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

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Unifversity's Workshop The Workshop of the University is the classroom -Whether it be sociology, psychology, music or one of 25 other academic departments in the University. It is the prime meeting place for the student and his teacher. It is here that the student receives directions along the educational road. All other facilities of Bowling Green State University - the Library, the faculty member's office, the Union, the classroom building-exist only to support the learning process. More than 250 fulltime faculty members, approx- imately 60 per cent of Whom have doctorates in their fields of teaching, contributed to the Univer- sity's educational program in its Golden Anniver- sary year. On the Main Campus, at branches in Sandusky, Fostoria, Bryan and Fremont, and in a dozen ex- tension class locations throughout Northwest Ohio, they taught more than 6,000 students. Lights Burn Long In South Hall His day's classes ended, a student rests before returning to evening study in the Library Reference Room. He is one of thousands who make increasingly greater use of the Library. classes. Newest classroom building, South Hall, ablaze from lights of night workers, was completed in time for Fall, 1959,

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Classrooms Are The Primary Meeting Places .xl ,rw,..' ., W V f ., 'l'saPJ ' 'kgrwl ',,,J,.-l l 'ii 'i 25-ff' More faculty offices, much-needed for study, research and lesson planning, were provided through opening of South Hall. Using a tabulator to compile research data is Instructor Joseph Perry. Hours of rehearsal in the rooms of the Hall of Music are transformed into a memorable evening of fine music in the Union ballroom. Seymour Benstock conducts the Symphony Orchestra in a pops concert. In one of two large, ground floor lecture halls in South Hall, psychology Professor Cecil Freeburne addresses a class. . ,Y 'l.t ? ' ve. V

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The Days Swing By A few hours after the last worker leaves the bakeshop in Williams Hall basement about 4 a.m., the University's class day gets under Way, a day that lasts late into the afternoon before individual study and other pursuits take over. It is a day varied in the classes held, the forms of relaxation, with surprises like a visit to a classroom by Governor Michael V. DiSalle, or unusual Work like 30 minutes spent in a Speech and Hearing Clinic session, aiding a child in his struggle with the shape of sound. Four years at Bowling Green State University is such a short time. Map making in geography is a study in concentration. , . y N. J I QAM Vi, ' I I 'Y -lm'-:wi ' I 41'-'xfs v y fr, ' ' Zilvbb sw ,fy 'hir-mi 'X F-A .- ,, s,. . r-:QQ -, f ,Jr s fr 77 r aft r vw... t . W..-W. University Union Browsing Room is popular for study, re- laxing with its comfortable choirs, array of magazines and music. Biology students dissect a mud puppy in a lab. WT? K'