Bowling Green State University - Key Yearbook (Bowling Green, OH)

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ADMINISTRATION DR. I-I. B. WILLIAMS President THE MEANING OF EDUCATION I have been asked by the Key Staff to write a paragraph on the above topic, otherwise, I would not be pre- sumptuous enough to attempt a defini- tion of a term which I-Ierbert Spencer and many thinkers since his time have tried to define. Education may be considered as ci process or as a result. As a process it has to do with prin- ciples and technique. As a result it it concerned with the ends to be realized from its theory and practice. In this paragraph we are thinking of the achievement rather than the pro- cedure. The history of education is replete with definitions in terms of life enrichment, social efficiency, the good life, etc., but these condensed statements are often no clearer than 11 the concept itself. If I were required to define education in one word, the word I should select is happiness. To the understanding mind happiness presupposes a knowledge of the achievements of the race. This means scholarship. Happiness aIso'impIies a progressive approach toward perfec- tion and at the same time recognizes that perfection is a goal susceptible of endless striving. In this sense edu- cation means progress both individual and social. Again happiness to be complete recognizes a power in all things not our own. Scholarship, duty, faith-these three, in proper balance, are necessary criteria of the truly educated person. I-I. B. WILLIAMS

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l or n I. p-.gf-.-,-.M W. C. Jordan Myerholtz Stallbohm Jordan il Brod The administrative functions of Bowling Green State College are divided into four parts. The clerical worlc is done by the Business and Registrar's Offices, under the direction of Mr. Jordan and Mr. Perry, respectively. No student will forget the penciled signature, Gertrude Brod on his registration receipt, nor will he forget the charming courtesy of Mr. Perry as he turns to your problem of schedule or chapel assignment, nor does anyone leave the registrar's office without an increased measure of good will inspired by the friendly cheerfulness of Miss Leedom who is ever ready to go an extra mile to find that mislaid blanlc or last semester's registration card. The courtesy and ease that characterize these two offices, together with the efficiency of their worlc, leave a decidedly pleasing and refresh- ing impression upon those who come in contact with them. The second administrative division is that of the two colleges. The College of Edu- cation is conducted under the able supervision and personal enthusiasm of Dean Clyde I-lissong, to whom no small measure of credit is due for the character and ability of the graduates from Bowling Green. The College of Liberal Arts, created by legislative act in 1930 offers to Bowling Green students the advantages of a broad liberal training intended to make their lives richer and fuller in meaning and valuesi this college is under the leadership of Dean James R. Overman. 1 The third administrative division, that of personal supervision and social planning, is constructively carried on by Dr. James R. Overman, Dean of Men, and Mrs. Maude F. Sharpe, Dean of Women. Dean Sharpe had the misfortune to suffer ill health during the early part of the second semester, but her guiding function was assumed and well performed by the self-governing Women's League. Dean Sharpe builds the social calendar and directs the social activities of the college, and here again, she leaves much to the student Social Committee, thus fostering self-dependence and self-direction on the part of the student body so far as possible. Dean Overman also is well fitted to his office of personal guidance. i V 5. at C. D. Perry V, Registrar i' J' u 12 ADMINISTRATION