University of New Hampshire - Granite Yearbook (Durham, NH)

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G R A I T E College of Liberal Arts The story of the rise of the College of Liberal Arts reads like that of a self-made man , from a subordinate position under the College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts, it has risen to a dominating position in the Univer- sity of New Hampshire. ln the old College, there were offered but two courses which are considered as Liberal Arts courses, these were Philosophy and English. The Liberal Arts College has so grown, both before and after its incorporation as part of the University, that twelve distinct departments are now a necessary part of its organization. These departments offer facilities designed for education in eight major curricula. l to Dean jackson The particular aim of the College is to give to the student education along broad and cultural lines. Such an education involves the acquisition of knowledge of the world in which the student lives, of the background of the present age as shown in history, of the trends of the world as formulated from a study of social sciences and economics, of the part played by science in man's rise to his dominat- ing position, it involves a knowledge of the best of man's thought as found in the study of the masterpieces of literature, a knowledge of a language not our own, and a knowledge of man as portrayed in art and music. As well as offering education along purely cultural lines, the College aims to provide both vocational and pre-vocational training. ln vocational training, those wishing learning are offered curricula leading to teaching, home economics, business, social service, and secretarial work. Students inclined to the professions such as medicine, dentistry, public health nursing, and law are offered courses designed to present pre-vocational education in these professions. ln graduate work, practically every department affords foundation work leading to a lVlaster's degree or a Doctorate in some other institution, while the members of the departments and instructional staffs hold themselves in readiness to offer lectures or talks to organizations within the state, and to serve as consult- ants in their particular helds. ln speaking of the value to the student of the College, Dean jackson says, lt should be pointed out that in the educational process the student derives benent in proportion to the energy expended. The student of liberal arts should gain: first, a fund of knowledge or facts which may serve as a basis for future action, second, the student should gain skill in his chosen profession, third, he should gain a certain number of tools which can be used in later life, fourth, and most impor- tant, he should gain an insight into and an appreciation of the world in which he lives. Graduates from the College have at hand knowledge which will enable them the more clearly to solve perplexing problems which may confront them, and have F5

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T H E 1 9 3 7 Faculty of the College of Agriculture PROFESSORS WALTER C. OIKANE, MA-, D-SC. Professor of Economic Entomology ORMOND R. BUTLER, PH.D. Professor of Botany KARL W. WOODWARD, A.B., NLF. Professor of Forestry GEORGE F. POTTER, PH-D- Professor of Horticulture THOMAS G. PHILLIPS, PH.D. Professor of Agricultural and Biological Chemistry T. BURR CHARLES, BS- Professor of Poultry Husbandry M. GALE EASTMAN, PHD- Professor of Agricultural Economics KENNETH S. MORROW, M-S. Professor of Dairy Husbandry ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS LORING V. TIRRELL, B.S. Associate Professor of Animal Husbandry JESSE R. HEPLER, M.S. Associate Professor of Horticulture FORD S. PRINCE, B.S. Associate Professor of Agronomy ASSISTANT PRO!-'ESSORS CLARK L. STEVENS, PH.D. Assistant Professor of Forestry MARIAN E. MILLS, B.S., M.A. Assistant Professor of Botany STANLEY R. SHIMER, M.S. Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Biological Chemistry L. PHELPS LATIMER, PH.D. Assistant Professor of Horticulture CARL L. MARTIN, D.V.M. Assistant Professor of Veterinary Science LEROY j. HIGGINS, B.S. Assistant Professor of Agronomy WALTER T. ACKERMAN, B.S., B.S.A.E. Assistant Professor of Agricultural Engineering HAROLD C. GRINNELL, M.S. Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics CHARLES A. BOTTOREE, jR., D.V.M. Assistant Professor of Poultry Husbandry HERBERT C. MOORE, M.S. Assistant Professor of Dairy Husbandry INSTRUCTORS JAMES MACFARLANE Instructor in Floriculture STUART DUNN, PH.D. Instructor in Botany EARL H. LITTLE, B.S. Instructor in Agricultural Education ,IAMES G. CONKLIN, M.S. Instructor in Entomology HENRY S. CLAPP, B.S. Instructor in Ornamental Horticulture and Supervising Landscape Architect ALBERT E. TEPPER, M.S. Instructor in Poultry Husbandry HALSTEAD N. COLBY, B.S. Instructor in Agricultural Engineering LAWRENCE W. SLANETZ, PH.D. Instructor in Bacteriology GEORGE M. FOULKROD, M.S. Instructor in Agricultural Engineering ASSISTANTS HENRY A. DAVIS, M.S. Assistant in Agricultural and Biological Chemistry CARL K. SHUMAN, B.S. Graduate Assistant in Agricultural and Biological Chemistry '4

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THE 1937 at their disposal an insight into the complex workings of the world which will serve to further interest them in the age in which they live. Dean C. Floyd jackson, the present head of the College of Liberal Arts, has worked ardently in the interests of the University since his enrollment as instructor in 1908. A graduate of De Pauw University, he received his MS. from Ohio State University. ln 1908 he became an instructor here and in 1910 was appointed Professor of Zoology. Since l93l, when he was appointed Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, he has devoted himself with exceptional ability to the expansion and betterment of the College and of the University. 16