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

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m WQufdef ' loAed. Ov i Perhaps the largest single new project under the direction of the Office of the Dean of Women dur- ing the year was the transformation of Waltheim Hall. The building, formerly an apartment house, was remodeled to house 80 K-State coeds. Miss Dorothy Hamer, assistant dean, is housing director, and Mrs. Blanche Twiss serves as director of Waltheim Hall. Under the guidance of Dean Helen Moore, in- terviews are conducted with Kansas State freshmen women to help in their adjustment to college life, a job placement service is operated for women who wish employment, and all social functions for women are considered. In charge of the employment service during the major part of the year was Mrs. Pat Lupfer, who held the position of assistant to the dean. Her place was taken in the spring by Mrs. Laura Pfeffer. DIRECTOR OF THE COUNSELING BUREAU, Dr. M. D. Woolf plans the College ' s vocational guidance program, gives personality tests and aids the K-State student to adjust to college life. Page 27 ARRANGING FOR WOMEN ' S HOUSING, counseling fresh, men, and working with other administrative officers are duties which come in a day ' s work for the Dean of Women, Helen Moore. The Counseling Bureau, under the direction of Dr. M. D. Woolf, sponsors the faculty advisory program for freshmen, and is the office on the campus most closely corresponding to the Office of the Dean of Men since the resignation of Dr. A. A. Holtz from that position in the summer of 1946. Paul Torrance, Veterans ' Counselor and instruc- tor of psychology, has been acting as men ' s ad- visor in connection with the Bureau. In a broad sense, the duties of the Bureau cen- ter around student personnel. Specifically, the staff is responsible for the freshmen counselors, fresh- men orientation week prior to the opening of each term, and a freshman and transfer student testing program. This year a reading proficiency course was introduced. Open to all students are services concerned with vocational and educational guidance and personal problems. The Bureau is under the jurisdiction of the Dean of Administration.

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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

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3ft u %P- THE FACULTY COUNCIL ON STUDENT AFFAIRS (above) cooperates with the Student Council in the determination of student policy on extracurricular affairs. (Left to right): Nancy Reid, Dr. M. W. Woolf, Dean Helen Moore, Miss Margaret Raffington, Dr. R. A. Walker, Prof. V. D. Foltz, Dr. E. E. Leasure, Dean Albert M. Pugsley, Hal McCord, Wilson Tripp, Dr. A. A. Holtz and Dean Harold Howe. Gamwutteek (le j,ulate Student ActuUtiei MEMBERS OF THE APPORTIONMENT BOARD, which doles out money to the various college beneficiaries of the stu- dent activity fund (left to right): Dean Helen Moore, Jess Boughton, Dr. H. H. Haymaker, Prof. H. W. Davis, Bonnie Woods and Don Carttar. THE STUDENT UNION PLANNING COMMITTEE (below) studies plans for the proposed structure, which is still being delayed by shortages of money and materials. Committee mem- bers (left to right) are Winston Schmidt, Shirley Freienmuth, William Fiden, Dr. A. L. Goodrich, Prof. Paul Weigel, R. F. Gingrich, Glenn Rea, Richard Medlin, Mrs. Bessie Brooks West and C. J. Medlin. Not in the picture are Martha Adams and Prof. George Montgomery. The Faculty Council on Student Affairs, headed by Dr. Harold Howe, Dean of the Graduate School, works in cooperation with the Student Council, governing body of the Student Govern- ing Association, in the determination of policy on extracurricular student affairs. Decisions of the Student Council are given the final O.K. by the Faculty Council, which is com- posed of 12 representative faculty members. The Faculty Council has several subcommittees, in- cluding the Committee on Fraternities and Sorori- ties, and the Organization Control Board. The Student Activity Fund Apportionment Board, composed of three student and three fac- ulty members, distributes the money to college organizations from the Student Activity Fund. The fund is received from a specified amount paid by each student with his fees as he enrolls. Through the years the percentage received by each beneficiary is changed very little, in accord- ance with tradition and policy of the Board. The allotment may vary in normal times approxi- mately as much as one per cent. The Student Union Planning Committee, di- rected by Prof. Paul Weigel, head of the Depart- ment of Architecture and Architectural Engineer- ing, deals with, as may be imagined from its title, the planning of the long-awaited Student Union building. Several members of the committee attended a meeting in Ohio this spring of Student Union directors and committees from colleges and uni- versities throughout the country. Definite plans have been approved. Construction on the proposed building is awaiting sufficient funds and build- ing materials.