Ball State University - Orient Yearbook (Muncie, IN)

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STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE BOARD SERVING both Ball State Teachers College and Indiana State Teachers College in the administration of their financial and educational affairs, is the State Teachers College Board. A steady consistent growth, accompanied by high educational standards which stress quality rather than quantity, has been the result of the sound, progressive policy of the board, which, since its existence, has been a high-minded and liberal force for educational efficiency and progress. Members of the board in the first row are, left to right, Mr. William F. Cronin of Terre Haute, secretary, Mr. Frank C, Ball of Muncie, vice-president, Mr. John H. Heller of Decatur, president. In the second row, standing left to right, are Mr. I., A. Pittenger of Muncie, president of Ball State Teachers College, Mr. Robert M. Critchfield of Anderson, assistant secre- tary, Mr. Clement T. Malan of Indianapolis, ex-cflicio member, and Mr. Ralph N. Tirey of Terre Haute, president of Indiana State Teachers College. Mr. Pittenger and Mr. Tirey are not official members of the board as appointed by the governor.

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L. A. PITTENGER, Prr'si1lc'l1t 'If is difficult for some of us to realize that the time of your graduation is at hand. Only yesterday, it seems, we were Welcoming you to the campus for the first time and now, alas, it is adieu and goodbye. As we wish you Well we would warn you not to be over-persuaded that your times is so disjointed that you will' not realize on life. Of course, war days do disrupt our plans and do make impossible many fine things we should like to do, but, as I see it, you face a future Hlled with opportunities to reconstruct the whole world. By the time ambitious tyrants are shackled the world will be a shambles and you and others of your age will have to' clear the fields of battle, raze shell-torn buildings and reconstruct the ways of life for enslaved peoples. What an opportunity! I find myself wishing that I might be permitted to throw off my years and join your ranks. Your college education is worth more than any I have known in my school teaching life. Factories, army, and navy call insistently for college-trained people, and only those who know something of the skills necessary to operate the technical machinery of our age have a chance at leadership. The social, economic, and political problems of our time are so complex that only those well prepared may ever hope to solve them. Life challenges you to take up its most serious and hazardous tasks. Be brave and persistent until you have guaranteed unto yourselves and to those who come after you a decent place to live and a reasonable opportunity to live in peace and hope. With best wishes to each of you, Ball State bids you farewell. Sincerely, L, A, PlT'1'IiNK.llR Prvxiilrrlf

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W. E. WAGONER, B. A. Controller of the College RALPH W. NOYER, Ph. D. Dean of the College GOLA H. CLEVENGER Placement Secretary and Student Counselor CLARENCE L. MURRAY, M. S Registrar of the College GRACE DEI-IORITY, M.A. Dean of Women HARRY HOWICK, M. S. Dean of Men 29