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

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School THE School of Agriculture has been hardest hit among all schools of the College by the war. While not all courses listed in the catalog were offered in the School, those that were taught were selected with special reference to war-time needs of students. Assignments frequently included courses in mathematics and phys- ics for those men who expected soon to be inducted into the Army. The faculty of the School of Agricul- ture was considerably reduced this year when some of its younger members en- tered the service. L. E. CALL (riglii) is Dean of ihe School of Agriculture and Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Below is a partial view of East and West Waters Halls and the Army Mess Hall, formerly the judging pavillion.

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Make way for the Army! If you don ' t you ' ll get stepped on. Men in olive drab marching in long double columns added a military note to K-State campus life this year. Keeping in step to their leader ' s Hup, two, three, four, they marched from class to class, often sing- ing as they went. Above we see them swinging past Wil- lard hall, books at their sides, eyes front. To the left is pictured a common happening, civilian students walking on the grass to keep out from under GI shoes.

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of Ag riculture Several former faculty members entered officer candi- date schools or were given commissions in the Army by reason of highly specialized training and experience. Fifty students were originally enrolled in the fall semes- ter, but at about mid-semester this number was increased to about 65 when the former ROTC men were returned for an indefinite period of study. They had been enrolled for the second semester when all 15 of those in the School of Agriculture were sent to officer candidate school. En- rolment for the second semester was less than 40 students. This School is one of the best known at Kansas State, the College having formerly been named Kansas State Agricultural College. Although the Agricultural is no longer used, the School continues to accumulate recog- nition throughout the United States on a basis of earned merit. Graduates of the College from this School have entered the fields of farming, agricultural extension work, teach- ing, scientific investigation, and service in industries closely related to agriculture. To keep in touch with its students, the School sends out a regular Aggie Newsletter to more than 250 former students and graduates in the service. J