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

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Sonja Faye Oliphant from Poteet, the first female veterinary student at Texas A M, is entering the Small Animal Clinic while Dean Gage, freshman from San Saba, opens the door. 18

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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Engineering has been an integral part of the curricula at A AA for almost 90 years. A typical engineering student at A M may work on a fission problem utilizing an atomic reactor, study guidance systems for space vehicles, or pore over the principles of a beautiful bridge. The College of Engineering occupies 14 buildings on the campus and is ranked among the highest degree granting schools of engineering in the United States. Guided by a distinguished faculty of engineers, students have the latest training and research equipment available for their use. Some of the facilities—the 41 2 million dollar Data Processing Center, the five-megawatt Nuclear Science Center and the Activation Analysis Laboratory located at the Old Bryan Air Force Base—cannot be equalled on any campus in the Southwest. Three state research and extension education agencies with headquarters on the A M campus are closely asso¬ ciated with the College of Engineer¬ ing and add stature to its instructional program. The three: the Texas Engi¬ neering Experiment Station, a basic and applied research center; the Texas Engineering Extension Service which disseminates new technology to in¬ dustry and the Texas Transportation Institute, a planning and development organization concerned primarily with highways. Thus A M ' s College of Engineering contributes greatly to the new era of technology in our nation. Theo Holleman, architecture graphics profes¬ sor, instructs students in modern and spacious architecture labs. This year the Department of Architecture came into its own, moving from the top floor of the Academic Building to its $900,000 structure.

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GOO SE OP VETERINARY MEDICINE The College of Veterinary Medicine at A M is the primary source of doctors of veterinary medicine for Texas and the Southwest. Veterinary subjects studied include veterinary anatomy, medicine and surgery, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, pharmacology and veterinary public health. Facilities for study include new, modern buildings equipped with the latest techni¬ cal aids such as closed-circuit television. The college operates a large and small ani¬ mal clinic on campus and maintains a spe¬ cial veterinary library. Two years of pre-veterinary study are required before enrollment in the profes¬ sional course. The number of students ad¬ mitted to the professional level is limited each year and competition for admission is keen. In the large animal clinic students erinary Medicine operate on a horse. This picture was taken in 1925. Although the cavalry has become obsolete, the need for new and better trained veterinarians never ceases.