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

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THE PRESIDENT DR. F. D. FARRELL KANSAS STATE college is one of the oldest and one of the most effective participants in a great national educational pro- gram. The program was launched on July 2, 1862, when Abraham Lincoln signed the Morrill Act providing for the establishment of land-grant colleges. The program is based on a social and educational philosophy that is distinctively American. That philosophy is absolutely opposed to educational and social teachings and practices that had prevailed for thousands of years. It holds that all useful work is respectable and honorable; that use- ful workers both deserve and need education technological educa- tion to promote industrial efficiency and liberal education to help them live happily. The Morrill Act definitely requires the land-grant colleges to place major emphasis upon technological education. It also requires them to provide liberalizing supplementary training in the arts and the humanities. It specifically requires them to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes. Pag, I}]

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BOARD OF REGENTS INCE July 1, 1925, management of institutions of higher education in Kansas has been in the hands of a State Board of Regents. Mcm- s of the board are appointed by the governor of the state for terms of four years each. Appointments have been made to represent all congressional districts although this procedure is not necessarily statutory. One member has been selected from the state at large. W. Y. Morgan was chairman of the board from the time of its founding until 1930, when new appointments were made. The members do not receive a salary but their expenses are paid when on school business. The board with new members appointed in 1930 is as follows: C. M. Harger, B. C. Gulp, Fred M. Harris, W. E. Ireland, Drew McLaughlin, C. B. Merriam, C. W. Spencer, Oscar Stauffer, and C. C. Wilson. C. M. Harger, of Abilene, is now chairman. He was reappointed at the expira- tion of his term in 1930. Kansas University at Lawrence; Kansas State College, Manhattan; Bell Memorial Hospital, Kansas City; Fort Hays Kansas State College, Hays; the state teachers ' colleges at Emporia, and Pittsburg; and the experiment stations at Colby, Fort Hays, Garden City, and Tribune are all under the control of the board. The State Board of Regents was established with the primary idea of taking the administration of the state schools out of politics and con- ducting them as a unit of higher education to give the fullest service possible and to avoid too great overlapping of curricula. To achieve this, the board has maintained a close contact with the work of the schools, and has sought to bring their activities into a harmonious and effective relation to complete educational accomplishment. C. M. HARGER, Chairman BOARD OF REGENTS B. C. GULP Btloit FRED M. HARRIS Ottawa W. E. IRELAND Yatcs Center DREW MCLAUGHLIN Paola C. B. MERRIAM Topfka C. W. SPENCER Sedan OSCAR STAUFFER Arkansas City r - ' : C. C. WILSON Meade [Page 14]

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VICE-PRESIDENT DR. J. T. WlLLARD FIFTY-TWO years ago the college owned 255 acres of land; 1,420 are held now. There were nine small stone buildings in 1879. Twenty-two substantial stone buildings have been added, besides two wings of the stadium, a serum plant, three groups of glass houses, a dozen or more important wooden buildings and many minor ones. The total value of the land, buildings and equipment of the college June 30, 1880, was $86,008.76; June 30, 1930, it was $5,391,629.50. In 1879- ' 80, there were twelve members of the faculty; in 1929- ' 30, those giving all or part time to instruction and research at the college numbered 460. In 1879- ' 80 276 students were enrolled; in 1929- ' 30 the number was 3,987. Fifty years ago only one curriculum was offered to men and, with some modifications, women studied the same. At that time the president personally wrote the assignment of each student; now 154 assigner-advisors are used, assisted by nine deans and assistant deans and many others. [Page 16]