Kent State University - Chestnut Burr Yearbook (Kent, OH)

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Working from his office on the Atrium balcony is Dean Charles G. Wilber. left, who received his Ph.D. degree from John Hopkins university. He became Dean of the Graduate School in 1961. Eric N. Rackham, center, who has served as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences for 10 years, received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Michigan. Also in an office above the Atrium is Dean Clayton M. Schindler, second from left, who received his Ph.D. from Ohio State university in 1950. He was appointed Dean of the College of Education in 1959. Dean of the College of Fine and Professional Arts is John J. Kamerick, second from right. He was selected to head the new college in 1959. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Iowa State. DEANS at the i chair and other as he he said and Could you move in a little closer, Dean Hill? requested the young man crawling down the lad- der. The photographer stepped onto bent first one way and then the squinted into the viewfinder. Okay, let ' s try one that way, climbed back up the ladder again. As changes were made and more pictures were snapped, the deans of the five KSU colleges were soon deeply engrossed in shop talk. Charles G. Wilber, Dean of the Graduate School started it all off when he innocently said, As the newest dean at Kent, I ' m curious about what the other colleges are doing and how they came into being. by Adda Bogun ROUND TABLE 14

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Frederick H. Bauer, treasurer; Emil Berg, business manager; Richard E. Dunn, comptroller. Administration Benjamin G. McGinnis, student financial aids director; Lester G. Brailey, director of orientation; Gerald Hayes, director of alumni records. George C. Betts, public affairs officer; James J. Bruss, director of news bureau; Donald Shook, assistant news bureau director; Julia Waida, university editor. Carl E. Erickson, HPE and athletics director; F. Leslie Speir, extension and special activities director; Dr. George J. Prochnow, student health service director; John B. Nicholson, Jr., librarian. 13

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Robert E. Hill, right, Dean of the College of Business Administration covered a wide geographic area while pursuing his studies. He received his Master ' s from Indiana State, and his Ph.D. from Alabama State. Proudly, Clayton M. Schindler, Dean of the College of Education, leaned forward to declare, Well, of course, our college is the oldest here, for Kent State university started out in 1911 as Kent State Normal School for the training of teachers. Managing to get a word in edgewise, the cam- eraman asked, Could you sit back in your seat a little more, Dean Schindler? Oh yes, of course, replied the Dean. You didn ' t offer a four-year degree then, did you? inquired Dean Wilber. Oh no, the emphasis was on a two-year diplo- ma for elementary teachers. Then in 1915, the Board of Trustees changed the name to Kent State Normal College, and with the change came the conferring of the Bachelor of Science degree upon ten candidates that June. Eric N. Rackham, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, broke in, Yes, and from that time on there was pressure for a liberal arts college at Kent State, but bills for the establishment of such a college were defeated due to opposition of other Ohio schools. Uh-uh. Huh-uh, was all the photographer could get in. We had our beginning in 1929 when Kent offered its first liberal arts course for those not planning to teach, continued Dean Rackham. It seems that Kent managed to read the right to do this into the Emmons-Hanna Bill, which was passed by the state legislature in 1929. As you know, this bill legalized many things that Kent had been doing for years. It provided for our be- ing called a university, authorized granting a Bachelor of Science degree in Education, and rec- ommended conferring honorary degrees. The lat- ter, Kent had already done in 1924. A-Hem, came the comment of the outsider as he attempted to get the attention of these en- grossed knights of the round table. At this point Dean Robert E. Hill intervened to remind all, that with the growing trend in the 1920 ' s for vocational training in high school, there had been a department of commercial education begun in 1924. Here lies the beginnings of the College of Business Administration, Dean Hill said. Finally, the photographer blurted out, Would you gentlemen please move over to those chairs? The men from Pershing Rifles are waiting to have their group shot taken. Oh, certainly, replied the deans as they con- tinued their conversation in one corner of the room. Then John J. Kamerick, Dean of the College of Fine and Professional Arts said, Wasn ' t it in 1932 that the Deans for the College of Liberal Arts and the College of Education were chosen? They were the first academic deans since 1917 when there had been a dean of faculty. Definitely, agreed Dean Schindler, and by 1932 we had progressed so well that Kent State College was taken into full membership by the Ohio College Association in 1932 and the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools in 1933. Dean Hill ' s face lit up with a grin as he began on his favorite subject, the College of Business Administration. You know it was right after that in 1934 that the College of Business Administra- tion got on its feet. From 1924 on, it had con- centrated mainly on preparing young men and women to teach commercial subjects on the high school level; but in time, there grew to be a need for the preparation of people to go out into the various fields of business. It was necessary to teach more than teaching. Continued on p. 16 15