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

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DEAN OF WOMEN THERE is a generally recognized place in every institution of higher education for a department of the Dean of Women. It is organized as are other administrative de- partments. The Dean of Women is responsi- ble for the program of work and for its exe- cution. The scope of the work varies in different institutions, developing in each w ith the traditions of the institution for the office and the number of students concerned. The Dean of Women at Kansas State Col- lege is concerned with the problems involved in the housing, health, part-time employ- ment, extra-curricular interests, and the cultural and social activities of its students. The routine duties of her office gives her the contacts with students which enable her to share with the other administrative officers of the college the responsibility of creating environmental situations which stimulate in students a desire for the best that college has to offer. Mrs. Van Zile, who thoroughly enjoys her work with Kansas State students, says, Joy in living is the result of the discovery that the ordinary experiences of life have wathin them great possibilities, that there is in every one something permanent, un- DEAN MARY P. VAN ZILE defeatable, a personality or a spirit that will live on in the minds and hearts of associates long after one is gone. The joy and chal- lenge in my work is and has ever been to strive to make of every personality I touch a thing of beauty, honesty, intelligence, and order. DR. A. A. HOLTZ MEN ' S ADVISER To BE counsellor, guide, encourager, helper in distress, occasional disciplin- arian, but always friend — this is the work of the Men ' s Adviser and Secretary of the Y.M.C.A. P roviding an outlet for the desire for service, aiding in Christian Fellowship, en- couraging contact with new ideas and growth through forums and discussions groups, mixers, dances, or Aggie Orpheum; provid- ing opportunity for spiritual development through retreat, discussions, and personal conferences — these are the opportunities of the Men ' s Adviser. To supply to the men guidance during their experimental college days is the object of Doctor Holtz ' s efforts. Page tt

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OFFICE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT DR. J. T. WILLARD Vice-President ' T HE most important work central- - - ized in the vice-president ' s office is the correspondence with prospective students. Lists of the seniors in Kansas high schools are obtained, and general letters are sent to these high school seniors. To those showing interest, catalogues, bulletins, and other in- formative materials are sent. An active personal correspondence is carried on with these seniors and with students in other colleges who wish to transfer to this. This office is in charge of approving the time and place for meetings of col- lege organizations, and acts upon re- quests for the issuance of keys to col- lege rooms and buildings. Information concerning college business procedure is frequently furnished. College history is Doctor Willard ' s hobby, and many questions in this field are brought to him. JESSIE McIX WELL MACHIR Registrar OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR COLLEGE records are significant in the lives of students for on them are recorded high or low achievement, industry or negligence, honor or dis- honor, high ideals or low, happiness or heartbreak. For one student the record represents a battlefield upon which he has won a glorious victory and for another a battlefield whereon he has gone down to defeat. For some it represents the practice of too great self-denial in order to secure an education and for others too great self-indulgence. The record in the office of the registrar is tangible evidence which, after graduation, testifies to the life and work of the student. Page 20

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DIVISION OF ENGINEERING DEAN R. A. SEATON ' npHE Division of Engineering at Kansas • State is one of the larger engineering schools of this country. Of about one hun- dred and fifty engineering colleges in the United States only seventeen or eighteen have greater enrollments, and only three or four of these lie west of the Mississippi River. Its graduates hold responsible posi- tions not only in Kansas and the neighbor- ing states, but throughout the United States and in many foreign countries, as well. Instruction in engineering has always been considered one of the principal functions of this college. The basic law under which the institution was established provides for the teaching of ' ' such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, and engineering and architecture constitute the highest phases of mechanic arts. In 1866, just three years after the in- stitution was organized as a land-grant college, a professor of mechanics and civil engineering was appointed. Growth of this work was slow, however, until a separate engineering curriculum was introduced in 1897-98. Since that time expansion has oc- curred at an accelerated rate, and it has been particularly rapid since about 1920. More than two-thirds of the two thousand en- gineering and architectural graduates of this college h ave received their degrees since that date. In recent years from 120 to 140 young men have been graduated each year. Top row: Morgan, Stutzman, Grant, Weigel, Seaton, Conrad Third row: Schwensen, Helm, Carlson, Pearce, Taylor, Durland, .vIellies. Second row: Kloeffi.er, Paslay, Morse, Cheek, Dawley, Pauling. Bottom row: Frazier, Jorcenson, Olsen, Graham, Koenitzer, Wichers, Ware Page St