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FOREWORD 



This Record of the Alumni of the Kansas State Agricultural 

 College, issued at the end of the first half century of its work, is 

 most convincing evidence of the usefulness of the institution. The 

 most notable contribution the past half century has made to educa- 

 tional ideals is that of education for service. Kansas was one 

 of the first states of the union to accept the conditions of the Mor- 

 rill act, and she has done her part in making the new education. 



The record here presented is a brief outline of hundreds of 

 lives that have been influenced by the College. It is a record of 

 which the institution and the State may well be proud. In it are 

 the stories in brief of the success of men and women who have 

 worked to make life better and brighter. These brief notes merely 

 suggest the work done. Many of these one-line records of "House- 

 wife" enfold stories of a noble womanhood that has blessed a 

 family and been an inspiration to a community. The simple rec- 

 ord "Farmer" expands into a successful life of endeavor for bet- 

 ter agriculture and a higher type of rural civilization. 



The pages tell of the success of co-education, of romance, of 

 homes in which K. S. A. C. traditions have been a part of life; and 

 from these homes have come sons and daughters who share the 

 honor of being alumni. The lists of the later years bear many 

 names familiar to students of the earlier days: Haines, Failyer, 

 Griffing, Berry, Reed, Hopper, Knostman, Lightfoot, Willard, Cal- 

 vin, Coons, Sikes, Elliott, Breese, Gale, Sanders. 



Unfortunately, there are presented only the records of those 

 who "have finished the course." The College also has influenced 

 for good thousands of men and women whose names are in the 

 lists of former students, but who did not graduate. 



The alumni and students have been a force in the growth of 

 the College, State, and Nation a force that will grow greater as 

 each member recognizes the possibilities of the services that he 

 may render. A closer organization, with more local associations of 

 alumni and former students, can give the State a more definite idea 

 of the College needs, and can help it to accomplish the purpose for 

 which it was created. 



H. J. WATERS 



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