University of Wisconsin Madison - Badger Yearbook (Madison, WI)

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Chris L Christensen Biggest of Wisconsin ' s deans, and noted for his ability as a practical farmer, Chris Christensen runs the largest part of the University cam- pus in a manner that has brought the Wisconsin school of agricul- ture the reputation of being in many ways the best In the coun- try. His Short Course became a national movement this past year, largely due to the Dean ' s tremen- dous organizing faculty. Briefly, the underlying idea of the Agricultural Experiment Station is to help Wisconsin farmers gain better con- trol over the problems that face them. For, although enjoyable and challenging, farming is by its very nature a hazardous business. To reduce his hazard, the modern farmer needs to put to uses prac- tices that will safeguard him as much as possible. In developing and testing such practices, the College of Agricul- ture through its research division— the Agricultural Experiment Station— attempts to be of service. The same devotion to purpose as in its great past characterizes the work of the present generation of research. We be- lieve that Wisconsin ' s scientists will continue to serve the farmers and home- makers of this state in the future as they have in the past. ' ea

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eorge c s ellery ean. Now rounding out his twenty-first year as Dean of Wisconsin ' s Col- lege of Letters and Science. George Sellery takes his place as one of the University ' s grand old men. But, in another way, he has none of the characteristics of an old man. He still walks when he wants to go anywhere within reasonable distance, never having owned a car; and he con- tinues to be perhaps the faculty ' s best home handy-man. In times when the purposes of education are changing, it is the manifest duty of school curriculums to change with it. For that reason, the College of Letters and Science, as the broadest college in the University, has been especially interested during the past year in the activities of the Committee on Curriculum Revision. The principal changes recom- mended by that body are in my depart- ment, and it is with profound interest that I watched its proceedings. I would count perhaps chief of the many valuable reforms the broadening of the first year curriculum so that first year students need not feel they are forced into an unyielding academic treadmill. President Dykstra himself is scheduled to give one of the new courses, a work for which he is eminently qualified. cunce TCld2

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win B. Fred Coming to the University as an Instructor In Bacteriology In 1913, having taken his Ph.D. at the Uni- versity of Goettlngen In Germany, Edwin Fred became progressively Professor of Bacteriology and then Dean of the Graduate School. During these years, his remarkable drive has brought him to his desk at seven o ' clock every morning, so that he frequently completes a day ' s work before many students reach their ten o ' clock lecture. Since its organization in January 1904, the Graduate School has constantly en- couraged scholarship and promoted re- search. Grants are made each year for the support of research being conducted by members of the faculty. Scholarships, fellowships, research and teaching as- sistantships are awarded annually in an effort to induce brilliant young men and women to continue their advanced educa- tion under the direction of Wisconsin faculty members. The program of studies available in the Graduate School is broad and expanding, due to the fact that more and more fre- quently persons who hitherto have been able to enter upon their life careers after having completed work for the bac- calaureate find that their professional advancement requires further training.