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

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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

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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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SuaaeMio . to- GoJyLe ie An institution unique among colleges and univers- ities, the Student Planning Conference of Kansas State College has done much to promote K.S.C. through prac- tical experience in democratic methods. Student Participation Is Basis SPC originated when a group of campus leaders ex- pressed the ponion that college students were aware of campus problems and that they possessed potential ability to suggest solutions. It was felt that the accom- plishments of campus leaders and administrators would be greater if there was large scale cooperation between students and faculty. Program Four Years Old The first conference was held four years ago. Faculty and students have met annually since then at Camp Wood to discuss suggestions for changes or modifica- tions in college policy. Out of the conferences have some some of the most important changes noted on the campus during the expansion period. More than 70 per cent of the suggestions made at the annual meetings have been put into effect by the SPC Subcommittee Chairmen — Back row. Bob Chapin, Student Govetn- ment; Bob Weatherbie, Member-at-Latge; Helen Cortelyou, Curricu- lum, Orientation Pre-Enrollment; Ken Carson, Curriculum, Orien- tation Pre-Enrollment; Jim Ruhaak. Public Relations. Vront row. Wood. In cooperation with the Administration, she helped get many student recommendations accepted. college administration. Of those that have not been accepted, some are long range proposals which will be utilized when conditions permit the suggested changes. Other propos- jg„„ g gg chapin, 1949 Student Planning Con- I J ference chairman, directed activities at Camp als proved either imprac- ticable or too expensive for utilization a t present. The last Stu- dent Planning Conference, which was just prior to the start of the current aca- demic year, re- ported more than 40 rec- HHI ' ommendations at the SPC assembly during the first semester. The suggestions covered five general fields: Curriculum, Orientation and Pre-enrollment, Student Government, Social and Recreational, Intramurals, and Public Relations. Many of the proposals have already been put into effect. Shirley King Sikes, Student Government; Ted Volsky, Social and Recreational; Lorraine Halbower, Social and Recreational; Joan Beggs Chapin, overall chairman; Vernon Bluhm, Intramurals; Earl Elliott, Intramurals; Ann McMillen, Public Relations. 21