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

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DATA PROCESSING MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION FRONT ROW: Galen Giebler, Todd Bechtel, Mike Sierra, Martin Heger, Robert Altland. SECOND ROW: David Rose, Steven Reedy, Monte Hall, Edwin Basham. BACK ROW: Nancy Wernes, Tom Supawarnnapong, Steve Young, Charles Woolard, Craig Unruh, Arlan Hair. EDUCATION COUNCIL FRONT ROW: Willard Nelson, Kenny Thompson, Delton Graves, Scott Millard. SECOND ROW: Kristine Claassen, Randy Warner, Diane Legleiter, Marcia Muller, Lisa Hale. BACK ROW: Jean Elliot, Michelle Clifford, Shari Mosbarger, Jane Burke. ENGINEERING AMBASSADORS FRONT ROW: Philip Bullinger, Todd Schemm, Don Posson, Daniel Clarkson. SECOND ROW: Bradley Briggs, Steven Weith, Barry Shotts, Clifton Ross, Dave Gruenbacher. THIRD ROW: Mardi Smith, Eric Dillinger, Dana Gruenbacher, Timothy Robben. BACK ROW: Jane Mann, Janelle Wiebe, Elizabeth Wickersham, Robin Roach, Mary Jaderborg. ENGINEERING STUDENT COUNCIL FRONT ROW: Hermann Donnert, Mark Meili, Miguel Chavez, Todd Schemm, David Raetzel, John Dollar. SECOND ROW: Eric Schott, Dennis Shields, Robert Copple, Todd Croy, Mark Verschelden, James Zinn. THIRD ROW: Alexander Iles, Jeffrey Streets, Perry White, Lawrence Pickert, Walter Appel, Bruce Letellier. BACK ROW: Julie Compton, Karlene Gieber, Sherri Stover, Hisham Hawari, Athena Wong, Michelle Ragiand, Heather Boss. ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN STUDENTS ASSOCIATION FRONT ROW: Timothy Bickhaus, Randy Brown, Rick Eggleston, Cam Masterson. SECOND ROW: Mitchel Hormel, Jeff Compass, David Krumm, Jeffrey Buck, Robin Frye. THIRD ROW: Bill Sullivan, Russ Volmert, Bill Wilson, Neal Brockschmidt, Tim Bussard, Gary Harden. BACK ROW: Lori Fite, Mary Blogin, Fayez Husseine, Kenny Turner, Susan Bush, Jenni Thompson. 110 With plans for a new chemistry and s biochemistry building to be built next to King Hall, the aging greenhouses on the building site had to find a new home. The result was 84 new greenhouse a modules connected to Throckmorton Hall known as the Throckmorton Greenhouse Complex. Tom Slagle, agricultural technician for the greenhouses, said these units were used mainly for plant experiments. Slagle said many types of plants were grown and tested in the complex. Floral and vegetable plants were grown all year. Wheat, alfalfa, milo, corn and were also frequently grown for testing and experimenting. The faculty and graduate students do a lot of testing and developing new varieties of crops and plant life as well as testing for in Frank Kroeker pots plants in the horticulture greenhouse. (Photo by Jeff A. Taylor) Lights, used for growing plants, illuminate the greenhouses as the sun sets on a winter day. (Photo Jeff A. Taylor) Greenhouse

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All items in the collection were donated. Donors were usually faculty members, students and alumni. Some donations are made by the general public of Kansas and a few donations are even made by people out of state, Cordy said. The collection received most of its donations after the 1950s. We ' ve done a lot with the collection within the last 10 years, she said. Along with the donation, a description and some historical information about the clothing item was provided. The college determined whether the clothing would strengthen the collection before it accepted the donation. The donor was given a deed of gift showing the item was property of K-State ' s collection. Each item was tagged with a number. The items were cleaned, stored, exhibited and repaired by the best museum procedures. Since we moved into a new room last spring, we are beginning to publicize the collection. We have done radio talk shows and are getting quite a bit of publicity, Cordy said. The college is excited about the growth of the collection and continues to work to catalog the items on a computer. We have thousands of items in the collection and will have an accurate count after they are cataloged into the computer, she said. Although K-State ' s collection is not as large as other clothing collections, it was still impressive. K-State has one of the largest collections like this in the state, Cordy said. Although our collection is smaller than some owned by other universities in the country, we still have a large and impressive collection. —Lori Bredow Historic Textiles 109

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sect diseases, Slagle said. Each module, measuring 25 feet by 25 feet, contained a temperature and humidity control system. Slagle said there was also an adjustment for daytime and nightime He said the control systems could be regulated to speed up the growth process of a crop. The dormant stage, that crops in a natural environment go through, was eliminated with the use of this controlled environment. More testing can be completed in a calendar year with the use of these controlled greenhouses, Slagle said. Few undergraduate students were with the testing and experimenting of plants for research in the greenhouses but some undergraduate were able to observe research projects, Slagle said. There isn ' t enough space in the complex to routinely hold many lecture classes, but when it ' s finally finished, it will be for everyone, he said. Slagle said the complex could be expanded in two years. This would increase the space needed for more lecture classes to be held in the complex and be used as a good teaching aid. The first greenhouses were built in 1981 and then 32 modules were added in December 1985 bringing the total to 84. These modules are operated by state and university funds, Slagle said. The agronomy, entomology, horticulture and plant pathology departments are in the greenhouse research. —Kelly Hodge Larry Patton, employee of the agronomy department, works with a wheat experiment in the Throckmorton greenhouses. (Photo by Jeff A. Taylor) greenhouses 111