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

Page 29 text:

GETS APPROVAL Pres. F. D. Farrell in a special message today also urged students to remain in school until they have finished their college work or until being called to the colors. College students must keep their heads and decide questions on the basis of fact rather than on the basis of rumor, excitement or heedless enthu- siasm he said. Farrell Makes War-time Plans President Farrell, with the Council of Deans, drew up in January the plans for the accelerated war-time College program put into effect here sec- ond semester. It is his duty to supervise and regulate the scholastic activities of Kansas State ' s several thou- sand students. Its 500 faculty members are also responsible to him. To the President falls the task of conferring and negotiating with the Board of Regents about any change in the College ' s financial, staff, or policy matters. C. 0. PRICE wears his usual cheerful grin as he leaves for home after another day of question-answering. PRESIDENT f. D. FARRELL has 16 years experience behind him as Kansas State ' s chief executive. The President is dignified, scholarly, conservative always. In his sixteen years as chief executive he has seen Kansas State grow from a small agricul- tural school to a nationally known colle ge of several thousand students. His thought is first and last for Kansas State College. Price Is Able Assistant Serving as President Farrell ' s man Friday is ever-genial C. O. Price. As assistant to the President he handles everything from newspaper reporters to queries about post-victory holidays. His front-office job is filled with routine and special assignment work. Page 25

Page 28 text:

SPEED-UP ABOUT TO SIGN on important document is Kansas ' young but able governor, Payne H. Rotner. Board of Regents Says Yes To War-time Policy Changes JANUARY 16. The Kansas Board of Regents today approved plans for granting semester credit concessions to Kansas State College students withdrawing for military or naval service. Action was taken also to award degrees to seniors expect- ing to graduate this spring but who might be called into the armed forces. Also approved by the Regents was the College ' s program of accelerated study, inaugurated as a war-time measure during the spring semester. All policy changes or proposals for new buildings must be approved by the Board of Regents, which supervises the six Kansas state schools. Board mem- bers are appointed by Governor Payne H. Ratner. Officers of the Board this year were F. M. Harris, chairman; Hubert Brighton, secretary; and Miss Katherine Moot, assistant to the secretary. MEMBERS OF THE Board of Regents (below) are: Sitting: Oscar S. Stautfcr, Grover Poole, Mrs. Elizabeth Stephens Houghey, F. M. Harris, Mrs. Elizabeth Rcigort, W. T. Markham. Standing: Miss Katherine Moot, Drew Mclaughlin, Lester McCoy, Willis N. Kelly, Hubert Brighton. Page 24

Page 30 text:

K S. OFFIC IALS DR. M. W. HUSBAND and his staff in the Student Health department listen to and advise students concerning their aches and pains. Dr. Husband ' s newest enterprise is his program to bring about better housing conditions for College students. Old and New Collegiates Find Friends Among Administrators SEPTEMBER 11. Enrollment at Kansas State College reached the 3,718 mark today as the doors of Nichols Gymnasium closed on the last regular registration period. This 1941 figure is a decrease of nearly eight per cent from last year ' s 4,032 students. Miss Jessie McDowell Machir, registrar, an- nounced that the Division of Engineering with 1,018 students led in the number enrolled. Miss Machir, in addition to supervising registration, is chairman of the committee on admission and secre- tary of the faculty. A total of 974 freshmen registered last Friday in the first day of their induction week. Preceding enrollment each year, prospective students are introduced to the campus during a freshman induc- tion week, including instruction meetings, tours of the campus and a series of examinations, both physical and mental. Dr. S. A. Nock, who edits the College catalog, handles the publicity for prospective K-Staters and corresponds with probable students and their par- DR. A. A. HOLTZ, in addition to his numerous campus activities, this year took on a new job, that of heading the Manhattan Defense Recreational council. He also heads the Y.M.C.A. CHIEF COUNSELOR OF women is Dean Helen Moore. She points a finger at what women students may and may not do, besides being responsible for advising them in individual cases. Page 26