Miami University - Recensio Yearbook (Oxford, OH)

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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.

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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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sl oo. E. M. Albaugh D. C. Alden L Lu .a.i,....s-.4 .'f'v-fnvv-?-:rx-vassrf-. ., .-... ..- A annul. l W. E. Anderson R. Atherton 5 K Q J. R. Breitenbucher Martha R. Bryan J. E. Cocanougher J. B. Dennison WAR PRCJFESSCRS EEPING equally apace with the nation's conversion from peaceful pursuits during the past year were faculty members of Miami University who assumed additional duties either directly or indirectly related to the war effort. Most closely associated with military train- ing on the campus was Professor R. J. McGinnis, who used experience gained as an officer of French poilu during World War l to present a voluntary mnitary training pro- gram and to serve as commanding officer of the Army and Navy Air Corps cadets stationed in Oxford under the CPT program. Officially listed as chairman of the University Military Training committee, Prof. H. C. Montgomery was instrumental in the establishment of the Miami Volunteer Training Corps. Also among those on the MVTC roster, with ranks varying from Company Commander to Private, were Professors J. B. Dennison, L. S. Hough, A. I. Jacob- son, A. D. Lekvold, E. W. Yrrkola and N. T. Mattox. With 600 students, the faculty members spent three hours each Wednesday evening learning the fundamentals of military drill and undergoing the rigors of a toughening com- mando course. Popular throughout the state were Pro- fessor G. R. Hood's lectures on chemical warfare defense and protection. The establishment in May of the U. S. Naval Radio Train- ing school in Oxford provided new wartime pedagogical problems for an educational institution which has seen its young men leave for service with the American armed forces for every conflict since the War of l8l2. To his already numerous duties, Professor E. M. Albaugh added that of director of education of the Naval school, while Doctor F. A. Wade brushed up on radio code which he learned and used while on field trips to Little America, Antarctica. Until the beginning of the second semester when he was commissioned Captain in the Army Air Corps,