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

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Chapter Three ENGINEERING . . . progress made during school year DEAN R. A. SEATON by Marvin Shafer JL R o M Dean R. A. Seaton to the inexperi- enced, yet supple freshman lies justification for that year-by-year progress manifest in the annals of the Division of Engineering. The year 1935-1936 wends to a close, leaving in its wake such advancements in the division as are exemplified, not only in individuals, but em- bodied in the division as a whole, dependent upon each integral contribution. Behind the hand that with skillful dexter- ity controls the most remote situation with the same efficiency as the more pressing and immediate problems lies the stimulating and efficient mind of Dean R. A. Seaton. A gradu- ate of Kansas State College from the Depart- ment of Mechanical Engineering, Dean Seaton applies his knowledge of the inner workings of the departments to achieve a close union of his 55 faculty colleagues. Precision thinking, in- defatigable spirit, and a personality of high re- pute are the establishing features of his promi- nent position as dean of the Engineering Division. Second in command, yet esteemed in the minds of all engineers, is the versatile personage of Assistant Dean M. A. Durland. It is difficult to forget the smile that dominates Dean Durland ' s business-like manner. One reticently enters his office to be reprimanded for some innocent disobedience or proudly goes forth to solicit his broad knowledge on matters of pressing importance in the con- ception of the student engineer. Just the mention of the name, Dean Durland, and one need not go into detail for it carries with it an agency of effectiveness. An unselfish assistance in the support and promotion of all student administrations is his contribution for making each successive year an improvement over the one before. The engineering faculty goes beyond mere existence, or impotent day-by-day teaching, and assumes the medium in the practical field through which necessity realizes the invention. Days of research and nights of thought spread over long periods of time years in many instances, are interrupted only while one project is completed and another begun, gain- ing momentum as times goes on. The present period is not without its successful contribu- tions to the field, as evidenced in the accept- ance by numerous other schools of two text books compiled and published recently by four members of the division. One text was by Professor Pearce of the Machine Design De- partment and the other by Professors Kloef- fler, Brenneman, and Kerchner of the Elec- trical Department. In addition, many master and professional degrees have been conferred upon others of the staff. Memories to Come Still, in all fair- ness, recognition must be made of the class sessions and laboratory periods, for it is here that the stu- ASST. DEAN M. A. DURLAND Page 19

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PHI EPSILON KAPPA Back row: Patterson, McAtee, Washburn, Wetlaufcr, Edwards Front row: Hanson, Creed, Burns, Peters, Abbott Phi Epsilon Kappa L. P. Wash- burn of the de- partment of physical educa- tion is sponsor of the fraternity. Popcnoc Club XL NTOMOLOGI- CAL talks, de- bates, discus- sions, and dem- onstrations are found on the bi-monthly pro- grams of Pope- noe, Kansas State College entomological club, whose mem- bership numbers 27 students, faculty members and members of the local bureau of ento- P.IIIU iiiciiiuGio ui tlic IUL-OI jjuitau ji jji v- H i chapter of Phi Epsilon Kappa, honorary mology. An annual fall steak fry, occasional fraternity for students majoring in physical education, strives towards a social and an educational objective each year. An informal meeting in September to make acquaintances among new students eligible for membership composed the year ' s social project. Officers were also elected at this meeting. On March 2, L. P. Dittemore, director of physical education in the Wichita schools, and president of the Kansas Health and Physical Education Association, addressed the members of the fraternity on educational problems re- lating to athlet- tacky parties, and occasional bridge parties are held to keep up the year ' s social program. The organization was started February 8, 1921, and named after the able coleopterist and former head of the college entomological department, Prof. Edgar A. Popenoe. The object in founding the organization was chiefly to serve as a medium for the discussion of entomological problems such as new discover- ies, exchange of experience, proposed investi- gations, and the like. ics. A banquet in the spring for members and their guests con- cluded the year ' s achievements. Officers for the year were Lyman Abbott, Phillipsburg, president; John Hanson, Con- cordia, vice- president;Ralph McAtee, Coun- cil Grove, secre- tary; and James Edwards, Phil- lipsburg, treas- urer. POPENOE ENTOMOLOGY CLUB Top rote: Cotton, Walkden, Dean, Emery, Mobley, Good Middle row: West, Jones, Bryson, Hoyle, Parker, Fritz Bottom row: Painter, Robinson, Manis, Wilbur, McNay, Smith Past 23

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time lf ; Beerin? tice an In the Slale Road Materials Testing Laboratory dents ' memory is fed with not only the manipu- lation of the slip stick (slide rule to the lay- man) and the handling of difficult integrations, but also the many entities that go to fill the archives of memory and make reminiscing pleasant. The enjoyment derived when two mutual participators in the symbolic Saint Pats ' gift to humanity, such choice topics of conversation as a particular professor whose ostentatious voice could be heard from Blue- mont to Seventeenth Street, the shocking truth of physical electricity, the fact that metal need not have a color to broadcast its degree of heat and that picking it up is a plausible test all is unmatchable. Profound companionship, if not of immediate conse- quence, can be recalled to warm the heart and return, at least to the mind, particular classes and their associations each one of important sequel in later life. Such individuals as Floyd (Bus) Brown, whose profound dream is to air condition the world from Hades on through; Maurice Street, the engineers ' contribution to the Student Governing Association; Kenneth Banks, whose wit and worth add to the tranqnility of the Architecture Department; Max Lyons of the Civil Department, and a host of others, each are incased in the back of the mind as a toast to the success of the whole. However, per- sonal attributions will not always stand the acid test with the same degree of results as profound character and sheer conscientious- ness, and it is sometimes the latter that are unforgettable although they do not necessarily head the list of popularity. Nevertheless, as the year advances, it brings to light such students as are surpassing in various respects. They have unselfishly given their time and labors to the promotion of numerous extra-curricular activities, not for The Cii ' ils I earn Technique With the Transit in the Field they b DOW ii limited trance leaders jar is ( inrese is just tpnden Morph such s Inowlt Ei neerinj the cm It is I Pagt 30