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

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Faculty . . . I l MANDELL, MAURICE I. MARTIN, CLARE S. MAYNARD, CART. KENT MCCUSKEY, DOROTHY Asst. Prof. Professor Asst. Professor Professor Bus. Ad. Dept. Chemistry Dept. Air Sc. 81 Tact. Dept. Ed. Dept. MANI-IART, LEWIS F. MATI-IIAs, HARRY R. MCCORDOCK, R. STANLEY Assoc. Prof. Assoc. Prof. Professor Bus. Ad. Dept. Math. Dept. History Dept. MCEWEN, MERRILL C. MERRELL, VIRGINIA MILES, FRANK F. MOULTON, DOROTHY Professor Instructor Asst. Prof. Asst. Prof. Music Dept. Lib. Sc. Dept. Soc. Dept. Eng. Dept. MENEFEE, CART. ROBERT MESERVE, FRANK G. MINER, HARVEY D. Asst. Professor Assoc. Prof. Instructor Mil. Sc. 8: Tact. Dept. Biol. Dept. In-d. Arts Dept. MUELLICH, GEORGE NAI-'r, M. BENTON OBEE, HAROLD B. O'DONNELL, NORBERT Asst. Prof. Asst. Prof. Asst. Prof. Asst. Prof. Hlth. 8: P.E. Dept. Chem. Dept. Speech Dept. English Dept. MYERS, EVERETT C. NoRo1vIANN, B. F. OCVIRK, OTTo G. Assoc. Prof. Professor Instructor Biol. Dept. Hist. Dept. Art Dept. G-ROVER C. PLATT, professor of his- tory and chairman of the department, re- ceived his doctorate from Iowa State University and came to Bowling Green in 1946. CECIL REW is chairman of the foreign language department. Chairman of the accounting department is WIL- LIAM F. SCHMELTZ who attended Harvard graduate school. EMERSON C. SHUCK is chairman of the department of English and dean of the graduate school. The Economics Department offered a major to students in both the colleges of Liberal Arts and Business Administration. Many others took classes there for a background in different fields. Inflation, deflation, price stabilization, and the shrinking dollar were discussed in classes offered by the Economics Department. Bowling Green began as a state normal college and has continued to have a large Educational De- partment. The elementary level included the train- ing of teachers for kindergarten and the primary grades from one to six. The secondary level trained students for teaching in junior and senior high school. Other fields such as speech and hearing therapy were offered. The graduate student in edu- cation was trained in counseling, guidance, and school administration. Approximately one-third of the students on campus were enrolled in these courses. English curriculum has expanded in the last two years, and freshmen are required to take place- ment tests so that they may be put in slow or more advanced English courses. Besides learning how to express himself better, the English student reads the Atlantic Monthly, learning about current events and new ideas. Advanced students in English

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The Department of Business Education provided clerical ability tests for the University students. Certificates of their test ratings were given the students to use in applying for positions after grad- uation. The Department of Business Administration of- fered a variety of courses in several fields, which in- cluded accounting, business, law, finance, insurance, industrial management, marketing, and statistics as Well as general business administration. The addi- tion of a journalism curriculum to the College of Business Administration was only three years old. Newswriting and editing, photo journalism, publica- tion management, public relations, and radio jour- nalism were offered. The Chemistry Department is one of a small pro- portion of university departments approved by the American Chemical Society for the training of pro- fessional chemists. Students in this department had the further advantage of studying in the newest class-room building on campus. l JENSEN, WINIERED E. Asst. Prof. l Education Dept. I JOHNSON, MADGE E. Assoc. Prof. Home Ec. Dept. l JOSEPH, CAPT. A. D., JR. Asst. Professor Air Sc. and Tact. Dept. KARNES, LowRY B. Assoc. Prof. Geog. Dept. KIMBELL, TXSGT. R. O. Instructor Air Sc. and Tact. Dept. KING, RUBY L. Asst. Prof. Lib. Sc. Dept. KRABILL, DAVID M. Professor Math. Dept. LAKOFSKY, CHARLES Asst. Professor Art Dept. LELAND, LOWELL P. Assoc. Prof. English Dept. LONGWORTH, D. S. Assoc. Professor Sociology Dept. In his office in the basement of the Ele- mentary Euilding can be found SAMUEL M. MAYFIELD, chairman of the geology department. In his 34th year at Bowling Green is MERRILL C. MCEWEN, chair- man of the music department. FRANK C. OGG is chairman of the mathematics department. Dr. Ogg received his doctor- ate from the University of Illinois. Chair- man of the business administration de- partment is BENJAMIN L. PIERCE. JoNEs, TXSGT. CHARLES P. Instructor Air Sc. and Tact. Dept. JORDAN, WILLIAM C. Assoc. Prof. Education Dept. KENNEDY, JAMES PAUL Professor Music Dept. KILMER, RUTH K. Instructor Lib. Sc. Dept. KLECKNER, DONALD C. Asst. Professor Speech Dept. KOENIG, CAPT. J. R. Asst. Professor Mil. Sc. and Tact Dept. LAKOFSKY, HELEN D. Instructor Music Department LEEDY, PAUL F. Professor English Dept. LowR1E, SAMUEL H. Professor Sociology Dept. LUEDTKE, D. M. Instructor Hlth 8: P.E. Dept.

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Occ, FRANK C, Ons, CHARLES PAULIN, MfSc'r. PI-ELTON WARREN J Professor Professor JIMMIE E. Asst. Prof Math, Dept, Biol. Dept. Instructor Education Dept M11. Sc. 81 Tact Dept. OLSON, L, ELMER PARRISH, BERYL M. PAYNE, ALMA J. Instructor Asst. Prof. Asst, Prof. Chem. Dept. English Dept. Eng. Dept. PETERSON, DONALD C. PLATT, GROVER C' REW. CECIL L. RICHEY, ROBERT D Instructor Professor Professor Asst, Prof Journ. Dept. History Dept. FOP- Lang- Dept. Speech Dept PIERCE, BENJAMIN L. PLATT, VIRGINIA B. RICE, MfSc'r. CHARLES Professor Assoc. Prof. A., JR. Bus. Ad. Dept. History Dept. Instructor Mil. Sc. Kr Tact. Dept. RIEGLE, ROBERT G. SAWDY, ALLAN SCHMIEDEL, EUGENE D. SHAW, CARL E Lecturer Instructor Instructor Asst. Prof Bus. Adm. Dept. Hlth 8: P. E. Dept. Education Dept. Eng. Drew Dept Rusi-IER, ELEREDA M. SCHMELTZ, WILLIAM F. ScHocKE, ALICE P, Instructor Assoc. Prof. Asst. Prof. Bus. Ed. Dept. Accounting Dept. Home Ec. Dept. come in contact with all of the great ideas of our civilization by reading poetry and prose of writers from other countries. The Industrial Arts Department was founded 39 Years ago and was one of the original departments of Bowling Green State Normal College. The build- ing is located on Poe Road, north of the faculty apart- ments. Wood, leather, metals, and plastics were Some of the courses offered. The department offered a B.A. and an M.A. degree and sponsored Sigma Pi Tau, honorary. Some students in the Journalism Department worked for liberal arts degrees while others special- ized in one of five areas of journalism in business administration: public relations, radio journalism, news writing and editing, photo journalism, or pub- lication management. Student journalists worked 011 the B-G News, Student Directory, Freshman Handbook, and Key. At the annual Publications Recognition Banquet, awards were given to students Who had done outstanding work in their field. The department sponsored an annual High School Jour- nalism Day, a competition for high school writers and papers. Professor of physics and chairman of that department is WILLARD E. SINGER, who came to the University in 1927. EL- DEN T. SMITH received his doctorate from Western Reserve University. He came to the University in 1940 and is chairman of the speech department. WALDO E. STEIDTMANN is professor of biology and chairman of that depart- ment. Dr. Steidtmann joined the Bow- ling Green faculty in 1936.