Ohio University - Athena Yearbook (Athens, OH)

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ACTIVITY FRIENDS Sam Downer, Professor C. N. Mac- kinnon, and Bill Benkert. JUST FRIENDS are Eleanor Schulz, Mary Elizabeth Lasher, and Clyde Davis.

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h.e j msldeni MOST students think of Ohio University ' s President Herman G. James as a scholarly recluse. The few able to break through the red- tape barriers to see him have found him to be a mem with a sense of humor and charming personality. James entered college at sixteen, was grad- uated in three years with a Phi Bete key. At that time, he didn ' t want to teach. When his mother suggested the ministry, he chose peda- gogy as the lesser of two evils, went on to graduate study. During his senior year, James played the great lover in an Elizabethan drama. The story of his off-stage romance is short. His roommate got him a blind date: that was 31 years ago, and he has been going steady with the girl ever smce. OU ' s president is a good violinist, but prefers to play the cello in a string quartet. His favorite composers are Brahms, Beethoven, Mozart, and Bach. James plays an excellent contract bridge game, enjoys chess and gardening. His secret hobby is short-story writing, but this is the least successful of his activities. He likes plays, not movies. He doesn ' t like Clark Gable or Nelson Eddy because all the women are crazy about them. Favorite actress, Mae West. James ' big aim for Ohio University is to gat and keep the best teachers available. Much of his detailed work is governed by his memo- writing executive secretary, Irene L. Devlin, who was this year made assistant to the president. -HERMAN G. JAMES AND GRANDSON