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Page 4 College Station, Texas Wednesday, October 13, 1965 THE BATTALI^DN
Liberal Arts College
Finds Deserved Status
By DANI PRESSWOOD
Battalion Special Writer
When Texas A&M was found
ed in 1876 there was no College
of Liberal Arts. Moreover, there
was to be none for the next 89
years.
For most of those 89 years
liberal arts has had to take a
back seat at this Agricultural
and Mechanical University. But
with expansion and developments
in recent years this is no longer
the case. Now in 1965 the arts
have broken out of the College
of Arts and Sciences and the
College of Liberal Arts has been
established.
What does such an act mean?
Dr. Frank W. R. Hubert, dean of
the College of Liberal Arts, com
ments, “It says to me that we
recognize that the knowledge of
liberal arts is important. It is a
focus on man, not on things. Lib
eral arts is concerned with man
and his ideas and his ability to
get along with his fellow man.”
This move is indicative of the
growing concern of colleges all
over the country toward a broad
ened knowledge of liberal arts as
well as the specialized technologi
cal training which has developed
since World War II.
According to Hubert, the scien
tific and technological develop
ments of the past have put such
a tremendous pressure upon col
leges that they are having to re
examine their curricula and ad
just to the demands.
In 1876, the A&M College of
Texas offered four “general”
courses of study. These were ag
riculture, mechanics and engi
neering, languages and military
tactics.
In 1900 the general courses
were agriculture, mechanical en
gineering, civil engineering and
general sciences. By 1903 these
were changed to chemistry and
mineralogy, drawing, English,
history, languages, military
science, and physics and electri
cal engineering.
The School of Arts and Scienc
es was not created until 1924, at*
which time it joined the Schools
of Engineering, Agriculture, Vet
erinary Medicine and Vocational
Teaching.
At that time the School o^ Arts
and Sciences consisted of me De
partments of Biology, Chiemistry,
Geology, Mathematics, Physics,
Economics, English, Modern Lan
guages, History, Physical Educa
tion and Military Science.
Several major changes were
made in the departmental organi
zation since 1924. Among these
were the addition of the Depart
ments of Education and Journal
ism, and in 1963 the name was
changed to College of Arts and
Sciences.
Today the College of Arts and
Sciences has been divided in the
College of Science and the Col
lege of Liberal Arts which now
includes the School of Business
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Campus Briefs
Graduate College
Enrollment Rises
Texas A&M’s g-raduate stu
dents for the fall semester show
a 31 per cent increase over the
same term last year.
Graduate Dean Wayne C. Hall
reported 1,884 graduate students
this fall, an increase of 451 over
the 1964 fall total of 1,433.
The College of Agriculture has
the largest enrollment, 516, but
the Institute of Statistics made
the biggest gain percentage wise,
from 22 to 51 students, a 131
per cent gain.
Other enrollment figures show
the College of Engineering hav
ing 483 students, College of Lib
eral Arts, 330, College of Sci
ence, 320, College of Geosciences,
136, and College of Veterinary
Medicine, 48.
Hall attributed the increase
to the national general surge
in enrollments, better facilities
and stipends, and the increasing
reputation of A&M.
Women are most active in the
College of Liberal Arts, with 104
enrolled. Of that number 82 are
seeking advanced degrees in edu
cation, 16 in English.
College Station firms, organiza
tions and individuals.
The donors, amount of schol
arships and purposes are as fol
lows:
KORA, $200, journilasm; Lilly
Ice Cream, $400, dairy science;
Dr. Luther G. Jones, $200, agro
nomy; Bryan Building and Loan,
$500, improvement of teaching;
and Collegiate FFA Chapter,
$125, deserving student.
Board Endorses
Two Amendments
Texas A&M’s Board of Direc
tors passed resolutions Saturday
endorsing two amendments to the
Texas Constitution.
The action supported Amend
ment One and Six. The first
authorizes the state to add five
cents to the ad valorem tax.
Tax monies would be divided
among 17 state colleges.
Amendment Six provides for
a $85 million bond issue to sup
port low interest loans to college
students in Texas.
Biology Prof Gets Research Grant
Dr. Edward Chin, visiting as
sociate professor of biology at
Texas A&M, has been awarded a
$40,092 National Science Founda
tion grant for “Coordination of
Research Vessel Anton Bruun.”
The one-year grant, effective
immediately, is for support of
biological oceanographic p r o -
grams in the Southeastern Pa
cific.
Dr. John G. Mackin, head of
A&M’s Department of Biology,
said Chin will coordinate a series
of voyages by researchers
throughout the United States for
Ps^
To
study of fauna and flora al«
western South American coi$
Mackin said the grant provi,
for several graduate assist^; p) r
both scientific and clerical, at; A&M
A&M Marine Laboratory in(J ca tior
veston. major
“Any scientific institutions an( j j
the United States may apply!
use of the R/V Anton Brut: Ro1
Mackin said. “Chin has been j lation
erating the ship in the Inc. Junio
Ocean for the Woods HoleOtt; tion
ographic Institute. He is shifts leges’
his base of operations to; Bto thi
A&M Marine Laboratory." Confe
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Twelve women are enrolled in
agriculture, six in engineering,
one in geosciences, 10 in science,
two in veterinary medicine, and
four in statistics.
Math Club
Elects Officers
Math Club officers were elec
ted during an organizational
meeting last week.
Officers are president Jim
Reitz, a senior from New York
City; vice-president Gene Rosen
baum, a senior from Brenham;
treasurer Brian Honey, a sopho
more from Galveston; and pro
gram chairman Jim Rupley, a
senior from El Paso. Club repre
sentatives to the Arts and Sci
ences Council are Patrick Robin
son, senior representative from
Houston, and Sophomore Sandra
Carr, junior representative from
Kerrville.
Dr. W. S.'McCulley, math in
structor, sponsors the club.
Local Firms Give
$1,725 In Grants
Texas A&M has received $1,725
in scholarships from six Bryan-
Foreign Service Quiz
Deadline Monday
Monday is deadline for filing
applications for foreign service
examinations by the Department
of State and United States In
formation Agency.
Dr. J. M. Nance, head of Tex
as A&M’s Department of His
tory and Government, said exam
inations will be given here Dec.
4. Applications may be filed in
Room 208, Nagle Hall.
Applicants must be at least
21 and under 31 years old, with
the exception of 20-year olds who
have completed their junior year
of college.
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Nance said the examinations
are for students with special
qualifications in international re
lations, public and business ad
ministration, economics, journa
lism, foreign commerce, politi
cal science, history, labor, and
other subjects.
Depending on age and qualifi
cations, candidates may be ap
pointed as foreign service offi
cers with salaries from $6,050 to
$8,420.
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Date: October 14, 1965
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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