Miami University - Recensio Yearbook (Oxford, OH)

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FIRST ROW: ' vV . A. i -■ :... iii. Dean of Liberal Arts,- W, I Anaerson jroiessor o( mathematics; E- J. Ashbaugh, Dean of Education Read r:i;n rro:essor oi sociology; K, M, Betz, associate professor of secretarial studies. SECOND ROW: H C. Brill, professor ol chemistry; H. C. Christofferson, director of division of secondary education; F. L. Clark pro- lessor oi Greek and art; F. S. Crawford, Jr., acting assistant professor ol Lalm. R- L. Edwards, professor oi physics. phenomenal growth of the school from an enrollment of 227 at the time of its founding in 1927 to 955 in the current year . . . with this growth has come a position of eminence for Miami ' s business school and a rank among the best schools in the country . . . this year marks the tenth year since the foundations for the Fine Arts school were laid by Dean Kratt . . . the variety of activities sponsored by this division, namely the university band, symphony orchestra, choral groups, concerts, student recitals, and art exhibits testify to the prominence of this fine school despite its rel- atively small enrollment. Dr. F. Alton Wade came to Miami in 1936 with all the respect due a man who braved Antarctica with Admiral Byrd ... his third year here finds the respect as strong as ever and enhanced by the discovery that here is the personification of hail, fellow, well met ... no better recommendation exists for a rank among our popular professors than Wade ' s recent appointment as head geolo- gist on the forthcoming Byrd expedition. Walter Havighurst, associate professor of English, won new laurels for himself and for Miami with his latest novel, Upper Missis- sippi, A Wilderness Saga . . . the number- less students, past and present, who have grown to know this man on the campus and in the classroom held him in highest regard, however, long before his northwoods epic reached the press . . . sympathy, understand- ing, and untiring patience have won him the title of one of our best-liked teachers. Dr. Harry Howard, associate professor of history, has received great attention from foreign diplomats because of his fine work on recent political developments in the Balkan coun- tries. Dr. W. S. Thompson is one of the lesser Dr. F. A. Wade Prof. Walter E. Havighurst Dr. Harry N. Howard Director Warren S. Thompson

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Commencement Day Upham Reception Today Miami has four schools, each of wliich IS on efficient group functioning under able leaders in their respective fields . . . whether they find him on the campus in street clothes or in less formal attire working among the flowers around his home, ten hundred and eighty-two students in the Liberal Arts divis- ion are always certain to find a good friend and a competent advisor in Dean Alderman . . . four years at Miami have firmly estab- lished the best of relationships between the Dean and his scholars . . . administering the education of prospective school teachers has been the principal activity of Dean Ashbaugh for the past ten years, but it has by no means been the sole one ... he has been a pioneer work here on Miami ' s campus, a e field of progressive education, ,c writer in his field ... at present j office of National Vi 1 Kr cl]jrtraini qJH is me record of ninw ' er cent success in place- graduates . . . Dean Glos can look back on twelve years as a member of the Business School faculty, the last two of which have been spent as successor to Dean Dale, now President of tlie University of Idaho . . . proud, and rightly so, is Dean Glos of the WILLIAM E. ALDERMAN ERNEST J. ASHBAUGH RAYMOND E. GLOS THEODORE M KRATT

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FIRST ROW: Arthur T. Evans, professor of botany; A. Loren Gates, professor of speecfi; R. E. Glos, Dean of School of Business Administration. SECOND ROW: Elizabeth Hamilton, Dean of Women; Charles H. Handschin, prolessor ol German; Martha J. Hanna, professor of home economics. THIRD ROW: John W. Heckert, director of elementary education; Harvey A. Hiestand, lecturer in architecture; Marslon D, Hodgin, assistant professor ol art. FOURTH ROW: Leon P. Irvin, prolessor of Romanic languages; Edgar W. King, librarian: Theodore Kratt, Dean ol School of Fine Arts. FIFTH ROW: M Elizabeth Lawrence, associate professor of music education; Wallace R. McConnell, professor of geography; Robert C. McNelly, associate professor of physiology. known men on the Miami campus . . . how- ever, this fact does not detract from the im- portance either of the man or his work . . . his position is that of director of the Scripps Foundation on Miami ' s campus ... its pur- pose IS to study population problems ... he also is first vice-president of the American Sociological Society and is widely known as one of America ' s foremost authorities in his field. Star-gazers take their cues from Professor W. E. Anderson, who supervises the University telescope and sponsors student use of the observatory ... Dr. Read Bam is an eminent authority on sociological problems . . . local aspirants to secretarial positions get their training under Miss Katherine Betz . . . when Hughes Hall gets its new wings, chemistry Professor H. C. Brill will have a respite from the dingy labs of the old building . . . school teachers who aspire to the secondary schools take good advice and lots of it from Dr. H. C. Christofferson . . . Athens m its prime is brought before Miami students through the medium of Dr. F. L. Clark, professor of Greek and Art . . . F. S. Crawford, Jr., assistant pro- fessor of Latin, will replace the late Professor Fred Hadsel in the Latin department . . . Ray L. Edwards, physics professor, brought Miami into the limelight when he spotted an error in the Evolution of Physics, written by Albert Einstein ... Dr. Arthur T. Evans, the man who roams the West in search of botanical specimens, is known for his tall stories ... A. Loren Gates, head of the speech department, has returned from a sick-bed to give Miami its first Campus Varieties, a mu- sical show of great success . . . fifteen hun- dred Miami women look to Dean Elizabeth Hamilton for counsel . . . between German classes. Professor Charles Handschin finds time for his flowers and shrubs . . . Martha J. Hanna, home economics professor, teaches co-eds to find the way to a man ' s heart . . . school-marms-to-be get their training under Dr. John W. Heckert, elementary school di- 14