Ohio State University - Makio Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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¢ + . pe a ‘eo JOHN CUNNINGHAM Dean COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE HERSCHEL NISONGER Junior Dean ust as farming was the earliest vocation in what is now Ohio, so agricultural education 1 the original activity of what is now the Ohio State University, which was founded as the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College. Starting with matter-of-fact instruction in farm practices, the scheme of education in the College of Agriculture has broadened and deepened until today it embraces the essentials of the social sciences as well as the natural sciences. Anyone receiving a degree in the College of Agriculture may be regarded as having enjoyed the benefits of a program of instruction that is broad as well as specific. The work of the College may be described as being a program of the sciences that have a direct bearing on the vocation that we call agriculture. The College of Agriculture includes the School of Home Economics. Thus are brought together in the same college young men and young women who are interested in the fundamental practical arts. This is also one reason why the social side of general college life is so well developed in the College of Agriculture. In fact, the coliege administration emphasizes the importance of general organization and social activity as a part of coliege training. Ag college courses offer instruction in the more liberal fields as well as special and technical training in the various branches of agriculture. They form a broad foundation for specialized training. The college covers a multitude of fields, as may be ascertained from a glance at the departments it includes: Agricultural Education, which prepares vocational agriculture teachers for rural high school; Agricultural chemistry, a field which is becoming increasingly important with the development of more efficient farming methods; Agricultural engineering; agronomy, the study of soi's and their man- agement, animal husbandry, resulting in the la fing with thomerand siatoreereCallcass) beautiful animals found on modern farms; the Ag student receives practical training Botany, dairy technology, horticulture and in modern farm and dairy methods. The forestry, poultry husbandry, rural economics, Home Economics School trains students in the art of being successful home managers. zoology, and entomology.

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UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATORS Examiner JOSEPH A. PARK, Dean of Men, supervises the social and extra-curricular activities of the men of the Uni- versity, counsels with them on social, financial and per- sonal questions, and represents the administration in dealing with men students. He is a graduate of Ohio State, Class of 1920, and has an M. A. degree from this institution. While in college he was a member of Sphinx, Alpha Tau Omega, Secretary of the Y. M. C. A., Commander of the University Post of the American Legion, and served on the Makio Staff. ESTHER A. GAW, Dean of Women, is concerned with the administration of all things in the University which affect the women students, such as housing, extra-cur- ricular and social adjustments, all aspects of social educa- tion, and vocational information. Mrs. Gaw attended Flora Stone Mather College of Western Reserve University, Stern Conservatory in Berlin, Germany, and received her Ph.D. from the State University of lowa. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Pi Lambda Theta, and Gamma Psi Kappa. Her hobbies are gardening and the study of Spanish. JOSEPH A. PARK Dean of Men BLAND L. STRADLEY ESTHER A. GAW Dean of Women CARL B. STEEB Business Manager BLAND L. STRADLEY, University Examiner, conducts all correspondence and business connected with the admis- sion of students to any division of the University, trans- fers students within the University, selects students for the cooperative clubs, Tower, Buckeye, and Alumnae House, and is director of the selection of students for the N. Y. A. He attended both Ohio Wesleyan University and Harvard University. His hobbies are horses and dogs. CARL E. STEEB, since his graduation from Ohio State in 1899, has served successively as accountant, purchasing agent, and now as business manager of the University. He is also Secretary of the Board of Trustees and since 1911 has been a member of the Board of Overseers and Treas- urer of the Ohio Union. As business manager, he is the financial officer for the University and is in charge of the officers and employees of the physical plant. Mr. Steeb’s outside activities include fishing and Rotary International. He is a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.

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WALTER SHEPARD Dean COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES HUNTLEY DUPRE Junior Dean he untimely passing away of Dean Walter A. Shepard on January 25 deprived the College of Arts and Sciences of the man who had been its head since 1928. Dean Shepard constantly urged and worked for high standard in the curriculum, methods of procedure, and aims of the College. The two-fold purpose of the Arts College is to lay a liberal foundation for liberal professions and to educate for critical and enlightened citizenship. The College seeks to interpret modern civilization to the youth who are to play an active role of leadership in the world today. Through its wide variety of courses the Arts College tries to give the student an understanding of scientific methods and problems and to develop in him a social outlook on life by acquainting him with great movements in history and the social and economic questions of our time. The College is concerned with helping him work out a scheme of values by giving him an apprehension of the currents of human thought and the prob'ems of human conduct; to develop an appreciation of the best in literature and art; and to acquaint him with languages other than his own so that he may be able to communicate with his fellows. The primary purpose of a liberal education is not the accumulation of a mass of factual information, but the development of intellectual proficiencies and capacities. It should secure a mind free from bias and prejudice, an eagerness for truth, a skepticism which insists upon testing every proposal before giving it adherence, ability to recognize and ana'yze a problem, a keen appreciation of the emotional and aesthetic values of life, a deep respect for human institutions and conventions and a fearless willingness to attack them when they have ceased to serve a useful purpose, and a ready use of spoken and written language as instruments of communication. It does not turn out specialists in any fie!d, ‘but its graduate understands the scientific method and spirit; he has developed a social outlook on life, he has acquired from reading, study, and experience an apprecia- The broadness of the Arts education tion of the best in literature and art, and equips the graduate well-rounded under- is able to communicate in an intelligent standing. Study of natural sciences, lan- guages, and history are important in the curriculum. One of the most popular members of the faculty is “Billy” Graves. and intelligible fashion with his fellows.