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ship of the student body, to the end that high standards of honor on. 

 the campus and elsewhere may be maintained." 



On the whole, the Nichols administration was marked by great 

 expansion in material equipment, an increase in student attendance 

 from 870 to 2308, a greater specialization in the courses of study 

 offered, a marked extension in their scope, and notable increase in 

 the extra-mural activities of the college. 



The Waters Administration 



The foregoing states in little more than bare outline the salient 

 points of the five administrations preceding the one now in power. 

 That it represents a continuous progress, a fairly consistent- 

 adherence to the fundamental purpose of higher education for the 

 "industrial classes," and a wise development of new activities, and 

 new methods of administration, can scarcely be seriously contro- 

 verted. The day of small things has gone never to return, and 

 methods ideal for a small institution are wholly impracticable now. 



Henry Jackson Waters, dean of the College of Agriculture, 

 University of Missouri, assumed the responsibilities of the presi- 

 dency of the Kansas State Agricultural College, July 1, 1909. His 

 administration is still in progress, and it is scarcely in place to 

 attempt much in the way of its characterization at this time. 

 President Waters took the organization of the College as he found 

 it and deliberately adopted a policy of conservation until he should 

 have become acquainted with the situation. A man of strong con- 

 victions and forceful personality, he recognizes the value of a sense 

 of stability, and has been willing to hold his judgment in abeyance 

 or defer action in minor matters for the sake of the greater good. 

 He has greatly magnified the duties of the deans, relinquishing to 

 them all supervision of the academic work of the students, and 

 placing much responsibility upon them in respect to the personnel 

 of the departments, and allowances of funds to them. He also 

 confers freely with them on matters of College policy. The 

 General Faculty meets at the beginning of each year, and on call 

 of the president. Divisional Faculties, presided over by the deans, 

 discuss matters relating to the respective divisions. These divi- 

 sions are: Agriculture, Mechanic Arts, Home Economics, and Gen 

 eral Science. 



The courses of study were revised thoroughly in the winter 

 of 1910, and the entrance requirements raised from six units to 

 eight units of high school work. In the new courses the differen- 

 tiation began with the freshman year. College education in agri- 

 culture is now so well established that there is no hesitation on the 

 part of freshmen in electing such courses. The president from 

 the first had looked forward to the time when fifteen units, four 

 years of high school, should be required for entrance upon the 



