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

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GUIDES Am GDVEMMEM Students have ' harped long about ' deadtvood ' on the f acuity but for the most part, teacher-pupil relationship is congenial. CALL ENROLLMENT days . . . happy-to- be-back students rush to greet last year ' s classmates. In search of friends they throng favorite haunts. Suddenly a favorite professor enters and is immediately beset by a half-dozen grinning, yelling coUegiates . . . Have you heard the one . . . ' With a guffaw, Doc dis- cards his academic dignity and all make for the soda fountain. . . . Such is the relationship of teacher and pupil at Kansas State College . . . that is, with some professors and some students. Guides — friendly voices in the student ' s prob- lematic darkness. Not the too stern taskmaster of learning, but counselor to the collegiate and his omnipresent two problems — life and living. The College cannot decipher these puzzles for him. It can but guide his efforts in finding his own answers. To that end, K-State ' s faculty is an hierarchy of guides. President, dean, profes- sor, and instructor work to increase personal con- tact in an effort to better show him the way. Professional divisions make up this College — analogous to the colleges of a university. Thereby, the student of his chosen field finds organized for him professional guidance. And almost every faculty man and woman at K-State has his or her own large or very small retinue of student-followers, seeking less technical and, in a way, more practical wisdom. From the Presi- dent on down, the under-graduate receives this guidance and understanding. Such a system resembles but little the medieval university where scholar and tutor were worlds apart and classroom technique consisted of cold, impersonal lectures followed by examinations based on ability to memorize hard facts. A few instructors retain this attitude but for the most part, K-State is patterned after institutions of early Renaissance with students and teachers gathering to discuss professional and personal difficulties. Added in the modern school is a detailed organization administered with the effi- ciency characteristic of present-day institutions of higher education. Kansas State students are governed by them- selves and the administrating officers. Every stu- dent paying the activity fee is a member of the Student Governing Association. This, in turn, is headed by the Student Council — comprised of nine elected students. This body performs many duties for the welfare of the student body. Actions of the Council are passed on by the Faculty Council on Student Affairs which is the controlling factor of most student affairs. Then there ' s the various deans who supervise the stu- dent ' s academic life. Other governing forces are the dean of women, men ' s advisor, and a final voice — the President.

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STANDING BEFORE two microphones at the Homecoming football game last fall was young Governor Payne Ratner. He crowned Kansas State ' s Homecoming queen with a wreath of flowers. 7 4e Jtelp, (ji IMPERTURBABLE DIGNITY characterizes this portrait-study of Fred M, Harris, chairman of the State Board of Regents and one of K-State ' s real friends. OVERNOR Payne Ratner, Kansas ' youngest chief executive, is a frequent visitor to the Kan- sas State campus. This year the Royal Purple camera- man caught him presenting the homecoming queen before a crowd of thousands at a football game. A graduate of the University of Kansas, Governor Ratner is the special pride of Sigma Alpha Epsilon members on the K-State campus, himself being a member of that fraternity. The governor is a friend to higher education. The Most High More important than the Governor in actually gov- erning affairs at state schools is the State Board of Regents for its members tell the fortunes of our 4,000 students as well as the several hundred instruc- tors. They do the same for other state schools. The State Board of Regents is the supreme order of Kansas educators. Acting usually upon recom- mendations of President Farrell, it decides what K-State may or may not do. Members of the Board deserve citation for their tireless service to Kansas schools. The Board was reorganized last spring on a non- partisan basis. The Next High The Council of Deans is closer home than the Board of Regents for it is this group which is the supreme court of the campus. The deans of the various divisions of the college together with the President, vice-president, dean of women, and historian comprise the council. It decides administrative policies, discusses matters pertaining to finance and the scheduling of classes, and the general policies of Kansas State. The coun- cil meets at the call of President Farrell. Pane 20