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

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DEAN OF GENERAL SCIENCE n HE Division of General Science was founded in 1909 during the administration of President H.J. Waters. Dr. J. T. Willard was the first dean, and continued in that capacity until July 1, 1930, when he was succeeded bv Rodnev W. Babcock, present head of the division. Prof. C. M. Correll, of the Department of History and Government, IS Assistant Dean, and Miss Alice M. Melton, Assistant to the Dean! Mrs. W. J. Burtis is the lady whose smile first greets one on entering the office. She, too, assists with the Dean ' s work. R. W. BABCOCK DEAN OF HOME ECONOMICS QENUINE home-making is an exceedinglv difficult and supremelv important undertaking. It is a business, a science, and an art. It IS the greatest of all the professions. Dean Margaret M. Justin and the teaching staff of the division find inspiration and responsibility in the professional instruction of the large number of young women, most of whom will be the home-makers of the future. MARGARET M. JUSTIN

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DEAN OF AGRICULTURE TN 1873, a farmer ' s course, forerunner of what is now the division of agriculture, was established. About 1897, the farmer ' s course was changed to the agricultural course and as a result the graduates in agriculture are numbered from 1900. Dean Call has been with the College since 1907 when he accepted a position as assistant in agronomy. He became Dean of the Division of Agriculture and Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station in 1925. Assistant Dean Hugh Durham ably assists Dean Call in his work. L. E. CALL DEAN OF ENGINEERING A LTHOUGH the Division of Engineering under that name dates back only to 1917, engineering has been one of the fundamental branches of instruction of this college since it was established. Mr. Seaton has been at Kansas State College almost continually since he took his Bachelor of Science degree in 1904. He assumed the duties of the Dean of the Division of Engineering and Director of the Engineering Experiment Station in 1920. R. A. SEATON

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DEAN OF VETERINARY MEDICINE T) ALPH R. DYKSTRA came to this country from Croningen, Netherlands, in 1881, when he was two years of age. He now holds one of the most important positions in his adopted profession . . . President of the American ' eterinary Medical Association. Doctor Dykstra became Dean of the Division of eterinary Medi- cine in 1919 after having served as head of the department before its organization as a division. R, R DYKSTRA DEAN OF THE DIVISION OF GRADUATE STUDY Y T ' HEN the Division of Graduate Study was organized in the spring of 1932, Doctor Ackert was the logical man for the deanship. He had served for years as director of graduate study and adviser to gradu- ate students. Since he came to Kansas State m 1913 as assistant professor of zoology and agricultural experiment station parasitologist, Doctor Ackert has brought distinction 10 the college by his research and his publications. In 1927, and again in 1930 during his sabbatical leave, he was invited to speak at the World ' s Poultry Conference, and on both occasions made notable addresses. In 1930 he was an official delegate of the American Society of Parasitologists to the Eleventh International Zoology Congress. JAMF.S E. ACKliRT