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

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Dean Thomas M. Hahn, Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, is a noted nuclear physicist as well as admin- istrator. He directs the policies and programs for both graduate and undergraduate students in the A S School. Hahn Accepts Duties At Virginia Polytechnic Thomas M. Hahn, dean of arts and sciences, will assume new duties as President of Virginia Poly- technic Institute at the end of the academic year. Dean Hahn has been head of the largest school at K-State for three years. Developing an excellent faculty for the school and providing its members with opportunities was the main job of Hahn. Counseling many of the 3,500 students enrolled in the A S School was also his duty. Before coming to K-State, Hahn was head of the Physics Department and chairman of the nuclear engineering program at Virginia Polytechnic In- stitute. He received his education at Kentucky Uni- versity and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 2 i

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Artistically arranging the last blossom, students in Floral Arrangement II complete a colorful floral display. Frank R. Carpenter assumes the position of Assistant Dean of Agriculture after retirement of Clyde L. Mullen. An auditorium, classrooms and offices for the extension branch of the School of Agriculture are located in Um- berger Hall. Extension work covers not only studies in Kansas but also the experiments sent to foreign countries. 23

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A S School Aids Research Programs New programs concerned with both basic research and instruction have greatly aided the School of Arts and Sciences with respect to the development of sci- entific and cultural understandings. Supporting the largest enrollment of any of the six schools, each of the 23 departments of the School of Arts and Sci- ences were actively engaged in continuous research. Dedication of the $50,000 chapel organ was a highlight of the year. Made possible by funds do- nated to the University Endowment Association, the organ contains 40 ranks and a total of 2,458 pipes. The organ was custom built to suit the acoustics of the chapel and its exposed location. Dr. Harry Helson, a foremost experimental psy- chologist, was named to the first Regents ' Professor- ship at Kansas State. Dr. Warren W. Brandt, an out- standing analytical chemist and educator, was ap- pointed head of the Department of Chemistry, while Dr. John A. Nordin, formerly the director of graduate Associate Dean Paul M. Young shares the responsibility of coordinating the Arts and Sciences program with the dean. Installed in the Danforth Chapel Auditorium November 19, Kansas State ' s $50,000 pipe organ has 2,458 pipes. 25