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

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FRONT ROW: Miss Freda Bruns, Mrs. Mary Powers, Miss Nellie Ogle, Miss Margaret Purdy. SECOND ROW: Dr. Edwin G. Knepper lchair- manl , Prof. Paul F. Muse. The primary purpose of the department of business education is to train teachers of business subjects in high schools in stenography, typing, accounting, social business, and distributive education. This year 23 students were graduated from the department of business education. Bowling Green is the only school in the state that requires all students in this field to work not less than 180 hours in at least three different offices before graduating. The newest addition to this department are courses in distributive education. These train stu- dents and teachers for various types of retail positions, especially selling, buying, and store manage- ment. The courses are set up as a part of the George-Dean Act which provides for federal aid in educa- tion in certain fields. ln May, the business education department became a center for the offering of national clerical ability tests. These were conducted under the auspices of the National Office Managers Association. Approximately 50 high school and university students participated. Field trips are held throughout the year for the various classes. A group of advanced typing students putting on speed . . . Some Business Education students putting in extra hours filing and indexing . . Showing what goes on behind the teller's windows in the banking unit atop the P.A. building.

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PHI ALPHA CHI BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION HONORARY Phi Alpha Chi, locally organized in l938, is a professional club for better than average stu- dents in the school of business administration who are especially interested in the field of accounting. Its purpose is the furthering of interest and the fostering of good ethics in accounting. Programs held in the Nest included reports by student members, discussions on current problems in accounting, and talks by guest speakers. Robert Bowers, an alumnus who is now a practicing accountant, was guest speaker at one of the meetings. An interesting project of this year was a study of Certified Public Accountant examina- tions which have been given for the last twelve years. The purpose of the study was to pre- pare members for taking C. P. A. examinations in the future. Hannah Blackburn, Bruce Esterly, and James Ludwick successfully passed the Civil Service examination for Junior Business Analysts at the beginning of the second semester. Bowling Green representatives, Joseph Clague and James Ludwick, attended the annual Ohio Conference of Statisticians at Columbus in the fall. Officers: president, Charles Ritz, vice-president, Donald Lehman, Joseph Clague, secretary, Eugene Eckel, treasurer, Arthur Lange, corresponding secretary, Joseph Clague, publicity manager, James Ludwick, advisor, Prof. N. R. Eggiman. .,.- 5 ?,Mg,s FRONT ROW: Prof. N. R. Eggiman Joseph Clague Charles Ritz James Luclwick Theodore King Marie Decker Quentin Bowers Howard Katterheinrich SECOND ROW: Arthur Lange Eugene Eckel Donald Mason Nathan Keel Bruce Esterly Hannah Blackburn Roger Gifford

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Pl OMEGA Pl NATIONAL BUSINESS EDUCATION HONORARY The Alpha Psi chapter of Pi Omega Pi, national honorary fraternity for students and faculty members in the department of business education, was installed on Bowling Green's campus May 9, l94l, by the Alpha Xi chapter from Ohio State University. Pi Omega Pi has a total of fifty-two national chapters. Of the three chapters in Ohio, the Alpha Psi was the second to be installed. Pi Omega Pi's principal aims are to promote interest and scholarship in business edu- cation and to foster high ethical standards in business and professional life. This year's meetings have been taken up with business matters arising from the process of becoming completely organized. Much assistance has been given by Miss Freda Bruns, instructor in the department of business education, who was at one time the national treasurer of Pi Omega Pi. During the Christmas holidays, Ruth Kohls and Erma Longshore attended the frater- nity's national convention in Chicago. The convention is held biennially at various centers in the United States. A formal service for this year's pledges was held in March in the faculty lounge of the Falcon's Nest. At the program following the service, the local delegates to the national convention gave reports. Officers: president, Ted Brown, vice-president, June Reed, secretary-treasurer, Ruth Kohls, sponsor, Dr. E. G. Knepper. FRONT ROW: Dr. E. G. Knepper, Miss Freda Bruns, June Reed, Arlene Neidhardt, Ruth Kohls, Prof. Paul F. Muse. SECOND ROW: Alvin Vaith, Erma Longshore, Cecilia Rohrs, Virginia Forney, Dor- othy Wright, Thelma Von Almen, Doris Welling, Wiliam Weeston.