John Martin, former Sunflower Ordnance Works manager and now a vice president and executive committee member for the Hercules Powder Co., spoke here on the great national stake in the space exploration effort and called for continued support for the program.

Kansas University’s largest-ever graduating class, 2,990, appropriately was due to walk down the hill for Centennial Commencement. There was also a new high of 770 graduate degrees to be conferred.