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

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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

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Two events in the School of Engineering and Archi- tecture made national news. Early in the year announce- ment was made that the legislature had appropriated $500,000 for a wing to the Engineering Building. Later in the semester engineering circles all over the country paid tribute to Dr. R. A. Scaton when he retired as Dean of the School and Director of the Engineering Ex- periment Station. Approval of the proposed expansion of the Engineer- ing School ' s building was the first step in enlarging the facilities of the School as proposed in the Campus of Tomorrow blueprint. Will Add Lab Space Space in the new wing will be used for electrical engineering laboratories, facilities of the civil engineer- ing department, and part of the equipment of the agri- cultural engineering and machine design departments. An increase of about 500,000 cubic feet of space will be made available to the School when the building is completed. The legislature will be asked to appropriate funds for Heads of Departments in Engineering end Architecture are (top row) : F. C. Fcnton, atjricultural engineerini;; R. F. Gingrich, physical plant I now under general administration ; ; Linn Helander, mechanical engineering; L. S. Hobson. engineering experiment station; R. G. M. A. Durland, Dean of the School of Engineering and Architecture and Director of the Engineering Experiment Station, has been with the college since 1919. He became Dean of the School this year when Dr. R. A. Seaton retired. During the current academic year Dean Durland will see 600 engineering students receive their degrees. another wing to the building at a later date. Dean Seaton ' s retirement did not make him inactive on the campus. He was appointed by the President as Building Expediter. All buildings now under construc- tion or proposed for future construction are under the Kloeffler, electrical engineering; Reed F. Morse, civil engineering. {Bottom row): C. E. Pearce, machine design; C. H. Scholer. applied mechanics; G. A. Sellers, shop practice; Henry T. Ward, chemical engineering; and Paul Weigel, architecture. 30