University of Arizona - Desert Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Embracing the largest number on the Iwsis of student enrollment of all the Colleges offered in the University of Arizona, the College of Letters. Arts, and Sciences may well acknowledge its success as a popular as well as a fundamentally important department. It not only offers the richest and most varied curriculum in Arizona, but it offers a cultural polish to a foundation of elementary knowledge as well and brings the students in contact with a wide range of elective courses which give a general knowledge of many useful and interesting subjects. The student is allowed in a great degree to ciloose what he feels will be of most benefit to his individual needs, thus permitting him to fit in a large variety of subjects. I lowever. it should not be the impression that this College fails to fit students adequately for profitable activity after school days are over, for this is not true, as the large number of professional men and women, as well as cultural artists has proved, even to those who are inclined to be skeptical. Much of the achievement of this College is due to its Dean. Dr. E. E. Kiesen, who has consistently proved himself an able and enthusiastic leader. Dean Riesni Letters. Art , ami Science Faculty Twenty! wo

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Dean Otis The Dean of Men To establish and further a healthy attitude on the part of the men students on the campus, first among themselves and then in their relations with the faculty and the administration. is an objective of Mr. Arthur Hamilton Otis, as Dean of Men. A vital interest in everything that concerns the men and in each man's individual problem is a special attribute which Dean Otis brings to his office. In him we find not merely a stern judge in a penal court, but a friendly counsellor with constructive ideas. He would maintain at their best the institution’s high standards and at once secure for each Wildcat a perfectly square deal. The Dean of Women Miss Evelyn Wellington Jones. Dean of Women, defines her official duties and privileges as l eing: to sponsor the activities of the women students; to co-operate with other I'nivcrsity officers in providing physical. social, and academic environment in which each woman can develop her maximum capacity: and to be generally responsible for their welfare. Officially she does all that, and very effectively. Hut unofficially she does a great deal in addition. Dean Jones creates with each woman stu dent a sincere and pleasurable relationship amounting to something higher than official acquaintance. Slur is a personal adviser of the practical modern variety. For entering freshmen she makes college a pleasant reality; for graduating seniors she has made it a treasured cxi erience. Her many offices of trust are tribute from the I'nivcrsity to Dean Jones' clear judgment, reliability, and popularity. Dean Jones Twenty-one

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Agriculture F i iilt College of Agriculture 'Pherc will always lie agriculturists. Imt even now men have ceased to l e of the soil, for of all vocations, agriculture has passed most distinctly through succeeding stages of evolution, until today it is doubtful that the primitive man would recognize his vocational brother. Agriculture is the oldest of professions, for it satisfied man’s greatest primitive need, and every early man had to combat the problems concerning the tillage and cultivation of natural products. As land is the basis of human and animal existence, knowledge of its productivity is of major im|M rtancc and cannot Ik stressed too much in the minds of the youth of today. Since land follows the law of diminishing returns, and since the human race multiplies every year, it will always be a problem to find new ways of increasing the yearly production of food stuffs. Therefore new scientific methods must constantly he sought out. and for this purpose a good fundamental course in the secrets of the soil is necessary for those who have decided to enter Agriculture. Dean llurgess has done much to increase the source of agricultural knowledge since his short stay here in the College of Agriculture. Perhaps his efforts have I teen successful because he is so personally interested in this great economic problem. Dean Bury ess Twenty-three