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

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tf-atun l fC. B. £tu e FRANK CARLSON, the new Governor of Kansas, assumed his duties at the State Capitol after serving 12 years in Washington as Representative of the 6th Congressional District of Kansas. Governor Carlson is a native of Concordia and a former Kansas State student. The face of Governor Frank Carlson is a familiar one to Kansas State students. Many of them sup- ported him actively during his candidacy for the office and when he and his Democratic opponent debated state issues in the College Auditorium in October, they were greeted by an overflowing audi- ence of students and townspeople. Governor Carlson, a former KSC student and for the last 12 years a representative to Congress, also visited the campus for the Industrial Agriculture Week in the fall, when Kansas State welcomed many Kansans outstanding in industry and agri- culture. The Board of Regents, consisting of nine mem- bers, of whom Willis N. Kelly of Hutchinson, a Kansas State graduate, is chairman, faced many problems this year in connection with the eight state-supported schools over which they hold juris- diction. With 11,084 World War II veterans enrolled in these schools this year, sufficient housing, class- rooms, and instructors presented major issues to the Board. In an effort to overcome these difficul- ties, which show promise of becoming permanent, the Board of Regents submitted requests to the Kansas legislature this year for increased appro- priations for all schools. Appointed by the Governor for a term of four years, the nine members are prominent Kansans whose homes are scattered throughout the state. THE BOARD OF REGENTS, headed by Willis Kelly of Hutchinson, has jurisdiction over the eight state-supported schools of Kansas. Members are (sitting, left to right) F. M. Harris, Mrs. Elizabeth Haughey, Lester McCoy, Jerry Driscoll, Betty Reed, stenog- rapher. (Standing, left to right) Hubert Brighton, secretary, Willis N. Kelly, Drew McLaughlin, Grover Poole, Dr. L. B. Spake, Oscar S. Stauffer. Margaret Hoover has replaced Betty Reed as stenographer since the picture was taken. Page 22

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The new budget for the school provides for buildings that will be a great break for all of us. Al- though we ' re not getting all we need, we ' re getting enough to ease the crowding — I was beginning to think we would have to resort to tents. Among the glad tidings received from the legis- lature came news that we were appropriated $500,000 in cash and permission to borrow more during the next two-year period to finance the construction of dormitories both for men and for women. Yes, Moe, I said for men. Imagine a men ' s dorm at K-State. We didn ' t need that any more than a fish needs water. It will be built on the Eliott tract northwest of the campus. The women ' s dorm will be put up beside Van Zile Hall. Work on plans for the two dorms should be well underway by the time you get here. They will both be native limestone. What else? Other appropriations call for, believe it or not, a combination fieldhouse and gym. It will go up at the north end of the stadium, but work will probably not be- gin on that until the spring of 1948. It takes time, Moe, to get the plans drawn up and the necessary preparations made. Three new home management houses for the Home Ec school are authorized and work will be started on them right away. They will be along the creek road on the northeast part of the campus. And then there ' s a small animal research build- ing. It will go up between West Waters Hall and the Military Science building. I ' m telling you, Moe, there ' s gonna be some changes made. You ' ll have to be shown around. Something probably will be done about getting us a student union in the rea- sonably near future, but in the words of school officials, It presents a problem (a prize understatement). No classroom buildings were provided for. That hurts. If the President ' s esti- mates of coming enrollments are correct, we ' ll need everything short of a Yankee Stadium to handle the gate. By the fall semester of 1947, he expects maybe 8,000. Although we didn ' t get it, you can imagine how bad we need a new hospital. I don ' t mean to imply that the student body is puny, but only that the present hospital is outmoded. It is 80 years old, and as historians have it, was the first building on the campus. I can believe that. ARCHIE.

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' M ead State and GdUae The name of President Milton S. Eisenhower, apart from family connections, was of significance to the nation as well as to the College this year. Through President Eisenhower the initials of UNESCO became a reality to 6,500 K-Staters. Ap- pointed by President Truman as a delegate to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization meeting in Paris in November and December, President Eisenhower also served for the year 1946-1947 as chairman of the commission of 100 American educators, publishers, and scien- tists, who, by law, advise the Secretary of State on American participation in UNESCO. In addition to acting in an advisory capacity, the commission has the responsibility for putting the UNESCO program into effect in this country. President Eisenhower returned from Paris to act in his official capacity as chairman of the executive committee at a meeting of the Associa- tion of Land Grant Colleges and Universities. A graduate of Kansas State, President Eisen- hower resigned as associate director of the Office of War Information in 1943 to become president of the College. Directly responsible to the Board of Regents for the welfare of K-State life, his duties as College head are manifold and complex in a period of rapid expansion and change. PRESIDENT MILTON S. EISENHOWER, the first graduate of Kansas State to be appointed President of the College, took office four years ago. Since receiving his degree of Bachelor of Science in Industrial Journalism in 1924 he has held many positions of national prominence. C. O. PRICE, who has served as advisor to three Kansas State Presidents, is an ex- perienced hand at the job. It is his duty to keep the machinery of the College func- tioning smoothly during the President ' s absence. During the President ' s absence, smooth functioning of the office is assured by C. O. Price, assistant to the President. Through his ex- perienced hands passes much of the business essential to the adminis- tration of the office and the College. Mr. Price has watched Kansas State expand through 27 years and three Presidents to its present overflowing enrollment. The large student increase naturally demands a corresponding increase in the work of the President ' s office as in other administrative offices, to keep the affairs of the College running at top efficiency. Financial matters, correspondence, and acting in an advisory capacity to the President occupy much of Mr. Price ' s time. During his quarter of a century serving the College and its Presidents, Mr. Price has taken part in many plans and projects which promote the interests of the school and its students, and which have aided the College in growing to its present record stature. Page 23