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

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mccains tour europe President James A. McCain was selected during his seventh year at K-State to travel and study abroad for six months under the Eisenhower Ex- change Fellowship. The McCain family left in April to visit 13 European countries and will re- turn in late October. During Dr. McCain ' s leave of absence A. D. Weber, Dean of Agriculture, is act- ing President. The President ' s most important single responsibility is to maintain the strongest faculty possible and he has spent much time and effort to improve salaries and conditions at K- State. Dr. McCain meets frequently with faculty members and student groups and visits college activities off the campus. During the year he gave about 125 talks throughout the state. A great deal of the President ' s time is spent in guiding the college through its academic program, research, ex- tension, off-campus services, building program, and in securing the necessary financial support for these activities. Dr. and Mrs. McCain listen to the music of their daughter, Sheila, who is quite an artist after four years of training. Grace Lindquist, President McCain ' s secretary, is reception- ist and handles his correspondence and appointments. Looking over the Christmas tree presented to them at the Union Christmas party is K-State ' s First Family. The original ornaments were made for them by the various organized houses.

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PESdE TMCflN President James A. McCain is completing his seventh year at Kansas State College this year. He is kept constantly busy with speeches, official visi- tors, and the administrative duties of the College. During the last seven years, he has added more buildings to the campus than any other president. President McCain holds four degrees: Bachelor of Arts and Doctor of Laws from Wofford College in South Carolina; Master of Arts from Duke University in North Carolina; and Doctor of Education from Stan- ford University in California.

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regents set policy Governor George Docking broke the twenty year Democratic gubernatorial drought in Kansas when he was inaugurated January 14, 1957. The Lawrence banker and native Kansan is the first Democrat to hold the office since 1936. Among his many duties, it is his responsibility to fill va- cancies on the nine-member non-political Board of Regents. The Board of Regents is the policy-making body that supervises the activities of the five Kansas in- stitutions of higher learning, the School for the Deaf, and the School for the Blind. One of their principal duties is to appoint the heads of these in- stitutions. The Board meets once a month to pre- pare school budgets, approve curricula changes, and authorize leaves of absence, retirement pro- grams, and construction of new buildings. The members of the Board are A. W. Hershberger, Wichita, chairman; Hubert Brighton, Topeka, sec- retary; Claude Bradney, Columbus; Harry Valen- tine, Clay Center; Clement H. Hall, Coffeyville; Lawrence Morgan, Goodland; Oscar S. Stauffer, Topeka; McDill Boyd, Phillipsburg; Ray Evans, Kansas City; and Mrs. Leo Haughey, Concordia. Governor George Docking, Lawrence banker and native Kan- san, first Democrat to sit in the governor ' s chair in 20 years. BOARD OF REGENTS— TOP ROW: Clement H. Hall, Coffeyville; Lawrence Morgan, Goodland; A. W. Hershberger, Wichita; McDill Boyd, Phillipsburg; Ray Evans, Kansas City. BOTTOM ROW: Lester McCoy, Garden City; Hubert Brighton, Topeka; Oscar S. Stauffer, Topeka; James A. McCain, president of K-State; Walter S Fees, loia