Miami University - Recensio Yearbook (Oxford, OH)

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Dean Alderman, whose appearance likens him To a successful business man raTher Than Dean of The School of Liberal ArTs, rafes an arTicle in VVho's Who in America, and is locally noTed among The male sTudenTs of The UniversiTy as head of The armed forces reserves, his official TiTle being-Armed Ser- vices RepresenTaTive. The good Dean compleTed graduaTe sTudy aT Har- vard Universify, has a Ph.D. degree, is a member of Phi ETa Sigma, Phi BeTa Kappa, and Phi Mu Alpha. He conTribuTes regularly To scholasfic magazines and liferary iournals, and also belongs To The Modern Language Associafion. His home, siTuaTed on a siTe of five-and-one half acres, is a liTTle more Than a mile from Oxford. Since walking is one of his favoriTe diversions, he has walked To The campus for years, long before pres- enT day gasoline raTioning made iT profiTable as well as delighTful. The culTivaTion of flowers and Trees abouT his home occupies much of The Dean's spare Time, a greaT deal of which we has generously given up in order To advise The college men. MIAMI' W. E. Alderman Dean Glos came To Miami The year ThaT The School of Business opened as a separafe school of The Uni- versiTy. Since ThaT Time his efforfs have been direcf- ed Toward keeping The School of Business efficienf and consTanTly abreasT wiTh a changing world. He possesses The remarkable abiliTy of knowing all alumni of his school. NoT only is he personally ac- auainfed wiTh These sTudenTs, buf also keeps in Touch wiTh Them and mainfains Their new addresses, in- cluding Those in The armed forces. Whenever Time permifs he pracTises his profession-ThaT of a Cerfi- fied Public AccounTanT. True To The TradiTion of mosT business men, Dean Glos is an ardenT golfer. Numismafology, or coin- collecTing, is his favoriTe hobby. Oiher of his campus acTiviTies include membership in Phi ETa Sigma, BeTa Alpha Psi, DelTa Sigma Pi, and Gmicron DelTa Kap- pa, naTional men's service honorary. Aside from being an excellenT professor and head of The business school, Dean Glos is also a True family man. His lovely wife is a former member of Cwen DEAN R. E. Glos

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.T Elizabeth HamilTon MarTha Jaques Charles T. Jenkins Ralph J. McGinnis Mary Schlenck William C. Smyser Mr. Arfhur F. Conrad, supplemenTary head of The deparT- menT of grounds and equipmenT, superinfends The work of keeping The grounds in good condifion. To him musf go our Thanks for Miami's beaufiful campus. Before Mr. Walfer M. Everharf, superinTendenT of mainfe- nance, lies The all-imporTanT iob of reTaining The beauTy of UniversiTy buildings and grounds in spife of War regu- laTions and The curTailmenT of maferials. Mr. Joseph W. Fichfer divides his Time beTvveen assisfing The vice-presidenT, Traveling abouT The sTaTe conTacTing prospecfive sTudenTs, and Those dufies recenfly acquired Through his appoinTmenT as MasTer of The STaTe Grange. Miss Elizabefh Hamilfon, beloved as Dean of Women for The UniversiTy, also capably serves as faculfy head of Bishop Hall, upperclass Women's dormifory, and is an assisTanT professor in' The English deparTmenT. Miss MarTha Jaques is The guardian angel of The Treasurers of all sTudenT organizaTions. As UniversiTy audiTor she checks all Their bookkeeping, and audifs all Their books once each monTh. Mr. Charles T. Jenkins, as N.Y.A. coordinafor in The Uni- versiTy, presenTs working opporTuniTies To The financially embarrassed. ln addiTion, he serves as advisor To fresh- man men living oufside The dormifories, and as personal secrefary for Miami. Mr. Ralph J. McGinnis, direcTor of The C.P.T. milifary Training program, direcTor of The Miami Volunfeer Train- ing Corps, head of The UniversiTy News Bureau, advisor To The sTudenT publicafions, and professor of iournalism. Quife a man! To Miss Mary Schlenck, head of The UniversiTy boarding deparTmenT, goes The unceasing graTiTude of The compleTe sTudenT body. Her job becomes increasingly difficulT WiTh The progression of The War. Mr. William C. Smyser, as regisfrar of The UniversiTy, keeps a compleTe record of all aTTending sTudenTs. To him and his sTaff of capable assisTanTs falls The Task of scheduling all classes.

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,nl E. J. Ashbaugh As heod of the School of Educotion, Deon Ashbough hos been turning out o coliber of teochers which does greot iustice to the high reputcstion lviiomi hos omong universi- ties which include educotion in their vorious curriculo. Be- couse of the unusuol omount of sotisfoction he receives from his work, he pities individuols vvho derive little pleosure from their coreers ond thus eperience o necessity for numerous hobbies. The enioyment ond success he crchieves from this vvork con be ottributed, in port, to his interest in ond enthusiosm for young people, for he be- lieves them to be on honest ond sincere generotion. Being very fond of reoding the Deon hos in his librory o greot ossortment of books including dromo, poetry, ond biogrophy. An explonotion for his cosmopoliton toste in reoding moy be found in the foct thot or diversified peruscil of books culminotes in o voried portroyol of personolities ond chorocter. As on outhority in the field of progressive educotion he tries to include foresight in the troining of his teochers, who continue to uphold Miomi's excellent reputotion in educo- tionol circles. J. W. Clokey As heod of the School of Fine Arts since l939, Deon Clokey hos contributed much to the musicol progress of Ivliomi.,In ciddition to his vvork ot Bishop House, The Uni- versity orchestro ond lvlinnesingers ore under his direction, presenting versotile concerts eoch yeor for the enjoyment of the compus. ln occordonce with his musicol coreer, mony fine com- positions ore occredited him, ond he is noted for his or- rongements for orgon ond church music. As o member of the Episcopol church of Oxford, he hos obly octed os choir mdster ond orgonist for mony yeors. His musicol offilio- tions include Phi Mu Alpho, which is represented by o chopter ot Ivliomi, Americon Guild of Orgonists, ond Delto Omicron, of which he hos the honor of being o no- tionol potron. Aside from o vocotion, Deon Clokey's interests ore mony ond voried, comping ond hiking, photogrophy ond point- ing ronk omong the highest. He hos the very distinguished quolities of being omioble ond unossuming. Furthermore, he hos the remorkoble osset of keeping oppointments to the minute.