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

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ROYAL PURPLE wio 29 trical Engineering at Cornell, the other, Andrey A. Potter, Professor of Steam Engineering and Thermo-dynamics at K. S. A. C. Profes- sor Potter ' s research work began while he was connected with the General Electric Go at Schenectady, N. Y., being along the lines of thermo-dynamics, especially as connected with steam turbine con- struction. During the time of his work here he has taught every subject included in the Mechanical Engineering course, including all the kindred subjects of the Mechanical Arts courses. His specialty is along the line of applied Thermo-Dynamics in connection with steam and gas engine work. He seems to have an unlimited capacity for doing work and getting work done. With excessively heavy department work he still finds time for much investigation and research. He is also making a study of Thermo-Chemistry. a now wholly undeveloped science. It is quite likely that he will publish a treatise in the near future in which we may expect ideas in advance of the usual ac- cepted theories. He has quite a reputation as a lecturer, both in class and before technical societies. As a teacher Professor Potter strikes terror into the hearts of the Sophomore, but among the Junior and Senior Engineers he is highly popular. ROBERT H. BROWN, B.M., B.S. Assistant Professor of Music Professor Brown ' s employment in the Music Department fol- lowed his graduation from this College. At the present time he has charge of the violin and orchestra work. He was the organizer of the famous concert band which for several years gave high class concerts both at home and abroad. The work of this band was a large factor in drawing a better class of students to K. S. A. C. He is the author of a text-book, Elementary Theory of Music and Notation, and also a Hand Book for Band Men. Among the musical students it is unanimously agreed that Brown is a good fellow and an artist :n his line. At present he has one of the best amateur symphony orchestras of the West and the music furnished every morning before chapel is at present the only feature of chapel that is worthy of listening- to.

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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-

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30 ROYAL PURPLE 1910 GEORGE A. DEAN, M.Sc. Assistant Professor of Entomology George A. Dean is a native of Kansas. He holds a state life certificate from the Normal and degree of M. S. from K. S. A. C. Before becoming the Assistant Professor of Entomology he was principal of a ward school in Topeka. He is the Assistant Entomologist of the Kansas Experiment Station and Assistant State Entomologist of the State Entomological Commission. He is author of the Coccida of Kansas, ' The Mound Building Prairie Ant and of Insects Injurious to Staple Crops and has done special work on the San Jose scale. Mr. Dean has the distinction of having been a member of the first foot-ball team that represented K. S. A. C. and was later General Manager of Athletics, which position he filled with great efficiency for years. As an instructor Professor Dean is especially interesting and pleasing, quiet and gentle in his manner, he displays a bit of temper just frequently enough to prove that after all he is human. W. H. ANDREW ' S. B.A. Assistant Professor of Mathematics Professor Andrews has been with the Mathematical Depart- ment only four years, yet during that time he has risen to the rank of assistant professor. Although a teacher of what is usually taken as a dry science, he ; s an exceedingly live man. Among the High Schools of the state he is a well known personage, having frequent calls from them for commencement addresses, and as judge of their literary contests. His ability as an orator is recognized wherever he is heard, his popularity along this line being due to his earnest- ness and sncerity of purpose. He is also interested in Biblical scholarship, and is a teacher of one of the largest Sunday School classes in the city. As yet he has published no books, however, he has a Theory of C. Quotations in MSS., written for the pure love of it. He is also interested in non-Eucledian Geometry, in which he expects to do some work in the near future. Heavy College dut : es, however,