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

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■T- ■ of Agriculture is Assistant Dean C. W. Mul- len. Because of the wide scope of the fields in the school, administrative problems are usually more complex than in some of the other schools of the college. Dean Mullen, handles, among other things, problems of class conflicts, students ' desire to get a day off occasionally and the inevitable swapping of courses each semester. A quick inspection of the School of Agriculture ' s two buildings. East and West Waters Halls, leaves a visitor wondering for months how so many func- tions can be going on in one school at one time. Milling students not only learn all of the know-how of the milling ilustry, but also get a liberal education in care of machinery (above and bottom right). Judging teams spend many hours studying seed specimens (left center ) . Classes go on all of the time, too. One prof finds rolling up his sleeves helps the cause (below left). Soil analysis, probably one of the most important of all agricultural subjects ( top left, opposite page ) is demon- strated for two students. Poultry major log many hous in the poultry laboratory (top right). Business machines are an integral part of modern large scale farm account- ing practices (bottom center). 24

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l iti and Science . Qet6. One (if the schools in the college which shows the impact of the realization of the Campus of Tomorrow is the School of Arts and Sciences. Dean Rodney W. Bab- cock and his two assistant deans, Chester E. Peters and Orval E. Ebberts, had a total of 4,750 undergraduates under their direction in the School ' s 1 5 curriculums this year. Many Research Projects Seven departments within the School of Arts and Sciences were engaged in various research problems. These projects covered the fields of bacteriology, chem- istry and physics, nuclear physics, and other phases of the natural sciences. Greatest news in the School this year was the ap- Anderson Hall is the trade mark of Kansas State College. Originally started in 1878, it consists of three wings, the last of which was com- pleted in 1884. The office of the president, Arts and Sciences offices and administrative departments are housed in Anderson. Dr. Rodney W. Babcock, Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, has held that position since 19.W. The School was then known as the Division of General Science. Completion of the new Arts and Sciences Building will provide badly needed space for Dean Babcock ' s office. proval by the legislature of a half million dollar build- ing to house some of the departments of the School. Completion of the new building, which is expected to be ready for occupancy sometime in 1951, will create better facilities for some departments of the School. The office of the dean will be located in the new structure. At present Dean Babcock ' s office, which consists of three tables piled shoulder high with administrative matters, is in the north end of Anderson Hall. Present facilities for the School ' s administrative offices have been outgrown for several years. Offices to New Building Other offices which will be located in the new Arts and Sciences building are the Department of History and Government, English department and the Depart- ment of Modern Languages. Recent expansion noted in Arts and Sciences includes the additions to the College Press in Kedzie Hall. A new high speed press was added to facilitate publication of the Collegian on a daily basis. Other new equipment includes a linotype machine, a line casting machine for headlines and advertisements, and a machine for casting spacing material, column rules and other lead pieces 26 I