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

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SEATED: F. I. Prout, E. T. Rodgers. STANDING: Minor Kershner, Carl Schwyn, Iames C. Donnell ll, Alva W. Bachmun. Agrzwwl .al .7 The Board of Trustees consists of the State Director of Education, an ex officio member, and five other members. The appointments to the Board are made by the governor of Ohio and are confirmed by the Ohio state senate. The members, one appointed each year for a five year period, are active business and professional men in Ohio upon whom rests the directing and officiating of Bowling Green State University. But each is a contributor in his own field as well as a director in the improvement of B. G. These five men, selected because of their interest in the University and because of their business or professional ability, are representatives of various occupations, professions, and localities in northwestern Ohio. Board President E. T. Rodgers is the publisher of the Advertiser Tribune in Tiffin. The vice-president, Carl Schwyn, is not only a banker but an active business man from Cygnet. Secretary Alva Bachman, former mayor of Bowling Green, is an attorney. James C. Donnell, recently appoint- ed to the unexpired term of the late E. E. Coriell, is vice-president of the Ohio Oil Company in Findlay. Minor Kershner is a teacher at Liberty Center. At each of the meetings of the board, Univer- sity President Dr. Frank J. Prout presents an outline of the problems which may include the budget, honorary degree grants, contracts for building, and tentative appointments for the ap- proval of the Board. The influence of these men can be seen in the advancement that Bowling Green has made as a young university.

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Dr. Frank I. Prou! Dr. Prout visits Ellen Cham- bers as he makes his nightly round at the hospital. . Jwui Let's walk up the steps of the Well. Now turn right into the first office. Yes, that is where you can find our genial, fun-loving, but hard- working president, Dr. Frank J. Prout. Now in his seventh year as chief administrator at Bowling Green State University, Dr. Prout is thoroughly respected and sincerely liked by ev- ery student on campus. His office is only one of his many stopping places throughout the day. He may often be found in one of the dormitories, John- son hospital, or the Nest having a friendly chat with a group of students. Friendliness is but one of Dr. Prout's many merits. We all realize, however, that it is under his able leadership that our university has become a leading institution of learning in Ohio.

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' mmm ciaL0QanA, Responsible for the classroom work of the university are the three academic deans, direc- tors of the three colleges of Liberal Arts, Busi- ness Administration, and Education. It is their aim to keep the academic standing of Bowling Green at a high standard. Always willing to help straighten out the problems of the future teachers is Dr. Herschel Litherland, Assistant Dean of the College of Education. He studied at Greenville College, Illinois, University of South Dakota, and the University of Cincinnati, and came to Bowling Green in 1941 from a county superintendents position in Lima, Ohio. Dr. Litherland admires the continuous challenge of growth at Bowl- ing Green. Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, Dr. James R. Overman has been at Bowling Green since 1914. Besides his many other duties, Dr. Over- man is chairman of the Activity Fees committee and head of the mathematics department. He Herschel Litherlund. Ralph G. Harshman. Iumes Robert Over- man. received his degrees from Indiana University, Columbia University and the University of Michigan. Dean of the College of Business Administra- tion, Dr. Ralph G. Harshman received his de- grees from Ohio Northern and Ohio State uni- versities. As chairman of the Student Union Committee, Dean Harshman had a difficult job trying to find sufficient room for the Nest- ology course with the increased enrollment on campus. He enjoys almost every sport and is an enthusiast of traveling and the theatre. The other side of university life, the social, is supervised by three social deans, the dean of students, the dean of women, and the dean of freshmen. They see to it that Bowling Green has a well-rounded university life. Dean of Freshmen, Kenneth H. McFall has devoted much of his time to aiding the veterans in their adjustment to college life. He claims Mount Union College and Western Reserve Uni- versity as his alma maters, but likes the friend- liness of Bowling Green. He enjoys good fun and is noted for his hobby of collecting jokes and humorous stories. Since he joined the faculty in 1939, Dean of Students Arch B. Conklin has been faced with the numerous problems of the university's con- tinous growth. The largest of his problems was that of housing the students. He studied at Wooster College and Columbia, but he likes everything about Bowling Green-it's home to me. Dean of Women, Audrey Kenyon Wilder, will always be remembered by the- freshmen girls for her helpful suggestions in freshmen orienta- tion classes on how to get along at B. Gf' One of the biggest problems that she faced this year Kenneth H. McFcll, Audrey Kenyon Wilder, Arch B. Conklin. as a result of our increased enrollment was finding space for the program of the Social Committee of which she is chairman.