Ohio University - Athena Yearbook (Athens, OH)

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.I I, w3feSmmi i C3Q dEj E3E3 E3XO w ATHENS, OHIO Approximate Local Population: 10,000 Approximate Student Population: 6,000 Elevation Above Sea Level: 615.5 Feet Annual Mean Temperature: 57 Degrees Average Annual Rainfall: 46.11 Inches vO m i 4jJ« ■ ' ., ?, 22

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BUK Gaige B. Paulsen University College THE MIDDLEMEN Entrusted with the administration duties of Ohio University ' s six colleges, these men not only advise and counsel their students, but also serve as co-ordinators between their de- partments and the university. The deans serve a multiple purpose to the students enrolled in the various colleges. They assist men and women E. J. Taylor, Jr. Applied Sciences Clark E. Myers Commerce in the preparation of their class schedules, give advice on job procurements, and help students decide academic objectives. Middlemen between the university and the colleges, they establish curriculums, assist faculty members in the preparation of lecture material, and are the public relations contacts for the colleges. At one time or another, the student comes in contact with his dean, and he continually feels his influence.

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In a sense, Athens and Ohio University existing together present a paradox. Here, in conservative, rural Southeastern Ohio, where the natives look askance at learning and progress because they do not understand them, you studied and gained knowledge. Probably you swore at the townspeople collectively, and more than likely you hated the rain and the parking meters and the hesitant restaurant service. Inwardly and among yourselves, you objected to the taxation-without-representation imposed by the merchants and the police department. You walked the streets of Athens, and particularly Court Street. You heard the rumbling hotrods from Chauncey and The Plains, and you saw the rickety, rattling, ' 46 model cars splattered with mud from the farms. You listened to the lonely trumpet of the Salvation Army and self- consciously chuckled at the street-corner revivalists. The telephone directory talked of thriving industry, and you saw the unemployed coal miners and the dirty, underfed farm kids in hand-me- down clothes. Most of the streets and some of the restaurants were filthy. You heard about the students who aot broken glass and insects in food, and you saw the waiter dump the full ashtray under the table on the floor when he wiped up. And in the eating places and barber shops and beauty parlors, you heard the bitter townspeople speak acidly of you, the Ecumenical Conference, your automobiles, the Negroes in school, the Jews that were your friends, and the foreign students that you learned to like. But you realized that some of the waitresses and a few of the clerks and maybe, but probably not, even some of the cops were nice people if you treated them right. 23