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1956-1957 Undergraduate Catalogue FOUNDED 1791 • BURLINGTON, VERMONT Bulletin of THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT THE CATA LO G U E 1956-1957 ANNOUNCEMENTS 19 5 7 - 19 5 8 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 54 APRIL 15, 1957 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 18, 1955, at the Post Office at Burlington, Vermont, under the Act of Congress of August 24, 1912. "IRA ALLEN, FOUNDER OF THE STATE OF VERMONT, FOUNDED THIS UNIVERSITY 1791." THE IRA ALLEN MEMORIAL CHAPEL ALONG COLLEGE ROW: THE CHAPEL, BILLINGS LIBRARY, WILLIAMS SCIENCE HALL, THE OLD MILL THE LIBRARY — THE HEART OF EVERY UNIVERSITY 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 155 THE ALUMNI COUNCIL 178 ENROLLMENT STATISTICS 182 DEGREES AND PRIZES 185 LOAN FUNDS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND PRIZES 196 GENERAL INDEX 205 ACADEMIC CALENDAR 208 UVM* § 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 National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education The American Medical Association The American Dental Association National League for Nursing The Engineers Council for Professional Development The American Chemical Society § Currently enrolled are 3,085 students, of whom 1,501 are residents of Vermont; the remainder represent 26 states and 5 foreign countries. *Although its legal title is the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, the University is known to its students, alumni, and 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 motto of the University of Vermont, "For studies and other worthwhile pursuits (Studiis et rebus honestis)", selected before the University's first graduation in 1804, reflects the spirit of the Uni­ versity throughout its century and a half of educational service to Vermont and the nation. The university would have been out of step with the state whose name it bears had it not served as a training ground for men and women who were to become leaders in many parts of a constantly expanding America. From the granting of a charter by the Vermont General Assembly in 1791, the university's development has been closely identified with that of the state. Immediately the Assembly set aside about 29,000 acres throughout the state for the support of the university; it provided that the governor and speaker of the house should be cx-officio mem­ bers of the university's corporation; and it required that the by-laws of the university should give no preference to any religious sect or denomination. Thus the University of Vermont took its place among the handful of colleges founded in this country in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries for the higher education of young colonials and Americans of the first post-revolutionary generation. The University was the fifth college to be chartered in New England, the third to be chartered by a state after the formation of the United States for the higher edu­ cation of all its youth and the second institution of this type to confer the bachelor's degree. After a half century of life guided by a self-perpetuating corpora­ tion, made possible by much private as well as public support, UVM took another step in the direction of public education when the State of Vermont chartered the Vermont Agricultural College in 1864. This college was established under the provisions of the Land-Grant Act of 1862, which had been sponsored by Hon. Justin S. Morrill, member of Congress from Vermont, to make possible higher education for "sons of farmers and those in the mechanic arts," and to provide education in agriculture and the mechanic arts as well as the so-called liberal and scientific courses. In 1865 the new agricultural college was merged with the university, to form the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College. Under later federal laws the services of the university were expanded by the addition of the Agricultural 1 COLLEGES AND CURRICULA 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 Vermont. COLLEGES AND CURRICULA The University now consists of six colleges, a school of dental hygiene, a summer session, and a division of adult education. 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, French, geology, German, Greek, history, Latin, mathemat­ ics, music, philosophy, physics, political science, psychology, 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, 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 for 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 2 COLLEGES AND CURRICULA 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. Engineering was taught in a separate department until 1911, when a College of Engineering was established. In 1946, the Col­ lege of Technology was formed to include the curricula in civil, electrical, mechanical, and management engineering; professional chemistry; commerce and economics; and, later, medical technology. Majors in the Department of Commerce and Economics may select from many options in which to specialize, including accounting, banking, finance and insurance, business administration, industrial management, marketing and merchandising, personnel manage­ ment, and secretarial studies. The education and preparation of teachers has always been a major objective of the University; and although the techniques have varied over the years, the primary concern has been to graduate qualified teachers who have a broad background in academic subject matter and a modern professional training in the methods of teaching. The College of Education and Nursing, established in 1946, offers four- year curricula leading to the Bachelor of Science degree in the fields of elementary, junior high, secondary, business, and music education. This college also offers a four calendar-year curriculum leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
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