University of Tennessee Knoxville - Volunteer Yearbook (Knoxville, TN)

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 THE COLLEGE OE ENGINEERING To utilize the materials and forces of na- ture for the use of mankind, is the task of the engineer. But in our modern life the needs of man are so diversified that we have developed the civil, electrical, mechanical, chemical, hydraulic, mining engineer. The training of these spe- cialists calls for shops and laboratories, where the truth of theory taught in the class-room may he established by application to concrete problems. Tennessee needs many men with this tech- nical training to lead in the development of water-powers, the opening of mines, the building of highways and railways. There is need of technical training, together with business ability, to lead in manufacturing raw materials into the finished product. The State becomes poorer when its iron and coal and timber are sent away to be put into the finished form. We need skilled labor and leaders of skilled labor. The engineer must needs be a man of ability, of resource, of courage, of endur- ance, for he is always in the thick of the fight, on the firing line. Men of such calibre are yearly graduated from the College of Engineering. The College of Engineering of the University of Tennessee is second to none in the South, having a faculty of more than twenty and the very best of equipment. 1‘kohkssok C. K. Kerris. Dean [M]

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 THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE The College of Agriculture, including the Experiment Stations, is an integral part of the University. Instruction in the general sciences, the languages and mathematics, is given to the agricultural students along with those in the other colleges, but for purely agricultural sub- jects, such as Agronomy, Animal Husbandry, Dairy Husbandry and Horticulture, separate buildings, equipment and teachers are main- tained. The instruction offered in the agricultural courses is sufficient to lay a foundation for a successful career in agriculture, as a farmer, a teacher or as an investigator. The facilities for research work afford splendid opportunities for the advanced students especially to secure a working knowledge of the l est methods of agricultural science. The rapid growth that this college has experienced during the last few years indicates that the student trained in agriculture is in greater demand than ever before. During the last six years the attendance has increased in this department of the University more than three hundred per cent. Professor II. A. Mgroan. Dean [«3]