Ohio State University - Makio Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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MAKIO FACULTY Upham It is very seldom that four members of the faculty of any one University hold the presi- dencies of their respective pro- fessional societies in any one year. But such is the case at the University this year. Ohio State is proud of this achievement. Brumley A BUSY life in organized medical work reach ed its climax this year for Dr. John II. J. Upham when he was elected president of the American Medical Association. He has also been secretary, editor, and president, suc- cessively, of the Ohio State Medical Associa- tion. He has been dean of the College of Medicine since 1927. To Ur. Oscar V. Brumley goes a double dis- tinction: he is president of the American Vet- erinary Medicine Association and dean of the largest College of Veterinary Medicine in North America. A native of the state of Ohio, an alumnus of the University, he has written several texts in Veterinary Medicine. The American Association of Dental Schools chose Dr. Harry Semans, who had served it well in previous years in other capacities. He has been president of many other dental so- cieties and associations. Dr. Semans has been dean of Ohio State ' s College of Dentistry since 1915. A southern farm boy who worked his way through the University of Alabama and the Yale Law School, this year is president of the Association of American Law Schools. Thus has high honor come to Dean Herschel W. Arant of the College of Law. Twenty years after his graduation there. Dr. Arant was re- called to the University of Alabama to receive the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. Arant 26

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» in ■mi 4 I for ml ftiK UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATORS WHENEVER fourteen thousand people gather, govern- ment hecomes an important factor. Whenever four- teen thousand students gather, administration is depend- ent upon the efficiency of its heads. The Ohio State Uni- versity is justly proud of the quiet and capable persons who administer government of students and faculty. Dean of Women Esther Allen Gaw supervises the activities of the women on the campus. Housing, social education, vocational information activities — all are un- der her jurisdiction. While teaching psychology at the University of Santiago during the Winter quarter, the activities and duties of the office were assumed hy associ- ate Dean Zorhaugh. This is Bland L. Stradley ' s first year as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, J)ut he is still University Examiner and Secretary of the Entrance Board. He also conducts all correspondence and business connected with the admission of students to any division of the University. As registrar of the University Miss Edith D. Cockins handles a most important part of the administration, but she has other titles and duties — secretary of the faculty, alumni recorder, and University editor. She has much in- fluence, and performs her offices diligently. Chief of the business end of the University adminis- tration is Carl E. Steeb, University business manager and Secretary of the Board of Trustees. Since his graduation from Ohio State in 1899 he has been associated with the accounting and purchasing departments. Joseph A. Park guides the social, extra-curricular, and personal activities of the men in the University. He is also an advisor and faculty representative to the Student Senate. Park Steeb Cockins 25

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HALL OF FAME Townsend The Makio proudly presents to you its Hall of Fame. For the honor these men have brought the University in their respective endeavors, they are deeply deserving of the humble tribute that is paid them here. Erode Goddard Crane COLONEL Grosvenor L. Townsend retired this winter as commandant of the R. O. T. C. after twelve years of service to Ohio Slate. Capable leader of the military depart- ment, he has been Faculty Club president and chairman of the Athletic Board. Colonel Townsend received a life membership in the University Golf Course and a Varsity O . In 1936 Dr. Wallace R. Erode traveled to Siberia as a member of the Harvard-M. I. T. expedition to observe a total eclipse of the sun. He was a member of the Perkins Observ- atory eclipse expedition to Douglas Hill, Maine. One of Ohio State ' s youngest chemists and scientists, he has been on the faculty since 1928. This year Dr. Henry H. Goddard received many expressions of appreciation from honor- ary societies for outstanding achievements in the science of Abnormal Psychology. Thus was recognition given to the distinguished gentle- man who introduced the Binet-Simon test to America, translating it from the French. To Mr. Evan J. Crane, an Ohio State Alumnus, the Society of Chemical Industry this year voted its medal for his work in abstracting chemical and scientific papers. Mr. Crane, editor of Chemical Abstracts, directs the publication and preparation of over sixty thousand abstracts annuallv. 27