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

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Royal Purple

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rOR£WOf?D EDICATED to those Kansas State Agricultural College men who gave their lives on the battle held. Volume XI of the ROYAL PURPLE stands at the time as a monument to all Kansas Aggie spirit and devotion. Kansas Aggies won im- mortal glory for themselves, their Alma Mater and their country on the fields of France. Not a few vt ere called upon to give the last full measure of devotion, and their names are forever written on our hearts. While these men fought the good fight overseas. Alma Mater waged a successful battle against disrupting influ- ences at home. The young women — and the few young men here to co-operate with them — who published this annual, are typical of the students who carried on in spite of continued interruptions and unprecedented condi- tions. Those vho Avithstood difficulties and completed successfully a year of college vork, demonstrated their persistent serious purpose, and their unquestionable fitness to survive. The Kansas State Agricultural College faces a bright future. Another year will see many of the men of the service back in college class rooms, working with old-time vigor in preparation for peace-pursuits. Everywhere will be happy evidence of a return to normal conditions. The opportunities for our graduates of professional and techni- cal training will b e greatly enlarged as a result both of the active participation of the institution in war work and of the records made by Aggie men and women. K. S. A. C. will continue to do effective work. It will open its doors wide to every class of the state s citizenship. Not for the few, but for the many, shall be the w atchword, and we shall strive to make only the boundaries of the state the boundaries of our campus. W. M. JARDINE.