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

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l »S« nillar.l Hall. Urn ,i„n Ar[r, . uill !„■ SImIcV Imt-oI iMiildiM};, 1. 1 B K A K V Hooks aiitl stmly (»((ii|) (|iii ' l hours in llic colk ' go library. Here llic accCiil difjiiily of ' I ' udor Gothic an liilcclnrc lends an cnchanl- ing hackground to rows of oinincs. ( ' .onslructod in 1927, the library was I he lirsl of a series of campus buildings to be designed in this style of architecture. Other State buildings in the ' I ' udor Gothic mode are the power plant and W illard Hall, new physical science building now under construction. W illard Hall honors the memory of Julius Terrass Willard. presenl historian and former vice-president.

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4 H E A R N FTFT D Athletics in the foreground with a panoramic view of the cam- pus stretching northward. Memo- rial Stadium, home of State foot- l)all and field events, was built by student and ahnnni contributions as a tribute to the sons of Kansas State who served in the World War. Construction was begun in 1922 and the two wings compl eted in 1937. The athletic field itself is named for M. F. Ahearn, present director of athletics and builder of K-State sportsmen since 1903. The stadium replaced the old wooden l)leachers wliich formerly accom- modated sports fans at Ahearn fi( i(l. The bleachers were located along the south side of the field wliich al llial liui( ran cast aud west. -..

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LONG, LONG AGO Kansas State College, builder of personalities, contributor to science, leader in midwestern education. Seventy-five years of service to individuals, the state and the nation. The hisl.M-N of tilis college is not the dry record of edu- cators, research workers, and politi- cians. It is more than a chronicle of events. It is tlir Steaming up the Kaw alter coming all llir »ii rrotii Connecticut, the Hartrord hnMi ' lil New Englanders to earlv Manhattan. and its struggle to 11 Nf and grow and serve through the changing decades. Although (lie story ollieiallx Ix- gins February If). 1863, when the stair Kansas Stale Agricul- legLslature furinall located tural College at Manhattan under the [ r(j i iuii of the Morrill Act, the real birth of the ill lil nliun occurred several years earlier. Kansas State College was born nientall in I!!, ' ), ' ) as the steamboat Hartford wound its way slowly up the Kansas River bearing the founders of .Manhattan. Four years later the vision took physical form with the ereeliori of I lie liluemont College building on a hill about two miles west of the present campus. Here elementary subjects and a preparatory course were taught to a handful of students soHcited from the infant town and surrounding country. When Kansas became a state in 1861, the poorly- supported school was offered as a site for the state university but the offer was rejected because the governor was pledged to locate the university at Lawrence. During the following year, however, the passage of the Morrill act, providing for the establish- ment of state colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, opened the way for another state-supporled inslilulion. State Accepts Offer Inimedialrly I he Hluemont College association repeated its olfcr of I lie Bluemont building, and 100 acres of land. This time the offer was accepted on February 16, 1863, the governor signed the legislative act and Kansas Slate College was in legal existence. Along Willi ilir S2. ' ).(l(l() gift of the campus and hniiding of lilncnionl ( ' .ollege came Rev. Joseph Denison from the old association to be president of the institu- I ion. During its first ten years the college grew slowly, graduating onK I. ' ) students, most of them teachers. It «as a mislil. The (iirriciiium a8s classical with Westward-bound wagon trains wound their way up the dusty road tl Poyntz Avenue. This picture was taken in 18.58, looking toward the river. Bluemont College Building brought edu- cation to the pioneer community and cradled the infant Kansas State.