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

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of General Science CURRICULUM in Industrial Journalism was added in 1910 and that in Industrial Chemistry in 1919. Through several years of gradual approach beginning in 1916 the four-year curricula in music were developed and were first offered in full form in 1922. The curriculum in Rural Commerce which is now followed by nearly three hundred students was established in 1921. The latest candidates for student favor are the two curricula in Physical Education one for men, and one for women, the freshman years of which are being given this year. . All of the cirrucula administered by this Division include liberal provisions for electives by means of which professional subjects in education and extensive groups in science, language or general cultural subjects may be chosen.

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fc i? Btbteton DEAN J. T. WILLARD THE Division of General Science includes the departments which impart instruction in general and scientific subjects for all of the stu- dents. The technical curricula with rather clearly directed vocational objectives include many subjects from this Division which are of fundamental service in the acquisition of the technical knowledge, and others designed to give the student preparation for intelligent participa- tion in public affairs and appreciation of arts that appeal to cultivated taste and emotion. The Division also administers curricula in which most of the characterizing subjects are from its own departments. The curriculum in General Science is the lineal descendant of the original single cur- riculum which the institution offered for many years, although it has been modified so as to be almost beyond recognition.

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Btbteton DEAN L. E. CALL TOARMING must ever be the important vocation of Kansas people. A The vast expanse of fertile, rolling prairie of necessity must become more and more productive to supply food and raiment to the increasing population of the world. To accomplish this, the farmer of the future must be skilled in the art and trained in the principles of his profession and he must be served by town and city business and professional men who have a sympathetic understanding of the needs of agriculture. Success in farming will come to those who combine high qualities of character with good judgment and adequate training in the funda- mental principles underlying their profession. Success to the business man serving the farmer will result in a large measure at least from a clear understanding of the needs of his patrons and of the knowledge of how to meet these needs efficiently and economically.