Kansas State University - Royal Purple Yearbook (Manhattan, KS)

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ROY. II. PURPLE loio 17 the degree Ph. 1). He resigned his pastorate at Newark to accept the position of Instructor in Rhetoric and Oratory at Brown Uni- versity, which position he held for three years. Dr. Brink then be- came Professor of English and History at Kalamazoo College. Remaining six years at Kalamazoo, he then resigned his pro- fessorship to take a year of advanced graduate study at Harvard. At the close of that Sabbatic year, in the summer of 1902, Dr. Brink was elected to his present position, as the successor of Rev. Frank C. Lockwood, now Professor of English in Allegheny Collesre. ALBERT MOORE TEX EYCK, M.S. Professor of Agronomy Professor Ten Eyck began his work in this state, December 1, 1902, as Professor of Agronomy. He was previously connected with the North Dakota Agricultural College for five years as Assistant Professor of Agriculture. Professor Ten Eyck is a native of Wis- consin, a farmer by birth and raising. He is a graduate of the Wis- consin State University with a degree of B.S.Agr., and has an M.S. degree from the Colorado Agricultural College. The Agronomv Department as it stands today is what he has made it. Beginning with one assistant on one-half time and with only one class room available, he has built up a course which requires a whole building for its accommodation and requires in addition to the head, an Assistant Professor, five assistants, and a larg ' e force of office clerks, stenographers, foremen, etc. Mr. Ten Eyck has written a large number of bulletins both here and at the North Dakota sta- tion. He is quoted largelv in the newspapers throughout the United States and is quoted as authoritv on agricultural subjects. RALPH R. PRICE, M.A. Professor of History and Civics Professor Price has proven to class after class that he is a shark at his game and his usual winning - cards are Kings and Queens. History has no record of a student who succeeded in run-

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16 ROYAL PURPLE igm ture, with one assistant. He received his degree of M. S. the same year. Since then the department has steadily grown until at the present there are one assistant professor, one instructor, two assistants and more needed. Forestry work was begun in 1899 and ten years later the State Forestry work was added to the department. Mr. Dickens is the author of four bulletins and parts of two others as well as pamphlets for the Extension Department and re- ports on Forestry. He is a life member of the Kansas Horticultural Society and also a member of the American Pomological Society and of the American Forestry Association. Professor Dickens has visited ever)- county in the state, either on Institute or Forestry work and has so endeared himself to the farmers that they are always glad to go to him for advice. He is also a favorite with his students and is a capable, interesting in- structor and friend. CLARK M. BRINK, Pri.D. Professor of English. Assistant to the President This is the eighth vear that the English Department has been in charge of Dr. Brink. In that time the teaching force of that department has grown from three instructors to eight, the number of students enrolled in English from a scant hundred to a thousand. Professor Brink is a New Yorker by birth and education. His preparation for college was secured in the public and academic schools of the Empire State. Entering the University of Rochester, he graduated from that institution, after four years, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, taking the highest honors in Latin, Declama- tion and Oratory. He then spent three years at the Rochester Theological Seminary, graduating with a rank that entitled him to the degree of B. D. He then entered the ministry, remaining for five years at Des Moines, in the meantime completing the work in absentia for the Master ' s degree at his alma mater. He then became the pastor of a church at Newark, N. J., taking up at the same time a course of graduate study in the English Language and Literature at New York Universitv, graduating at the end of four vears with

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18 ROYAL PURPLE igio ning- a bluff on him, indeed it is doubtful if it could be done, so well does he seem to have in mind the happenings of the past. The course in History at K. S. A. C. is especially strong, special emphasis being placed on the reason of history rather than on the memorizing of a volume of dates. With the rapid growth of the College the last few years this department kept pace, inaugur- ating several new subjects and strengthening the course in general. In connection with his work here, Prof. Price has written an out- line of study for both History and Civics for use in his classes and by means of which he has made his courses very comprehensive. J. E. KAMMEYER, A.M. Professor of Economics Professor Kammeyer ' s work with the College began in 1903 as Professor of Oratory. The following year he was made the Professor of Economics, which position he now holds, at the same time retaining charge of the Public Speaking work. Under his direction these subjects have developed so substantially that they are now required in all the courses offered. The work is taught so as to correlate with the technical courses rather than a separate art of making orators and politicians, although some bright stars oc- casionally develop. None of these, however, have learned definitelv Professor Kammeyer ' s political affiliations. If early environment played any part he should be a fighting Democrat, for he was born in Missouri in the border ruffian days. We have in him a living example of one of the boys who worked their way through college. After graduation he took up teaching as a profession, working from the graded, through High School to his present position. He has also had considerable experi- ence on the platform as a lecturer and has a natural ability to pre- side at Oratorical Contests. JOHN VAN ZANDT CORTELYOU, Ph.D. Professor of German Although Professor Cortelyou is best known among the students from his work as General Manager of Athletics, he is equally as popu-