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

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Arts and Sciences department heads are — J oft n.u D. J. Ameel, 2oology; Villiam Baehr, library; H. Leigh Baker, education and psy- chology; A. B. Cardwell, physics; H. W. Davis, English; P. L. Gainey, baaeriology; Howard T. Hill, speech; Second row. J. A. Hodges, (acting) economics and sociology; Col. Mark G. Brislawn, military science; Ralph R. Lashbrook, industrial journalism and printing; used in making up a newspaper. The addition of new machinery, which cost in excess of $55,000, brought about several changes in the arrangement of the print- ing shop. One of the major research projects started in the School this year was in the field of neuclear physics. The Department of Physics in conjunction with several other departments of the college established an atomic research laboratory in Willard Hall. Radioactive iso- topes are used as tracers in experimental work. As a result of a suggestion by the Student Planning Conference before school opened last fall, a committee was formed to study the comprehensive courses offered by the School of Arts and Sciences. An extensive study was underway when it was announced that Kansas State was to take part in a cooperative study and evaluation of general education with 17 other colleges and univer- Luther Leavengoud, mu ic, lliurK) E. McCrady, physical education; L. E. Melchers, botany and plant pathology; Fritz Moore, modern languages. Bottom roir: Fred L. Parrish, history and government; R. G. Sanger, mathematics; Ralph E. Silker, chemistry; Roger C. Smith, entomology; A. B. Sperry, geology; Carl Tjerandsen, institute of citizenship. sities. The committee on comprehensives then recessed and the study was undertaken through the co- operative evalua- tion survey. Dr. Earl Edgar of the Institute of Citi- zenship was ap- pointed local chairman for the cooperative study. The Srhool of Arts and Sciences had the largest enrollment in the college this Chester A, Peters, Assistant Dean of Arts and Sciences, answers questions for students.. year. 27

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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

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In the college ' s largest school, Arts and Sciences, activities vary so much from depart- ment to department that students in each curriculum feel as though they ' re in a sepa- rate school of their own. There are 15 departments in the School. The departments cover a wide variety of fields from speech and English to zoology, chemistry and physics. Many graduate stu- dents conduct research in the School of Arts and Sciences. Frog physiology presents interest and humor for pre-vets (above). A trio of Speech Department orators demon- strate some informality that leads to top productions in the Auditorium (center left). The art of flower arrange- ment is a serious course for three students in the Horti- culture Department (left bottom). Tubes, jugs and jars are all in a day ' s work for a biochemist ( top left oppo- site). Santa without whiskers brightens up the Winter Recital of the Speech Department (top right opposite). The music Department ' s Faculty String Quartet fiddled its way into the hearts of the college community with its concerts (center left opposite). A coed star shows perfect form during the Physical Education Aquacade (center right opposite). Chemistry of soils requires accuracy and a little daintiness, as one prof demonstrates ( bottom left opposite). Practice makes perfect, according to an Eng- lish prof, who has students doing preliminary tape re- cordings (bottom right opposite). 28