Ohio University - Athena Yearbook (Athens, OH)

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School of Commerce Charles Moffatt Copeland. B. Ped. Director, School of Commerce Professor of Accounting B Pcd . Ohio University, 1896 Karl D. Reyer, B. S. Ralph B. Alspaugh. M. A. Assistant Professor in Commerce Assistant Professor of Commerce B. S. in Business Administration A B , Ohio State University. 1921 Ohio State University. 1923 M. A.. Ohio State University. 1924 Graduate work. University of Chicago ERNEST E. RAY. A. B. in Commerce HEL£N Reynolds , B . S. in Ed. Assistant Professor in Accounting Instructor in Typewriting and A. B. in Commerce. Ohio University, Secretarial Practice 1924 B. S. in Ed.. Ohio University William Fenzel, A. B. Mahii King Brown. Ph. B. Associate Professor in Accounting Instructor in Stenography and Business Administration Ph. B.. Ohio University. 1889 B. C. S.. New York University. 1917 Certificate of Proficiency. Phonographic A. B-, Ohio University, 1918 Institute. Cincinnati. Ohio. 1897 IN the first semester of 1925-1926 there were 389 students enrolled in commerce classes. Of this number 307 were registered in commerce courses. Those not in commerce courses were either majoring in Commerce subjects or taking them as electives. Two four-year commerce courses arc offered. One leads to the degree. Bachelor of Arts in Com- merce, and the other to the degree. Bachelor of Secretarial Science. The B. S. S. course has initial announcement in the 1925-1926 catalogue. The A. B. in Commerce course had its first two graduates in 19 20. This year ' s graduation will probably add 36 to the 110 who have received the degree in this course. Two-year courses are being discontinued. The aim of the work in commerce is both educational and voca- tional, but principally educational. The school offers opportunity to students to major in Accounting. Advertising. Marketing. Secretarial studies. These majors are taken by those pursuing the two Commerce courses, the A. B. course, and the B. S. in Education Course The graduates of the School of Commerce have generally been successful in securing and holding positions of responsibility. 27

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Department of Biology William Fairfield Mercer. Ph. D. Professor of Biology Ph. B.. Hillsdale. 1890 Ph. M.. 1894 A. B.. Ohio University. 1924 Ph. D.. Cornell. 1900 Rush Elliott, a. B. Assistant Professor in Biology Post Graduate Work. Cornell. 1924 EMMETT ROWLES, A. M. Assistant Professor in Biology A. B.. Ohio University. 1920 A. M.. University of Minnesota, 1922 Carl A. Frey. A. B. Instructor in Biology A. B., Ohio University, 1925 T HE Department of Biology has been a separate department since 1890. It was under the leadership of Professor Chapin until 1900 when it was taken over by Dr. William F. Mercer who continued as its head. When the department was organized the school was small and had meager funds, as a consequence the Biology department had a slow growth for several years, as the College advanced in numbers of students and funds the department had had a normal growth until at present more than four hundred students receive instruction in the subjects offered each year. Year after year equipment and teaching force have been added until the department is well supplied with both for the courses offered. A new laboratory for physiology has been added in the past year under the direction of Assistant Professor Rush Elliott. Bacteri- ology has been set apart for Instructor Carl Frey. More teaching force and equipment will be added next year, which has always been the policy of the department as far as money could be obtained to back it up. All the men. referred to above, are doing special graduate work in their line. There are now nearly 100 Pre-Mcdic students in attendance and a large number of students looking forward to graduate work in other lines as well as the large number of general students in Biology. Department of Classical Languages Victor Dwight Hill. A. B. Professor of Classical Languages A. B.. William Jewell College. 1915 University of Chicago, 1916 Henry Fletcher Scott. A. B . A. M. Professor of Classical Languages A. B.. Illinois College A. M.. University of Indiana THE Department of Classical Languages and Literatures was formed in 1921 by a combination of the Department of Greek and Latin which had previously been maintained separately. Professor Hill came to the University in 1920 as Professor of Greek. The combination of the two departments was effected during the following year and Professor Scott was added to the teaching staff. The Dafydd J. Evans Latin Prize is awarded annually for merit in this department. 26

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Department of Chemistry Wll I [AM BURDELLE BENTLEY. Ph. D. Professor of Chemistry A. B.. Harvard. 1890; A. M.. 1898 Ph. D.. 1899 FRANK BARNHART GULLUM, M. S. JOSHUA ROMINE MORTON. M. S. Associate Professor of Che mistry Associate Professor of Chemistry ?, S e 9!i. ' ° V ' 5 , ' ' I907 B - S., Ohio University. 1905 M. S.. Ohio State University, 1923 M. S.. Ohio University. 1912 UNTIL 1894, Chemistry and Physics were included in the Department of Natural Science and were under the leadership of Professor W. M. Stine. At that time, however, the two subjects separated to form the basis of the Departments of Chemistry and Physics. With the latter was included Electrical Engineering. Chemistry began its life as a separate department under the profes- sorship of Dr. Walker Bowman, with four courses, and an enrollment of nineteen students. Dr. W. B. Bentley. the present head of the depart- ment, became Professor of Chemistry at Ohio University in 1901. In 1910 Professor J. R. Morton became connected with the department as instructor. During Dr. Bentley ' s absence from January 1918 to Septem- ber 1919. he was head of the department. Since that time F. B. Gullum has been added to the staff as Associate Professor. With the completion of Super Hall the Department of Chemistry now occupies the first three floors of Science Hall. Department of Civil Engineering L. J. Addicott. C. E. Neil D. Thomas. B. S. Professor of Civil Engineering Assistant Professor of Civil C. E., Case School of Applied Science Engineering B. S.. Ohio University IN 1904 Professor L. J. Addicott. organized the Department of Civil Engineering. During the first four years of its existence its home was on the third floor of West Wing, now called Sorority Hall. In 1908 it moved to the third floor of East Wing and remained there until the second semester of this year when it moved to the fourth floor of Super Hall, the new Engineering Building. This department in cooperation with the Department of Electrical Engineering supports an Engineers Club, under the Greek name of Pi Epsilon Mu which is most beneficial to the Engineering students. The club sponsors the showing of many instructive films and at some time each year, brings some well-known speaker on subjects directly adapted to the department to the Ohio University Campus. 28