Ohio University - Athena Yearbook (Athens, OH)

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President Baker keeps in touch witli the students through conferences with Student Council president. John C. Baker On the wall in the President ' s office hangs an account of the fourteen failures of a man who will never be forgotten l)y the American people . . . Abraham Lincoln. How significant that a man who numbers among his qualifications, humility and per- serverance, should own an account such as this. V ' ell-known for his work in the United Nations and presently for his service as chairman of the Ohio Commission on Educa- tion Beyond the High School, President John C. Baker is respected by the faculty and students alike not only for the job he has done here and the prestige he has brought to Ohio University, but also for being the man he is. Even as he talks with his secretary and assistant. President Baker reaches for his telephone to carry on other Inisiness. Q . JSkI

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Administration Education is big business iu America. There- fore, Oliio University is analogous to a coi-poration composed of a president, board of directors, depart- ment heads, and white collar workers. The capital is provided by the state. The student is the con- sumer. The corporation to the average eye seems com- plicated ; l)ut most people take the function of a uni- versity foi ' granted. As many diverse functions are needed to keep a university producing a consumable product. From the mailing room in the basement of Cutler Hall to the president ' s office on the floor above ; from the treasurer ' s office to the executive l)oard meeting, the necessary functions take place. Finances, maintenance, public relations, corre- spondence, file cabinets of records, classrooms, labs . . . these are the machines and the paper work which make or break the business and the product. A university does not exist simply fiecause it is a university; it exists and continues to produce be- cause it functions efficiently and because it is run by competent personnel. The pre.sident confers with Dean All)ert Gubitz on the functioning of the six branch colleges. Handling the cor- respondence for the University is a full- time job. Essential to an efficient organization is close cooperation among the department heads.

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The door does not stay open long- as the President goes in and out many times a dav. A faculty member reflects the warm personality of President Baker. Final airangenients for a dinner are made over the telephone. Luncheon .quests find President and Mrs. Baker gracious hosts in the elegant but warm atmosphere of the house on Park Place. photos by John alter, jr. copy by jan dawsun