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

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A S School Conducts Undergrad Research Productive programs of basic research were main- tained in the School of Arts and Sciences ' 22 depart- ments. Usually research was associated with gradu- ate study, but recently undergraduates began to par- ticipate in research study. With $35,000 in grants from the National Science foundation, research with undergraduates serving as junior partners gained prominence in the school. The Bureau of General Research, operating within the School of Arts and Sciences, served as a medium of assistance for the securing and administering of research grants and contracts from government agen- cies, corporations, and foundations. State funds were also used for research programs, and often outside grants aided in continued study. Dr. Abraham Eisenstark and his associates in the Department of Bacteriology investigated the mecha- nism responsible for the reproduction process and the transmission of certain characteristics from one Synthesizing organic compounds is a common, yet still fascinating, experiment for most chemistry students. Dean Thomas M. Hahn, Jr., directs the activities of the Arts and Sciences school, the largest at Kansas State. Rainy weather fails to halt the autumn dedication of Denison hall, the new home of the English department. Whitley Austin, chairman of the Board of Regents, deliv- ered a speech in Latin as part of the formal ceremony.

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■k ' Associate Dean Paul Young shares the responsibiHty of many things that normally require the dean ' s attention. Students ' problems present challenges for John Murrey, academic advisor, and G. Orval Ebberts, assistant dean. generation to the next. By using radio-isotope tracer techniques and the electron microscope, they gath- ered valuable data on hovi ' molecules combine to make the new off-spring virus. Dr. A. M. Guhl of the Department of Zoology con- tinued his internationally known research in the so- cial orders of vertebrate animals in flocks and herds. The social orders are based on aggressive behavior such as pecking in chickens. In the Department of English, faculty members engaged in both creative writing and critical evalua- tion of many English and American writers. Dr. James Rosenburg, selected by Atlantic Monthly in 1958 as one of the four best young poets in America, recently published several works. Research in history also produced valuable infor- mation on the past in its relation to the future. After spending five years in Peru gathering material. Dr. Arts and Sciences Council— Top Row: Althea Nelson, Gary Gabrielson, Diane Dufva, Mary Sue Snider, Jon Sederquist, Dave All, Kathryn Hill, Duane Saunders. Bottom Row. Marjorie Adams, Jim Fairchild, Genia Mangelsdorf, Dave Cox, Loren Mall, Betsy Slaughter.