University of Toledo - Blockhouse Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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ENGINEERING Witlu Toledo one of the nations industrial centers. it is most fortunate that the University's College of Engi- neering has access to the many factories here, for it gives to its many students the best experience available. Under Delos VV. Palmer, dean of the department, the college made many advances this year. To begin with, the department secured a large amount of expensive machinery gratis from a local manufacturer. The addi- tion of this machinery greatly enhanced the facilities of the engineering division. Ivan Zarobsky, one of the members of the engineer- ing faculty, spends not only his time with the engineer- ing classes, but is also adviser to the Blockhouse. I-Ie has also written several books on machine designs which are used as texts for the mechanical engineering courses. Engineers are the most conspicuous on the campus. Tramping over the many acres with their transits and slide rules, the students are always seeing things in a more magnified manner than the rest of the student body. Huss, Stevenson, Friedrich, Osgood, Bowersox, VanSickle, Krieder, Brown, Soucek. Zarobsky, Brandeberry, Palmer, Brennecke, Small. The college of engineering is one of the best known at the University. The students here have their own wing of the building, a separate lounge, separate clubs and or- ganizations. It was best known during the war days when it served as a military training school for the army engi- neers. In fact, courses in engineering were the first estab- lished at the University, when in 1872 it was known as the Toledo University of Arts and Trades. Until 1904, most of the courses here were of engineering nature. In 1910 it became the college of Industrial Science, and so it remained until 1930 when it assumed its present name. The Engineers' Club, situated in the department wing, is a place where the students meet informally, listen to the radio, and hold discussions about contemporary events. The club is known as a haven for overworked scholars. who must pass rigid requirements to fulfill the needs of a graduate engineer. I6 Included in the engineering department is Sigma Rho Tau, national honorary engineering fraternity. Mem- bership is limited to men enrolled in the college. From the standpoint of hours required to graduate, the engineering college is the most difficult in the entire University. A minimum of 145 semes- ter hours is needed for a bachelor of engineering degree. Only the best of scholars are graduated from this branch of the University in four years. Studying takes up the greatest time of all those enrolled, but a well-bal- anced engineering degree is obtained. Dr. Cornelius G. Brennecke is one of the most gifted organists in the University, and has, at several times, given concerts on the University's newly acquired electric organ. Dean P ilmer

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lElDJlUCATll Spears, King, Stalcup. Pollard, Allen, Paine, Braudebeiry, Hickeisun, lilantliard, Brimer Cunningham, Carter, Henry, XX'ard, XX'c-ightman. Since the addition of the physical education major at the University, the College of Education has become one of the most complete organizations on the campus in the lines of academic work. The very atmosphere is conducive to education study because of the many colleges on the campus affording the education student contact with the various fields. Under Dean David W, Henry and Dr. jesse L. Wartl, the education department advanced considerably during the 1939 term. Graduates of the 1958 college were very well placed in teaching positions because of the great work of this department. Offered by the college of education are three distinct fields of work. They are degrees in secondary, ele- mentary, and vocational education. In the first, the work is planned so as to stress the necessities of a teacher in high school workg the second deals with grade school work, the third. a decidedly practical course, stresses the problems of instruction in modern industrial fields. This latter course is under the direction of Harry VU. Paine. Maintained by the department is a placement service for the superintendents and boards of education in this area. By this instrument, they are able to place gradu- ates much easier than if the service were not maintained by the University. Since Toledo is one of the best cities in the nation in re- gard to education, the students in education here have a decided advantage. Practice teaching in Toledo schools gives valuable experience to the upper grade students in education, and because of this. University of Toledo graduates are not exactly green when they get their first teaching positions. Comparatively new, the College of Education has a fairly large alumni, with almost HOU former graduates or students now teaching in the North- western Ohio area. From college professors to kinder- garten teachers, the College of Educa- tion fits the student with the valuable background necessary for teaching positions, It is for this reason, then, that the department stands as a most important part of the University's curricula. 25 Dean Henry Y

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Uhlinglier, Smith, Bch-wut, RUI17 Dotiglas, Stimwn, Racine, Noel LAW A new regime for the college of law began at the University in the fall with the appointment of Edward Stimson as dean of the school. The culmination of four ognition nationally, the law college now may put forth its standards as being able to qualify itself for approval by the American Bar Association. The college of law is h a c arter member of the League of Ghio Law Schools which was organized in 1934 and is today a force in the legal education field. years' work in obtaining rec- Witli a working library of 7,500 volumes, and ac- cess to the Toledo Law Association library of 20,000 vol- umes, students have access to adequate materials for the stu ' ' ' ' dy of legal history and current legal problems. Since all law classes are at night, the students in the Dem Stinwm college are under the evening session student council which arranges social functions to which most of the stu- dents go. The student governing body, however, directly connected with the college, is the law council. This coun- cil, elected by the law students, ar- ranges special lectures and each year sponsors a banquet for law students and advisers. One of the newer ac, tivities is the sponsoring of a law magazine which is pationed by the law college. The advisership plan used by the law college is rec- ommended by the American Bar Association and the Ohio State Bar Association. Under this plan all the law students are assigned to practicing lawyers who act as advisers. Advisers include some of the best known legal minds in the state and the value students receive from them is immeasurable. The idea in the advisership plan of edu- cation is to bring the student int 'l legal profession. , o c oser contact with the The history of the college of law is interesting. Be- ginning in 1906 when the Y.M.C,A. first started evening classes, the work transferred to the University in 1909. Until 1922 law degrees were offered but from 1922 un- til 1953, the law school was but a part of the college of arts and sciences, and only a certificate of law was grant- ed. The re-establishment of the separate college came in 1934 and since then the degree of bachelor of laws has been granted. Dr. Josef L. Kunz, lecturer in international law, is one of the city's best speakers, and the school is fortunate in having him. His class rooms are always crowded in the contemporary events courses, and his other classes on law draw a great amount of praise from his many students. l7or a full knowledge of the important subjects need- ed in background for legal practice, the University's law school is able to supply the request. 27