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

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of Summer ikijool THE purpose of the Summer School is chiefly to provide opportunities for study to those who can not make use of the regu- lar sessions. It thus gives to a great many teachers and profes- sional people the privilege of ad- vanced study during a part or all of the summer vacation. Also many students and investigators prefer to work eleven months rather than nine and to these the summer school offers its wide opportunities. The Summer School of 1926 offered three hundred sixty-seven courses in both undergraduate and graduate work. The Divisions of Agriculture, of Engineering, of Gen- eral Science and of Home Econom- ics were all represented. Daily public lectures were also given on scientific, social and other subjects at 4 P. M. each day. Other special features were the School of Community Leadership and the Conferences on High School Leader- ship. Many special lectures, historic films, and a patriotic pageant were a part of the Summer School entertainment program. As a mark of the earnest character of the work, attention may be called to the number of graduate students which was greatly in excess of the regular semes- ters. This means that a large number of teachers were enrolled taking advanced work for a higher degree or who were engaged in research in their special fields. Possibly no session of the College serves the state in a larger way or renders a more useful service to its citizens than the Summer Session. It offers a great variety of work at a time of the year when conditions are especially favorable for study, and when a great many subjects can be studied to better advantage than in any other part of the year. DEAN W. H. ANDREWS

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Btbteton of xten$ton TT MAY be trite to say that we are living in a most progressive age, but such is a fact nevertheless; and consequently one of the great- est educationally as well. Progress and education are interdependent. Probably each is responsible for the other, but certainly progress is dependent upon education, or practical and fundamental knowledge, and cannot take place any faster than our educa- tional development. This is an important fact not only from the standpoint of the public, but from that of the individual and particularly he who has had the advantage of a course of instruction in an institution of higher learning secured by his residence there. Regardless of the standard of academic knowledge one may attain, such standard can only be maintained by constantly supplementing it with recently discovered facts. He, who has had the advantage of a degree from an institution of higher learning, must recognize this responsibility. Since progress is dependent upon knowledge, one ' s ability to keep abreast of progressive times is determined by his ability to keep himself informed. Educational institutions in recent years are coming to recognize more their function in assisting those individuals who desire to maintain their knowledge. They realize that they must concern themselves not alone with resident teaching, but also in assisting individuals, who are engaged in the every day walks of life, to develop their fundamental and theoretical knowledge. The activities of mod- ern institutions are no longer confined to the campus proper, but wherever the individual may of necessity be in the every day business of earning a living for himself. These institutions have a vital function to perform in the life of him who has a realization that his ability to progress in his vocation is dependent upon a constant source of practical and fundamental knowledge. H. J. UMBERGER

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Bean of Womtn DEAN MARY P. VAN ZILE THE position of Dean of Women is based on the ideal for students of the highest physical, intellectual, moral and spiritual develop- ment. Special interests of the Dean of Women inclu ie the student prob- lems involved in living conditions, health, employment, vocational guidance, discipline, and social and religious life. She spends much time in serving on committees, in attending student meetings, in conference with students, parents and housemothers, but these du- ties do not express the deeper significance of her work. It is rather a service which has for its aim the effecting of better adjustments between students and the faculty, and the world in which they must live. Routine duties are the only means to the great end of the de- velopment of personality and character by the conscious and compre- hensive adjustment of personal and group needs. Pa t e 32 T