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

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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

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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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Eegtetrar REGISTRAR JESSIE McD. MACHIR records are no longer mere lists of subjects, credit hours and grades written down in formidable looking books, row upon row, but have come to be chronicles of human events crowded into four of the best years in any young person ' s life. A memory book, as it were, to be forever cared for and guarded by the college registrar. The personality of the student is brought into the record by mount- ing his photograph upon the page and so is laid the foundation of a record of personal characteristics and to the recorder this girl ' s record suggests womanly sweetness and charm, and that boy ' s record a pair of honest eyes and a frank smile. As the record progresses with the passing of the years, it shows the organizations with which the student is identified, literary or social, and whether he has participated in debates, athletics or other of the various contests sponsored by the college. The officers and cabinet members of the Young Women ' s Christian Association and the Young Men ' s Christian Association are shown on the records of those so honored. Sophomore and Senior honors and election to Phi Kappa Phi are given a prominent place -in short, any special activity or honor which would describe the personality and the college life of the student is considered an important part of the record. Finally, when the last examination has been taken and the student, dignified by cap and gown, has received his diploma from the hand of the President, a final item is inscribed on his record, Graduated June third, nineteen hundred and twenty-six, and if the recorder can add With Honor or With High Honor, the college joins with that stu- dent and his parents in the pride of real achievement. And so ends the written history of any student, but the memory of the womanly sweetness and of the honest eyes and the frank smile will remain in the hearts of students and faculty alike.