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

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FUTURE MILLERS lesl flour in a milling! lal.oralory (ali Students study soils on a field trip (rijshl), while an j miniature of the Smoky Hill River valley (below) gives a tieal study in drainage problems for students studying soils

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Head of one of the most widely recognized Schools on the campus is Dean L. E. Call, who is also Director of the Agricultural Experiment station. Known for friend- liness with his students and associates, to him regularly falls the honor of crowning the queen of the Ag Barnwarmer, annual festive event of the School of Agriculture. Miss Amy Griswold was Barnwarmer queen this year. Under the direction of Dean Call, the School has become nationally recognized for the work done in agricultural fields. Judging teams representing the College from various departments have consistently won honors in different sections of the United States. Climax of Farm and Home week at Kansas State is the Little Ameri- can Royal, which includes student competition in animal exhibition. This annual event was abandoned this year because of war conditions. Research Aids War Effort Important to the war effort is the research that is done at the College in the field of agriculture. The College owns more than 1 ,400 acres of land which is used for experimental work and practical application of theories. Although students are still prepared for scientific investigation of agricultural problems, for extension work and the teaching of agriculture, they will postpone these activities until after the war, in most cases. Assistant to Dean Call is C. W. Mullen, associate professor of agronomy. The De- partment of Dairy Husbandry is headed by Prof. F. W. Atkeson. The only college in the United States to offer a degree in milling, Kansas State ' s Department of Mill- ing Industry is supervised by Prof. E. G. Bayfield. Grimes Heads Two Departments One of the few executives on the campus to have a dual position is Dr. W. E. Grimes, head of the Department of Economics and Sociology and the Department of Agricultural Economics. Animal Husbandry is supervised by Prof. C. W. McCampbell. Prof. L. F. Payne is head of the Department of Poultry Husbandry. The Department of Horticulture is under the supervision of Dr. W. F. Pickett. Prof. R. I. Throckmorton is chief execu- tive of the Department of Agronomy. DEPARTMENT HEADS in ihe School of Agriculture are: Prof. F. W. Atkeson, Dr. E. G. Bavfield, Dr. W. E. Grimes. Dr. C. W. McCampbell. Prof. L. F. Payne, Dr. W. F. Pickett and Prof R. I. Throckmorton.

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School of Engineering and Architecture Ni INE instructive curricula provide the educational war program of the School of Engineering and Archi- tecture. These curricula are intended to give basic elements of general education, as well as the discipline of a professional training, especially important in war-time. Practical Experience Given Work studied in the classroom is supplemented by actual experience in the laboratory and field. It is the desire of the School that these studies will constantly bring out the relationship of the practical industrial application to the thec retical side of such knowledge. R. A. Seaton is the Dean of the School of Engineer- ing and Architecture. It is his job to see that men from this School are properly prepared to go into key positions in the war effort. It is part of the training program that these men will know as much as pos- sible about war engineering, in addition to regular problems of industry. Training Is Shortened In spite of the speeding up of the terms of the Col- lege, little of the actual training is omitted for the engineer. Fullest cooperation with the new semester and summer school schedules makes it possible for the engineering student to complete his College train- ing in two and two-thirds years. Under the Selective Service program, most engineering students are de- ferred until graduation.