Washington State University - Chinook Yearbook (Pullman, WA)

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Physical Education for Men J. Fred Bohler, director of the Department of Physical Education and Athletics, has been a mem¬ ber of the Washington State College faculty for twenty-eight years. He came to the campus from the University of Nebraska and in 1915 was made head of this department. The department of physical education ranks among the highest in the United States, and its graduates have been placed in exceptionally fine positions throughout the country. Dr. Bolder is a member of the National Col¬ legiate Basketball Who’s Who Committee and is one of the very few Physical Education Directors to be cited in Who’s Who. Physical Education for Women Directed by Helen G. Smith, the Department of Women’s Physical Education has won recognition throughout the United Stales. The present demand for college trained physical education directors is greater than Washington State College can supply. Miss Smith, a member of Phi Kappa Phi, has been head of the department for eight years. The department offers a varied program of ac¬ tivities designed to meet the needs and interests of all types of students. Helen G. Smith The Graduate School Dr. F. L. Pickett did undergraduate and gradu¬ ate work at the University of Indiana and received his Ph. D. degree from there in 1915. He became head of the department of Botany at Washington State College in 1919 and in 1930 was appointed Dean of the Graduate School. During the past year there were nearly 150 stu¬ dents enrolled in the department and fifty of these will take their advanced degrees at Commencement in June. A large proportion of these people are already located in permanent positions. Others are entering other institutions to continue their ad¬ vanced work. F. L. Pickett Page 22

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School of Pharmacy Dean Dirstine who has been Dean of ihe school of phar¬ macy for ihe past 19 years received his Bachelor’s and Doc¬ tor’s degree at Washington State College. He received his pharmacy degree from Valparaiso University. Of the one hundred and forty students enrolled this year in the School of Pharmacy twenty per cent are girls. Few, if any, schools in the country offer as much strictly pharmacy work as does Washington State College. The school has been classified, unofficially, as one of the ten leading Schools of Pharmacy in the United States. The school under Dean Dirstine has a unique national rec¬ ord in that no graduate has failed in the past eleven years to pass the State of Washington Examination for registration and license to practice in this state. Dean P. II. Dirstine College of Veterinary Medicine Dean E. E. Wegner has been head of the Veterinary de¬ partment of Washington State College since 1920, and has been on the faculty for 27 years. At present there are 195 students enrolled in this department and there are six full¬ time instructors. Evaluating agencies rank the department very high na¬ tionally, and it is recognized as the best of its kind in the western states. Dean Wegner was highly honored by being elected first Dean E. E. Wegner vice-president of the American Veterinary Medical Associa¬ tion and is recognized throughout the country as an author¬ ity on veterinary medicine. School of Mines and Geology Dean A. E. Drucker became head of the School of Mines and Geology in 1926, and previous to that lime he spent six¬ teen years of service as a mining engineer and metallurgist in foreign countries. Under Dean Drucker in this department, are six instruc¬ tors, two graduate teachers and one hundred thirteen stu¬ dents. Out of 42 similar schools, the one at Washington State ranks ninth in size and is one of the largest in the western states. Dean Drucker has been chosen Technical Advisor and Chairman of the Division of Metals and Metallurgy for the Grand Coulee and Bonneville dam projects. The labora¬ tory on the campus has been enlarged and the state has sup¬ plied varied equipment for research in connection with these projects. Dean A. E. Drucker Page 21

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Frank F. Nalder Frank E. Balmer Director , General College Extension Director , Agricultural Extension Service Division ol General College Extension The Division of General College Extension is organized to carry intellectual and social service of the college to individuals who cannot attend classes on the campus. This depart¬ ment offers correspondence courses in over one hundred subjects to people living in vari¬ ous sections of the Northwest. Wherever feasible, college extension classes are organized under the direction of in¬ structors provided by the Extension office. There are extension classes in which several hundred men and women are enrolled which meet in Spokane, Prosser, Toppenish, Yaki¬ ma, and Wenatchee. Radio station KWSC is one of the few college stations in the west which operates on an average of seventy-one and a half hours a week. The entertainment for these programs is largely furnished by students under the supervision of Dr. Frank F. Nalder and program director, Kenneth Yeend. Page 23