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

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Bright, sunny days bring students in Drawing I outside to sketch campus scenes for one of many courses offered by the art department. The department, formerly in the College of Home Economics, is under Arts and Sciences for the first year. .: : Colleges confer degrees, enroll 3,500 for summer Commencement, held only during June, was participated in by more than 1,000 students. Eight hundred students who had completed their schooling in January or July of the two previous semesters were invited to attend the June 6 cere- mony in Ahearn Field House. Among these 1,800 students, there were 56 Doctor of Philos- ophy degrees, 62 Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degrees and 300 master degrees presented. Com- mencement speaker was Henry Heald. Heald was head of the Ford Foundation, the world ' s largest philanthropic organization. He spoke about the importance of the modern university in maintaining international cooperation. With less than a one week vacation, more than 3,500 students returned to campus to attend the summer session. The short semester was directed by Forest Whan. Internationally known musicians appeared in five summer concerts. The Cats for Curtains campaign benefited when students paid a nickel a vote in the Collegian Campus Cutie contest. Who ' s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, by Edward Albee, was the summer production at the Purple Masque Theatre. 23

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Photo by David von Riesen Thoughts of the past, present and future wander through the minds of graduating seniors as they line up for the traditional walk from Anderson to the Field House. 22 Pulling marionette strings during his sum- mer performance is puppeteer Jim Llord. c pa 6 id la

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Chosen on the basis of appearance in a Greek toga, Joe Kra- sinski and Susan Small reign as Greek Week king and queen. Candidates were allowed to spend a maximum of 50 cents on costumes for the contest, which was new to Greek Week. Greek Week queen joins list of campus beauties Queen contests were part of campus life. Nu- merous organizations sponsored competitions many to draw interest to a project. New on cam- pus was selection of Greek Week royalty, chosen at the beginning of the activities. All major queen contests, including Homecom- ing, Royal Purple, Miss K-State-Manhattan and Military Ball, required candidates to meet re- quirements set up by an AWS queen ' s committee. All women ' s living groups were allowed to sub- mit nominations for these queens. Major queen candidates were required to have 2.2 over-all grade averages. Barnwarmer queen, St. Patricia, and fraternity sweethearts were among other campus royalty titles for which coeds competed. Military Ball Queen Nancy Lee, who will be Scabbard and Blade ' s official hostess during the coming year, is crowned. 24