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

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lOVERNOR ALP M. LANDON took the oath of office January 9, 1933, at the age of 45 years. He was born at West Middlesex, Pennsylvania, September 9, 188 7 , attended schools in Ohio and in 1908 graduated from the law school of the University of Kansas. Upon grad uation, he returned to Independence, Kansas, to take up banking and later became an oil producer in the southern Kansas oil fields and the border section of Oklahoma. Except for a brief period during the World War, he continued as an oil producer and an active worker in the interests of the industry. He was first lieutenant in the chemical warfare service during the war and was active in Belgium relief work, the Red Cross and the Salvation Army. His career as governor has been one of the most interesting and unusual of any Kansas governor in many years. Only seven months after his inauguration, he took a leading part in uncovering one of the greatest forgery scandals of Sunflower history. Over a million dollars of forged municipal bonds had been scattered over the state. Several hundred thou- sand dollars of the bonds were found in the State Treasury vaults. A vigorous investigation of state officers was ordered, that lead to the punishment of the culprits. Offenders were not allowed to escape the dragnet despite political connections. GOVERNOR ALF M. LANDON Page S

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BOARD OF REGENTS CINCE July 1, 1925, management of insti- O tutions of higher education in Kansas has been in the hands of a State Board of Regents. Members of the board are appointed by the governor of the state for terms of four years each. Appointments have been made to repre- sent all congressional districts although this procedure is not statutory. The members do not receive salaries but their expenses are paid when on school business. The personnel of the Board is as follows: C. M. Harger, Abilene, Chairman; Drew McLaughlin, Paola,- Fred M. Harris, Ottawa; Leslie Wallace, Larned; Oscar Stauffer, Arkan- sas City; C. C. Wilson, Meade,- Dudley Doo- little, Strong City,- Bailey P. W. Waggener, Atchison; Ralph T. O ' Neill, Topeka. Kansas University at Lawrence; Kansas State College Manhattan,- Bell Memorial Hospital, Kansas City; Fort Hayes Kansas State College, Hayes,- the state teachers ' colleges of Em- poria, and Pittsburg; and the experiment sta- tions at Colby, Fort Hayes, 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 adminis- tration of the state schools out of politics and C. M. HARGER Chairman conducting them as a unit of higher education to give the fullest service possible and to avoid overlapping curricula. To achieve this, the board has maintained a close contact with the work of the schools, and has sought to bring its activities into harmonious and effective relation to complete educational accomplishment. Wallace Waggener ONeill Fergu;on Doolittle Stauffer Harris McLaughlin Page s