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

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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.

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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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1 ete ' iirt ' ' Kf ' ‘TftecUcctte J. Cunningham and Eugene Skidmore find a very reluc¬ tant patient in this cocker spaniel pup. This new Veterinary Hospital houses some of the most modern equipment in the country The School of Veterinary Medicine at the A M College of Texas was established in 1916 as an outgrowth of the old Department of Veterinary Science which had existed for many years. During 1954-55 the School was moved into new quarters on a 275 acre tract at the northwest corner of the A M College campus. Included in the veterinary campus is a research farm where investigations are conducted into the diseases of live¬ stock, including poultry. The School ol Veterinary Medicine is composed of the Departments of Veterinary Anatomy, Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, Veterinary Bacteriology and Hygiene, Vet¬ erinary Parasitology, Veterinary Pathology, and Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology. The Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery operates the Veterinary Hospital and ambulatory clinics. A large proportion of the faculty of 32 is actively engaged in research. In addition to undergraduate instruction, each department offers courses at the graduate level leading to the degree Master of Science and in some cases, to the degree Doctor of Philosophy. Training is such that graduates of the School of Veterinary Medicine are well qualified to deal with problems of disease and disease prevention in domestic farm animals, poultry, pet animals, zoo animals, furbearing animals, and wildlife. Graduates also are well quali¬ fied to administer and advise in the public health problems arising from intertransmission of diseases between man and the lower animals. Instruction and practical training are given in milk and meat hygiene and in the inspection of food processing plants. The School is accredited by the Council of Education of American Veterinary Medical Associ¬ ation and by the United States Department of Agriculture. It is the only School of Vet¬ erinary Medicine in Texas and one of only 17 accredited schools in the United States. The Veterinary Building is a part of the new Veterinary School west of the college. 24 Dr. Trevino performs surgery as members of the veterinary class look on.