University of Toledo - Blockhouse Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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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

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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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Dean B iker HARMACY Krieder, Osgood, Brandeberry, Oddy, Searles, Cataline, Fortney, Finch, Bowman. No other department at the University of Toledo is better represented locally than is the College of Pharmacy, where embryo druggists of today are trained to become tomorrow's experts. In the first year of the college, under the guidance of its director, Dr. George F. Baker, the department made great progress. Founded on really strong bases, for the pharmacy division of the University is one of its oldest departments as a class, this new college is rapidly attract- ing students from outside Toledo to the classes here. It was on january 10, 1938, that the new college was separated from the Arts and Sciences division. From that time on, the cur- riculum was arranged so as to provide ' the student with preparation for work as a druggist, a pharmaceutical chem- ist, and, of course, for graduate work in the field of pharmacy. Since many of the students in this college are already working, the facul- ty has arranged the classes so that those employed may attend classes but still hold onto their jobs. Thus both prac- 22 tical and scholarly experience are made available to the student. Nineteen are included on the faculty of the College of Pharmacy. Not only does the faculty offer courses in pharmacy work itself, but in its correlated fields, such as accounting, business, and economics. One never realizes the courses offered in this college until the curriculum is viewed. Such subjects as ethics of pharmacy, pharmaceutical arithmetic and Latin, and phar- macy jurisprudence, are among the many courses offered which differ from common public opinion. Social life in this college is led by Kappa Psi fra- ternity, an international honorary in the pharmacy field. Thus a great advance has been made by the Univer- sity in this college since 1904 when the Division of Phar- macy was first introduced as an integral part of the Uni- versity's work. Since then the additions made in 1927. and 1933. have been supplemented yearly until the present college stands to become one of the most popular in years to come.