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

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COMMmEE The following items are those which the committee has pledged itself to support: 1. To develop professional leadership in ag¬ riculture,- medicine, forestry and their al¬ lied field; in engineering, including the mechanic arts and technical and indus¬ trial training; in studies and applied sci¬ ence. 2. To develop educational leadership through the training of teachers for agriculture, en¬ gineering, and basic and applied sciences. 3. To develop military leadership by provid¬ ing a strong and effective system of mil¬ itary training. 4. To develop in potential leaders the moral and spiritual values essential for effective leadership in a democracy. 5. To develop an atmosphere of scholarship within which the faculty can realize its full potential for service to society and within which the student can be inspired toward the realization of his potentials. JAMES P. HANNIGAN Dean of Students DR. R. E. PATTERSON Dean of Agriculture 17

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Ecunve DR. WILLIAM J. GRAFF, JR. Dean of Instruction DR. A. A. PRICE Dean of Veterinary Medicine DR. WAYNE C. HALL Dean of Graduate Studies Objectives of the A AA College are maintained by the Executive Committee as set forth by the College by-laws. Under the direction of President Rud¬ der in weekly meetings, the committee decides how best to keep the college heading toward its primary objective stat¬ ed by Statute: The leading object of this college shall be, without exclu ding other scientific and classroom studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the me¬ chanical arts, in such a manner as the leg¬ islature may prescribe, in order to pro¬ mote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions in life. DR. G. M. WATKINS Director, Agricultural Instruction DR. FRANK W. R. HUBERT Dean of Arts and Sciences 16

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Above: Students meeting a class concerned with a part of their preparation for bachelor of science de¬ gree in Agricultural Engi¬ neering. Left: A fine herd of beef cattle at the cattle barn. Developing ways of improving the breeding of beef cattle to increase the amount of meat produced is a function of the stu¬ dents majoring in Animal Husbandry.