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

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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

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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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AdmuUitfcitabl ake on Aleut JbutieA. Duties of the College administrators have be- come even more complex with the increase in student enrollment. New methods of handling busi- ness and projects for improvement of the College program have been announced this year from all administrative offices. Elimination of laboratory fees for students has made it possible this year for the office of Comp- troller A. R. Jones to handle registration work with- out outside help. The office which handles financial matters for the College, also assumed the task of furnishing supplies and equipment for veterans, billing the Veterans Administration. By introduc- ing book permits, it was made possible for veterans to get their texts in the same manner as other students. Raising funds for a College chapel in memory of 5000 Kansas State students who served in World War II and of the 200 who died, has been the year ' s main activity of the College Alumni Associa- tion. In addition to sponsoring a campus drive, the association has organized Kansas county and large city campaigns. The office, under the direction of Executive Secretary Kenny L. Ford and the new assistant secretary, H. O. Dendurent, keeps files on all K-State graduates. Now writing a history of the chemistry depart- ment, Dr. J. T. Willard, College Historian, long made KSC history his hobby, until he took it over as a full-time job in 1937. Having served the Col- lege for many years as head of the chemistry de- partment, Dean of what was then the division of general science, and Vice-President, Dr. Willard, also has written the History of Kansas State Col- lege of Agriculture and Applied Science, which was published in 1940. President Emeritus F. D. Farrell, who serves as a member of the Council of Deans and is consulted by faculty members, taught two courses this year in connection with his position as Professor of Rural Institutions. Much of his time is taken by re- search on an Agricultural Experiment Station project entitled, Case studies of Kansas Rural In- stitutions. Head of Kansas State for 18 and one- half years, Dr. Farrell retired as president and assumed his present position in September, 1943. Work of the Office of Admissions, of which Dr. S. A. Nock is head, has increased at least 300 per cent with this year ' s jump in enrollment. The office handles all problems of admission, including the individual and specific cases of veterans, besides editing the College catalogue. A. R. JONES became supervisor of the College spending program a year ago last fall when the office of College Comptrol- ler was added to the Kansas State admin- istrative system. EXECUTIVE SECRETARY of the Col- lege Alumni Association is Kenny L. Ford, who keeps tab on all K-State alumni. Raising funds for a memorial chapel has been this year ' s main activity. DR. J. T. WILLARD, the official College Historian, has served Kansas State all but 16 of the 84 years that it has been oper- ating. In 1940 Dr. Willard published a book on the history of the College. Page 24