Utah State University - Buzzer Yearbook (Logan, UT)

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ADMINISTRATION UKOl'Cll I III extension service, the lederal mill state gov-' v crnmcnts cooperate 10 help further the interests of Ijtnli farms ami rural homes, findings of exper imental agencies in all parts ol America are carried directly to tile farmsteads l the staff of agricultural and home demonstration agents and by the specialist in charge of various phases of Kxtcnsion Service work. Kxicnsion Service work develops rural leadership among I'fall men. women. Imys and girl . It aims to help make the I tali farm profitable and the I’tah rural home attractive, convenient, healthful and desirable. (9 I most from the very beginning, the progress of American '' business has been interrupted about every ten years with a depression of more or less severity and duration. Discouraging as is this ebb and flow of business in one sense, there is this very encouraging feature about it: Kadi succeeding period id Inisi-uess reeovery lias ushered in greater business opportunities than the preceeding period. Certainly. if one may judge from present conditions, the next one will be no exception. There will lie unusual business ami professional opportunities in many fields. Young men und women who are well trained in the fundamental principles and who have learned how to adapt themselves to .1 rapidly changing world will be especially qualified to take advantage of these opportunities when they come. 'it 11 m pFrn itsON' limit 11 Din tutor W I NIASS School of Commrtco t7r—UK departments of I.Tiglish und spcecli. modern languages. ' history, mathemalies. oology and entomology, physics, chemistry, geology, and bacteriology constitute the School of Arts and Science . I hese nine arteries ramify all the other schools supplying them with the blood of life . ery old. the pn.i| s. indeed, of eivili ation itself, these fields id thought lay basic and foundational walls upon which the other schools of the I nst it in ion build. Moreover, standard law schools, denial schools, and class medical colleges accept oar credits. I'll is is sufficient proof of a responsibility well met by tin School of Arts and Science. Nor is this the w hole story. Besides this fundamental sen ice t students in other fields id endeavor, the School of Arts and Science trains majors, in its nine departments, fur definite careers. X. ITDKRSON School of .1 rli und Science I 13 J

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Din t int ul l.xprtimcal Stalina VHOI.IM II. Ill Mtill) k Di'iin ot Women ADMINISTRATION 'lit Graduate Division of the College is growing nl a rapid 'rate. Some of I he reasons for this growth are: Tin largo increase of late years in college enrollment in the country has made the competition keen for the better positions and students have felt the need for further study. I udergraduates have had their intellectual interests stimulated ami their enthusiasms for thorough training aroused l» inspiring teachers. The opportunity is provided to work w ith scholarly men and women who are engaged in research of a fundamental character under state and I'ederal grants for experimental research. T his has lured others. The Graduate Division has thus become one of the major units of the Institution and has prided itself on its scholastic standards. (, T t griciiltnrul Kxperitnent Station serves on the border V 'land of the unknown, challenged by stublmrn problems which confront rural Utah. The Kxpcrinicut Station employing the methods and findings of science, constitutes the vanguard in man's attacks on these problems. As an integral part of the College organi ation, the Station llus a distinct educational value. Many faculty members arc also workers on the Station stuff. Their stafT function enables them lo combine w ith their teaching the stimulating and strengthening values of research. i' nothing by which I have through life more prof- iled. than by the just observations, the good opinions, and sincere and gentle encouragement of amiable and sensible women. Hie I tali Stale College is earnest I endeavoring to inspire, guide, and train the young women who are numbered among its students, to liecome amiable and sensible women. That in the service they render to society they may exert any influence in accord with that indicated in the above quotation from Romill).

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' E. J. MAVNARD I),a ii nf I hr School of Afrltullurr OlimisriNh ft. C l XYTOJj Ornn I hr School of Home hoiiomUi ADMINISTRATION 7A ami agricultural tminiii|C lime will enable yoiiiif: mi n to wrwl a comfortable iiiiiI full living from the soil. fundamental scientific background with view into the special fields of Agriculture ami Kimstry. Purebred livestock of correct type ami cpiality. scientific agri-cnltnral equipment of the latest design ami training facilities of the highest order that young men may visualize their calling mid go on into specialized fields or hack to the farm as lenders in the new agricultural eru fiTT nr economic crisis of the past year has l»ecn a challenge '- AC to the practicability of I Ionic Keonomic courses. The financial situation has offered u first rate opportunity to the teachers hi the School of Home hcouomics for instruction in ways and means of solving the problem of a diminishing income without the lowering of satisfactory standards of living. Pile l oods and Nutrition courses have emphasized the selection and preparation of foods at the minimum cost, adequate diet for families and lor “batching students. Since the clothing allowance in the family budget is the first to l c cut. the Textiles department has developed the iim- of made over clothing ami the w ise selection of low cost, high qunlitv materials. It At B. WEST •'«« of Ihr School of Kniliirrnut (rtX3T a'm be Schmil id Kugiiieering to give the »tu- dents a broad foundation in the fundamental principles of engineering, together with sufficient knowledge of professional practice to be able to apply these principles. Hie engineering program i planned to train our graduates in salving, particularly the irrigation and road building problems of the intcrmoiiniain region. The Mechanic r!s Department, with its newly remodeled quarters, is now in a position to offer splendid work in building construction, forging machine work, automotive engineering, aviation and radio work. I 14) -