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

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II. Col. J. K. Campbell. I)r. A. B. Car.hvell, School can better train students to take their places tary department, a job which becomes more in- in the world at war. Prof. M. F. Ahearn, better known as Mike , is volved each day. Another department head to whom additional director of athletics of the College. His teams have work has fallen since the arrival of military stu- taken many jolts this year due to limited squads. dents is Dr. A. B. Cardwell of the physics depart- An international expert in this field. Dr. L. D. ment Bushnell, heads the bacteriology department. Col. English instruction is under the direction of popular J. K. Campbell commands the program of the mili- Prof. H. W. Davis. MILITARY STUDENTS Icani lo run impulse tests in the completely equipped pliysiis laboratories in Willard hall.

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The School of Arts and Sciences offers curricula in IS different subjects. Degrees of Bachelor of Science are granted in eight of these — industrial chemistry, industrial journalism, music education, ap- plied music, physical education, business administra- tion, business administration and accounting and physical science. This summer the School directed a program of refresher courses for high school teachers. The sub- jects taught were primarily education subjects. Mem- bers of the regular Arts and Science faculty taught the refresher courses, which were attended by about 100 teachers With the advent of military students on the campus, the School of Arts and Sciences has taken on in- creased duties. Except for civil air regulations, the entire academic program of the approximately 600 Army Air Forces students is taught by departments in the School of Arts and Sciences. Except for one subject per trainee, all the academic work of the basic Army Specialized Training stu- dents falls to this School. The basic trainees average from 400 to 650 in number. Of the courses for the 100 advanced engineering trainees on the campus, all those in mathematics and physical education are taught by members of the Arts and Science staff. When the former ROTC boys returned this fall to continue with their previous academic training, about 25 of them re-enrolled in Arts and Sciences. Early this year the history curriculum was re- organized and modernized to meet the needs of stu- dents in war time. At the same time the mathe- matics department offered additional work in prob- ability and statistics, and synoptic meteorology was added to the physics program. Departments in the School of Arts and Sciences are cooperating to an increasing degree so that the Arts and Sciences J

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Acting head of the Department of Entomology is Prof. R. L. Parker who replaces Prof. Roger C. Smith who is on leave as an allocations specialist in biology and agriculture for the Federal Manpower Commis- sion. Dr. H. T. Hill supervises activities of the speech department, while Dr. E. L. Holton directs the prepa- ration of potential teachers. Doctor Holton is head of the Department of Education and dean of the Summer School. Heading an important field of training in war-time is Dr. H. H. King, head of the Department of Chemistry. He is also recognized for Tiis work on chemical research. Music in all its forms is coordinated and directed by Prof. William Lindquist. His department includes orchestra, band and chorus. This is the first year that women have played in the band. ZOOLOGY STUDENTS sludy and microscopes. J