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

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G eate6. A eui Paddila t Some of the myriad problems faced by R. I. Throck- morton, Dean of the School of Agriculture and Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station were solved this year when Dr. A. D. Dad Weber was promoted from head of the Department of Animal Husbandry to the post of Associate Dean of the School and Associate Di- rector of the Experiment Station. Dr. Weber became the college ' s first associate dean. Wing To Go Up Other problems which face the School of Agriculture will be almost eliminated next year by the construction of a connecting wing between East and West Waters Halls. Even before postwar swollen enrollments overtaxed col- lege facilities, the Ag school was almost bursting at the seams. A g e n e r a 1 reshuffling of the Dean ' s offi- ces and others Assistant Dean C. W. Mullen is chief expediter of problems in the School of Agriculture. His position makes Dean Mullen one of the popu- lar men in the Ag school from student ' s view. R. I. T hrockmorton, Dean of the School of Agriculture and Director of the Agricultural fixperiment Station, has a job which has become so complex in recent years that an Associate Dean and Director were appointed this year to aid in the administration of the School. Dean Throckmorton has been head of the Ag school since 1946. of the Ag school departments is scheduled to take place as soon as the south wing to Waters hall is finished. The Department of Horticulture will be moved from Dickens hall to Waters hall. Offices of the Dean and Associate Dean of agriculture will be moved into the new wing, as will several other agriculture administra- tive offices and departmental offices. An agricultural laboratory will also be established in the new section. Another phase in the expansion of the school ' s exten- sive program has been marked by an increase of 70 per cent in college-owned pasturelands in Riley County. 1,134 acres has been acquired during the college ' s ex- Heads of departments in the School of Agriculture: F. W. Atkeson, Department of Dairy Husbandry; George Montgomery, Department of Economics and Sociology; Dr. H. E. Myers, Dcp.irtmcnt jf .Ag- ronomy; Loyal F. Payne, Department of Poultry Husbandry; William F. Pickett. Department of Horticulture; Dr. J. A. Shellenberger. Depart- ment of Millin ; Dr. Rufus F. Cny. .Department of Animal Husbandry. I 22

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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

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Dr. A. D. Weber ( above left ) , Associate Dean of the School of Agri- culture and Associate Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station, in internationally famous as a livestock judge, and assumed his present position this year. Members of the Ag Council, student-faculty liaison body (above right), are — Buck roir: Thomas Morris, John Schlender, Robert Kuhn, Gerald Lawrence, John Holden. Front row: Eugene Foltz, Don Jacobson, Don Buster, George Smith, Jimmie Dixson. East Waters Hall (below) with its West Ag is home to ag students. pansion program for pasture utilization and manage- ment projects. One of the first buildings completed toward the Campus of Tomorrow, the Small Animals Research Laboratory, has aided slightly in the space utilization problems faced by the school. While the new laboratory is under the administration of the Agriculture Experi- ment Station, space in it has been assigned to depart- ments from other schools for research problems. Some of the departments utilizing the laboratory ' s facilities are the Department of Bacteriology, chemistry depart- ment, animal pathology department. Departments of Zoology and the animal husbandry department. Offer 12 Courses During the academic year the School of Agriculture offered 12 curriculums, 1 1 of them four year courses leading to a Bachelor of Science degree. Bachelor ' s de- grees were granted in general agriculture, agricultural administration, agricultural education, agricultural jour- nalism, dairy manufacturing, floriculture and orna- mental horticulture, landscape design, milling adminis- tration, milling chemistry, milling technology and soil conservation. A two-year curriculum in agriculture was also offered. The two-year course did not lead to a de- gree, however. Chief expediter of problems of students in the School