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

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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

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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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During the fall semester the Aggies maintained the well established tradition — the annual Ag Barnwarmer. For the first time since the tradition originated, the honor of Queen of the Barnwarmer was retained by the School of Agriculture itself. Carol Hess and Lorna Dell Gore, two agriculture students, were selected co- queens. In former years candidates for barnwarmer queen were nominees from the sororities and independent organizations. Otiher usual activities of the School, including the Little American Royal held during Farm and Home Week, were of necessity suspended during the year. Call Directs Research In keeping with demands of war and emergencies created as a result of enemy action, the Agricultural Experiment Station, under the direction of Dean Call, is adjusting its immediate projects and research studies to meet and overcome de- mands and shortages of certain products normally plentiful in the United States. The station has done extensive work on a new variety of waxy grain sorghum that contains starch suitable for substitution for root-type starches. This sorghum of the research station may fill an important place in the industrial field in the manufac- ture of tapioca, adhesives, glues and similar products. The School of Agriculture, under the direction of Dean Call and assistant dean Mullen, associate professor of agronomy, is divided into seven departments. The Department of Dairy Husbandry is headed by Prof. F. W. Atkeson. Kansas State is the only college in the United States that offers a degree in milling. The De- partment of Milling Industry is supervised by Prof. E. G. Bayfield. Dr. W. E. Grimes holds the dual position of head of the Department of Eco- nomics and Sociology and head of the Department of Agricultural Economics. Animal Husbandry is supervised by Prof. C. W. McCampbell. Prof. L. F. Payne is head of the Department of Poultry Husbandry. The Department of Horticul- ture is under the supervision of Dr. W. F. Pickett. Prof. R. I. Throckmorton heads the Department of Agronomy. The College owns more than 1,400 acres of land, and in addition, cattle, horses, mules, sheep, swine and poultry which are used for experimental work and practical application of theories. DEPARTMENT HEADS in the School of Aprioullure are: Prof. F. W. Aikeson. Dr. E. G. Bayfield. Dr. V. E. Grimes, Dr. C. W. McCampbell, Prof. L. F. Payne. Dr. W. F. Pickell and Prof. R. I. Throckmorton.