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

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VICE-PRESIDENT S. A. NOCK New Vicc-Prcsident and later did the same type of work at the University of Leipzig. For three years Doctor Nock was direc- tor of the foreign study department at the University of Delaware at Munich, Germany. At one time he edited a paper at Cody, Wyo., he has written several textbooks in English for use in German schools, and now is reviewing new books for the Saturday Review of Literature. Kansas State is indeed fortunate to secure a man of Doctor Nock ' s calibre to serve as vice-president of the institution. Registrar JVl iss MACHIR! May we have the grades of all the pledges of our organi- zation? or How many more hours do I need to graduate? or This is the Col- legian calling. What is the latest enroll- ment figure for the present semester? Such are the questions daily asked and answered at the office of the registrar. Such are the daily duties supervised by Miss Jessie McDowell Machir, registrar. The student ' s record in the office of the registrar is tangible evidence of the grade of classroom work which he has performed during his college career. 1 H E link between the administration and the general student body is believed to have been found in Dr. S. A. Nock, vice-president of Kansas State since January 1, 1936. Only 34 years old, Doctor Nock assumed his present duties on the retirement of Dr. J. T. Willard. In his first newspaper interview in Manhattan, he was lauded as being a regular fellow. His is the ability of maintaining re- spect for the position on the college faculty which he holds, and at the same time being approachable by the students. Degrees are held by the new vice-president from Haverford College, Carleton College, and the University of Dorpat in Esthonia. He came to Kansas State with an outstanding record in teaching and administrative work including the teaching of English at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, at Carleton College, and at Rice Institute. While working toward a doctorate at the University of Dorpat, he was a lecturer on American language and literature, JESSIE MCDOWELL MACHIR Registrar fyli

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President .[RESIDENT of Kansas State College since 1925, Dr. F. D. Farrell lends a combina- tion of dignity, conservatism, and thorough efficiency to the executive office which he holds. This year at the meeting of the Association of Land-Grant Colleges and Universities, in Washington, he was made chairman of the important committee on land problems. As a land-grant college, Kansas State is both a na- tional and a state institution, having relationships with the federal departments of Agri- culture, Interior, and War. Relationships with the federal government increase the col- lege ' s ability to render valu- able service in research, resi- dent instruction, and exten- sion. The practical activities in which the college engages in the conduct of its educational work have been cited by Presi- dent Farrell. He has pointed out that by federal and state law, the college is required to provide liberal and practical education. In order to pro- vide liberal education it must have good library facilities and offer courses in great variety in the arts and humanities such as language and literature, music, history, art, and similar fields. The college ' s practical educa- tional work is centered chiefly in agriculture, engineering, home econom- ics, and veteri- nary medicine. Research is con- ducted and in- Page 11 C. O. PRICE Assistant to the President PRESIDENT F. D. FARRELL struction provided in these and closely related fields. President Farrell explained, The col- lege cannot effectively teach the principles and practices of dairy farming, for example, if it has no cows. It cannot do a good job of instruction in dairy manufacturing unless it makes and sells butter, cheese, ice cream. If its work in veterinary medicine is to be effective the col- lege must operate a veterinary hospital and clinic. These illustrations indicate why the college must engage in numerous practical activities. Its ten thousand graduates and its many thousands of other former students, distrib- uted throughout the world, demonstrate every day in their work and in their lives, that the college achieves marked success in its educa- tional endeavors.

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College Historian Vn E N on January 1, Dr. J. T. Willard retired as vice-president of Kansas State Col- lege after 52 years service as a member of the faculty, he immediately assumed his present duties as college historian. He is now spend- ing his full time writing a history of the college which he hopes to complete and have published in 1938, the year Kansas State will celebrate its seventy-fifth anniversary. Doctor Willard has been unofficial college historian for many years and has been collect- ing historical material throughout his 56 years of affiliation with the college four as a student and 52 as an employee. In a statement the day Doctor Willard took over his new duties, President Farrell declared, Doctor Willard ' s record at Kansas State College is extraordinary for its length, its variety, and its influence for good. In the 52 years that he has been a member of the faculty he has given distinguished service as a scientist, as a teacher, as an administrator, and as a scholar. He has held various positions at the college including assistant in the agricultural ex- periment station, head of the department of chemistry, dean of the division of general science, and vice-president. Doctor Willard says he hopes to make the history which he is writing, a story of the evolution of the college. MARY P. VAN ZILE Dean of Women DR. J. T. WILLARD College Historian Dean of Women OHE explained it this way I go the way with them so I don ' t lag so far behind that I neither know nor understand them, and she smiled that gentle smile of hers. We say of Dean Van Zile that she is right. For 27 years she has watched over the coeds who go to and from her office, never allowing herself to lag behind them for a minute. It is not of course that she approves of all the things that her coeds do, but they do not shock her she is as modern in thought as they. Dean Van Zile would be the last to shield her girls from life. I want my girls to know all of life and life as it is, she says, so they may choose wisely from the knowledge and experience that they have, that they will build into their lives those things which are ulti- mately the best and most satisfactory. And as she stands in her window with the winter sun softly touching her silken white hair, her voice takes on a joyous note, I love my work here, and Oh! I love my girls. We add hers is an understanding heart. Page I )