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

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A FACULTY member fires another potential strike down the alley in faculty league competition. Five faculty leagues at the Union provide an opportunity for 160 K-State faculty bowling enthusiasts to compete in teams. Faculty members and their families are offered recrea- tion and instruction during faculty swim nights. Faculty Enjoys Escape From Books Classes Weekly, monthly, and bi-monthly, K-State ' s facul- ty finds, as do the students, there ' s a certain amount of time away from the books and classrooms to be disposed of. So they bowl, dance, square dance, play bridge, and attend lectures, banquets, and discus- sion groups. All work and no play has the same ef- fect on the faculty as it has on students. Social Club Presents Style Show Though the University Social club is for faculty members ' wives and women faculty members, its activities are planned for the men ' s benefit too, and offers to all, opportunities for acquaintance and re- acquaintance at the club ' s six annual meetings and Newcomers club. Billboards of Fashion, a style 18

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Faculty Senate— 7 ' o;j Row: G. Orval Ebberts, Glenn M. Busset, E. E. Leasure, Marjorie Adams, Beth Alsup, Nina Browning, Har- old Howe, Donald C. Kelly. Second Row: Fritz Moore, Milton L. Manuel, M. A. Durland, William L. Stamey, Albert L. Pugsley, William H. Honstead, Bob L. Smith, Paul E. Sanford. Bottom Row: Donald M. Trotter, Thomas M. Hahn, Ellsworth M. Ger- ritz, Ralph G. Nevins, Irvin L. Reis, John W. Shape, William F. Baehr, H. J. Wunderlich. Towering above its surroundings, the Michael Ahearn fieldhouse figures prominently in a K-Stater ' s life. Be- sides being the scene of athletic contests, fall and spring registration and commencement are conducted here. ieots. 17

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f show of clothes from sportswear to formals, was a special project this year. To become better acquaint- ed, 110 newcomers to the Kansas State campus di- vided into interest groups for hterature, bowhng, art displays and bridge. Faculty departments socialize individually each month and have a picnic, dinner, dance, bridge or buffet. Nearlv 160 men belong to 40 teams in the five leagues for faculty members, and bowl weekly. Six couples form three squares at meetings of the Square Dance club every other week. Friends of Art obtain funds to buy art prints for a collection of over 100 paintings displayed in the Union and other University buildings. Faculty Members Publish Textbooks Some faculty members are busy publishing text- books, technical and non-technical articles, and mu- sical compositions; others address national and inter- national conferences. They hold major offices in re- gional, state, national, and international professional organizations. Many work on additional degrees— nearly half of KSU ' s faculty have doctorates. The American Association of University Professors might be considered the facidty ' s Union. The AAUP is concerned with salaries, retirement, work- loads; with faculty-administrative relationships, and with academic freedom and tenure. iC This year faculty families are in new housing north of the campus, provided by the Endowment Association. Mtiuih ' for 160 ompete in teams. :scape isses KtState ' siaciil- 51 certain am ™ ' ' ei- isb. its a stv-V Candle operas and a fresh fruit centerpiece adorned the table at one of the University Social Club ' s six yearly meetings. The club provides dances and other activities for over 500 faculty women and wives of faculty. 19