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

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Men ' s Adviser JVl E N ' S faculty adviser, executive secretary of the Y. M. C. A., assistant professor of soci- ology, minister, A. B., Ph. M., B. D., Ph. D., freshman football coach these might be the titles affixed to the name of A. A. Holtz. To the student in need of a job, in fact to nearly the entire student body, he is simply known as Doc. Perhaps a student comes into his office at the far end of recreation center of Anderson Hall, with a desperate look in his eye, and states that unless he finds work soon, he will be unable to remain in college. Though the number of students demanding work is often overwhelmingly large, it is seldom that Doc cannot find a place where the deserving student with a scholastic average that merits it, can find work and consequently necessary cash. His office has become the clearing house for men students. It ' s through the efforts of Doc ' s leadership that one may truthfully say that there is seldom a boy that goes through four years at Kansas State, who does not at some time come in contact with the Y. M. C. A. Per- haps he first learns about the Y at the Fresh- man Football Kickoff, perhaps it ' s at one of the meetings, perhaps the Y helps him find a room, perhaps he is not familiar with the work of the Y until the Christian World Forum in the spring, but at some time he will be benefited by its activities. DR. A. A. HOLTZ DR. E. L. HOLTON Summer School IF YOU plan to teach school after graduation from Kansas State, you no doubt already know Dr. Edwin L. Holton, head of the depart- ment of Education. Nationally known as an educator of note, Doctor Holton has built up the reputation at Kansas State through the work of the Teacher-Placement Bureau of con- stantly keeping in contact with school open- ings that Kansas State graduates may fill. By September 10 last fall, the Placement Bureau had helped employ 198 graduates and former students as teachers, coaches, principals, or school administrators, since the previous year. As dean of the Summer School, Doctor Holton administers the entire facilities of the college, including laboratories, shops, farms, libraries, experiment stations, museums, gym- nasiums, and playgrounds. A total of 983 students were enrolled in the 1935 Summer School and July 26, degrees were granted to 1 22 st udents at the Summer School Commence- ment. Charles M. Harger, chairman of the State Board of Begents, delivered the com- mencement address. The Summer School meets the needs of teachers who are fulfilling the requirements for the bachelor ' s degree; teachers and school administrators who desire to meet the require- ments for the master ' s degree; undergraduates who wish to continue their studies during the summer, and high school graduates about to begin a college course. Pott 14

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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 )

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Graduate Study r . F T E R a period of 53 years during which grad- uate work was in charge of a committee, the Divi- sion of Graduate Study was established Novem- ber 1, 1931. The Gradu- ate Council, consisting of Dr. J. E. Ackert as dean of the division, and repre- sentatives of each aca- demic division of the col- lege, determines policies and studies special needs of higher education at the college. They aid in the preparation of programs of study leading to the degree Master of Science or to the degree Doctor of Philosophy. The Council members are Doctor Ackert, Dr. Martha M. Kramer, Dr. J. H. Burt, Dr. L. D. Bushnell, Dean L. E. Call, Prof. L. E. Conrad, and Dr. H. H. King. The Graduate Faculty, which includes the more experienced and better trained members of the college staff, offers all courses taken for graduate credit and directs the researches of the advanced students. Each year, an outstanding student from each division of the college is selected and pre- sented to the visitors of Farm and Home Week. Ralph Bogart, graduate research assistant in the Department of Animal Husbandry, was chosen this year to represent the Division of Graduate Study. The Graduate Club, organization composed of the graduate students, promotes sociability among the graduate students and the graduate faculty. Besides the informal picnics and parties held each year, the Club sponsored a public lecture, Life in the Oases of the Libyan Deserts, given by Prof. L. E. Melchers, head of the Department of Botany and Plant Path- ology. Officers of the Graduate Club for the first and second semester respectively have been: Ralph Bogart, Buell Beadle, president; M. H. Radi, W. S. Wong, vice-president; Margaret Darden, Bernice Kunerth, secretary; Robert E. Phillips, Harold Wales, treasurer; G. W. Greenwood, Margaret Darden, entertainment chairman; Helen Church, Gertrude Allen, DR. J. E. ACKERT refreshment chairman. Besides the 40 depart- ments in which work lead- ing to the degree Master of Science is offered, major work leading to the de- gree Doctor of Philosophy is offered in the depart- ments of Bacteriology, Chemistry, Entomology, and Milling Industry. Graduates in engineer- ing or in architecture may also be granted the profes- sional degree of Mechan- ical Engineer, Civil En- gineer, ChemicalEngineer, Electrical Engineer, Agri- cultural Engineer, Flour Mill Engineer, Architect, Architectural Engineer, or Landscape Architect upon meeting certain re- quirements. With the Alumni IN THE office of the alumni secretary of Kansas State College, Kenn ey L. Ford has on file records of approximately 9,000 Kansas State graduates and former students. A brisk, friendly person, Kenney talks with real interest to students who inquire hesitatingly about a loan from the alumni loan fund, to find the address of an alumnus, or to get a bit of information. It keeps me in touch with so many fine people all over the globe, he said earnestly in telling why he enjoyed his job. All news- paper clippings, letters, booklets everything is carefully saved. Let ' s look at the records of a few outstanding alumni. In any account of famous Kansas State alumni, Major-General James G. Harbord, ' 86, should be included. Now chairman of the board of the Radio Corporation of America, General Harbord has recently published a book on The American Army in France, on which he has received comments from Ph. Petain, Marshal of France, General John J. Pershing, Newton D. Baker, and Charles G. Dawes. Citations which he has received include the American Distinguished medal and recogni- tion from France, Italy, Belgium, Great Britain, Montenegro, and the Republic of Panama. The honorary doctor ' s degree was given him by his Alma Mater. Page