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

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Area handicapped children were entertained at a holiday party given by Pi Kappa Alpha and Alpha Xi Delta in the City Park Shelter House, below. Parents of the children and the Wood County nurses were guests of honor. Press Club sponsored an election night Watch Party in the recreation hull. Students and townspeople could phone to hear the latest results, or watch returns on television, right. Student lcachcr. one of the best mnhussadors for the University, Conducts a music lesson in Bowling Green elementary school, below.

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Nurse checks Jean Goldingeris blood pressure before okaying her as a donor to the Red Cross blood bank, which visits the University three times yearly. An ACE member entertains a young Bowling Green resident at the club's annual children's party. 12 as others know it As the University spreads its influence throughout the community, area, state, and nation, Bowling Green has begun to enjoy the prestige of larger and better-known schools. Graduates confidently emerge from their aca- demic cocoon to build, teach, lead, 2111 over the world. Branches of the University in Mansfield and Sandusky are helping to fill the need for teachers throughout the state, and extension classes have brought further learning to residents of Northwestern Ohio communities. To the people of Bowling Green, the University means prestige and a chance for cultural development. Many teachers in city schools are BGSU graduates. Townspeople throng to Artist Series programs, feel very much a part of the campus as they watch a parade of togzlrclad iiGrecks wind their way through town or see nour team emerge Victoriously from a hard-fought game. Bowling Green residents may be happy when University personnel and visitors fill cash registers in their stores, or annoyed when Wooster Street traffic is tied up for the annual Sadie Hawkins parade. Many area educators and businessmen have attended conferences on the campus, benefiting from the guidance of BGSU faculty. Students promoted community service projects as a part of Greek Week, donated Christmas baskets to needy residents, serenaded in Wood County Hospital, contributed most 01' the blood bank quota, helped clean up after a disastrous fire, offered free baby-sitting and taxi service on election day. Each organization con- tributed in some way toward public relations, and the resulting good will cannot be measured in dollars and cents.

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I4 CHANGE is written in bold Planning now for an expected en- rollment of 7,500 students by 1963, Bowling Green is involved intensely in a $32 million development pro- gram. Under Pres. Ralph W. Mc- Donaldk 10-year master plan, class- room buildings will be concentrated in the inner area of the campus. Vaneifs dormitories and sorority row will exist west of the main cam- pus, with men's residence halls lo- cated to the east. Almost half of the proposed con- struction is completed, in progress, or in the architectural planning stages, according to Pres. McDonald. Six major instructional buildings are to be opened in the next six years. When the program is completed, Bowling Green will boast 64 permanent struc- tures. A plot of ground west of the Li- brary became Founders Quadrangle and a Music Bldg. this year. Construc- tion of the Home Economics Bldg. was started this spring in the same area. A new Administration Bldg. is planned lfor the west end of the Mall. A residence center for women will be- gin to take shape this summer north of sorority row, zind construction will soon begin on the proposed Arts and Sciences Bldg. Approximately one-hali 01' the de- velopments, including the $5 million University Union, is being financed through sale 01' self-liquidating bonds. No taxpayers money will be involved, stated the president. letters