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

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. . . and the president and top brass Planning speeches and the finishing touches on the Student Union occupy much time for Kansas State college ' s President James A. McCain. But his schedule isn ' t complete until he ' s met people f I ' om A to Z, con- ferred on about as wide a range of subjects and work- ed in a few athletic events in his spare time. Completing his fifth year as president of K-State on July 1 of this year, Dr. McCain is the College ' s tenth president. Worm greeting on behalf of the College administration and students is extended to new students by K-State President James A. McCain in the opening assembly. A limestone home, east of Anderson hall, houses the College ' s first family. Brisk days may find the presi- dent walking across campus to many of his activities. Characteristic pose is assumed by K-State ' s Presi- dent James A. McCain before a painting in his pri- vate office by noted Kansas artist, Birger Sandzen. ;f m :.. : W ' P ' Pl T Pii HP P lF ' i W W

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Tennis rackets, formals, typewriters and shoe boxes galore mo e into the dorm with each and every new freshman girl. Hard seats and questions bring no smiles of joy from a new freshman as he toils over one of many orientation tests. Partners are changed after each dance of the freshmen mixer, one ot the many events planned for freshmen and new students Amid unpacked boxes and suitcases this new K-Stater racks her brain to think ot the things she ' s forgotten before Mother leaves. . . . and orientation plagues freshmen Orientation should be given for orientation week, you concluded when you came out of it somewhat the worse for wear. Tests of all sizes and descriptions were thrown at you, and you began to wonder if you had any right going to college. Your fingers doubled at the mere sight of a pencil and mimeographed test sheet. To remedy the cramped-leg problem some of the six- footers had, you participated gleefully in the tours of the Kansas State college campus. For the first day or so you had trouble sorting your roommate out from the person you met in the Can , and the one that tested your reflexes for the physical. during orientation week. Watermelon feeds sponsored by the YM and YW groups and a talent show also highlight the week.

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And one day you found yourself in a line .... again .... but there was something different about this one .... why, of course .... faculty, instead of students, made up this one .... and so you found yourself almost going to a faculty meeting. Yes, college was designed for you and your fellow students. Its policies, curriculums, activities and everything connected with it, were centered around you. Though you were the focal point, you wouldn ' t have received these college benefits had it not been for the administration behind them. From the time you enrolled as a scared freshman until the time you graduated as a bold senior, your activities were guided and directed by these administrators. While they were in the faculty meeting, you de- cided that it was as good a time as any to drop in to some of their offices and find out a little more about them and their work. Dropping by the President ' s office, you noticed a picture of the Board of Regents. Now those were people you ' d heard of but about whom you didn ' t know too much. The 195 5 appointees were McDill Boyd, Phillipsburg; Ray R. Evans, Kansas City; and Lawrence Morgan, Goodland, succeeding Grover Poole, Drew McLaughlin and Dr. L. B. Spake. Boyd is a former student and Morgan a graduate of Kansas State college. Members who will continue on the Board include chairman Lester McCoy, Garden City; Walter Fees, Tola; Mrs. Haughey, Concordia; Arthur W. Hcrshberger, Wichita; Willis N. Kelly, Hutchin- son; Oscar S. Stauffer, Topeka; and secretary Hubert Brighton, Topeka. The management of the eight state institutions of higher education was delegated to the Board of Re- gents on July 1, 1925. To select heads of these insti- tutions is one of the Board ' s most important tasks. Board members are appointed by the governor and then must be confirmed by the state senate. These non-paid members are appointed for staggered lengths of time. Their monthly meetings are usually held in Topeka. The Board is mainly a policy-making one, but it fixes faculty salaries and student fees. It gives local administration maximum authority on matters con- cerning them. The main reason for establishing the Board was to take the administration of state schools out of politics. It was hoped the colleges would be conducted as a unit of higher education to serve students and to avoid too much overlapping of curricula. In order to do this, the Board has worked closely with the schools and has tried to integrate the educational system. A 1 954 meeting of the Kansas Board of Regents finds the group on the K-Stjte campus. Seated from left to right around the table are Arthur W. Hcrshberger, chairman, secretary Hubert Brighton, Grover Poole, Mrs. Elizabeth Haughey, Dr. L. B. Spake, Willis N. Kelly, Lester McCoy, Drew McLaughlin, Walter S. Fees and K-State President James A. McCain.