Virginia Polytechnic Institute - Bugle Yearbook (Blacksburg, VA)

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DEAN E. B. NORRIS DEPARTMENT OE ENGINEERING Ten complete four-year courses are designed to give proficiency in the basic engineering fields: Architecture, Ceramic, Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Industrial, Mechanical, Metal- lurgical, and Mining Engineering and Mining Geology. These are the courses which lay the foundations for the insurance of our urgent increase of our nation's productive capacity. Our security unquestionably rests upon our productive output of necessary supplies and materials, and the mass production of these goods is a job to be managed only by experts. Today as never before, the demand for trained engineers is pressing. The skill of the millions of laboring hands must be guided by the brains of the relative few. Tech endeavors to develop such brains. Tech produces engineers, for her graduates are recognized as com- petent technicians, designers, and administrators. The neophyte engineers of '42 must and will uphold the records of past classes. The sum of the individual records of these Techmen will add up to a further tribute to the fore- sightedness and determination of Earl B. Norris, producer of production, Dean of the School of Engineering. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE From the soil of the countryside springs the bloodstream of a nation's existence. Any nation which neglects its resources, forgets its soil, and forges a rattling sword from its plowshares, sets the stage for its own annihilation. America is a land of agriculture. Millions of farms cover the land from shore to shore. From these farms come the youth to learn that their profession is a science based on natural laws and facts. They seek these facts to return and to apply their learnings to the soil, to teach others and to increase the fruit from the dust. Grain feeds the armies, raw materials feed the factories. To eat is to thrive, and thrive we will, for no neglect has or will occur as long as schools such as Tech's Depart- ment of Agriculture Hourish. Every farm in Virginia has felt and will further be benefitted by this work carried on at V. P. I. DEAN H. L. PRICE T H E C Q L L E G E For the purposes of administration, the instructional departments of the institute which DEAN J. E. WILLIAMS are not necessary parts of the engineering and agriculture schools are grouped together to offer a number of curricula separate from these two professional schools. Associated in three groups these college curricula are: Business Administration, Applied Science, and Pre-professional including pre-dentistry, pre-law, pre-pharmacy, and pre-medical. The Business Administration curricula serves to meet the demand for scientifically trained per- sonnel as leaders in commerce, trade, manufacturing, and management. The Applied Science curricula offer training for the technical work in specialized fields. The courses are designed to give the basic training necessary for success in research and other applied science fields.

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JVLIAN AQ BVRRTUSS President of Virginia Polytechnic Institute

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f J v Q vf 1 ,Xl'IilP'lifmi5'Il lUl lV r NVQ? To THE TIME, to the minutes as they pass, to the year itself and the spirit that it brings, we dedicate this boolf. As the shadow of an inescapable menace surrounds the principles which we hold dear, we face reality and swear to execute the maintenance of these concepts of personal freedom and unhampered opportunity which form the life-blood of this nation. We accept the responsibility laid upon us at the current juncture, we see clearly the taslfs which lie ahead, we see a world seared black by gunfire, continents ravaged by famine, races banished, and nations exterminated. We stand frm in full self-confidence and challenge the year to bring what more it may. We are ready.