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

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Arts and Sciences Department Heads. Seated, l-r: James T. Laing, Joseph H. Grosslight. Lt. Col. G. Neil Wilcox. Dean Eric N. Rack- ham, Maurice Baum, G. Kern Schoepfle, Hallock F. Raup. Standing: Asst. Dean Robert F. Sitler, Glenn H. Brown, Charles V. Riley, Thomas F. Marshall, Adolph E. Schroeder, Lt. Col. George H. Bear, L. Earl Bush, Harold A. Van Dorn, Henry N. Whitney, Phillip R. Shriver. The college stresses a liberal education and a development of potentials and capabilities as members of society. Deans confer with department heads, coordinate college policy Continued from p. 15 His voice full of enthusiasm, Dean Wilber leaned forward to say, And not long after that in 1935, a bill passed by the state legislature pro- moted us to university status and gave us the right to offer graduate level courses. At first we offered only a Master of Arts degree, but in 1949 the university made it possible for students to receive a master ' s degree in Business Administration and Education. Ah . . . h . . . h . . . Excuse me, gentlemen . . . Of course, in 1956 the Liberal Arts College became known as the College of Arts and Sciences because the name was more descriptive of the courses offered and coincided with the name being used in similar colleges at other state universities , added Dean Rackham. Business Administration Department Heads, l-r: John T. Doutt, Elizabeth M. Lewis, Victor P. Gravereau, Stanley Corey, Paul L. Pfeiffer, Dean Robert E. Hill, Donald Anthony, Bernard Hall, Hersel Hudson, Har- old Martin, Asst. Dean Charles Soltis. Missing is Don- ald Mulvihill. The College of Business Administration provides both training in business and commerce fields and a background for dealing with people. 16

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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

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College of Education Department Heads, seated, l-r: Carl E. Erickson, Guy A. Marco, Olive Woodruff, Dean Clayton M. Schindler. Standing: Michael Herchek, Walter B. Barbe, Roy W. Caughran, Burton Gorman. And then in 1959 the College of Fine and Professional Arts, the baby of the university fam- ily, came into being because of the large enroll- ment in the College of Arts and Sciences, said Dean Kamerick. The degrees offered by our col- lege are for fields ranging from architecture to speech and hearing therapy. Well, of course, said Dean Hill, we hope to produce graduates with a professional back- ground in business and the ability to deal with people. Ah . . . ah . . . h . . . To receive a degree from the graduate school, a student must possess the ability to do intensi- fied study. This is emphasized even more in the doctoral program which went into effect in the fall of 1961, said Dean Wilber. In the College of Education, added Dean Schindler, we hope that the students will obtain a general education as well as a pleasing per- sonality, sound moral judgment, and an interest in people. The lights flickered off and on. Ah . . . Excuse me . . . Dean Rackham said, In the College of Arts and Sciences, we stress a liberal education while encouraging students to develop their potentials and capabilities as persons and members of so- ciety. Off went the lights. Excuse me, gentlemen, came the voice of the photographer. I simply must lock up for the night. Would you like me to come and let you out in the morning? Fine and Professional Arts Department Heads, l-r: Richard Warner, Elmer Novotny, William Taylor, Dean John Kamerick, Leroy Cowperthwaite, Elbert Tischendorf, Joseph F. Morbito. 17