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

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Profs Work Long Hours Many professors conduct some type of research in their hours free from teaching. A zoology prof shows just how the animal should be cut up (top). Two home economics instructors (center left), perform experiments on white rats that may mean better and cheaper eating for the American public. Now you tell me what x is, says the mathematics teacher (center right), as he explains his equation. Clas- sifying rocks and minerals is a spare-time job of the geology professor at the left. 27

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I felt the weary tramp of faculty feet after hard hours before a blackboard or over lab tables. Urgent research projects were carried forward undsr their direction. I sat and contentedly watched them, well-pleased. They were pretty well-behaved. Of course, the government of the thousands who daily swarm over me is not left entirely in the hands of the faculty. The students have an effective, self-government of their own. A Student Coun- cil largely regulates the off -campus lives of my men and women. (I use the words men and women advisedly. ) Maybe you ' d like to know something about the system used by my faculty for school administra- tion. At the top are the governor, a legislature and a Board of Regents, many of whom I knew once as students walking along my paths. The chief man in residence responsible to these state officials is the President. Holding this position now is Milton S. Eisenhower. I have watched him grow and climb from the time he was a rambunctious fraternity pledge guarding the statue of William Alexander Harris till he became a national and international figure and the attractive though slightly balding man who guards the fates and destinies of the College. Advising the President Eisenhower are a whole host of administrative officials and a Council of Deans. The Deans are nearly all old friends of mine. I ' ve seen most of them rise through the faculty ranks, make names for themselves in their respective fields, and become prominent authorities. Heads of departments hold authority over the sub-heads, associate professors, assistant professors, and lowest of all faculty members, the benighted instructors. These are the people who guide my fortunes. But, of course, I provide the firm foundation for their footsteps. I am the Hill on which they depend for support. 26

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Registering upon arrival (center), stu- dents were assigned a cabin and given in- structions on meal times. It was not all work or planning. The camp provided swimming (right), boating, horseback rid- ing and archery. Following the conference, delegates returned to school for enrollment. In an all school assembly shortly after the beginning of the fall semester, SPC re- ports were delivered to the student body. More than half the recommendations of the group have been aproved by the ad- ministration.