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

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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.

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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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Faculty . . 1 SIMA, BERTIL G. F. l Assoc. Prof. , For. Lang. Dept. SIMPKINS, O. N. Instructor Sociology Dept. SNYDER, GEORGE R. Assoc. Prof. Education Dept. SPANGLER, HARRY S. Assoc. Prof. Music Dept. STEFFES, ROBERT A. Asst. Prof. Journ. Dept. STEIDTMANN, W. E. Professor Biology Dept. STONE, HUEERT P. Asst. Prof. Lib. Sc. Dept. STONE, SIDNEY C. Assoc. Prof. Speech Dept. TINNAPPEL, HAROLD E. SINGER, WILLARD E. Professor Physics Dept. SMITH, ELDEN T. Professor Speech Dept. SPOONER, MARY L. Instructor Hlth 84 P.E. Dept. STEELE, H. GLENDON Asst. Professor English Dept. STELLER, WARREN E. Professor Hlth 8x P.E. Dept. STINSON, ROBERT E. Instructor Art Dept. STUTSMAN, GALEN Assoc. Prof. Bus. Ed. Dept. Tnvuvi, JACQUELINE E. Assoc. Prof. Pol. Sc. Dept. TORGERSON, ROLAND M. Asst. Prof. P1'0feSS01' Math. Dept. Ind. Arts Dept. TORGERSON, AMY R. TROUTMAN, Instructor MXSGT. ROBERT D. Instructor Hlth. 8z P.E. Dept. GALEN STUTSMAN is chairman of the business education department and assistant to the dean of the college of business admin- istration. CHARLES GLENN SWANSON is chairman of the sociology department. He came here in 1934. Air Sc. Sz Tact. Dept. Furnishing practical experience for students in industrial arts, the Graphic Arts Department of- fered courses in lithographic printing, press opera- tion, and various phases of photography. Students in these courses did a portion of the printing for the University. Dates, battles, and the building and destroying of empires were studied in the classes offered by the History Department. Degrees were offered in the College of Education, and for the past three years, in the College of Liberal Arts. Students excelling in this field were eligible for membership in Phi Alpha Theta, workshop society for history students. Offering only a one-hour course in 1933, the Li- brary Science Department now gives twenty hours of instruction in library Work. A minor may be ob- tained in both graduate and undergraduate courses. The Music Department had the largest staff of the University. The vocal and instrumental groups toured the country at various times giving perform-