Miami University - Recensio Yearbook (Oxford, OH)

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Dr. A. K. Morris Vice-President rector . . . Build on sound foundations, is the first word from Harvey Hiestand, lecturer in architecture . . . Marston Hodgin directs the palette and brush specialists in Fine Arts, and very well, too . . . Professor Leon P. Irvin heads the department of Romanic Languages . . . Edgar W. King, head libra- rian, keeps track of more than 147,000 vol- umes in Alumni Library . . . tomorrow ' s music teachers learn their do, re, mi ' s under M. Professor Wallace R. 3ography with occa- everybody happy jors know Walter 3ives them the ir cc Elizabeth Lawrengg McConnell sional wit. ■ ■ ■ P Yi C. McN( in physioL Presiden ana xnet A. K. fforris pro ' assu«inj ffe duties of Dr. Upham ' s office during the president ' s trip abroad last year ... J. Marvin Peterson, genial professor of capabilities by economics, takes his students from Adam Smith to Stuart Chase . . . athletically in- clined co-eds learn physical education under Margaret Phillips . . . George L. Rider ' s track champions are outstanding evidence of his coaching talents ... Dr. John D. Schonwald takes care of our thousand and one bumps and bruises at the University Hospital . . . Dr. William H. Shideler ' s pride and joy is his course in evolution . . . research into Miami Valley history wins fame for Professor Wil- liam E. Smith . . . mansions of philosophy are the domain of Professor W. Wylie Spencer . . . Professor Alice Swisher designs clothes along with the teaching of home economics Fred C. Whitcomb directs the activities study practical arts ... Dr. bward White teaches government and Les Politiques . . . religious activities i are directed by Arthur C. Wicken- Stephen Riggs Williams is one of the jldeM professors in point of service and one best-liked . . . combine them all and ye have an outstanding faculty group . . . r«dy to teach the Miami student . . . ready to help him at any time. FIRST ROW: J Marvin Peterson, pro ' cssar of economics, Margaret Phillips, associate prolessor of physical education lor women, Geoige L Kidei, director ol ' r.-.-.r: ■• 1 jcrtion; lohn D. Schonwald, medical director; William H Shideler, professor ol geology; William K, Smith, professor of hislory SEI30ND ROW: Willard W. Spencer, professor of philosophy and psychology; Alice Swisher, associate professor of home economics, Fred C. Whitcomb, director ot division oi practical arts: Hov ard White, professor oi government. Arthur C. Wickenden. director of religious activities; Stephen R, Williams, professor ol zoology.

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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

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Miss Mary Schlenk Miss Martha Jacques Mrs. Virginia Skinner Mr. C. T. Jenkins Mr. R. J. McGinnis There ' s a school of thought that says Miss Mary Schlenk ' s job is the most important on the campus for she faces the problem of feed- ing some 2,000 students in her position as head of the University boarding department ... if one braves the rather austere name of auditor of student organizations, making the acquaintance of Martha Jacques repays him well . . . she ' s the lady v ho manages some- how to see that everyone gets a ticket to Artist ' s Courses and Junior Proms, in addition to checking the books of our numerous or- ganizations . . . social affairs for our three thousand students are under the direction of Mrs. Laurence Skinner . . . this gracious and charming hostess guarantees the success of social functions ranging from fraternity open houses to the Senior Ball . . . C. T. Jenkins supervises the personnel of tlie University and adds direction of Miami ' s army of NYA students ... he is one more of the men be- hind the scenes who keep the machinery well-oiled and moving smoothly . . . R. J. McGinnis masks a multitude of talents under the title of Journalism instructor . . . public re- lations, the news bureau, supervision of pub- lications, and advisor to would-be newspa- permen are only a few . . . when he begins to be known as Mac , that ' s testimony enough to the high regard in which the students hold him . . . four major additions to Miami ' s build- ing program have given much additional work to Mr. Conrad, superintendent of grounds, and Mr. Everhart, superintendent of maintenance . . . the position of Wallace P. Roudebush as Secretary of the Board of Trustees gives him control of the University pursestrings, but it ' s an efficient control, all of which will go to make Miami a bigger and better school.