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

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The organ is a noble instrument. survey on campus. Meanwhile, Dr. Gilbert W. Cooke and Dr. Benjamin L. Pierce collaborated on an introduction to business book which they hope to have published soon. Numerous others Wrote articles during the past year for maga- zines, encyclopedias and journals: among them were Dr. Clare H. Bennett, Dr. Edwin G. Knep- per, Dr. Rea McCain, Mr. Paul K. Meyers, Dr. Paul F. Muse, Dr. Emerson C. Shuck, and Mr. Frederick G. Walsh. In the music department several members gave recitals during the past year: they were Dr. James Paul Kennedy, Mr. Hadley Yates, Mrs. Emily Derrer, Miss Myrtle Dinner at eight , . . in the practice apartment.

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mental laboratory, speech classrooms and, even- tually, a radio studio. Through the combined efforts of the faculty and the administration, degrees were granted in fields not before offered. In the business ad- ministration department, where the percentage increase of students has been phenomenally great in the past ten years QZIOOCXQJ, a curricu- lum was added in real estate and insurance. The speech department offered for the first time a degree in speech and hearing therapy, while the art department offered a major in art and grant- ed degrees in art for the first time. This year brought also a physics department with Mr. Willard E. Singer as acting chairman and a political science department with Dr. Charles A. Barrell as acting chairman. Up to this time, those departments existed as a part of the chem- istry and history departments respectively. Un- der Mr. Daniel J. Crowley, a graphic arts de- partment, the first in Ohio, was added to the university. With the arrival of some of the newly purchased equipment, the department did a major share of the university's printing as class projects. Courses were added in nearly every department. One of these was an experi- mental freshman course in sociology called American Dating , while plans were also made Spring at the River Lab, for an experimental undergraduate seminar' course in the history department. Another major step the past year was the creation of the Graduate School, with Dr. Em- erson Shuck as director. The university had previously offered graduate degrees, but as an extension of the work of the three undergrad- uate colleges. The new graduate program, oper- ating under revised regulations, has brought to a total of ten the number of fields in which the advanced degree may be earned, and has estab- lished the degree of Master of Science in Edu- cation to supplement the Master of Arts degree, thus allowing candidates a wider choice of areas of specialization. Busy with all this and their regular teaching load, many professors found time for various projects and research. Dr. Martha H. Gesling of the department of education studied cases on various curriculum reading problems, while Dr. John E. Gee became a good-will ambassador for education as a vocation by conducting forums before various high school and parent groups. In the speech department Mr. Frederick G. Walsh wrote a one-act play which received honorable mention in a nation-wide play-writing contest, while Miss Adeline E. McClelland and Mr. Jay Cherry conducted a speech and hearing

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G. Jensen, Miss Masako Ono, Mr. Warren C. Allen, Mr. William D. Alexander, and Miss Betty Troeger. Four of the faculty members held key positions on the Toledo Friends of Mu- sic, a little symphony: Mr. Gerald McLaughlin, concertmasterg Mr. William Alexander, violin, Mrs. Emily Derrer, first cello, and Miss Wanda Pitman, first trumpet. Many departments concentrated on courses required for specific majors, such as mathemat- ics for engineering and economics for business administration. The Womenls physical education department devoted a great deal of time to ser- vice courses, although this year, despite curtail- ing conditions, it enjoyed one of its most successful years, having 156 majors in the de- partment. The training school . . . in gratitude we accept our heritage . . . education for all. The Link Trainer . . . pilots are made, not born. While space does not permit mention.of them all, every faculty member in the university Worked to make Bowling Green a better uni- versity.