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

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xii? x IFJ I THE EXECUTIVE COUNOL

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N September l5, l9l4, Dr. H. B. Williams presided at the Univer- sity's first faculty meeting. Fifteen were present. In the intervening years the faculty has grown to num- ber nearly lOO, with the addition of some sixty administrative assistants. Twenty buildings have been added since that year when classes met for the first in the Administration Build- ing, just completed under Dr. Wil- liams's careful supervision. Multi- plied and complex have been the modern problems of administration. lllllllllllllllllllllIIlllIlIlllIllIIIIIIIlllIIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlIlllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllll A D M l N l S T R AT l O N

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I,I4.I' I IO RIGIIT: Dr. Drunk J. Prout, Mr. IE. IC. Curicll. Mr. IE. 'l'. Rogers. Mr. Minor Kcrshncr. If ' I f, pri ul' i -1 i'l f I l. Cmdr. Dudley While D II. J. Johnston 1876 - 1943 THE ADMINISTRATION The Board of Trustees expressed clearly the desires of the faculty and student body when it approved the second five-year appointment of Dr. Frank J. Prout as president of Bowling Green State University. The first five years under Dr. Prout's administration have seen the University change from a tranquil peacetime small campus to a highly organized institution devoting it- self whole-heartedly to the winning of the war. During those five years the student body increased to an all-tirne high of over 1600. Six new campus buildings were erected, one was remodeled, and one of the most modern small airports in the sta,te was built. During this time a program of nationalization of sorori- ties and fraternities was begun which resulted in the bring- ing of seven of the strongest national groups to the campus. With the aid of the Executive Council and Faculty Senate, problems of curriculum, tenure, and university recognition received constructive study. With the war came many new problems of administra- tion-the Navy program to be coordinated with the civilian, additional instructors to be found for Navy classes, knotty problems of campus housing, and problems of replacement of faculty and staff who were called into service. The University lost a valued servant and Board of Trus- tees member during the year when Dr. H. J. Johnston, who had been a Board member since 1921, died in October. Mr. E. E. Coriell, veteran member of the Board, was its president this year. Mr. E. T. Rogers, newly appointed member and Tiffin publisher, was acting secretary, and Mr. Minor Kershner was treasurer. The fifth member, Lt. Cmdr. Dudley A. White, was serving with the Navy in Washington as assistant chief of naval recruiting.