 The following is a production of New Mexico State University. One of the newest degrees at New Mexico State University, the Master of Fine Arts, can trace its roots back to the early years of what was then called New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. The college guidelines stated, Agricultural students at this college shall be required to practice free-hand drawing five days a week during their entire college career to train their powers of observation. Graduating seniors do all of the technical illustrations in their thesis papers. Although the performing arts such as music were not offered for college credit until the turn of the century, botanist E. O. Wooten organized vocal music classes. Stage performance and public speaking was required of all students. For the early years, I'm Carla Aragón. This has been a Centennial Celebration Minute from New Mexico State University. The preceding was a production of New Mexico State University. The views and opinions in this program are those of the author, and do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of the NMSU Board of Regents.