University of Toledo - Blockhouse Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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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.

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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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NYA assistants aid in the distributing of the books throughout the day, and WPA helpers assist in the intri- cate work on the stacks themselves. The library is more than a mere repository for books. It really is one of the most vital parts of the University. Although the silence law is fairly well observed. many things have been planned by campus groups while they were in the library. just as one notices the same people in certain parts of the school every day without fail, so does one find the same people taking the same places in the library every day. The library is human. In this age of dash and glim- mer, the quiet of the library is a pleasing respite to the student, whether day or evening session, when he leaves the classroom and is beguiled by the near sanctity of the place. lt is no wonder, then. that the students first feel it when some part of the library's facilities are curtailed, More inspiration for A grades has come from the library than from any other source at the University. More than 6lJ,1l01J volumes are owned by the library. Approximately the same number of unbound pamphlets and leaflets are contained in its shelves. This is a small amount in comparison to the collections of the old- er Universities, but certainly it will serve as a wonderful nucleus to the University of Toledo library of the future. It seems well to visualize the library of the future on this campus. If such a small reading room as the one at present can attract the students day after day, certainly a larger building devoted entirely to library and reading room purposes will certainly be the center of campus scholastic activity. With progress at the University certainly inevitable, it seems logical that the most needed element on the whole campus is a larger library, so it is on this project that the library-interested groups are working. Meanwhile, until such a welcome addition comes, the present reading room serves as the best place for the scholars to get their material. Besides serving University students, the library opens its doors to citizens of Toledo in search of higher educa- tion. 21