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

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES ClX prominent Ohio educators gather each month in the dignified office of President Bow- man to decide the future of the University. These men comprise the Board of Trustees, re- sponsible for all important changes in Kent State personnel, curricula and in general operating pro- cedure. Re-elected President of the Board this fall was John R. Williams, who served with Joseph B. Hanan, vice president, Robert C. Dix, secretary, and Dr. Otto J. Korb, treasurer. Five of the six Board members are appointed, one for each year, for a five-year period of service. The sixth trustee is the state director of education, an ex-officio Board member. Members of the Board of Trustees and the years in which their present terms expire are: John R. Williams, Madison 1948 Robert C. Dix, Kent 1949 Dr. Clyde Hissong, Columbus (ex-officio) 1949 Dr. Otto J. Korb, East Cleveland 1950 Dr. Charles H. Lake, Cleveland 1951 Joseph B. Hanan, Akron 1952 Inset: John R. Williams, President of the Board SEATED: Joseph B. Hanan, Otto J. Korb, President George A. Bowman, Robert C. Dix, Charles H. Lake. Proposed Student Center 29

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Proposed Men ' s Dormitory Governor Thomas J. Herbert Dr. Clyde Hissong STATE OFFICIALS IZ ARLY in the chilly fall quarter, hundreds of students J braved Ohio winds to huddle on the outskirts of Kent State ' s first post-war construction project. Students took a personal interest in the much-heralded new buildings — the first since 1940 — as they watched President Bowman sink the ground-breaking shovel; and interest continued throughout the winter as huge old trees were wrenched from the ground, to be replaced by brick and mortar. Dozens of workmen did the actual digging and hauling, but two men little known by students were largely respon- sible for the many improvements this year. Governor Thomas J. Herbert and Dr. Clyde Hissong, state director of education, have been behind the University ' s material prog- ress. Because of their help, the Ohio State Legislature granted funds necessary to keep KSU in step with the state and nation-wide program to further higher education. Improvements began during the fall quarter with a thirty per cent increase in faculty, bringing the total to nearly 250 full-time professors. Building projects were more in the spotlight, however. While students were enjoying afternoon snacks and dance sessions in the temporary Hub, the two foresighted state leaders helped authorize money for a larger, permanent student center-classroom building. Construction also began on a men ' s dormitory, men ' s health and physical educa- tion building, a hospital, and a laboratory for arts, home economics, and business students. Although they never will personally make use of these new buildings, Governor Herbert and Dr. Hissong have taken enough interest in Kent State ' s development to insure proper facilities for coming generations of students. 28

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T 7 HEN Dean Arden L. Allyn came to the Uni- versity in 1934, the College of Business Administration was practically unnoticed in a school dominated by students preparing for teach- ing careers. In the last dozen years, however, the business curriculum has earned a place of its own, with fifteen major fields of study possible now, and a local chapter of the largest professional business honorary in the world. As the reputation of the BA college has pros- pered in outside business circles, so has respect in- creased for Professor Allyn, only pre-war academic dean still serving KSU in that capacity. Dr. John Reed Spicer came to Kent State from the dean ' s chair of Westminster, an old scholarly college in Western Pennsylvania, bringing with him the personal interest in his students usuallv associated only with small schools. As Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, Dr. Spicer has made every effort to accommodate the several thousand students who account for the arts college lead in enrollment at Kent State. Recognizing the need for more thoroughly train- ed students in graduate schools, Dean Spicer has particularly concentrated this year on improve- ment of the pre-professional curricula in his college. Scores of years ago the founder of a neighboring university lost a buggy wheel in the mire near the Cuyahoga River, where Kent State now stands. The wheel was recovered, painted a bright blue and gold, and set up as a football trophy between the two schools. Known for his ingenuity in establishing this and similarly imaginative traditions is genial Raymond E. Manchester, Dean of Men since 1920. Scarcely resembling the stern, old-fashioned prototype dean, he himself has become one of the traditions of the University as the result of his efforts to encourage good sportsmanship and study. 30