1955-1956 Undergraduate Catalogue

THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES THE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE THE COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND NURSING THE GRADUATE COLLEGE THE SCHOOL OF DENTAL HYGIENE THE SUMMER SESSION THE DIVISION OF ADULT EDUCATION FOUNDED 1791 • BURLINGTON, VERMONT Bulletin of tt Tf TT XT T V T? D C T T V T? Til LJ IN J- v JLL JLV U 11 J. LI r VERMONT THE CATALOGUE 19 5 5 19 5 6 ANNOUNCEMENTS 19 5 6 19 5 7 CORRESPONDENCE Admissions For all matters pertaining to the admission of undergraduate stu dents, including requisitions for the catalogue, and information con cerning rooms, tuition, and scholarships. Director of Admissions Adult Education Director of Adult Education College of Medicine Dean of the College of Medicine Graduate College Dean of the Graduate College Summer Session Director of the Summer Session Transcripts of Records Office of Admissions and Records Employment of Seniors and Alumni Director of Placement Matters of Alumni Interest Alumni Secretary Matters of General University Interest The President Bulletin of The University of Vermont VOLUME 53 APRIL 15, 1956 NUMBER 5 Published by The University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, thirteen times a year—once each in January, February, May, July, September, October, and November; and twice each in March, April, and December-, and re-entered as second-class matter November 78, 1955, at the Post Office at Burlington, Vermont, under the Act of Congress of August 24, 1912. THE CONTENTS EDUCATION AT VERMONT 1 STUDENT LIFE 10 THE ADMISSION OF STUDENTS 19 STUDENT EXPENSES 23 GENERAL INFORMATION 27 THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE 32 THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 45 THE SCHOOL OF DENTAL HYGIENE 50 THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND NURSING 52 THE COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY 60 THE GRADUATE COLLEGE 69 THE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE 75 THE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION 78 COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 80 PERSONNEL 153 THE ALUMNI COUNCIL 175 ENROLLMENT STATISTICS 179 DEGREES AND PRIZES 182 LOAN FUNDS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND PRIZES 192 GENERAL INDEX 201 ACADEMIC CALENDAR 204 U VM * § The University is located at Burlington, Vermont, overlooking an attractive tree-shaded city situated on the shores of Lake Champlain. § Burlington, the largest city in the State, with a population of 35,000, is 95 miles from Montreal, 230 miles from Boston, and 300 miles from New York City. The city enjoys daily plane service to these urban points in addition to regular railroad and bus service. § Chartered in 1791, the University is the twentieth oldest institution of higher learning in the United States authorized to grant degrees and the second institution founded by state legislative action to offer instruction at the university level. § Within the nine divisions of the University, instruction is offered in more than fifty programs leading to twenty-four different degrees. § The University is accredited by the following associations: The New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education The American Medical Association The American Dental Association The Engineers Council for Professional Development The American Chemical Society § Currently enrolled are 2,944 students, of whom 1,375 are residents of Vermont; the remainder represent 28 states and 7 foreign countries. *Although its legal title is the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, the University is known to its students, alumni, and to most of its friends as UVM. This popular abbreviation is derived from the Latin Universitas Viridis Montis—the Uni versity of the Green Mountain. Education at Vermont The University of Vermont was conceived by Ira Allen, its founder, "to establish a most extensive plan of education . For over one hundred and fifty years it has provided for qualified students the opportunity to acquire an understanding and appreciation of the main fields of human knowledge, to develop those qualities of mind and character which will enable them to assume responsible leader ship among their fellow men, and to lay the foundations for successful careers. From its earliest days the University has taught "such studies as might be most useful and applicable to the genius and views of the students." The emphasis on education at Vermont has not been the mastery of an inflexible program of studies, but rather the develop ment of sound academic interests and of an individual dynamism which equip a student to think for himself and to be an active con tributing member of his community. The present University, founded by a pioneer spirit and nurtured in a state which has long been identified with the most stalwart human qualities, is singularly fitted to carry out such a philosophy of education. Here the student is given a large measure of responsibility and an opportunity to develop his own personal thoughts, individuality, and integrity. Functioning as a public university in a relatively small state, it has kept contact with the people and has retained a perspective of human values. In all things the University attempts to maintain a balance between the ideals of academic discipline and the demands of practical training. Furthermore, it is of a size which provides a diversity of background and a cosmopolitan outlook without the danger of fostering an impersonal atmosphere. The faculty, composed of men and women dedicated to teaching as a profession, see the student as a partner and active participant in the process of education. Because of the close contacts among the students and faculty mem bers there is unusual opportunity for developing open-mindedness and tolerance for the opinion of others. EARLY BACKGROUND The one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the first commence ment was celebrated in 1954. Founded in 1791, the same year that Vermont became a state, the University has grown from humble beginnings until at the present time it enrolls nearly three thousand t COLLEGES AND CURRICULA students and by one service or another touches directly nearly every citizen of Vermont. Instruction at the University was begun in 1800 when a group of young men met in the home of the first president, the Reverend Mr. Sanders. Although it was the intention of the founder to establish a separate academy for women, the idea was never carried out. How ever, in 1872, the University became the first college in Vermont to admit women as regular students. The Hon. Justin S. Morrill, member of Congress from Vermont, sponsored the Morrill Land-Grant Act of 1862, which provided for the establishment of colleges to teach liberal and scientific courses, including agriculture and the mechanic arts. Under this act the leg islature chartered the Vermont Agricultural College in 1864. A year later the corporations of the University of Vermont and the new agri cultural college were merged by legislative act to form the present corporation, the University of Vermont and State Agricultural Col lege. Under later Federal laws the services of the University were ex panded by the addition of the Agricultural Experiment Station and the Agricultural Extension Service. In 1955 the Vermont legislature formally recognized the entire university as an instrumentality of the State and thus reestablished it as the University of the State of Vermont. Many adjustments in internal organization have taken place over the years. The University now consists of six colleges, a school of dental hygiene, a summer session, and a division of adult education. COLLEGES AND CURRICULA In common with the practice at most of the early universities, the original curriculum was based on languages, rhetoric, mathe matics, theology, and moral philosophy. Today, the College of Arts and Sciences, often considered the direct descendant of the original University, provides a general four-year curriculum leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts, with opportunity for concentration in one or more of the following studies: botany, chemistry, economics, English, geology, German, Greek, history, Latin, mathematics, music, philosophy, physics, political science, psychology, French, Spanish, speech, and zoology. Students interested in continuing their studies beyond the Bache lor's degree may, by making a proper selection of courses, meet all requirements for admission to graduate schools, and to such profes sional schools and colleges as those of medicine, dentistry, law, 2 COLLEGES AMD CURRICULA theology, and social work. Those who have completed three years of premedical study at the University may qualify for the degree of Bachelor of Science after successfully completing one year of study in an approved college of medicine. With the passage of the Morrill Act of 1862, the way was prepared lor the establishment of studies in agriculture. Today the College of Agriculture and Home Economics offers four-year curricula in agriculture, agricultural engineering, and home economics. It also offers two-year programs in preforestry and preveterinary sciences which prepare students for admission to other institutions for profes sional training in these fields. The curriculum in agriculture leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Agriculture provides options in general agriculture, agricultural economics, agricultural education, agronomy, animal and dairy production, botany, dairy manufacturing, horticulture, and poultry husbandry. The curriculum in agricultural engineering leads to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering. The curriculum in home economics, leading to the degree of Bache lor of Science in Home Economics, provides options in the fields of food and nutrition, related arts, clothing and textiles, and home eco nomics education. The department also offers an option in general home economics for students who wish a liberal education in addition to instruction in those areas related to the home and family. The University of Vermont was probably the first nonmilitary institution in America to offer instruction in engineering, and was certainly the first of the present land-grant colleges to give any in struction in this area, which was later incorporated into the Morrill Act.

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