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

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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

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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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Assistant Deans G. Orval Ebberts and Marjorie Adams relieve the work and share the problems of Dean Hahn. research at Iowa State University, was chosen to serve as head of the Department of Economics and Soci- ology. In keeping with the growing demand for greater proficiency in foreign languages, the Department of Modern Languages installed a language laboratory in Eisenhower Hall. Through the use of this elec- tronic equipment, the language laboratory, under the direction of Dr. Robert E. Pyle, gave each student an opportunity to hear the language spoken by a native as well as by himself. Anti-radiation Pills Perfected Dr. Scott Searles of the Department of Chemistry effectively perfected anti-radiation compounds, as- similated in pill form, which absorb radiation ren- dering it harmless to the human body in the event of atomic fallout. The Chemistry Department also in- vestigated the properties of electronic energy and the chemical equilibrium of humans. Faculty members and students of the Department of Physics studied the nuclear forces and high energy scattering of elementary particles, the imper- fections present in metallic whiskers, and the mani- Arts and Sciences School Department Heads Top Row: D. J. Ameel, Zoology; William Bevan, Psy- chology; W. W. Brandt, Chemistry. Second Row. Norma Bunton, Speech; A. B. Cardwell, Physics; J. B. Chelikowsky, Geology and Geography; Earle Davis, English; Earl Edgar, General Studies. Bottom Row. T. M. Evans, Physical Education; H. C. Fryer, Statis- tics; F. M. Green, Education; C. C. Jones, Business Administration, R. R. Lashbrook, Technical Jour- nalism. Stuart M. Pady was appointed Acting Head of General Studies early in the fall semester.