University of Toledo - Blockhouse Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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King, Parks, Stevenson, Spears. Townsend, Searles, Carter, Henry, Palmer, DEANS AND DIRECTORS ANIIRIZW j. TOWNSEND, Dean of College of Arts and Sciences. DAVID W. HENRY, Dean of College of Education. CI.AIR K. SEARLES, Dean of College of Business Administration. DELOS M. PALMER, Dean of College of Engineering. EDWARD S. STIMSON, Dean of College of Law. GEURQI-1 F. BAKER, Dean of College of Pharmacy. PAIII. W. STANSBIIRY, Director of Graduate Study. DcmNArIu S. PARKS, Director of Personnel. KATHERINE EASLEY, Dean of Women. BRENTON W, STEVENSON, Director of Evening Sessions G. HARRISON ORIANs, Director of Summer Session. NICQHCJLAS MOGENDORFF, Director of Visual Education Deans and directors of the integral departments of the University, these people control the detailed functions of the school's affairs. Publicity, athletics, summer, evening, and day sessions of the University are controlled by these faculty members. Through the efforts of Delos Palmer, dean of the col- lege of engineering, a large amount of expensive machin- ery was secured for the department at no cost to the school except for shipping. Athletic Director Clarence Wiley Spears did excellent work in convincing the Board of Directors that a new re- vitalized program for University sports should be inaugu- rated. Because of this, the Board promised full support in the maintenance of a larger, better schedule for the 1940 football season. In the evening sessions, there was accomplished this year a reorganization in the publicity for it, and this was accomplished mainly by the hard work of Director Bren- ton W. Stevenson. In securing scholarships from Toledo's department stores, Director of Personnel, Donald S. Parks, will go down in University history as being the pioneer of civic scholarship movement in Toledo. The personnel department is perhaps the most impor- tant department in regard to student welfare of any in the school. NYA scholarships are distributed from this office. Student loans are made here. jobs are obtained from this office. Surveys of study habits, opportunities, and student life in general are made from this department. Aid in securing positions for the College of Education graduates is the task of Dean David W. Henry, while Claire K. Searles, in charge of the College of Business Ad- ministration is kept equally busy in keeping aligned the graduates of its department. 19

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Mack, Xwuodward, Nash, Carter, Geiner, Gillham. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIALS PHILIP C. NASH ..... RAYMOND L, CARTER . . . LUCILLE E. MACK ..... EMMA L. VUOODXVARID HAzEL D. GEINER .... MARY M. GILLHAM .. No matter how infinitesimal the task may be, in some way it is brought before these administrators, whose job is taking the final responsibility of what goes on in the University, From President Philip C. Nash, down to Librarian Mary M. Gillham, 1959 was a busy year. Studding this year was the beginning of the junior college, the devel- opment of which a large part was played by Dean of Ad- ministration Raymond L. Carter. The mid-year com- mencement was made memorable in the contemporaneous speech by President Nash on the educator's views on de- mocracy, a talk which proved so forceful that it was later made into a bulletin and sent to all on the University's mailing list. Regulations and changes in them were made more necessary this year, when vandals operated on the lawns. and pesky youngsters attempted to break in the University buildings to do their mischief. Of course, the hardest working individual during en- rollment periods is Registrar Hazel D. Geiner. Natural- ly, with the 1959 freshman class being the largest in the University's history, the registrar was really overworked. Treasurer Emma L. Wootlwarcl has one of the most difficult tasks in the administrative in controlling the fi- nances of the school. Not only must the students be kept 18 ............PreJide11l . . .Dean of AdlllilZfJf1'dli017 ...........Secretary . . .Treafrzrer . . .Regirlmr . . .Lib1'rz1'ir111 informed of their tuition status from this office, but funds from all extra-curricular activities are taken care of in this office. As secretary of the University, Lucille E. Mack must align the social functions of the administrative officials, arrange local conventions, and keep the presidents office informed of the activities across the country in University functions. Naturally, each year finds new problems to be faced by the administrative officials, and 1939 was no excep- tion. The new junior college necessitated the work of more members in administrative moves. More students meant more checking up on the part of the officials in re- gards to grades, personnel problems, and most of all, the preservation of the best interests of the University. Besides doing this work, these officials represent the University at intervals in conventions all over America. President Nash, because of his great ability as a speaker. is in demand, and hardly a week can be found when he is not addressing some educated group on modern problems. Finally, High School Day, and Freshman Wfeek, both integral parts of the initiation of newcomers to the Univer- sity, were arranged by the dean of administrations office, and as a result, this year's program surpassed all of those of other years.

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LIBRARY In the library, high up in University Hall can be found the sources for most of the students' work at school. No other part of the University has a more det- inite atmosphere of study as has this library, where silence and thinking are encouraged, and talking and disorder are punishable by fines. Under Librarian Mary M. Gillham, the department had a good year during 1959. More periodicals were added to the mailing list. More books, both foreign and domestic, were purchased. Because of the increased en- rollment, a greater volume of actual student reading was taken care of by the library. The books on display in the library itself are but a mere sample of what is really owned by the department. Extending from both sides of the reading room are exe tensive stacks, containing volumes from Alcott to Zeus, and covering every known subject of a reasonable nature. Not only does the library bind many of its own books. work of that kind for the other departments as well. but the WPA bindery in the department takes care of Z0 Mary INI, Gillham This year bulletins of the University were bound in great- er annual volumes making them better available for the coming years. The library is aided by many groups. chief among them being the Friends of the University Library, whose social functions throughout the year are held purposely to gain more members whose contributions will buy more books. A large portion of the reading room is devoted to spaces for the law books. lt is from these that the law students get a bulk of their source material, and, because of this, the library keeps late hours in order to accommodate those who study far into the evening, The staff of the department is very capable. Herbert Schering, disciplinarian and assistant librarian, knows as much about the library as is contained in the card file.