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

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DR. F. D. FARRELL (left) is still active in College affairs, although he resigned as President in 1943 after 18 years in that office. Doctor Farrell felt that a younger man was needed to direct the College through the war years. The Director of Ad- missions, Dr. S. A. Nock (right), is the first to contact each prospective student of Kansas State College. Every application for enrollment at Kansas State must be approved by the Director of Admissions. A new College agency, the Veterans Service Office, of which A. Thornton Edwards is head, handles certification and scholastic records and receipts for all students whose fees are paid by an outside agency. This year, about 4,170 students, all of them veterans, came under this classification. Mr. Edwards was formerly principal of a Man- hattan grade school and came to the College in April, 1946. The newest thing about the office of the Registrar is the Registrar herself, Miss Eleanor Tibbetts, who took the place of Miss Mary Kimball in July, 1946. A graduate of Kansas State, Miss Tibbetts came to the College from a position as an adminis- trative assistant in Antioch College. Her office keeps accurate scholastic records of each student, and gives information to those who need it. This year the Student Health Department, headed by Dr. R. R. Snook, moved from Anderson Hall to the reconverted Army barracks near the College Hospital. Here facilities were raised to care for 70 bed patients. Through a general change in policy this year, the student benefits were greatly in- creased. Among the innovations were preventive influenza shots given to the major part of the students. Resides nurses, the department is now staffed with five physicians. NEW TO THE CAMPUS this year is A. Thornton Edwards, head of the Veterans Service Office, a new College agency cre- ated to take care of the scholastic records and certification of the veteran enrollment. THE REGISTRAR ' S OFFICE, which is connected with the Office of Admissions, is headed by Miss Eleanor Tibbetts. Her job is to keep scholastic records of each student and to prepare graduation lists. DR. R. R. SNOOK is the Director of the Department of Student Health. He super- vises the physical entrance examinations which are required, and the medical serv- ice which is available to students. Page 25

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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

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R. I. THACKREY, who has served Kansas State in many capaci- ties, resigned January 1 as Dean of Administration to become Executive Secretary of the Association of Land Grant Colleges and Universities. On January 1, R. I. Thackrey cleaned out his desk in the office of Dean of Administration, and left Manhattan for Washington, D. C, to take up his new duties as executive secretary of the Asso- ciation of La nd Grant Colleges and Universities. On the same day, A. L. Pugsley packed up his books on engineering and architecture and moved from the engineering building to the office of the Dean of Administration in Anderson Hall. The new Dean of Administration and Summer School came to the campus in September of 1943 as Assistant Director of the Engineering Experi- ment Station and professor of structural engineer- ing. The two years previous were spent in Wash- ington, D. C, as Assistant Director of Engineering, Science and Managament War Training Program of the United States Office of Education. Before that, he had taught architecture and structural engineering at the University of Nebraska and had an extensive consulting practice. A graduate of South Dakota State College, Dean Pugsley earned his degree of Master of Architec- ture at Harvard University. While traveling abroad as a Sheldon Fellow of ' lltacjzleif, (leUcfHl; that University, he painted many of the water colors that are his hobby, two of which now decorate the walls of the Dean ' s office. In his duties as Dean of Administration, Mr. Pugsley assists in the development and appraisal of the educational program of the institution, acts as a coordinator of veterans ' affairs, directs the Summer School, and sifts administrative problems for the President. Dean Pugsley feels one of his more important duties is seeing people. For this reason, the door to his office is always open to any student or faculty member. He is a member of 18 College commit- tees, which undoubtedly would earn him a record among faculty members. The position of Dean of Administration was new to the College when it was taken in Septem- ber, 1944, by Mr. Thackrey on his return from serv- ice in the Navy. Before he entered the service he was connected with the College as head of the journalism department. NEW DEAN OF ADMINISTRATION A. L. Pugsley helps co- ordinate the administration of the College, listens to student and faculty problems, directs Summer School and paints water colors in his spare time. Page 20