University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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school of mines and metall With mining and metallurgy, two of the oldest industries of the world, and the story of their development running parallel to the history of all civilization, it is only natural that the School of Mines and Metallurgy should be one of the oldest institutions of the University After four years of planning and invest! gation. the School of Mines and Metallurgy was formally opened in January. 1892. F:or a time the school was affiliated with the College of Engineering and Mechanical Arts, but this connection was severed in 1897 and William R. Appleby was appointed Dean of the College of Mines and Metallurgy, a position which he still holds. Realizing the importance of the mining industry to the state, the college organized its Mines Experiment Station in 1911 for the purpose of promoting the development of the mineral resources of the state. From 1909 to date the School of Mines and Metallurgy has acted in the capacity of consulting engineers for the Minnesota state tax commission. Since the earliest day when only two students were registered, the school has advanced rapidly in both attendance and equipment. It now occupies two large buildings especially designed for mining and metallurgical work and has an average attendance of one hundred and fifty students yearly. An equal number of students from other colleges on the campus attend various classes in the School of Mines and Metallurgy to receive instruction in subjects allied with their chosen profession. The enrollment for this year has reached one hundred and sixty-five, an increase of approximately ten per cent over recent years. I hat the Minnesota School of Mines and Metallurgy is performing magnificently its double task of service to the state and industry is realized by all those who call upon its graduates for varied and efficient service. Graduates of the college are to be found in all parts of the world. Yearly it contributes its quota of well-trained and efficient graduates to those basic industries which are so vital to the advancement of civilization. V. H. Appleby urgy Mines liuilding

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school of chemistry Since chemistry is a fundamental science for all industries, it is a contributary force in the progress and in the development of industrial methods, in the invention of new processes, and in the perfection of materials used in commercial production. Artificial materials produced in chemical laboratories have so H completely revolutionized production in some fields to New ■ . and coal products examples 'ft rfl results ol chemnal research A fertile field ol chemical CRT i B present, is that t petroleum and its ' j I problems. I V I he main purpose ol the School ol henmtrv is to give to a selected body of students an intensive training in the ideas and methods of the chemist and the chemical engineer. Many of the graduates enter the chemical industrial field and eventually attain important roles in the development and utilization of the nation's resources. A smaller group devote their attention to the problems of pure science and to investigations in which there may be no immediate utilitarian objective, but are. nevertheless, fundamental to progressive achievement in society. Although the primary aim of the School of Chemistry is the instruction of students to enter their professions, constant effort is exerted to increase the bounds of knowledge through research, and to render useful service to the community and state. The research and experimental work carried on by both students and faculty members of the department is so prolific as to warrant the use of the laboratories both day and night. Science is organized knowledge, and the School of Chemistry aims to give its students organized and systematized knowledge blended with those ideas and highest principles of life which the true scientist must have. Ora M. Le’and has been dean of the school since 1920 after the administration of the School of Chemistry was combined with that of the College of Engineering and Architecture. Samuel C. I.ind is director of the school. SC. I.nul

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college of agriculture, forestry, and home economics The College of Agriculture. Forestry, and Home Economics is situated three miles from the Minneapolis campus of the University on a 600 acre tract in St. Anthony Park. It is the only college of the University of Minnesota housed on a separate campus, and this gives its students the desirable features of a small college and at the same time all the advantages of a large university. As one of the first four colleges to be founded at the University, it originally occupied the site on which the Minnesota Union now stands. Later this space became inadequate, and the college was moved to its present location. A special inter-campus street car enables students to attend classes on both campuses. W. C. Coffey is dean and director of the department of agriculture of the University of Minnesota. This department is divided into five divisions, of which the College of Agriculture. Forestry, and Home Economics is one. E. M. Freeman is dean of the college. There are three other main units in the Department of Agriculture: the Extension Division, which reaches out into the state giving aid to rural communities: the Short Courses which each year bring thousands of people to the University for short periods of intensive training in their particular fields: and the University Experiment Station. Through the Experiment Station, research work is carried on during the entire year in the fields of agriculture, forestry, and home economics. The object of the college is to give its students a practical and technical training in their chosen fields of work, together with a broad university education which will give them the breadth of view, depth of interest, and the mental grasp that the state has a right to expect of its university graduates. The student of agriculture may study the principles of farming, the basic occupation in agriculture. He also has the opportunity for training for one of the many vocations and professions related to and essential to agriculture. The study of Forestry concerns the growing and utilization of trees and their products. This occupation has become a recognized and important subject which calls for special At riuilture Admmi.MraKon Buildinif 28