Kent State University - Chestnut Burr Yearbook (Kent, OH)

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SOPHOMORES N an early fall election Don Wargowsky was elected president of the class, Julie Juch, vice-president, and Gladys Ulch and Marjorie Gamble, secretary and treasurer. FuUfilling the promise they had shown as freshmen the year before members of the class were found active in every part of the Uni- versity. Petite, Betty Lee Winfield, transfer from Muskingum, took honors as bandleader Tommy Dorsey ' s choice for Chestnut Burr Queen. Gloria Cianciola headed the Alloca- tions committee and helped class members Elaine Chamberlain, Don Wargowsky, and Norma Hackundy carry the torch of student government, as representatives to student council. They found need for their talents in publications and Noreen Lutz and Julie Juch over worked their speed graphics to turn out Burr photos. Norma Nisley, Dottie Jones and Lillian Sokoll were busy each Monday and Thursday with the Stater. Prexy Wargowsky was elected Most Popular Man. Department Heads R. HERMAN D. BYRNE, professor and politician, always on hand to help mem- bers of the election committee when prefer- ential ballots were to be counted, is head of the Political Science department. . . . The history oflSce is under the leadership of Dr. Sellow Roberts, who resembles every freshmans idea of what a college professor should look like . . . As the calm and efficient business woman. Professor Cleo Crow heads the department of Secretarial Science ... In addition to his posi- tion as English department head, Professor C. E. Satterfield has worked for a number of years as a member of the Publications Policy committee . . . Well known far outside Uni- versity circles as a leader in his field is Dr. Christian F. Rumold, Physical Science . . . Dr. H. W. Hudson, professor and capable leader of the Economics department . . . The Soci- ology department head. Dr. James T. Laing keeps his classes amused with his stories about my nine year old . . . No other instructor in the University shows more enthusiasm for her profession than does Professor G. Hazel Swan, Kindergarten Primary . . . Dr. Donald Anthony is the industrious head of the Busi- ness Administration department . . . Supervis- ing Secondary Education is Dr. A. W. Stewart, who is known in educational circles for his work with testing and evaluation . . . Directing work of the departments of Geology and Geog- raphy is Dr. David Olsen . . . Psychology stu- dents receive guidance from Dr. D. W. Pearce . . . Women who are majoring in the fi eld of Home Economics are lead by Professor Bertha L. Nixon . . . Dr. C. C. Kochenderfer is the capable leader of the department of Commerce . . . Formerly a missionary to South America, Dr. Willis J. Burner now heads the department 13

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D E N lUCH of the credit for the reputation of fine teachers turned out by Kent State University goes to Dean John Blair, of the College of Education. His classes are inspira- tional because of the originality and wit he uses in conducting them. Dean Arden Allyn, College of Business Administration leader, has helped to develop the scope of business training offered in the University curriculum. Offering a broad cultural background the College of Liberal Arts is headed by Dean Earl Crecraft. Much of its success is due to his consideration and understanding for mem- bers of the college. Their poHtical campaign was gigantic. Under the leadership of sophomore council representatives, Gloria Cianciola and Don Wargowsky, they organized early in the Fall and later elected Jim Elliott, president, Sue Alstot, vice president, and Barbara Berkey and Barbara McDowell secretary and treasurer. They delved into dramatics with The Family Upstairs, and contributed the talents FRESHMEN jEARLY three hundred freshmen en- rolled in the fall quarter and, small but mighty, the Class of Forty-eight started its college career with all the enthusiasm that Freshman classes have had in years past. They went through registration with comparative ease as they listened dubiously to the stories upper classmen told of previous years when it took more than patience to wade through the endless streams of students waiting in lines. They found college life a little different than they had imagined, but they soon adjiisted and became a part of it. An important part too, because they could be the class that would first see Kent in the peace time to come. of thespians, Dave Ryan, Joan Shremp, and Betty Gervin and Edwin Suvanto, to Univer- sity Theatre productions. The Stater groomed some of them into budding journalists, and the names of John Thomas, Carol Linder, Helen Piatt, Kay Tolt, and Ted Phillips made frequent by-lines. One of their number was shy George Yamashiro, Japanese rehabilitation student, enrolled in the College of Business Adminis- tration. In the spring, with chairman Sue Alstot, they climaxed their activities by joining the Sophomore and Junior classes in presenting the Popularity Ball, where the Most Popular Man and Most Popular Woman were pre- sented. 12

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of Foreign Languages. The important job of supervising the work of student teachers is the responsibility of Dr. A. L. Heer . . . Dr. Maurice Baum ' s classes in the Philosophy de- partment, are the most animated courses in the University. JUNIORS I HIS year more than ever before the juniors took over positions of responsibility within the school. A great deal of their efforts turned to journ- alism. Ruth Recht, occupied the chief ' s chair in the Stater oflSce second quarter, and Johnny WilKamson was appointed business manager. IWVl %i s, Jane Sel zer, and Elizabeth Erfley were edition editors of the paper. Here ' s the Deal was the twice-weekly column of what went on about campus, as penned by Don Kemp and T. K. Harris. Herbert Koehn was chosen business manager of the Burr, and Jean Lenner, Mary Thomas, and John Williamson worked on the editorial staff. The years social events were concluded when the class joined Freshmen and Sophomores in presenting the Popularity Ball. Their class prexy, Alice Cox, was introduced as Most Popular Woman. Other class officers were vice president John Williamson, and secretary and treasurer, Ethel Day and Betsy Case. Peggy Curry did an excellent job as the first president of the Student Government Associa- tion. In the theater, the names of Haines and Greenbaum meant good entertainment and Arline Riggle made a fine reputation with her beautiful stage sets. SENIORS OR the class of 1944 the occasion for donning caps and gowns and assuming tem- porary academic elegance was the first assembly of the year given in honor of the seniors. The thoughts that ran through their heads as they marched in the processional were ably expressed by president Meg Cook in her address to the class . . . In the fall of 1940 we started our college careers. Fifteen hundred anxious freshmen, that made up the largest class ever to enter the University, the class of forty-four. We quickly delved into every activity on campus, wanted to be seasoned veterans of the college world in less than a week. Politics raged and the names of Gallagher, Kieselbach, Harris, Davis, and Thorne were ones we all remember now, foixr years later when our number has 14