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

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Frank I. Prout The President and the Board of Trustees made an effective team Quietly and efficiently managing the affairs of Bowling Green State University are a group of men whom few students know personally, but with whom rest the decisions which make the University a better organized, well-cared for, and more effectively directed educational institution. The members of the Board of Trustees are instrumental in authorizing expenditures of University funds for major repairs, additions, and improvements. Part of the Hnance program this year included new laboratories in the Science Building, construc- tion of the Administration Building at Bricker Field, and remodel- ing of the Laboratory School, DR. FRANK 1. PROUT, MR. E. E. CORIELL, MR. E. T. ROGERS, Df' and Mrs' Prom and their dug' Rex' af 'mme' MR. A. W. BACHMAN Changed curricula, additional faculty members, and altered programs passed their critical eyes and influenced the daily life of the students who seldom saw, but were greatly influenced by, these men. Mr. E. E. Coriell, a Bowling Green resident and long the Uni- versity's loyal supporter was president of the Board this year. A Tiffin publisher, Mr. E. T. Rogers was vice-president. Mr. Alva KN. Bachman, former mayor of Bowling Green and a practicing attorney, served as secretary, and Mr. Minor Kershner, principal of Liberty Center High school, who is a Bowling Green State University alumnus, continued as treasurer. A Sandusky publisher and assistant chief of naval recruiting in Washington, D. C., Lieut. Cmdr. Dudley A. White was the fifth member of the Board.

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DR. FRANK J. PROUT President HE oft' quoted phrase Hdemocracy in action characterizes Dr. Frank J. Prout, president of Bowling Green State Univer- sity, who daily exemplifies the democratic principles upon which the University is founded. During the Christmas season he and Mrs. Prout opened their home to the students for their annual Y MCA-YVVCA Silver Tea which has become one of the nicest campus traditions. In return, student serenaders always included the Prout residence in their itinerary for the welcome at Prouts' was warm. Almost every evening, Dr. Prout spent some time visiting the patients at Johnston Hospital, cheering them with his consideration of their plight. He rarely missed the opportunity of an evening stroll to call at the residence halls as a matter of routine, checking on repairs and building improvements. In March, excited as any student, Dr. Prout frantically can- celled appointments and kept his secretary busy phoning for reser- vations when he decided to make the trip to New York to see the Falcon basketball team play against DePaul University of Chicago in the final game at Madison Square Gardens. Dr. Prout made the transition from a civilian to semi-military campus an impetus to the continued growth of Bowling Green State University to one of the most outstanding universities in the state. He has seen the return of former students and the coming of vet- erans of World VVar II to a campus which will fulfill their needs as a training ground for future living. His encouragement and cooperation in the past six years have resulted in the establishment of eight national social fraternities for both men and women which have been influential in broadening the scope of interest and contact of the students. He has been in- strumental in' obtaining housing improvements, such as Sorority Row, and already is working on the final designs for Fraternity Row, as well as further facilities for housing an ever increasing enrollment on the campus. Dr. Prout's keen interest and sympathetic understanding of all phases of campus life provided a uniting inliuence for the student body. Problems, whether large or small, individual or group, were his problems, too. His attitude of personal interest in everyone and everything about Bowling Green State University made him an integral part of the memories of collegiate life.

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RALPH G. HARSHMAN Directing two major administrative offices became the war-time emergency task of Dean Harshman when Registrar John Bunn entered the armed forces. Coupling the responsibilities of Acting Registrar with the deanship of the Col- lege of Business Administration, he alternately faced problems of registration and graduation. Dean Harshman spent the pre-commencement weeks working with the Honors Committee to determine the awarding of the academic honors. Administrative policies of the Falcon's Nest were formulated across his desk during the meetings of the Student Union Committee. The Academic Deans JAMES ROBERT CDVERMAN Adviser of the first KEY, Dean Overman of the College of Liberal Arts was one of the original faculty members of the University. He continues to teach mathematics along with his administrative position. Even in the face of abrupt changes and revisions necessitated by increased enrollment and navy demands, he has again successfully edited the University's bulle- tin. As chairman of the Post YNar Planning Committee, he helped to formulate a report detailing the problems and needs in buildings, equipment, and curriculum for the -University after the war. CLYDE HISSONG Balancing a full schedule of pedagogy in psychology and education with his activities as dean of the College of Education, Dean Hissong found the increasing demand for teachers more difficult to fill each day. Participation in state- wide educational conferences often took him to other college campuses and to Columbus for meetings concerning state educational standards. As chairman of the committee on graduate instruction, he directed thework of graduate students toward their master's degrees. As usual he was called upon to speak at many club, church and school meetings.