Miami University - Recensio Yearbook (Oxford, OH)

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S pring Street passes Hanna House on its way to meeting Route 27. As students walked east they came to Culler Hall, home of Miamils computer. There, systems analysis students learned the 0-1 code for computer punch cards and were on their way to becoming the fingers that pushed the buttons that ran the world. In Laws Hall, business students found that what happened yesterday was as important as what happened today. To keep students abreast of the latest developments in the national and international business world, seminars for advanced majors were added to the regular curriculum. The basic program of business students followed the standards set up by the American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business. Dr. D. R. Cawthorne, Dean of the School of Business Administration, said many executives feel llMiami has one of the top three business schools in the Midwest? Besides the faculty seminars, business students had opportunities to attend lectures by visiting professors on the many phases of business and business administration. The growing school of business attracted more majors than it lost, and also received a $500 scholarship started by the National City Bank of Cleveland as well as a new grant instituted by Standard Oil of Ohio and a $500 grant from the Mellon National Bank 8: Trust Co. of Pittsburgh. Whether in business or zoology, everyone was sure to put in some time at the Alumni Library. The importance of llface-timel, at the Libe was quickly learned by new stu- dents, but some actually went to llthe building with steps and columnsll to study. If all the books necessary for a term paper were not available, they were probably among the 670 volumes loaned to other libraries during the past year. The compensation was that the library received from other schools 465 books needed for research by the faculty and graduate students. Undergraduates had a fairly adequate 400,000 books available to them; special permission opened the pages of some 150,000 more which were microlilmed. Periodicals, some no longer in print, totaling 900 could also be found in the library. The 25 daily newspapers brought almost everybody who cared to read them up to date with the latest news from back home. he more interested students, or those who changed T majors during the last half of their junior year, could be found in Oxford during the summer. A total of 5,170 education-minded young adults attended the two sessions of Miamils summer school last year. Summer school fell under the direction of Dean Earl Thesken, who was also Dean of the Academic Centers. Thus, the increased facilities and new courses joined the incoming trimester system and the construction of resi- dence halls to meet the problem of increasing enrollment. Miami still had a llsmall school atmosphere in a small town settingll in 1964-65, but in a few short years Miami may have to numerically join the ranks of the big schools. 7'3

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ACADEMICS Four years of college represented a huge step to the in- coming freshmen. Suddenly arriving at Miami for sUmmer registration, they were faced with the bewildering choice of courses that offered everything from archaeology to zoology. Even the common curriculum courses stated at least three different choices. The average Miami freshman entering college last semester took his place in the ranks of the class of 1968. He had scored in the 68th percentile of the American Col- lege Testing Program tests required of all Miami students. Dr. Robert Brown, director of the Student Counseling Service, reported that, iithis is well above the national norm of the 50th percentile on these tests? So the well-above-average, average Miamian arrived in Oxford and attended the first in a series of meetings to decide on his courses for his first year of college. The freshman who planned to major in a held in the College of Arts and Sciences found group requirements almost as numerous as the common curriculum. Language requirements for the A8LS major meant four- teen hours of a language, including the second year. Lan- guages offered for this requirement were Latin, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Italian, and for the really ambitious, Chinese, available for the first time in 1964-. Included was East Asian literature, also begun during this past year. 2.7.. PrOSpective government majors could look forward to their senior year. Dr. James Woodworth, Acting Depart- ment Chairman, added a new seminar for advanced stu- dents. The informal seminar, which met at Dr. Woodworthls home, offered studies in all phases of govern- ment and politics for those who managed to last four years in this department. Students majoring in the biological sciences were not forgotten this year, as anyone who had classes in Upham could attest. Ground was broken for the new wing to famous Upham Arch and the new laboratories being con- structed were scheduled for completion in time for classes in September 1965. Not everyone in the freshman Class was enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences, however, and the other schools at Miami offered varied programs. Applied Science students spent a good deal of their time in Gaskill Hall putting in hours finishing lab work or sales-service Charts. The women in Hanna House were also part of Applied Science, but their late hours were tilled with other things. Home Economics majors lived in this new building on Spring St. which was both a classroom and a residence hall. The kitchen was always in use as the women put into practical application what they had learned. The second floor was covered with bolts of cloth, as the latest in home decorating became the decor of Hanna House.

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RESIDENCES Three alarm clocks shattered the serene silence at Hamil- ton Hall. A groggy coed rolled out of her cozy bed and made her habitual silencing rounds. As the din ceased, her roommate turned over and again fell asleep tthis lucky one had no eight oiclocksl. 11A new day? the coed thought, ilshould always start with a yawn and two cups of black coffee? The yawn came naturally, but then she had to force herself to dress in order to suffer the mornings coffee. As disgruntled as any young lady should be at 7:30 in the morning, she managed to answer, iicoffeef, t0 the waitress,s query. Suddenly she realized how fortunate she was to be eating in her own dining hall with no bitter cold walk to make. Miamians were certainly fortunate in this respect. The issue is more extensive than convenience of meals; Miami was indeed lucky to have adequate food and food- service areas. Each day the Miami F ood Service had the frightening chore of feeding some five thousand students. The Food Service was founded in 1913 for just this purpose, however. Their building, constructed in 1933, today employs about forty people to arrange, order and ship food to thirteen dining halls. Each department worked at the same hurried pace. The bakery turned out some 400 loaves of bread, 518 coffee cakes, 335 pans of dinner rolls and sixty-five pies each day. The complaints of college students about meals were not uncommon, but perhaps they were just a venting of tension. The welI-meaning food service had a name for everything it served, but so did the students. Just before dinner one might have heard comments like these . . . 3C,mon dog food a la ticker-tape with marshmallow glopfi This mis- nomer was known to the Food Service as beef stroganoff with apricot ambrosia. They realized, however, that not every student would leave the table satisfied, even though they received quality and quantity in the food placed before them. Fresh fruit was purchased three times a week, meat and dairy products twice. All products were purchased locally to insure outstanding quality and freshness. A survey through the storage rooms showed representation from Campbells, Kraft, Sexton, Jello and numbers of other brand names and disproved student suspicions. 24 After two cups of coffee it was feasible to think of getting ready to go to that 8:00 Geology lab. Walking out onto the South Quad one saw hushed rows of colonial dorms with masses of green raincoats or madras shirts streaming past them toward the Hub. The dormitories on campus varied greatly with age, from the former mental institution known as Pines to new, ilHilton-like3 Hepburn Hall opened in the fall of 1964. Luxurious Hepburn was constructed on the suite system, two adjoining rooms con- nected by a bath. Each room had a private telephone ta new idea on Miamiis campusll. Two other dormitories using similar floor plans are proposed for 1966. Mrs. Blanche Thomas, the Universityis interior deco- rator, was totally responsible for the color schemes and furniture selections on campus. During 1964 Ogden Hall was remodeled. To its unusual color decor were added bolster beds in each room. These plush facilities did not extend to the 1,100 upper- Classmen living off-campus, whether because the University could not provide adequate housing, or because they wanted to escape from the regimented life of the dorm. However, even oH-campus housing could not escape the Universityis pervasive control; all off-campus housing had to be inspected before students might occupy it tto belay Fire hazards and stolen cornerstonesl.