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

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ROYAL PURPLE iqio MISS ANTONETTA BECKER Professor of Domestic Art Miss Becker has been at the head of the Domestic Art De- partment since January. 1906. Owing to the popularity of the course throughout the state, the work of the department has grown to such an extent that the entire second floor of the Do- mestic Science and Art Hall is required for the accommodation of the students taking the course. Miss Becker had the first experience as a teacher while yet a student at Drexel. assisting in the evening classes of that institu- tion for two years. During her work here, the Domestic Art course has been greatly strengthened and is now the best west of the Alleghenies. The new course adopted by the Board of Regents broadens the scope of the work still more so that we may safely prophesy great things for the future. MISS GERTRUDE BARXES Librarian Tap ! Tap ! Tap ! Won ' t you please go outside to do your talking, says Miss Barnes, the librarian. This is not the place to hold committee meetings. If you are there for business, however, the chances are that Miss Barnes can find your book and have the place marked before you would have found whether the book was in the library or not. She also knows it is not happen-so that you always sit across the table from the same boy or share the window seat with him — you see she knows its Clo-oo-zing time. L. E. COXRAD. M.S., C.E. Professor of Civil Exgixeerixg After the Department of Civil Engineering had been estab- lished at K. S. A. C. the regents in looking about for a man to place at the head of it, found that in the matter of qualification. L. E. Conrad stood far above anv other eligibles. Born in Iowa.

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28 ROYAL PURPLE ioio he had received the degree of B. S. from Cornell University in 1904, following with C. E. in 1906 and M. S. in 190S from Lehigh University. Besides these he had to his credit six years of civil engineering practice in the United States and Mexico, including United States government work, railroad and municipal engineering and harhor work. Just prior to coming to K. S. A. C. in. 1908 as Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, he had done some teaching during his graduate years at Lehigh University. Since coming to K. S. A. C. his work has given entire satisfac- tion and in the fall of 1909 he was elected a member of the Faculty as Professor of Civil Engineering. Under his guidance, Civil Engineering has become one of the must popular courses in the curriculum. While not specialists, the graduates have a thorough practical knowledge of the fundamentals of Railway and Highway, Irrigation, Hydraulic, Geodetic and Structural Engineering, together with the details of Land Sur- veying. JACOB LUMB, M.S. Superintendent Heat and Power Jake is the utility man. He knows all about College under- world, just how bad the wires are crossed down there, or where the steam pipes leak and how connections should be made for the new buildings. If teaching a class in Traction Engineering, he can ex- plain anything about an engine or give you the name and the life history of every engine the College ever owned. He is a wise coun- sellor and is noted for his pithy sayings. He holds a Master ' s Degree from K. S. A. C. ANDREY A. POTTER, S.B. Mass. Tech. Professor of Mechanical Engineering Some thirty odd years ago two small boys played about the streets of a small hamlet in Great Russia. Time passes and wc find the boys grown to men, both scientists and among the foremost in their respective lines. The elder is Karapetoff, Professor of Elec-