University of Delaware - Blue Hen Yearbook (Newark, DE)

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The University's model farm

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The School of Agriculture at the University of Delaware offers courses designed to instruct students in farm manage- ment and in the technical and scientific fields connected with agriculture. Dean of the School of Agriculture is George M. Worrilow, who supervises the 300 acres of land devoted to farm rescarch and the University's fine Agricultural and Home Economics Extension Service, Since most of Delaware is a farming region, these services benefit the whole state. Agri- cultural Hall is located about a mile from South Campus, as anyone can tell you who has ever walked back from classes there, DEAN GEORGE M. WORRILOW SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE THE AGRICULTURE BUILDING T T S W W Y 4 I PR - L M- s, v

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22 MILITARY SCIENCE The Department of Military Science and Tactics has been developing leaders through the Reserve Officer's Training Corps Program since 1870. The first two years consist of basic training. Drill, rifle marksmanship, weapons training, map reading, and American Military History are stressed, The cadets undertake the Advanced Course during their junior and senior years, This course involves Military Teaching Principles, Logistics, Small Unit Tactics, and a study of the Branches of the Army and Military Administra- tion, Lt. Colonel Gerald H. Ragsdale, Professor of Military Science and Tactics, selects the students for the Advanced Course. His selection is based upon character, initiative, intelligence, and energetic alertness coupled with the integrity required to lead troops in ground combat, The R.O.T.C. four year course is both a classroom and laboratory designed to dcrclup commissioned officers for the manning of the active Army and for later participation in civil life as leaders, executives, and statesmen,