Washington State University - Chinook Yearbook (Pullman, WA)

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ARCHITECTURE R. WEAVER, HEAD OF DEPARTMENT. The road to success by way of the Architectural courses is open primarily to three general types of students: To the individual who is artistic as well as practical and has an ambition to become an architectural designer. 2nd: To the man whose inclina¬ tion is for construction and structural engineering as related to buildings and whose aim is to become a structural designer. 3rd: To the student who is uncertain as to his greatest talent and inclination and who should work at both the structural and artistic studies until he finds himself after which he may specialise along the lines of his choice. Following his college course the first type may work as a general architectural drafts¬ man, designer, perspective draftsman, superintendent or specification writer, and after a proper amount of practical experience this individual should be well qualified to prac¬ tice as an architect. The second type of student may find employment as a structural draftsman, in¬ spector, superintendent, specification writer and he may eventually establish himself as a structural designer and engineer, or as a contracting engineer. The third type may find himself strong in both the artistic and engineering divi¬ sions of the work in which case his accomplishments will be limited only by his ini¬ tiative and imagination. Should this third type find, however, this his greatest talents lie in a more limited field, he could then devote himself to specialization in the line of his choice. To students in other departments who desire Interesting electives either cultural or practical, the courses in Architecture offer valuable material. The interesting sub¬ ject of architectural history is offered, during three semesters and is taught with the aid of a stereopticon and over two thousand lantern slides of the masterpieces and sig¬ nificant examples of the world ' s architecture from early Egyptian down to the present day. A student may elect any semester’s work covering the periods in which he may be interested. There is a course In Architectural Composition In which the aim is to develop the appreciation of Architecture and of the related space arts. Historic ornament is another subject which is popular with those interested in decoration and those who desire a knowledge of the sources of historic ornament as well as instruction In the drawing and color work Involved. For either men or women, and regular or special students the course in Residence Design is most valuable. Every man or woman will some time build or remodel a home. The science of economical planning, the methods and materials of construction, exterior and interior design, efficiency and art in the home are all discussed and exer¬ cises are given in planning and decoration. Other courses which make suitable electives are Freehand Drawing from Archi¬ tectural casts, Water Color, Architectural perspective and modeling. Page 27

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DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY I. D. CARDIFF, HEAD OF DEPARTMENT “Botany is urgently recommended as a harmless and interesting study for young ladies ' so states an introduction to an eighteenth century work on Botany, or rather, “A Study of Flowers.’ ' From early days down almost to the present time, such ideas as this have prevailed more or less with reference to the science of botany. Owing to the activity of the early systematic botanists and their methods of teaching, many people are apt to think of the science as a study of flowers. The science as we know ' it today, however, is one of the most comprehensive and important fields of knowledge. It touches human life at many angles, and in an institution like the State College, becomes the fundamental science for the various lines of agricultural and horticultural work, as well as furnishing important contributions in the fields of pharmacy, home economics, and sanitary engineering. From a superficial study of flowers, this science has developed into an enormous, complex field of organized knowledge dealing with the application of the fundamental principles of physics and chemistry to living matter, and has become a science almost as exact in its details as the latter. The fundamental principles of sanitation and in¬ heritance have for the most part, been worked out in the botanical laboratory, as have many of the major problems dealing with the conservation and increase of the world’s food supply. The department at the State College is manned by a staff of ten botanists, and oc¬ cupies tw ' enty-one rooms in Science Hall. Its laboratories are well equipped and its herbarium is the best in the West, There are offered thirty-three courses, including the fields of general Botany, Morphology, Physiology, Pathology, Bacteriology, Pharma¬ ceutical Botany, Food and Drug Testing, Seed Testing, Taxonomy and Ecology. In ad¬ dition to its teaching work, the department performs important services to the State by investigations in various lines and by the bacteriological testing of milk and other dairy products;: bacteriological testing of water; the examination of seeds, the identification of weds, etc., also the manufacture of cultures for legume inoculation. Page 29