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

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Arts and Sciences School Department Heads Top Row: Luther Leavengood, Music; H. B. Lee, Athletics; Carl F. Lyons, Military Science and Tactics; K. J. McMahon, Bacteriology; Fritz Moore, Modern Languages. Bottom Row. John Nordin, Economics and Sociology; S. M. Pady, Botany and Plant Pathology; P. M. Rice, History, Government, and Philosophy; R. G. Sanger, Mathematics; G. R. Smith, Air Science. festations of shock excitation of plasma. Basic life processes and the relationship of living organisms to their environment were studied by the faculty and students of the Department of Biological Sciences. The research program ranged from the c omposition of the single cell, its heredity, growth and reproduction, to the diseases which destroy it. Specimens which served as experimental examples to the botanists, plant pathologists, and zoologists in- cluded viruses, staphylococci, and worms, as well as samples of fungi, pollen, and wheat. Fulbright Lecturer Chosen Earle Davis, head of the Department of English, was appointed a Fulbright lecturer at the University of Adelaide in Australia. Denison Hall, homefront for the English Department, is the catch-all for homeless classes. Its one-year old lecture hall and classrooms seat not only English students but also psychology, government and mathematics students.

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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.

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The Department of Education revised its curric- ulum in secondary education as the block system of teaching was initiated for the first time. Create Natural Park Laboratory The K-State University Endowment Association has leased 80 acres of land near the Tuttle Creek Reservoir district that will provide a natural park area to serve as an experimental laboratory for the investigation and study of biological science prob- lems. This natural park will make it possible for students and faculty members to observe and obtain specimens for detailed study of both fauna and flora in their natural environment. The Arts and Sciences School Council was com- posed of 17 members chosen in campus elections to represent each of the departments. Larry Wolgast served as president of the council which acted in an advisory capacity to the Arts and Sciences School by reflecting student opinions. Fred A. Seaton, former Secretary of the Interior and a KSU alum, dedicates the $375,000 Kedzie Hall wing. Eisenhower Hall houses the offices of the School of Arts and Sciences plus a lecture hall and classrooms. 28