Board of Directors of 1924 who wished to provide ad¬ equate instruction in general culture studies lest graduates of A M be like tin 1 parable of the young man who asks for bread and receives a stone. A familiar classroom scene in the Academic Building. 22

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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.

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Sc6 oi £ t cetee ' U t classrooms for the Aeros, Ch. E.’s, and I.E.’s. The School of Engineering consists of 11 schools under its immediate supervision, and one, Agricultural Engineering, jointly supervised bv the schools of Agriculture and Engi¬ neering. The 11 schools include Aeronautical, Architectural, Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Geological, Geology, Industrial, Industrial Education, Mechanical and Petroleum. All Schools offer four-year curricula with the Schools of Architecture, Chemical, Geology, Industrial, and Petroleum offering five-year curricula. All Schools grant Bachelor of Science degrees. Since the breadth of Engineering is so large, it is undesirable to have extensive special¬ ization in anv one field while a student is an undergraduate. Therefore the School of Engi¬ neering offers a broad and fundamental amount of work the first two years, with a gradual narrowing of field during a student’s Junior and Senior years. The scope of the depart¬ ment is broad enough to include such courses as English, public speaking, economics, government, and other courses which give the student a broader education. The School of Engineering originally consisted of only the School of Civil Engineering, and in the first graduating class there were two engineer¬ ing students. Engineering has the largest enrollment of anv school in the college at the present time, as well as the largest enrollment in Texas, the Southwest, and the second largest in the South. At the present time there are over 115 professors in the various engineering de¬ partments. The field of engineering is unlimited and will con¬ tinue to expand greatly during the next decade with no decline visualized in the near future. In the Texas Engineers Library the student has access to all major scientific periodicals and books. Lari Wester looks on as James Cooper works on an Architecture project. Dan Rambo and Charles Orsak learn the fundamentals of surveying in a C.E. lab.