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

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24 ROYAL PURPLE iqio retired. The Regents have asked Lieut. Boice to remain another year, and if he does so he will have served the maximum time which an army officer is allowed to remain at this post. JOHN C. KENDALL, B.S. Professor of Dairy Husbandry Professor Kendall is our dairymaid. His mother taught him the secrets of the trade when he was a bit of a bov in the old New Hampshire home among - the hills. Later the A. M. College of New Hampshire put on a few polishing touches and gave him a degree of B. S. He is well known throughout Kansas and is carrying on a cam- paign by means of bulletins and farmers ' institutes among the farm ers and dairymen of the state that is having a large effect on the quality of our dairy products. J. O. HAMILTON, B.S. Professor of Physics Professor Hamilton ' s work with the Physics Department began in 1901. The growth of the department under his supervision lias kept pace with the phenomenal development of the school. The work of the department is necessarily heavy, as from two to five terms of Physics are required in every course offered. The standing of the work is exceptionally high and is accepted in all the leading Univer- sities of the country. Previous to his advent here, Professor Hamilton was occupied as a teacher and later as a Mining Engineer. Llis early education was received at Monmouth College and at the University of Chicago. In addition to his regular work he has charge of the U. S. Weather Bureau Station located at the College. During his connection with the College he has developed an efficient method of treating sulphated storage cells, constructed an electrical schedule clock which controls the bells in all the buildings, has edited Some Weather Studies and a Physics Lab. Manual. At the present time he is investigating the nature of the light of the fire-flv. He is also a consistent athletic enthusiast, being at one time the Athletic Manager.

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ROYAL PURPLE wio 23 High School, then from the State Normal with the degree of A. B. and then from the Slate University with the degree of A. M. Later he graduated with the degree i Ph. D. from Cornell. Previons to coming to K. S. A. C. he was Associate Entomolo- gist of the New Hampshire Experiment Station. Since coming to K. S. A. C. he has completely reorganized the course in Entomology and perfected an extensive laboratory course which is given in con- junction with the theory. Aside from his regular work, Dr. Headlee has turned out an enormous amount of bulletin work. His work of this nature in- cludes treatises on the Prairie Ant, Insects Injurious to Alfalfa, Green Bug, Chinch Bug, Hessian Fly, Greater Wheat Straw Worm. Corn Ear Worm, etc. We find still further evidences of extensive research along entomological lines in the prominent Entomological Journals, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, etc. At the pres- ent rate of accumulation we may expect a set of his complete works to comprise a number of volumes in the near future. LIEUT. CHAS. H. BOICE Professor of Military Tactics Attention ! Here is the man who in time of peace prepares for war. Lie is every inch a soldier, for his honors have all been won on the field. A native of Xew York, he entered the service as a pri- vate of Volunteers in the Spanish-American war and was promoted to First Lieutenant. He was mustered out at the end of the war and immediately re-entered the service as First Lieutenant of Vol- unteers and served in the Philippines two years. While here his conduct was such that he was made Brevet Captain, and then Brevet Major; the reason given in each case was ' ' For meritorious conduct in action. At the end of the war he was honored with a First Lieu- tenancy in the regular army, being finally assigned to the Seventh Cavalry. He was detailed to the College November 14, 1907, and since then has done much to add to the efheiency of the Cadet Corps. He was very instrumental in securing a national appropriation for cadet quarters in the new Gym., and has recently been provided with an assistant, Mr. E. C. Claren, Commissary Sergeant, U. S. A.,

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ROYAL PURPLE ion MRS. M RV P. VAN ZILE. Dean of Women,, Professor of Domestic Science Mrs. Van Zile. the woman who is keeping up the reputation of K. S. A. C. for sending out the best housewives in the world, is a native of Kansas and a former student of the College. She is a graduate of the Iowa State College and following her graduation was employed as an Instructor of Domestic Science in that Institu- tion. Later she taught in the Chicago Public Schools, resigning her position to become Dean of Women here. One mvstery of her department which remains unsolved is how they expect to keep up the reputation of being good housewives. They all claim that they owe it to the world to become teachers and furthermore, Mrs. Van Zile forbids the boys to visit the girls at work ; says that thev must call at the office and see her first. Verily, it is Ad Astra Per Aspera. T. D. RICK.MAX Superintendent of Prixtixg Like many other heads of departments. Mr. Rickman has wit- nessed the entire evolution of his department. He is a native of Iowa, but previous to coming to K. S. A. C. was employed for eight years in the state printing office at Topeka. He began his work here as foreman of the printing office in 1898, and the following year was made Superintendent of Printing. S nee then he has witnessed the growth of the printing department from a junk heap to a splendidlv equipped printing office, systematically built, with modern machinery. The course offered by this department is the onlv four-year course in printing offered by any college or university in the United States. The graduates have a good knowledge of practical journal- ism as well as actual shop practice, the aim of the department being to turn out country newspaper men rather than city reporters.