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

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PRESIDENT GEORGE A. BOWMAN SINCE coming to Kent from Youngstown, where he was school superintendent. President George A. Bowman has in two years given the university a new strength, and his energetic enthusiasm for the school ' s future has been taken up by our students and faculty members. Observing the growth of KSU, the president has not been content with mere physical great- ness. Instead, he has taken a longe-range view of the problems and responsibilities we face. President Bowman realizes that returned service personnel will make up the majority of student enrolment for some years to come, and has provided for them in our current planning. He has said in regard to the veterans that the responsibility of the university to them is great. We must meet it with devotion and resourcefulness. And we will. Knowing President Bowman ' s firm convictions, we can be confident that the job will be done intelligently and capably. 10

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ACADEMIC . . . WE LOOK to the future with clearer view and calmer judgement than have been possible in any year since 1940. This last year has brought the end of war, and we are struggling now with the adjustments we must make to meet adequately our responsibilities to insure the rich blessings which peace promises. In our thinking and planning for the future, let us not be content with growth in plant and number of students. Our stature in the academic world has grown by the skill and sacrifice of our sons and daughters and faculty during the war. Our stature in the years just ahead will be determined by the quality of our scholarship, by the skill of our teaching, and by the abilities of students and faculty alike to work together with common purpose and with faithful devotion to the institution in which we associate. Our hearts and our active minds are the real and creative forces for the future. The whol ' e future of the university rests upon you and me; what we are, what we think, what we hope, what we do. GEORGE A. BOWMAN President SCHOOL ' S IN!

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES . . John R. Williams, Madison President Joseph B. Hanan, Akron Vice-President Robert C. Dix, Kent Secretory Otto J. Korb, East Cleveland Treasurer Charles H. Lake, Cleveland ASSUMING greater importance this year, the university board of trustees was responsible for handling state appropriations and letting contracts for the proposed student health center and industrial arts building. With expansion of Kent State in mind, the governing body approved the appointments of new faculty members, including football coach Trevor Rees, and the addition of more courses. Its close cooperation with President Bowman is evidence that once again Kent will be known as the fastest growing university in the country. 1 1 1 1 ' I 1 Trustees Williams, Hanan, Dix and Korb outline building plans with President Bowman. 11