 | University of Virginia record February, 1911 |  |
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
| EDWIN ANDERSON ALDERMAN, D. C. L., LL. D. | President |
| FRANCIS HENRY SMITH, M. A., LL. D., | Emeritus Professor of Natural Philosophy |
| JOHN WILLIAM MALLET, M. D., Ph. D., LL. D., F. R. S., | Emeritus Professor of General and Industrial Chemistry |
| ALBERT HENRY TUTTLE, M. Sc., | Miller Professor of Biology and Agriculture |
| FRANCIS PERRY DUNNINGTON, B. S., C. E., | Professor of Analytical and Agricultural Chemistry |
| WILLIAM HOLDING ECHOLS, B. S., C. E., | Professor of Mathematics |
| JAMES MORRIS PAGE, M. A., Ph. D., LL. D., | Professor of Mathematics |
| WILLIAM MYNN THORNTON, LL. D., | Professor of Applied Mathematics |
| ORMOND STONE, M. A. | Professor of Astronomy |
| RICHARD HENRY WILSON, M. A., Ph. D., | Professor of Romanic Languages |
| ROBERT MONTGOMERY BIRD, B. S., Ph. D., | Collegiate Professor of Chemistry |
| THOMAS LEONARD WATSON, M. S., Ph. D., | Corcoran Professor of Economic Geology |
| JOSEPH HOEING KASTLE, M. S., Ph. D. | Professor of Chemistry |
| WILLIAM HARRISON FAULKNER, M. A., Ph. D., | Professor of Germanic Languages |
| — — | William Barton Rogers Professor of Economic Geology |
| LLEWELLYN GRIFFITH HOXTON, B. S., M. A. | Associate Professor of Physics |
| WILLIAM ALLISON KEPNER, M. A., Ph. D., | Adjunct Professor of Biology |
| JOHN SHARSHALL GRASTY, Ph. D., | Adjunct Professor of Economic Geology |
| DAVID VANCE GUTHRIE, M. A., Ph. D. | Adjunct Professor of Physics |
| GRAHAM EDGAR, B. S., Ph. D. | Adjunct Professor of Chemistry |
| STEPHEN TABER, B. A. | Instructor in Geology |
| EDWARD STAPLES SMITH, M. E. | Instructor in Mathematics |
| JOHN WILBUR WATSON, M. A. | Instructor in Chemistry |
| WILLIAM NEWTON NEFF, M. A. | Instructor in Physics |
| JAMES COOK BARDIN, M. D. | Instructor in Romanic Languages |
| STANLEY MATTHEWS CLEVELAND, B. A., | Instructor in Romanic Languages |
| ANGUS BLAKEY ECHOLS | Instructor in Mathematics |
| ROBERT EDMUND BEARD | Instructor in Mathematics |
| LEVI THOMAS WILSON, M. A. | Instructor in Mathematics |
| DANIEL PERKINS WOODSON, JR. | Instructor in Chemistry |
| LESTER PATTON | Instructor in Chemistry |
| CHARLES NEWMAN WUNDER, B. A. | Instructor in Astronomy |
| HARRY HAMILTON GAVER | Instructor in Astronomy |
| RUSSELL LANDRAM HADEN, B. A. | Assistant in Chemistry |
| JOSEPH GRAY DINWIDDIE | Assistant in Chemistry |
| STERLING HENRY DIGGS | Assistant in Physics |
The Department of Agriculture is founded on the gift of one hundred
thousand dollars by the late Samuel Miller, of Lynchburg, Va.; this
sum having been given to establish a fund, the income of which should
be applied, as far as practicable, to the maintenance of experiments
in agriculture, training in the art of farming, and instruction in those
sciences which underlie that art, as well as in their practical relations
thereto. Since the income in question is manifestly inadequate to provide
for all these important ends in an efficient manner, it has become necessary
for those directly charged with its administration to decide how
it can be most usefully applied within the limits indicated.
Agriculture is the art of cultivating the soil with a view to profit;
as usually applied, the term implies the successful raising and marketing
of crops of plants or of animals, or of their products. Its theory
is based directly upon the sciences of Chemistry, Botany, and Zoölogy;
and also, but less directly, upon the allied sciences of Physics, Mechanics,
and Geology. Education adapted to the prosecution of this vocation
calls, therefore, at the outset, for sound and thorough instruction in
these sciences; and subsequently for the discussion of its principles
and processes as based upon them. The experience of some years has
shown conclusively that neither agricultural experimentation nor instruction
in the routine of farm work can be profitably conducted here
with the means at command; nor is such application of these means in
accordance with the needs or expressed desires of students who come to
the university for the purpose of entering this department.
It seems wisest, therefore, as well as most consonant with the other
functions of the university, to apply the income of this fund to the
enlargement, as far as possible, of the opportunities here afforded to those
who desire to acquire a knowledge of the sciences on which the art of agriculture
is based, and of which it is the practical application; to understand
their theoretical principles, as well as their economic relations; and to be
capable of following their progress in all its bearings. Instruction is therefore
offered in this department to all who desire such training in the
descriptive and experimental sciences as this would imply, together with a
knowledge of the closely affiliated mathematical sciences, and of the
accordance with the following plan:
Required for Entrance upon the Work of the Department.—The
General Entrance Examination, or admission to the university by certificate
or diploma, as stated in a preceding portion of this catalogue.
Based upon this preparation the degree of Bachelor of Science will
be conferred upon students who satisfactorily complete one B course
each in Physics, General Chemistry, Botany, Zoölogy, Geology, and Analytical
Chemistry; together with an advanced course in each of any three
of the Schools represented by these courses; of one B course (to be elected
by the student) from the group of mathematical sciences, viz., Pure
Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, or Astronomy; and of the B courses
in French and German. The B courses are the same as, or the equivalent
of, the B courses described in a previous portion of this catalogue; the
advanced courses in the various scientific Schools have also been previously
described.
Agricultural Chemistry.—There is offered in connection with Course
3C (p. 135), in Analytical Chemistry a course of lectures in Agricultural
Chemistry, including a discussion of the chemical and physical properties
of the atmosphere, of soils, and of plants; the chemistry of the processes
of vegetable life so far as they are related to Agriculture; the chemical
composition and preparation of manures; the chemistry of stock feeding,
and of fungicides and insecticides. This course is open without charge
to students who have registered in Analytical Chemistry, to Virginia
students, and to farmers who are not matriculated students.
For Reference: Johnston's elements of Agricultural Chemistry; 17th edition;
London, 1894.
Practical Biology and Agriculture.—For courses in Practical Biology
and Agriculture see the Miller School of Biology, p. 136.
In this department, as in the college, the order in which courses
are taken is left largely to the discretion of the student: it is important,
however, that the more general or introductory courses be completed before
advanced work in any line is entered upon. The following is therefore
suggested as a convenient arrangement for a four years' course
leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science as given in this department
under the conditions above stated: it is also intended to indicate the
large freedom of election from among the advanced courses in the Natural
Sciences that is open to the student in this department: it should, however,
be borne in mind that this is intended only as a suggestion and
not as in any sense a prescribed curriculum. It assumes that the student
pursuing it or a similar schedule has already completed (here or elsewhere)
the A courses in Mathematics, German, and French: if either of
these has not been completed, it should be included as an additional
course in either the first or the second year.
The courses named in the first years are all required, save in the
case of Mathematics 3B, for which substitution may be made of either
Astronomy 1B or Applied Mathematics 1B. The courses named in the
first two years should as a rule be completed in those years, though not
necessarily in the order suggested.
First Year:
German 1B; Physics 1B; Botany 1B;
Second Year:
French 1B; Chemistry 1B; Zoölogy 1B;
Third Year:
Mathematics 3B; Analytical Chemistry 1B; Geology 1B;
Fourth Year:
Elective; Elective; Elective.
The advanced courses from which the electives (here assigned to
the fourth year) may be chosen are as follows:
Botany and Agriculture 1B; Botany 2C, 3C, or 4C; Zoölogy and
Agriculture 1B; Zoölogy 2C, 3C, or 4C; Geology 2C; Economic Geology
3C; Analytical and Agricultural Chemistry 2C; Chemistry 2B; Chemistry
3C; Physics 2C; Mathematics 5C; Astronomy 2C, 3C, or 4C; and
Applied Mathematics 2C.
Any of these courses may be offered. The candidate for a degree in
this Department is, however, strongly advised to choose as early in his
course as practicable a special field of work, and to put himself under
the advice of the professor with whom such work chiefly lies as regards
both the choice of his electives and the order of the prescribed studies
that will be most advantageously pursued in his individual case.
MILLER SCHOLARSHIPS.
A scholarship is awarded at the end of each session to the candidate
who at that time passes the graduation examinations in the B courses
in Zoölogy, Chemistry, and Physics with the highest aggregate of marks.
The scholarship is tenable for the following two years. The emoluments
consist of $250 a session, with free tuition in the Schools of the Department
of Agriculture. The holder of a Miller Scholarship is required to
elect at least one-third of his work in Biology and Agriculture, Analytical
Chemistry, or Applied Mathematics, and the remainder from any courses
offered in the Academic Schools: he is also required to act as a student
assistant in the Biological Laboratory. The tenure of the scholarship
depends upon the good conduct and studious diligence of the scholar,
the Faculty being authorized to withdraw its benefits from any student
who does not avail himself of the opportunities for study which it is intended
to secure. Candidacy must be announced at the beginning of
the session.
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