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

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K-State counts who has not only shielded his campus from controversial questions but has taken the initiative in bringing such questions to the full attention of the University. McCain was accessible to the K- State community. He initiated the Speak Outs , a forum for students to express their grievances about University policy to faculty members and himself in the Union. The curriculum at K-State draws in the conservative student because of its reputation as a university of applied sciences. The practical nature of the K.State student sets the tone of wanting the most useful and workable system. During the sixties, K-State calmly looked within itself in search of discrimination violations, obsolete rules and the need for a student voice in their education system. Disillusionment and frustration with student power, along with the escalation of the Vietnam War, sparked fires on campuses across the nation. K-State was no longer Isolated from the flames of discontent. Seed Spit-Grog Kobs, senior In bakery science, can the free watermelon on a hot September afternoon. The watermelon feed was sponsored by the Agriculture Council. Captured Cyclone-A strange-looking captive travels in the homecoming parade behind bars. OOMPAH-(far right)Hours of drilling on the east campus practice field keeps the tubas and the rest of the band in step. Clowning Around-flower right) When Greg Musil asked for clowns. Susan Bell, senior in life sciences, dressed in pink and white. She was joined by clown friends, Joan Worth and Susan Herbert. 1 F GOTHAM CITY POLICE

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The popularity of the basketball games and difficulty of attending t he games generated student protest and demands for an adequately.gred fieldhouse In desperation, students hung from the ratters at the games and once someone threw a dummy down from the rafters to demonstrate to kgisfators attending the game K-State ' s need for a fieldhouse. Students finally got their wish when the Mike Ahearn held House opened on December 9. 1950. Nichols ' claim to fame, though. Is not the basketball games, the reinforced concrete, or student antics. Nichols ' claim is that it has the longest and most debated-over history of any building on the K-Slate campus. Controversy began when an arsonist ' s lire gutted the building in 1968. amId a general national air of protest against the Vietnam war, civil rights and bureaucracy launched by the nation ' s youth. Though the fire destroyed the building, the swimming pools remained in use until Raft Hanging•Overcrowded games had students viewing the basketball games from the rafters. Dna 14.1. Opening 3

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1972 when the natatorium was completed. Later that year. the first student group emerged to do something about the abandoned shell. A group of architecture students expressed Interest In the renovation of Nichols for use by the art department. The student chapter of the American Institute of Architects formed a committee to complete a study on the possibihty of renovation. This was to be the first In eight years of studies by various organizations, di leading to increased confusion of the student body and community. Definite measures seemed apparent In April 1978, when a 545.000 feasibility study allocation passed the Kansas Legislature, but bureaucratic red tape mangkd the plan. The Senate Ways and Means Committee decided to scrap the plan in April 1979. Nichols Burns- Lighting the night sky. the Castle casts its final light Decern• bet 13. 1968 on the few spectators. Sw PIntric