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

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East Waters hall, one of the few places in the world where students can obtain training in milling ad- ministration, milling chemistry, and milling technology is now connected to West Waters hall by the new wing. The office of the dean of agriculture and several ag school departmental offices have been moved from East Waters into the new wing. 30

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SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE Kansas without agriculture would be like bread without butter or vice versa. The School of Agriculture at Kansas State college strives to prepare students planning a vocation in farming or in an allied agricultural field. Some courses in agriculture have been taught at K-State since 1854, but today there is an organized school, with seven departments and numerous curricula. The College owns 2,784 acres of land for experimental work and instuction, and also maintains large and well-equipped laboratories for soil and crop work. The Students also become familiar with types of animal breeds through actual stock work. The school ' s judging teams are among the top in the nation, and the annually-staged Little American Royal draws a crowd from all over the area. Kansas State college is doing its share to prepare boys and girls for a life and vocation satisfying and profitable agri- culture. It is the bread and butter of Kansas.

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Administrators of the School of Agriculture and the agricul- tural experiment stations are Clyde W. Mullen and Harold E. Myers, assistant deans; Arthur D. Weber, dean; and C. Peairs Wilson, assistant director of the experiment stations. Dean Weber Heads Ag School Dr. Arthur D. Weber, noted internationally as a cattle show judge, was elevated to the post of ag school dean on July 1, 1952. Weber, the first animal hus- bandry man ever to hold the job, has been on the Kan- sas State staff for 23 years. He was head of the animal husbandry department from 1944 to 1950 and was asso- ciate dean from January 1950 to July 1952. Dr. Weber was recognized as an outstanding live- stock man by the Saddle and Sirloin club at the 1952 International Livestock Exposition. A banquet was given in his honor at which time his portrait was hung in the Saddle and Sirloin room to commemorate the occasion. Dr. Harold E. Myers, agronomy department head, was appointed assistant dean. He will supervise the experiment stations at Fort Hays, Mound Valley, Garden City, Colby, and Tribune. Prof. C. Peairs Wilson will serve as assistant director of the experiment stations. The Kansas State agricultural experiment stations work in conjunction with the United States Department of Agriculture in helping to develop and expand theories of agriculture which can be applied by Kansas farmers to solve their practical problems. 31