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

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,I SCIENTIST Averill J. Hammer, professor of chemistry, has earned a national reputation for studies of clay. Faculty Members Did Specialized Research Studies and research projects provided opportunities for many faculty members to advance and improve in their fields of interest. Many research papers were published in professional magazines and journals. Research centered around the fields of human behavior and human relationships, means of benefiting humanity, and ex- ploring areas in the ine arts. In the psychology department rats were used as subjects of research concerning sleep. Dr. joseph Balogh of the sociology department investigated methods of punishment in various penal institutions. A I

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USC IH the Library to study, to whisper, to date. i 1 l ii Through Research We Learned Research was required in all courses of study, whether the research was extra reading in the library, writing special research papers, working with new equipment, finding new facts about a subject, or just doing daily assign- ments reading in textbooks. Many students earned money for room and board or tuition by doing re- search in their field of study. Students tested samples of the University's milk supply and water samples from Urschel Quarry. Some students aided the research of their instructors by doing certain jobs pertaining to the project. These projects meant doing such jobs as releasing pigeons, feeding rats, chopping holes in ice, collecting rocks and other samples, and making copies of material already gathered. Although these jobs seemed strange, they were all necessary to some research project. about 8 as finals approach finds a full ......J mp-

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PHYSICS PROFESSOR Donald Bowman devotes his summers to powerful X-ray experimentation for che Army in Detroit. SOCIOLOGIST Joseph Balogh is conducting a study of law officers' views on capital punishment.