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

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Service records. Before the war a clinic was maintained in Anderson Hall and a small hospital, now the hospital annex, was available. Now a three-wing temporary hospital with five doctors, nineteen nurses, and three laboratory and X-ray technicians cares for more than SOO sick students annually. Last year 35,668 office calls were made by students at the Student Health Clinic. In 1945 the inventory of supplies and equipment for Student Health Service -was $18,444. At the close of the last fiscal year the inventory had grown to $30,660. This figure did not include the new X-ray unit for tuberculosis diagnosis which will add an additional $9,000 to the inventory. Problenns Aren ' t All Big All of the expansion problems, however, aren ' t con- cerned with the big things on the campus. As the con- struction program advances, hundreds of small trouble spots also arise. As an example of the expense of little things involved in making the Campus of Tomorrow become a reality today it is noted that light bulbs for the new field house will cost the college $570. Plans for the future of the college had been drawn up before President Eisenhower announced his resig- nation. These plans, which might be called the six year plan, specify the order in which the legislature would be asked to approve construction at Kansas State. Next biennium it is planned to build the Student Union if the legislature will supply one fourth o f the two million dol- lars needed. An addition to the Library and a building for the Extension Serv- ice are also planned. For ihe next legislative ses- sion after this, plans call for requesting funds to build either the Student Hospital or put an extension wing on the Veterinary Hospital. $100,000 for the Student Hospital is already available. An ani- mals Industries Building is also planned for that period. Two years later it is hoped that the new Auditorium can be built. The present Auditorium will be converted into a music department building. Both mens and women ' s housing will be advanced during the six year period as funds become available. Permanent men ' s residence halls will be built on the present site of veterans housing units. Governor Frank Carlson has been one of the College ' s staunch boosters during the period of expansion. The Governor has been a fre- quent Campus visitor during this year. The Kansas Board of Regents, who have helped make the Campus of Tomorrow a reality today: Seated. Fred M. Harris, Mrs. Elizabeth Haughey, Lester McCoy, Jerry Driscoll, Betty Reed, former stenog- rapher. SltiiiJing. Hubert Brighton, secretary. Willis N. Kelly, Drew McLaughlin, Grover Poole, Dr. L. B. Spake, and Oscar S. Stauffer. 13

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Galleae Ca pxi HAian Pnxxanxi n Ga44Aei. Kafxid Q iawtU And fi ncj l (lecand-B a zUtf Baxifet a $9,iOO, 000 Ruiiiimi; a CDlleyc- isn ' t a ont- man Milton S. Eisenhower can well testify, rent year a budget of S9,l()( ,()()() has C. 0. Price, assistant to President Eisenhower, aids the President with administrative, per- sonnel, policy and related problems. Price helped three State presidents in this position. He is secretary of Council of Deans and a member of several all-College committees. and a considerate legislature as well dent are needed. job, as President During the cur- been established. In the last five years the col- lege has expen- ded more than $32,800,000. The manage- ment of a pro- gram involving such large sums of money de- mands top level administrators. When an edu- cational institu- tion expends such amounts, an interested Board of Re- gents, a sympa- thetic governor, as a skilled presi- Before the last war started, Kansas State ' s physical facilities were rapidly proving inadequate for the num- bers of students enrolling. During the war it became evident that post-war enrollments would be tremendous. All indications showed that enrollments in the period after the war woud stabilize at about 50 per cent above prewar levels. Need for Growth Foreseen President Eisenhower and his administrative staff realized Kansas State must grow physically at a rapid rate if the college was to continue to be one of the outstanding educational institutions in the Middle West. A list of the minimum necessary construction projects was drawn up; plans were made; and from the plans the Campus of Tomorrow developed. Accompanying the physical growth of the college was an even larger growth in the number of problems to be solved. New courses were added, new faculty mem- bers were called in, but the problems only mounted faster. War surplus buildings and equipment were re- ceived from all parts of the nation. To cope with the shortage in housing facilities for 468 families were established on college owned property; barracks for 384 men were erected; part of the stadium was converted to dormitories; and 1,000 beds were procured and loaned to householders to encourage them to take student roomers. An estimated 2,000 students used the housing office files each year to find a place which they could call home while at school. Huge Vet Influx More than 8,300 veterans came to Manhattan to attend K.S.C. Along with them came several thousand non-veterans who also real- ized the impor- tance of a col- lege education. Every depart- ment from the Cafeteria to the President ' s Of- fice met with difficulties and had to expand. A typical pic- of the rapid de- velopment o f facilities is seen in an examina- tion of the Stu- dent Health A. L. Pugsley, Dean of Administration and Director of Summer School, has myriad duties. He is in charge of faculty welfare, development of instructional program, ac- crediting educational standards, commence- ment, assemblies. Library, and many prob- lems which come to the President ' s office. i 12

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student a4 ac44itif Go44. i€ lii Make Qlian(fe6. The two most important councils on the campus during the year were the only groups which deviated from the college ' s policy of including both factulty and students on all committees. The Student Council had no factultv members and the Faculty Council on Student Affairs had no student membeis. Stu- dent membership on all important committees was proudly pointed out as just an- other example of democracy at work by several of the leading ad- ministrators i n the college. The policy of joint faculty-stu- dent committees at Kansas State Dr. Maurice D. Woolt, Dcjii nt Students, has been an advocate of students assuming respon- sibility for campus government. The Dean, who formerly was director of the Counseling Bureau, believes that only through practical education in democratic institutions college graduates appreciate benefits of democracy. was originated when President Eisenhower took over the reins of col- lege administration. He has often expressed the opinion that education for living includes all phases of citizen- ship education as well as learning how to be the family bread winner. Since his inauguration much of the re- sponsibility of administration of problems involving students has been placed in student hands. Top adminis- tration officials are frank in their admission that they had doubts about the experiment when it started, but now conclude that the procedure has been a complete success. Aid Town-Gown Relations Key group in carrying out student requests and in governing the student body, the Student Council took the initiative during the year to foster better relations between the city and the college. The Council holds membership in the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce. They have taken several steps in bringing the merchants and the college community into closer harmony. Declare Two Holidays Among the more dramatic actions taken by the Council during the year were the declaration of a holiday after the Colorado football team was tromped by the Wildcats. The Student Council also declared a student holiday during the second semester. The sec- ond semester holiday followed the winning of the Big Seven Championship by the Wildcat basketball team. Among the duties of the Student Council is the I I Faculty Council on Student Affairs — l.elt to right: Wilson Tripp, Harold Howe, Albert Pugsley, Thomas Avery, V. D. Foltz, M. D. Woolf, Bob Weatherbie, Helen Moore. Katherine Geyer, Margaret P IjP, Raffington. Not prese-nt in picture: S. E. Whitcomb, A. Thornton Edwards. The Council represents the college in its relations with the Student Governing Association. : , 14