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

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Chapter Two GENERAL SCIENCE Scientific, Cultural, and Disciplinary Training Offered, Gives Foundation and Unity For All Four-year Curricula A by Jack McClung TOTAL of 1081 students flooded the Kansas State College Division of General Science this fall to record the largest number of students ever enrolled in the division and enable the division to lay claim to approx- imately 32 per cent of the student body. The second semester brought a similar record. The division ' s courses supply the funda- mental scientific and cultural work for the college. Included in it are 18 departments, most of which give the basic instruction for all divisions on the campus. Approximately 190 faculty members are included on the general science staff, which is as large as any other two divisions employ for their resident instruction staff. And it might be added that all sizes, shapes, train- ings and dispositions can be found by even a hurried examination of these 190 individ- uals. And again it might be added, in due respect, that included in this number are many persons whose names are widely known in their own branch of the teaching pro- fession. Division Administration At least 32 per cent of the student body, and probably many more, know the location of the general science division executive offices, which are tucked away in the north- west corner of the main floor of old faith- ful (Anderson hall). Undoubtedly at least that percentage of students have gone into that office each year to wait a half an hour or more to see one of the deans about their schedule or to answer an urgent request re- ceived through the mail. Seated in the far office, the student is quite likely to find the dean of the division, Dr. R. W. Babcock, who came here in the summer of 1930 to assume his present duties. Dean Babcock was at that time head of the Department of Mathematics at De Pauw University, Greencastle, Ind. Formerly, he Page 19 DR. R. W. BABCOCK was a member of the mathematics faculty at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Dean Babcock spends most of his time in administration of the division, although he does teach a mathematics class. He is a frequent speaker on the campus and spends his odd moments playing golf or ping pong. He is a member of the Manhattan Kiwanis club and the city board of education. In the middle office, you will find Prof. C. M. Correll, assistant dean of the divi- sion, who divides his time between division administration and instruction of ASST. DEAN C. M. CORHELL classes in history and government, in which he is recognized as an authority. A graduate of the college, Assistant Dean Corre 1 1 joined the Kan- sas State College faculty in 1922 and has served under his present title since 1927.

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Knowledge of Plant Life is Gained in the Botany Laboratory He speaks at various functions, plays golf, and tries to raise a garden in his spare time. Curricula and Departments Guards to the offices of the deans are Miss Alice Melton and Mrs. W. J. Burtis. Nine curricula in the general science divi- sion are open to students. They are Gen- eral Science, Commerce, Commerce with special training in Accounting, Industrial Journalism, Industrial Chemistry, Music Edu- cation, Applied Music, Physical Education for men, and Physical Education for women. The General Science division is divided into 18 departments, Bacteriology, Botany and Plant Pathology, Chemistry, Economics and Sociology, Education, English, Entomology, Indus- trial Journalism and Printing, Library Economics, Mathe- matics, Military Science and Tactics, Modern Languages, Music, Physical Education, Physics, Public Speaking, and Zoology and Geology. The Chemistry Department leads in number of staff members and the English Department ranks next. Three primary interests are set up by the division: Teaching, by nature of the work of the departments, is the most important. Two- thirds of the class hours of the student body are spent in this division, and its staff num- bers 54 per cent of the resident college faculty. Along with teaching, a second necessary activity is investigation, to be informed of the recent advances in a continually advanc- ing and changing technical world. The third interest is public service to the campus, to the local community, and to the entire state. The Fundamental Division The General Science division might be called the fundamental division of the col- lege, for it is the only division in which all students in college are enrolled in classes in one or more of its departments. Practical Education in Printing Page 20