Correspondence ADMISSIONS: For all matters pertaining to the admission of under­ graduate students, including requisitions for the catalogue, and informa­ tion concerning rooms, tuitions, and scholarships Director of Admissions Adult Education Director of Adult Education College of Medicine Dean, College of Medicine Graduate Division Director of Graduate Study Summer Session Director of the Summer Session TRANSCRIPTS OF RECORDS Office of the Registrar EMPLOYMENT OF SENIORS AND ALUMNI Director of Placement MATTERS OF ALUMNI INTEREST Alumni Secretary MATTERS OF GENERAL UNIVERSITY INTEREST The President [For Table of Contents see last page.] Bulletin of the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College VOLUME X LV I II — APRIL, 1951 — NUMBER ) Published by the University of Vermont and State Agriailtural College, Burlington, Vermont, four times a year; in January, March, April, and December, and entered as second-class matter April 29, 1943 at the Post Office at Burlington, Vermont, under the Act of Congress of August 24, 1912 BULLETIN of the UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT and STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE THE CATALOGUE 1 9 5 0 - 1 9 5 1 ANNOUNCEMENTS 1951-1952 U V M * J The University is located at Burlington, Vermont, overlooking an at­ tractive tree-shaded city situated on the shores of Lake Champlain. J Burlington, the largest city in the state with a population of 30,000, is 100 miles from Montreal, 240 miles from Boston, and 3 00 miles from New York City. The city enjoys fast daily plane service to these urban points in addition to regular railroad and bus service. J Chartered in 1791, the University is the eighteenth oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first institution founded by state legislative action to offer instruction at the university level. J Within the seven divisions of the University, instruction is offered in fifty-four different curricula, of which thirty-nine are professional and fifteen non-professional. J The University is fully accredited by the following accrediting agencies and learned societies: The Association of American Universities The New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools The Association of American Colleges The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education The American Medical Association The Engineers Council for Professional Development The American Chemical Society J Currently enrolled are 3,161 students, of whom 1,625 are residents of Vermont; the remainder represent 27 states and 11 foreign countries. •fa UVM, the popular method of referring to the University, is derived from the Latin — Universitas Viridis Montis. c t s u -• v' 'i UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE Educational Opportunities The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College aims to provide for qualified young men and women 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 leadership among their fellow men, and to lay the foundations for successful careers. In the process of achieving these aims, the University believes that a student will grow in self-mastery and personal depth, will learn to reason logically, and will develop open-mindedness and tolerance toward the opinion of others. The instructional activities of the University are organized under five colleges—Agriculture, Arts and Sciences, Education and Nursing, Medi­ cine, and Technology; the School of Dental Hygiene; and the Graduate Council. Within these seven instructional divisions, students may select from a wide variety of curricula. THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES The College of Arts and Sciences provides a general liberal four-year curriculum leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts, with opportunity for concentration in one or more of the following departments: Botany, Chemistry, Economics, English, Geology, German, Greek, History, Latin, Mathematics, Music, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Romance Languages (French and Spanish), and Zoology. It also offers a four-year professional curriculum leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology. All pre-professional requirements for admission to colleges of medicine, dentistry, law, and theology may be met in the College of Arts and Sci­ ences by a proper selection of electives. Those who have completed three years of pre-medical study at the University may qualify, on application, for the degree of Bachelor of Science after successfully completing one year of study in an approved college of medicine. 1 2 Educational Opportunities THE COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY The College of Technology offers four-year curricula leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineer­ ing, Management Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering. Certain de­ partments of this college also offer specialized four-year curricula leading to the professional degree of Bachelor of Science in Chemistry or the Bachelor of Science in Commerce and Economics (Business Administra­ tion ). Options in Commerce and Economics during the junior and senior years are: Accounting, Banking, Finance and Insurance, Business Ad­ ministration, Hotel and Resort Management, Industrial Management, Marketing and Merchandising, Personnel Management, and Secretarial Studies. THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE The College of Agriculture offers a four-year curriculum leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, which includes both general and specialized training. The fields of specialization are Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Education, Agronomy, Botany, Dairy Manufac­ turing, Dairy Production, Horticulture, and Poultry Husbandry. There is also offered in co-operation with the College of Technology a four-year curriculum in Agricultural Engineering which leads to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering. A two-year program of courses is offered to prepare students for admission to professional train­ ing in veterinary science and forestry at other institutions. The College of Agriculture also offers a four-year curriculum leading to the degree ol Bachelor of Science in Home Economics, with specializa­ tion in one of the following fields: Food and Nutrition; Clothing, Tex­ tiles, and Related Arts; Home Economics Education; and General Home Economics. THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND NURSING The College of Education and Nursing offers four-year curricula lead­ ing to the following degrees: in Elementary, Junior High, Secondary, and Industrial Education, the degree of Bachelor of Science in Education; in Business Education, the degree of Bachelor of Science in Business Educa­ tion; and in Music Education, the degree of Bachelor of Science in Music Education. This College also offers a five-year curriculum leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Nursing, and a three-year curriculum for graduate nurses leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Nursing Education. History 3 THE SCHOOL OF DENTAL HYGIENE The School of Dental Hygiene offers a two-year curriculum leading to a Certificate in Dental Hygiene. Recipients of this certificate are eligible to take the State Board Examination for licensing as Dental Hygienists. Enrollment is limited to women. THE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE The College of Medicine offers a four-year curriculum leading to the degree of Doctor of Medicine and also offers graduate courses in specialty fields. GRADUATE STUDY Under the supervision of the Graduate Council, instruction is given leading to one or another of several advanced degrees. The student may elect to work for his appropriate degree in many departments of the Uni­ versity. The History The University owes its foundation to Ira Allen, who gave four thou­ sand pounds to help establish a university in Burlington. He had aided more than any other one man in forming the State and in preserving its integrity through the troubled years preceding its admission to the Union. In 1791 the first General Assembly of the new State granted the charter for the University. Instruction was begun by the first president, Daniel C. Sanders, in 1800 and four , years later the first class was graduated. In 1872 women were first admitted. The Hon. Justin S. Morrill, Representative and later Senator from Ver­ mont, sponsored the Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862, which provided for colleges to teach liberal and scientific courses, including Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. Under this act the Legislature chartered the Vermont Agricultural College in 1864. A year later the two corporations were joined by legislative act in a new corporation, the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College. Later the Experiment Station and Exten­ sion Service were established by the Legislature. Courses in Civil Engi­ neering were first given in 1829. Four-year curicula in Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, and Management Engineering have followed. The study of Medicine began with the appointment in 1804 of a lec­ turer in Chirurgery and Anatomy, and a full course of Medical Lectures 4 The Campus was offered in 1822 by the cooperation of an association of doctors and the University. From this developed the Medical College. Since 1920, women have been admitted to this college. Since 1944, the University has offered pre-clinical classroom instruc­ tion for the nursing students of most Vermont hospitals. In 1946, the University was re-organized into its present divisions. Some of the most recently added