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

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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 '

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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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Car.lwell anil Prof. H. W. Da ' humorous one in spite of the realistic touch — is the practice of basic ROTC students saluting their cadet officers. BOTANY STUDENTS the class room lo study p) life on the campus (al)oi . . . Future geologist ' ( Manhattan. Every department is stepping up its training pro- gram in order to release technically trained people for war activities. Each department is cooperating with others to provide such a program. M. F. Mike Ahearn is the widely-known director of athletics of the College, which this year have suf- fered many reverses due to war changes. Student study of botany and plant pathology is di- rected by Prof. L. E. Melchers. International expert in his field, Dr. L. D. Bushnell explains the secrets of bacteriology to students. Prof. George A. Dean is teaching entomology to students. » ' .; , . Page 14