Washington State University - Chinook Yearbook (Pullman, WA)

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Dean E. E. Wegner COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE T HERE has never been a time when Veterinary Medicine was used in so many practical ways, as it is today, the profession lending its services to the bet¬ terment of the great livestock industry, and to the pres¬ ervation of human health. The enrollment figures of September 1928 show that there is more than a thirty per cent increase in the freshman classes in the veterinary colleges of the United States and Canada than there was one year previous. For a number of years renewed interest has been apparent, but it re¬ mained for the last two years to show a definite increase in the number of students taking major courses in this line of work. In addition to their work as practitioners, many vet¬ erinarians are entering special fields of service. Large forces are employed by the Federal and State govern¬ ments to control the spread of diseases among livestock, while cities employ veterinarians to insure the who le¬ someness of their meat and milk supplies. The services connected with the control of the diseases that spread from animal to man has become so important that it has attracted the attention of the most prominent men of the veterinary profession. The possibilities in this field seem almost unlimited, and many men are taking up the work in Veterinary Medicine with the intention of following some phase of applied sanitary science. Many of the men are finding practical employment in experimental work, and as teachers. Others are giv¬ ing their whole time to laboratory diagnosis work and are working in the field of animal medicine. McNutt. McCoy, Smith, Covington, Wegner — 29 —

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Dean Florence Harrison COLLEGE OF HOME ECONOMICS T HE College of Home Economics began this year in its new building, which is modern in every effect, thus offering maximum opportunity for every student, man or woman, who is interested in any phase of foods, textiles, home or institutional management. On the first floor there is a large hospitality room with a service kitchen to be used for formal gatherings and art exhibits. A cafeteria kitchen and dining room will provide opportunity for institutional management ma¬ jors to get practice in preparing large quantities of food and in administering a cafeteria. The Y. W. C. A. office and rest room are also found on the first floor, as well as class rooms, offices of the Research Specialists and the Dean. The Home Equipment laboratory with its electrical appliances and testing equipment is one of the most interesting places on this floor. Ample space is available on the second floor for the textile and clothing laboratories, testing rooms, offices and class rooms. The third floor provides a place for the food and nutrition division. The animal nutrition unit will be established on the top floor; also a large fireplace room for various organizations. Another feature of the College of Home Economics is the Nursery school. Here, observation and experi¬ ence enables students to know the needs, abilities and general reactions of small children, instilling in them ideals and a keen sense of their responsibility regarding the physical and mental development of youngsters. Since education for homemaking is a keynote in Home Economics teaching, it follows that an essential part of such instruction is that most important function of the home, child care. Left to Right, Bach Row Newbill. Garrett, Lnndrcth. Arnqulst. Hunt, Hawk, Robson Front Row —Brislawn, Cowan, Bosserman, Howard, Craddock, Harrison, Bryden — 28 —

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Dean Arthur Drucker SCHOOL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY A CCORDING to Herbert C. Hoover, president of the United States, the profession of mining engi¬ neering has assumed a new significance in the last de¬ cade. “The high intelligence demanded by the vocation itself, and the revolution in training caused by the strengthening of its foundation in general education, has finally, beyond all question, raised the work of application of science to industry to the dignity of a profession on a par with that of law, medicine, and science. It demands of its members equally high men¬ tal attainments, and a more rigorous training and ex¬ perience. Despite all this, industry is conducted for commercial purposes, and leaves no room for the haughty intellectual superiority assumed by some pro¬ fessions over business callings “The very essence of the profession is that it calls upon its members to direct men. They are the officers in the great industrial army . . . officers on out¬ post duty. “In but few of the greatest works does the person¬ ality of its real creator reach the world; but the engi¬ neering profession rises yearly in dignity and impor¬ tance, as the rest of the world learns more of where the real brains of industrial progress are. To the engineer falls the work of creating from the dry bones of fact the living body of industry. Herbert Hoover, himself a graduate of the school of mining at Stanford University, is ample proof that the profession numbers among its members some of the strongest brain power and leadership in America. Left to Right- -Culver, Ingersoll. Drucker. Souza. Jones — 30 —