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

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X HE diversified curricula that is offered in the School of Arts and Sciences requires the able direc- tion of genial Rodney W. Babcock, who since 1930, has been the guiding hand of the former Division of General Science. L. E. Hudiburg, associate professor of physics, is his assistant. The fall semester showed a decrease in enrollment to 938 students from 1,041 in 1941, but the greatest drop came after school had been in session. War serv- ice, war work and marriage caused the additional loss of 103 students. A further drop in second semester enrollment was felt, especially among the men stu- dents. Losses of faculty members due to the war number twenty. Some are in actual military service, while others are doing war work. ACADEMIC SUPERVISOR of sev eral hundred students in the School of Arts and Sciences is Dean Rod- ney W. Babcock. Prof. L. E. Hudi- burg (below) is his assistant. New- est building on the campus is the physical science building, shown on School of Arts - P.ge 12

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Officials Govern K S C Dr. Samuel Albert Nock has been vice-president and contact agent of Kansas State College since 1936. He is the youngest member of the administrative- staff. It is his job to see that the public becomes ac- quainted with the activities of Kansas State and to handle correspondence with prospective students. The induction and registration of students and a large number of administrative details fall to Doctor Nock, too. His office is responsible for editing the College catalog. Doctor Nock has received degrees from Haverford college, Carleton college and holds a doctor ' s degree from the University of Tartu, Estonia, which he re- ceived in 1929- The business of governing the affairs at state schools falls to the State Board of Regents. Acting usually upon the recommendations of President Farrell, the Board works tirelessly to direct the course of events for Kansas State and indirectly, for all the students and teachers. MEMBERS OF THE Board of Regents are: Silling: Osrar S. SlaulTer. (It Reijiarl. W. T. Markham. Slaiidiiif:: Miss Kallierine Moot. Drew McLoui; r S. A. NOCK, Vi Dr. La Verne B. Spake of Kansas City, Kansas, re- placed Mrs. Elizabeth Reigart on the Board this year. The other members remained the same. ;r Poole, Mrs. Elizabeth Stephens Hanghev. F. M. Harris. Mrs. Elizabeth n. Lester McCoy. Willis N. Kelly, Hubert iiri;:hton.

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Choice of cit;htccn curricula makes the School of Arts and Sciences one of the largest at Kansas State College. Intensive study is offered in departments stressing the liberal arts, such as English, education, economics, history, industrial journalism, library, mathematics, modern language, music, physical edu- cation and speech. Many Sciences Offered Sciences offered in this division include bacteriology, botany, chemistry, physics, entomology and zoology, of which geology is a sub-department. Military science has taken on a new importance since the outbreak of war. Male students find this department holds their fate in hand. As a land-grant college, Kansas State has offered military training since 1881, with the excep- tion of a few years. After the required basic training is completed, the trainee is eligible for advanced train- ing which leads to a commission as a second lieutenant in the Officers ' Reserve Corps of the U. S. Army. Each cadet officer must attend a three-months service school before this commissioning. Military Program Accelerated Military training has been speeded up since De- cember, 19 il, in order to turn out more officers for the Army. Men who completed ROTC work in January reported for service schools a nd were com- missioned in three months. Others will follow them this spring. Commanding this accelerated program to prepare officers for the U. S. Army is Col. J. K. Camp- bell. Evidence that the Department of Military Science plays a major role in the campus at war are the more than one thousand young men in the uniform of the Army. A strange sight on the campus — sometimes a and Sciences Offers Diversified Curricula ill III III Ml '