Baldwin Wallace University - Grindstone Yearbook (Berea, OH)

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jnfroducing tAe PRESIDENT. JOHN L. KNIGHT . '- ' .1 HEM! . iirL-fl EQ'LE'E 22

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lST FLOUR H c seven 'r R w BROUGHTON Agsgriiggig coma? SEER to tans . nan . .3 J PETTY REGISTRAR M F WICKE EEAN 2 ND FLOUR I. RIEME SCHNEIDER PRES EDNA RtE ER SEBY TU PRES PUBLIC R ATIONS BERTHA S EFEL PLACEMENT LmlLE M REY DE HHUF HE C N BOGNER ADMISSIEII 3RD FLOOR LETIDS RAY WlTTS DIR 0F ATH 345 FRANCES MILLS HISTORIAN BASEtENT LOUIS H FITCH BUSINESSH mamas we oPEHDELL DEAHaF 7-.- :- - r!!! 'haugh many of its names changed in the last year. this is the Mrs. Mary English. Switchboard Operator, as the center ot Informa- ectsatlsidthat greets campus Visitors in the hall at the administra- tion :5 among the first to greet newcomers n ui mg '8 home at the college administration, Dietsch Hall is the year-round center of college A activity and it is here, behind the huge cut-gloss circular window, that the Grind- stone begins its tour of the campus buildings, discovering the personalities, organ- izations 0nd departments in each. Dietsch Hall, built on the corner of Seminary' and recentIy-resurtaced Schooi streets, was used as a women's dormitOry from the time it was built in 1899 until 1929, when it housed a fraternity. Later the building became a home for theological students, and not until 1935 was Dietsch reconstructed for the administra- tive headquarters. Off the first floor hall are offices of the Registrar, Dean, Accountants, and the Treasurer and his staff. Center of all this activity is the lobby, where the World War il honor roll is a backdrop for the centrai switchboard and faculty mail boxes. Im- mediateiy to the right of the stairs on the second Hoar are the offices of the President and his Secretary, while to the left are the Director of Admissions, Dean of Women, and Placement Director. Public Relations is at the head of the stairs on this floor. Top level of Dietsch is devoted to offices of the Historian and the Athletic Department, in addition to the mimeOQroph and printing room and the file of some two thousand college engrav- ings. Dietsch basement includes offices of the Business Manager, a mailing room and the photostat department, as weil as the maintenance division's storage space. The part of the basement which formerly housed the Bookstore was renovated this year into offices for the Dean of Men and a room shared by the Grindstone and Student Councilt Harry L Smith. B-W Vice-President. who directed the work at college during the absence of Acting President Riemenschneider 'iy in the year Miss Edha Riegler, Secretaryr to the President

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DVE LEFT: Dr. Knight at his desk in the study of his home, DVE RIGHT: Wendy Leigh, Mrs. Knight, Dr. Knight, aberh; MIDDLE: The PresidentAElecf at home with his children; .OW: the Knights on the doorstep of the President's Home impressive stature both physic- aHy and mentally, become the new President of Baldwin-Walluce in Jufy after serving as Chancellor of Neb- raska Wesleyan University for three years. Dr. Knight was formerly Professor and Assistant to the President of Willaw metre Uniwersifyr Salem, Oregon. The thirty-three year old administrator was ordained into the Methodist ministry in 1945 and has held two ministerial posi- tions. Four honorary fraternities are to be added to his list of achievements. Dr. Knight married the former Alice Kings- ton in 194?, and has two small dough- fers, Merrie Elizabeth,four years old,cmd Wendy Leigh, 0 year old on October 22. A good story teller, the presidentrelect of B-W is a native of New Jersey and earned his A. 8. degree from Brothers College of Drew University, Madison, N. J. Contributor of numerous periodical articles on education and refigion, and c: frequent speaker and lecturer, Dr. Knight has been active in Rotary and Chamber of Commerce groups and in the Nebraska Schoolmastersh Club. In 1947, he was awarded The honorary doctor of divinity degree by Kansas Wesleyan University. D R. John Lowden Knight, 0 man of Merrie 23