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

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approval on the campus this year was the presentation of invitations to faculty members to participate in extra-curricular activities. Committee Guides Union Another all-college committee which worked for the advancement of recreational facilities was the Student Union Committee. The committee is the governing, policy-making and finance-managing body of the Tem- porary Student Union. The committee ' s reports show K-Staters are avid coffee drinkers. ' ' 00 to 1,000 cups of coffee are sold every morning in the Union. Will Redecorate TSU Plans to redecorate the Temporary Union during the summer have been announced by the committee. Members and organization representatives present at a fall meeting of the Appoitionment Board were ( iturting at louer left) C. J. Medlin, A committee closely watched by the entire college H. H. Haymaker, Harold Peffly, Rick Harman, Pres. Milton S. Eisen- hower, Mike Myers, W. W. Cook, Don Robinson and A. R. Jones. Student body and faculty handles the Student Activity Fee allocation. The Apportionment Board this year allocated more than $129,000 to various groups. Ath- letics came in for the largest amount, $48,800, with the Royal Purple second with $29,250. The athletics sum represented an increase of $800 more than last year, while the Royal Purple had a decrease of $1,750. An- other large amount went to the daily Collegian. $9,800 was granted to the Social and Recreational Committee. Money was also appropriated for judging teams, music l and drama, and other all-college events. Board O.K. ' s New Clubs The Organization Control Board recognized several new campus organizations during the year. All student groups, except social fraternities and sororities, must be approved by the board before they may meet on the The members of the Organization Control Board are Dexter P. Sharp. Jo campus or use any of the college facilities. The board Eloi.se Williams, Jim Fassett. A. Thornton Edwards, and Barbara Cotton. may suspend any organization for failure to comply with college regulations. Honesty among students has kept the Committee on Academic Honesty almost unemployed. Despite the fact that students take an estimated 42,000 examinations each year, only 30 cases of cheating in tests have been brought before the committee in three years. Academic Honesty Committee for the year were (left to right) J. R. Watkins. Betty X ' illiams, Prof. Wilson Tripp, Miss Katherine Geyer, and Glenn Munger. 19

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All-College Social and Recre- ational Committee Members are (Back row): Jack May- field, Billy Eshnaur, Dick Cederberg, Don Ford, John Schnittker. Fro)it rnn-: Jane Colby, Meredythe Hall, Ted Volsky, Lorraine Halbower, Prof. Stuart Whitcomb, Gay- ther Plummer. Members of the Student Union Committee: A. R.Jones, Dale Watson, Dean A. L. Pugs- ley, Gene Lovett, chairman. Dean Maurice W. Woolf, Bob Gantz, Meredythe Hall, secretary, and Don Ford, manager of the Temporary Student Union. aculiuSiuae ti Co n Hliteed aftdle P uw-le nd Five of the all-college committees which are sub- committees of the Faculty Council on Student Affairs held many important meetings during the academic year. One of the committees, the All-College Social and Recreational Committee, operated a full schedule of events and activities for the first time. The committee, which resulted from an SPC recommendation, was not completely organized nor did it have sufficient funds in the past. Name Switch Brings Gags Another of the sub-committees was reorganized and renamed during the academic year also. The Committee on Academic Honesty was formerly the Committee on Academic Dishonesty. Many puns an(i jokes resulted from the announcement that the name had been changed. From the student point of view the All-College Social and Recreational Committee probably rates as the most important of the student-faculty committees. During the school year the committee sponsored 35 weekend movie programs in the Auditorium and ar- range .1 1 hour dances at the Student Union. Music for the hour dances was supplied by Matt Betton ' s and Bob Smith ' s orchestras. In addition to the hour dances, three all-college dances were sponsored on the tennis courts, three parties were staged in Nichols Gymnasium and nine weekend dances at the Community House were pre- sented. Farewell Is Highlight Biggest event of the year for the college community was the All-College Farewell Party and Dance in honor of President Eisenhower. Gene Krupa ' s band presented a concert in the afternoon and a dance the evening of April 26. One action of the committee which met with great 1

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Board of Student Publications — Joe Henderson, Prof. H. W. Davis, Dorothy Stover, Prot. R. R. Lashbrook, Mary Lou Edwards, Asst. Prof. Lowell Drandner. Applications for top staff positions on publica- tions are submitted to this group, which also approves publications K-key awards and projects and sponsors annual Publications Dinner. IbcUlH QaUe(f4Xn lH fd A ecu Pnal leinl ta Boand Daily publication of the Collegian at K.S.C. this year added to the problems faced by the Board of Student Publications, Incorporated, This board, incorporated under state laws, handles the administration of the Royal Purple, Daily Collegian and the Student Direc- tory. No increase was made in the size of the board, but it was made responsible for the smooth functioning of the enlarged paper. As an aid to the editor of the Collegian an Editorial Policy Board was established in the fall following an SPC recommendation. The group meets regularly with the editor of the paper to discuss matters of policy brought before it by the editor. Prof. Ralph R. Lashbrook (below left), is head of Department of Jour- nalism and Chairman of the Board of Student Publications and Col- legian Editorial Polio Hii.irJ- Cnllegian Editorial Policy Board (below right), Don Alexander, Mary Lou Edwards, Joe Henderson, Dorothy Stover, Lashbrook and Neil C. Erdwien, Collegion editor first semester. The policy group was formed following an SPC recommendation. 20