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Monitor Newsletter May 01, 1978
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Archival collections center: a gold mine for research A few departments on campus have Ann Bowers directs the collection discovered an academic tr~ure of and administration of the University untapped primary sources. Archives. The University's Center for The consolidation of the three Archival Collections-almost ten collections on the library's fifth floor years old-is being used by: has taken place over a period of -Peggy C. Giordano. sociology, several years. whose classes are studying crime and The Northwest Ohio records delinquency, using Toledo police holdings are part of the Network of American History Research Centers blotters at 2D-year intervals beginning in Ohio. in 1890. The blotters are part of the In addition to serving historians and Center's extensive holdings. other scholars, the Center has aided -Ralph A. Brauer. popular local governments by preserving and culture, whose students are using the holding materials from county, University Archives to study the folk municipal and other government history of the University: dormitory bodies in the 19 surrounding counties. life, dating, administration, and Some of those records are vital other topics, through the BG News statistics; political, court, social files, and other parts of the collection. welfare, land, agricultural, and -Ralph W. Frank. geography, who educational records, and minutes of has assigned his students to in various boards and commissions. vestigate county histories, especially In addition, the Center has about their own counties, if they are from 5,000 bound original volumes of northwest Ohio. newsprint-representing about 350 - EdmundJ. Danziger, history, separate newspapers. whose students study parcels of land, Private manuscripts of local of researching how local people have ficials and other public figures are used it, as an exercise in American also part of the Center's Northwest environmental history. Ohio collection. Dr. Danziger himself is using the Federal census records are on microfilm for the region. The 1860 Great Lakes part of the collection for Wood County Census bas been his study of the Chippewa Indians. computerized under a special federal -James Q. Graham. Jr•• history, grant as part of "Project Heritage" at whose class is studying 19th_ century the University. . newspapers. The Great Lakes holdings include -Bernard Sternsher. history, 85,000 photographs, 3,000 volumes, 700 whose class is studying newspapers navigation charts, 3,000 naval ar during the Great Depression. chitectural drawings, and thousands Dr. Sternsher is using parts of the of pamphlets, letters, manuscripts, collection to investigate an onion corporate records, ships' logs, weeders' strike in Ohio in 1934. newspaper clippings and other -Eleanor Griffin. educational materials. There are vessel foundations and inquiry, whose enrollments from Great Lakes students are using government custom districts, and individual documents to study the history of vessel passages at critical reporting education in northwest Ohio. stations. There are three seoarate collec A special project has produced a tions in the Center-the government computerized inventory of ship records from 19 northwest Ohio wrecks within Michigan coastal counties, the University Archives, waters. '!be Michigan Deparbnent of and the Great Lakes Research Natural Resources will use the in Center. formation to plan underwater parks. sources unearthed Center for Archival Collections The University Archives include Ann Bowers University archivist replaces an old copy of the Bowling Green Director Richard Wright holds an records of the University, information alumni magazine in the stacks. The University Archives are one of the three appointment in the history depart about faculty members and students, major collections in the Center. Gary Bowers directs the Great Lakes ment as well. His interest in local dating back to the school's founding in collection. and Panl Yon, the Northwest Ohio materials. history began with his own private 1914. collection of materials about the The complete files of the BG News, The extensive use of local records Great Lakes, several years ago. That rights, not abolition, notwithstanding yearbooks, bulletins and other as tools for historians is relatively the strength of the abolition collection is now a part of the Center. publications are housed there. new, he explains. Paul Yon, assistant director, is movement in the state. Dr. Wright believes the Center can "We have studied our national "Oberlin and Cincinnati were just responsible for the Northwest Ohio be used more than it is. history extensively," be says. "It's municipal records collection. In islands," Dr. Wright says. "In 1866, "Bowling Green's collection of local just now we're looking at the broad when the Republican legislature addition, he teaches a class in ar records is probably among the top base." chives and museum administration. sought to remove the word 'white' five in the country," Dr. Wright says. "American history bas been too from voting requirements, the general," Dr. Danziger says. "li's legislators were wted out of office. focused on Washington and debates in Ohioans were more inclined to build a Humorist will enliven Congress. Now historians are finding fence around slavery than to tear it valuable to conduct intensive local down the fence." studies. They're poking boles in what Dr. Stemsher has found wting June commencement has been said about what Americans patterns in Ohio differed significantly have been thinking and doing. from the national results during the Humor columnist Erma Bombeck and within three weeks the editor bad They're testing out the Franklin Roosevelt era. Where FDR will be the June 10 commencement brought the column to the attention of generalizations on a local level.'' won by overwhelming margins in 1940 speaker. the syndicate. Dr. Wright and Dr. Danziger are and 1944, be failed to gain a majority Mrs. Bombeck, author of the thrice Mrs. Bombeck, a graduate of the referring to a new approach to in many Ohio counties. weekly column, "At Wit's End," University of Dayton, conducts a history, in which Lee Benson of the "For this purpose, the most im which appears in more than 500 regular column for Good University of Pennsylvania has been portant thing may be what happens in newspapers, makes limited personal Housekeeping, ''Up '!be Wall," and a pioneer. Benson used local voting Wood County, for example," Dr. appearances each year. has contributed to McCall's and records and other materials in New Stemsher says. ''The important thing A former copy girl for the Dayton Reader's Digest. York state to test the accepted in is to focus on the exception. That's the Journal Herald, Mrs. Bombeck also Author of three books, "At Wit's terpretation of the Jacksonian era in value of local history." worked as a cub reporter, and was End," "Just Wait Till You Have American history. Benson found assigned to the women's department ChildrenofYourOwn,'' and ''I Lost the historians' generalizations about· of the paper for five years. She Everything in Post-Natal the period did not hold true in New Depression," Mrs. Bombeck now YorkState. . returned on its editorial pages See EdmUDd Fitzlerald story. page Z. following an absence of several years, resides in Paradise Valley, Arizona. Dr. Wright's studies have reVealed Ohioans probably supported states' . 01 ~)_~·:; f . f . t .-- . .,...... "-'! : ; j <:; '
Shipwreck studied At left, Gary Bailey of the Great lakes collection in the Center for Archival
__/ Collections points out the area in Lake Superior where the Edmund Fit / zgerald went down during a severe storm Nov. 12, 1975. Above, the Edmund Fitzgerald on the lake before the tragedy. These and other materials relating to the shipwreck, and other aspects of Great Lakes studies are in the collection. Great Lakes center delves into Fitzgerald disaster Gordon Lightfoot's ballad about the LOG CHIPS, a newsletter distributed didn't have the buoyancy to come up devoted to cheerier topics, however. 1975 sinking of the Edmund Fitz to 1,700subscribers in the Great again," Mr. Bailey says. Subscribers send news ideas to Mr. gerald brought public attention to Lakes region. The newsletter is Alternative theories have at Bailey, and the pages of the the tragedy. published weekly, except during tributed the sinking to a hole tom in newsletter are full of captains and And Bowling Green's Center for January and February, when ship the hull of the ship. '!be bottom could chief engineers appoinbnents, news Archival Collections may be the best ping on the Great Lakes ceases. have been ripped when the Fitz hit an about cargo, contracts awarded, the place to fmd information on the Lake "We have stayed out of the Edmund underwater shoal not shown on opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway, Superior accident. Volumes of Coast Fitzgerald controversy," Mr. Bailey navigation charts, the theory states. ship arrivals and departures, and Guard reports, books, and other in says. "We have presented the Coast Above the noise of the turbulent water conversions of ships. formation on· the sinking have been Guard reports, but we have also given and the shock as the ship hit the LAKE LOG CHIPS started with turned over to the Center and are now the reaction of the Lake Caniers trough of a wave, the accident might only a few subscribers. Gradually, part of its Great Lakes collection. Association." havegoneunnoti~ shippers from all over the lakes, Richard Wright, the Center Late in March, the National "'!be weather was very bad," Mr. including Canada, along with a director, and Gary L. Bailey of his Transportation Safety Board rejected Bailey says, "but it's still a mystery subscriber from the Bahamas, one staff have delved deeply into that a report by the Coast Guard, at why the ship was lost. It was a fairly from Australia, and two from seafaring saga and other lake lore. tributing the loss of the Fitz to faulty new, fairly large ship-a good ship, England-one of them lloyd's of "Gordon Lightfoot's sopg really hatcbcovers which allowed water to with an experienced crew. London-signed up. whipped_up the controversy," Mr. flow into the hold The result, the "The shipping industry is a closely 1be Great l.akes Collection of the Bailey says. "A lot of people who report stated, was a loss of buoyancy. knit profession," Mr. Bailey says. Center for Archival Collections places never beard anything about Great But that statement was considered "Most Great Lakes shippers knew resources for stu:L,:lakes at the I.akes shipping know about the too general to be accepted by the someone on the Fitz. And of course disposal of these • , as well as Edmund Fitzgerald through the NTSB. the idea is that it doesn't happen for scholars and area residents. Mr. song.'' ''1be report meant the Fitz . again.'' Bailey answers as many mail Mr. Bailey is the editor of LAKE probably nosed throtu!h a wave and. LAKE LOG CIUPS is most often inquiries as possible. Political scientist interprets treaty approval 1be Panama Canal Treaties will the 1950s, while American in not, in fact, intended to be sovereigh, improve U.S. relations with all of volvement in Panama continued. Dr. Anderson says. Latin America, according to Roger ''The Western European allies said Panamanians believe they have Anderson, associate professor of we should renegotiate the treaties," been treated unfairly in the allocation political science. Dr. Anderson says. ''1bey were often ·of canal revenues, acCording to Dr. "It settles a long-standing dispute forced to defend the United States and Anderson. The U.S. Canal Co., on the and allows us to get on with other found it difficult. They will feel more average, has gotten all but one per problems,'' says Dr. Anderson. ''The secure now that the issue is cent of revenues. Under the new treaties will improve our relations resolved" treaty, the percentages will be almost with the Third World and with Under the treaties, Panama will reversed Western Europe, too." assume ownership, maintenance and Few Americans realize how the Dr. Anderson, who teaches Latin operation of the canal by the year Canal Zone bisects the small Central American politics, predicted the 2000. American country, Dr. Anderson recent historic vote on the second of Negotiations for a new treaty were says, presenting administrative and the Panama Canal Treaties would be begun in 1959. Thus every ad social problems for a country whose close. ministration from Eisenhower inhabitants are mostly poor. He predicted a victory for the treaty through Carter shared the belief the The circumstances surrounding the supporters, despite the last-minute status of the canal had to be negotiation of the original treaty have debate over an amendment allowing redeimed, Dr. Anderson says. also been a source of resentment to American intervention to keep the Tension in the Canal Zone has the Panamanians. 1be 1903 treaty canal open even after the year 2000. focused on the question of was negotiated only a few days after a Dr. Anderson says he believes the sovereignty. Disputes over which group of rebels, with U.S. support, treaties, transferring the canal and nation's flag should be flown higher, seceded from Colombia, and formed a the Canal Zone to Panama, will not or how citizens should be taxed in the new nation. show American power and influence Canal Zone, are symbolic of the The chief negotiator for Panama in are declining in world affairs, as question of sovereignty, according to the original treaty talks was not even opponents claimed Dr. Anderson. In 1964, three U.S. a Panamanian, but an engineer trying "It will put us in a position where soldiers and 21 Panamanians were to recoup the losses of his employer, we no longer appear to act as a killed in an incident touched off by a the French Canal Co. The company colonial power," Dr. Anderson says. flag-flying dispute. had unsuccessfully attempted to ROGER ANDERSON The political scientist says France Treaty supporters say the original construct a canal through what was treaties, support has grown steadily and Great Britain resented U.S. treaty of 1903 included the words, "as then part of Colombia. since a summer 1971 plll showed~ criticism of French and-British in if it were sovereign," when discussing Altbougb American public opinion percent of Americans opposed a new tervention in the Suez Canal crisis of U.S. rigbts-indicatingtbe U.S. was is still not overwhelmingly behind the treaty, Dr. Anderson says. Faculty
"Student Personnel Training: BOOKS Health, Education and Welfare Public Health Service, to study Combining the Academic and David Newman, chemistry "An "Communication Skills in Deaf and Assistantship Experiences," at the Invitation to Chemistry." Th~ 440- Hearing Children." American College Personnel page textbook was published by W. W. Association National Conference in Norton Co., Inc. Barbara McMillen, English, $4,000 Detroit. Dr. Saddlemire also from the National Endowment for the discussed "Are We Student Affairs, Arts to invite five poets and five Student Development, Student GRANTS fiction writers to the University for Personnel, or Student Services'? An three-day residencies each. Identity Crisis!" at the Ohio College Ivan E. DenBesten and Paul Personnel Association Annual Con Endres, chemistry, $21,000 from the Douglas Neckers, chemistry, ference at Lorain County Community National Science Foundation for a $20,000 from the Arthur P. Sloan College. "Precollege Teacher Development" Foundation to study the "Changing summer institute. Faces of Science Programs in Margy Gerber. German· Russian. Eleanor K. Grifrm. educational Undergraduate Institutions," and presented a paper on "Tasso and foundations and inquiry, $4,825 from $1,980 from the Research Crop. for the Moritz: Peter Hacks' Writer of the Ohio Program in the Humanities, study of polymer-based catalysts Socialist Classicism," April Zl-29 at the University of Kentucky. to hold a one-day conference at reagents. Bowling Green about the relationship !\Iaurice J. Sevigny. art education, between the public school system and J?onald Scherer and Thomas Attig. the values of liberty and equality. philosophy, $50,000 from the National "Understanding and Appreciating Early Childhood Art Experiences" at Alice Heim Calderonello, English, Endowment for the Humanities to $7,425 from Exxon Foundation, to produce a public television series the Ohio Association for the study the benefits of writing courses focusing on ethical issues related to Education of Young Children con for students who are deficient in the environment. ference, April29 in Columbus. writing skills. Harry W. Hoemann. psychology, Charles Shirkey. physics, $12,600 PUBLICATIONS DAVID NEWMAN $55,000 from the Department of from the National Science Foundation for his project, "Microcomputers and David Skaggs, history, "Postage LSI in an Electronics Course for Pre Stamps as Icons," in "Icons of Research grants awarded Professionals." America," published by the University's Popular Press. Faculty Research Committee Jack Thomas: part-time Julia A. Woods. library, $4,893 from Awards have been announced for associateship and $329 grant; the Wood County Manpower Office for Duane Whitmire, University 1978-80. David Weinberg: $138 grant a clerical specialist in the library. division, "The Admissions Officer: A They include six full-time research INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION AND Study of Change in the Profile, Status, associateships, 41 part-time TECHNOLOGY: Richard Kruppa: and Professionalism of a Higher associateships, and 29 research part-time associateship and $60 grant. PRESENTATIONS Education Administrator," in the grants. The committee received 105 JOURNALISM: James Bissland: January issue of National Association grant proposals. part-time associateship. James Bissland, journalism, presented a lecture, "Com of College Admissions Counselors _Perso~ receiving assistantships MANAGEMENT: Donald Camp Journal. will be pa1d a full- or half-time salary bell: part-time associateship; munication, Democratization and based on their annual salary, for the ' Vincent Mabert: part-time Effective Management of People" Aprill3 to the Management Coor Thomas D. Anderson, geography, summer months. associateship. has contributed a chapter titled BIOLOGY: Carmen Fioravantti: MATHEMATICS: Andrew Glass: dinating Committee of St. Vincent Hospital and Medical Center Toledo. "World Agriculture of the Future: A part-time associateship; part-time associateship; Review of Geographic Con Richard Howard: full-time Arjun Gupta: part-time Michael T. Marsden. popular siderations,'' to the recently associateship; associateship; published book, "Climate and Human Francis Rabalais: $770 research Samuel Lindle: part-time culture, presented a talk entitled "Crossing Frontiers: Canadian and Ecology,'' published by D. Armstrong grant; associateship; Co., Houston, Texas. Rog~ 'D.libault: part-time Dean Neumann: part-time American Western Literature," April associateship; associateship; 14 in Banff, Alberta. Ronny Woodruff: part-time M. Satyanarayana: part-time RECOGNITIONS associateship; associateship. Frances Povsic, curriculum Rex Lowe, Reginald Noble and Andrew Zolovick: full-time MUSIC: BurtonBeerman: part library, was a consultant for the Robert Romans, biological sciences, associateship. time associateship; Ethnic Heritage Studies Branch in were recently elected Fellows of the CHEMISTRY: Elliott Blinn:~ Ruth Inglefield: part-time Washington, D.C. She also spoke on Ohio Academy of Science. In addition, research grant; associateship. ''Application of the Recent Dr. ~mans was elected membership Geoffrey A. Dafforn: fUll-time Virginia Marks: full-time Development in Language Learning chamnan of the Plant Sciences associateship and $400 research associateship; to the Teaching in Ethnic Schools," section for 1978-79 and vice president grant; David Pope: part-time Aprill3 in Cleveland of the section for 1979-80. DavidS.Newmwn:part4Hne associateship. associateship; PIULOSOPHY: Michael Bradie: Audrey L. Rentz, college student Jan ScottBey, student affairs V. S. Srinivasan: part-time part-time associatesbip; personnel, chaired a program entitled invited by the President of the umted associateship and $350 research Michael Robins: part-time "Strategies Affecting Identity, States to the President's Committee granL associateship. Growth and Revitalization of the on Employment of the Handicapped, COMPUTER SCIENCE: Duncan PHYSIQ;: G. Comer Duncan: part College Student Personnel May3-5. Buell: part-time associateship. time associatesbip; Professional," at the American ECONOMIQ;: V. N. Krishnan: Stephen Gregory: part-time College Student Personnel Richard Wright. Center for part4Une associatesbip. associateship;. Association National Conference in Archival Collections, has been named EDUCATIONAL CURRICULUM Roger Ptak: part-time Detroit. "Great Lakes Historian of theYear" AND INSTRUCTION: associateship; by the Marine Historical Society of JoADDe Martin: $51 research grant. Ronald Stoner: part-time Gerald E. Saddlemire, college Detroit. EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS associateship. student personnel, discussed AND INQUIRY: Jerry Bergman: POLITICAL SCIENCE: William C. $500 research grant; Spragens: $200 granL Ronald Partin: $448 research PSYCHOLOGY: Robert Conner: van ouvne appointed grant; $480 research grant; Melvin Shelly: $495 research grant Michael Doherty: part-time SPECIAL EDUCATION: Richard associateship. special education chair Gargiulo: $486 research grant Cberin Elias: part-time H. John VanDuyne has been ap ENGLISH: Alice Heim associateship; pointed chairman of the department Calderonello: part-time Arthur Jones: part-time of speciaJ education, effective July 1. associateship; associateship; Dr. VanDuyne comes from Nor Brownell Salomon: $575 research Howard Markman: full-time thern Illinois University, where he grant associateship; has taught since 1969. For the past FINANCE-INSURANCE: Raj Z. Michael Nagy: part-time year he has served as a professor and Padmaraj: $380 research grant associateship; director of the Learning and GEOLOGY: Charles Kahle: $640 Clifford Mynatt: part-time Cognition Laboratory at NIU. research grant; associateship. Author of more than 2D p1blished Milford Lougheed: part-time ROMANCE LANGUAGES: Carole articles, Dr. VanDuyne has received associateship and $289 grant; Bradford: part-time associateship; seven research grants since 1964. J. J. Mancuso and L. J. Walters: Marisa Gatti-Taylor: $1,000 grant; Dr. VanDuyne is a graduate of $2,100grant; Janis Pallister: part-time Harvard and received master's and DonSteinker: $1,360 grant associateship. doctoral degrees from the GERMAN: Klaus Schmidt
Merit scholarships: culling the cream of the crop Scholarships based on academic Newman is equally enthusiastic merit help create an atmosphere about merit scholarships. where excellence will thrive. "They set a tone which is '!bat philosophy lies behind a desirable for the University," he growing commitment by the says. "It tends to make teaching University to reward students for more interesting for the iaculty, distinguished academic whose members, after all, are in achievement. terested in scholarship and ideas.'' "We feel it"s very important to Merit scholarships are to be encourage students with ability to distinguished from need and talent come to Bowling Green," says awards. Stuart Givens, professor of history Some scholarships are given each and chairman of the Student year to students who qualify for Financial Aids Committee. admission, and who show they need "A school's academic climate is financial aid to attend the set by many things, one of which is University. the serious student," Dr. Givens Other awards are made to ap says. "Those students form a plicants who are athletes, and still nucleus - they're like the other scholarships are given to proverbial leaven in the whole students who excel in art, music loaf." and speech. Merit scholarships not only enrich the University community as a . '- See student profiles. page 2. -£· ~:~- whole by attracting superior .; __ -·:
+.. ~,... students, but also help create a core ...,.. ·.;.., University President Hollis Moore of alumni who will enhance the t. i has supported the scholarship r~ "' University's reputation through committee's efforts to increase aid achievement in their fields after for outstanding students. graduation, Dr. Givens says. Selecting scholars "It's one thing for us to request In the Office of Admissions, the the scholarship funds, and another steady increase in scholarships for Behind the glass wall of the Office of Admissions. Assistant Director for the president to find the money Pamela Craig interviews prospective students. Merit scholarships help excellent students has Ir..ade the somewhere," Dr. Givens says. task of recruitment easier, ac attract outstanding students to the University and have made the Faculty Senate President David recruitment of scholars easier for the admissions staff. cording to Assistant Director Pamela Craig. "The recipients are still a small nwnber," she says, "but we can Intellectual achievement rewarded show we have something for the student with outstanding ability. It shows our concern with academic by merit awards at Bowling Green excellence." Academic merit scholarships have cumulative average at the end of cumulative average. Ms. Craig and other University increased threefold during the past the freshman year, a 3.25 average Trustee Scholarship: $2,000. Four staff members point out it is dif five years at Bowling Green. at the end of the sophomore year, students from each of the upper ficult to compete with private In 1973-74, a total of $61,677 was and 3.5 after the junior year. three classes receive the award schools, many of whom have sub awarded to students who were National Meri~ Scholarship: at each year. stantial endowment funds. outstanding scholars. least full tuition, depending on Book Scholarships: ~ost 400 are Many undergraduates performing In 1977-78, $175,836 was given fmancial need. Three are awarded awarded each year to students at high levels remain unrecognized, through six scholarship programs - each year to students who are whose averages are at least 3.75. according to Dorothy W. L. Chau, four of them created since 1973. named finalists in the National The scholarships are for $40 per assistant director of student During the next academic year, Merit Scholarship competition and quarter to be charged against the fmancial aid. Bowling Green will begin still elect to attend Bowling Green. Test University Bookstore for books and "It's difficult to make the another scholarship program: a scores, grades and extracurricular supplies. decisions," Mrs. Chau saYs of supplement to the new Ohio activities are also considered. The University Need Scholarships: awarding merit scholarships. "The Academic Scholarship of $1,000 scholarship is renewable for the ranging from"$120-$360 are given ones who are selected to come here awarded to an outstanding senior next three years if the student each year to students whose for interviews are all very good from each high school in the state meets National Merit grade averages are at least 3.0 and who students." by the Ohio Board of Regents. requirements. show lmancial need. The amount is The Student Development To each of those students who President•s Achievement to be applied toward fees only. Program, which aids minority decides to attend Bowling Green, Scholarship: eight half fees and Entering freshmen are also eligible. students, has reallocated part of its the University will award a full fees eight full fees awarded each year. The Martin Luther King Award is scholarship money, previously scholarship if the student's They may be renewed for three presented each year to two or three awarded on the basis of need alone, American College Test score is 29 or years. scholars who are minority students to provide a number of grants for higher; $750 to a student with an Trustee Scholarship: $2,000. Two at Bowling Green. The $300 scholastic achievers. ACT score ranging from 25 to 28, trustee scholars are named each scholarships are given on the basis Raymond A. Downs, assistant and $450 to one with an ACT score year and the award is renewable for of academic achievement and vice-provost for student develop of 24 or less. three years. community contributions. ment, calls the scholarships "an Those awards - to be applied Presidential Honors Scholarship: The University's colleges and alternative, especially for some toward fees only - are in addition one full fee and one half fee award, departments award additional solid students who didn't have test to the $1,000 given by the Board of renewable for three years. The scholarships to their students. scores high enough to get other Regents. awards are made to two of the Many scholarships are given merit scholarships. It provides The following additional students in the Outstanding High through funds provided by foun recognition for good students, and scholarships are awarded each year School Junior program, which is dations and individuals, for they have something to offer us." at Bowling Green: sponsored by the Undergraduate example, the Frazier Reams For entering freshmen (the Alumni Association. More than 100 Fellowships, awarded to five Many of the good students in the awards are made on the basis of juniors from northwest Ohio schools students each year in a com program serve as tutors for other ACT and Scholastic Aptitude Test attended the banquet earlier this munications or public services field. minority students, giving informal scores, high school grades, ex- month. It is difficult to estimate bow counseling and help with academic . tracurricular activities and personal For upperclassmen: many of the University's top work. interview, unless otherwise in University Achievement students chose Bowling Green One tutor, Anita Hunter, said it dicated): Scholarship: full fees. Sixteen because of its merit scholarships. was helpful for her, as a freshman, Alumni Merit Scholarship: full members of each class - Larry Weiss, director of alumni to have the counsel of a fellow fees. Four are awarded each year sophomore through senior - receive activities, says about 20 percent of student who was succeeding and are renewable for three ad the award each year. In general, the students invited here as out academically at the University. Now ditional years at Bowlins Green, if they must meet minimum standing juniors enroll at Bowling she is giving similar encouragement the student maintains at least a 3.0 requirements including a 3.9 Green. to other students. Academic excellence often Its own reward ...
NORMA GOTI'SCHALK RONALD CLISE DIANE KERR RICHARD USMILLER ... but superior students respond to recognition When Norma Gottschalk learned "I've always tried to earn all satisfaction of it alone, he finds the Miss Kerr is a member of Beta she was the outstanding high school A's," Miss Gottschalk says. "One of incentive of a merit scholarship Delta Psi, accounting honorary. junior selected to receive a my goals was to earn a scholar compelling. National Merit Scholar Ronald scholarship to attend Bowling ship." Mr. Usmiller was one of two Clise of Lyndhurst says his Green, she burst into tears. MONITOR spoke with Miss University students who competed scholarship played an important "Mr. BOOKS Peter Facione, Donald Scherer, and Thomas Attig, philosophy, - Values and Society: An Introduction to Ethics and Social Philosophy, Englewood Cliffs, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1977. 'fimothy Ross, quantitative analysis and control, and Brian Moore, University of Texas, The Scanlon Way to Improved Productivity: A Practical Guide, published by John Wiley and Sons, Inc. Larry Smith, English and Humanities, Firelan~ Campus, Kenneth Patchen, a critical biography of the author of ap proximately 36 books of poetry and criticism. The study is part of Twayne Publisher's United States Author Series. PETER FACIONE DONAW SCHERER THOMAS ATTIG William C. Spragens, political PRESENTATIONS in June. He will be working on a science, The Presidency and the. project exploring staff relations in . . Benita Chambers and Janet the Kennedy administration. Mass Media in the Age of Schnupp-Lee, educational Television, University Press of curriculum and instruction, a PUBLICATIONS America, Washington, D.C., 1978. workshop, "Concept Development as a Tool for Integrating the Kin Jean Bateman and Ina Temple, dergarten Curriculum,'' for kin physical education and recreation, Richard L. Weaver, speech "Perceptual-Motor and Cognitive dergarten teachers, in April in Learning of Young Children,'' with communication, Understanding Chillicothe. Interpersonal Communication, Harriet Williams of Toledo, in "Psychology of Motor Behavior and published in January by Scott, Benita Chambers, Janet Schnupp Sport-1m," Human Kinetics Foresman and Co., Glenview, lli. Lee, Joyce Myles and Sheila Wineman, educational curriculum Publishers, 1978. and instruction, a microworkshop, Robert Graves, biological "Exploring the Content Area through Children's Literature," at sciences, c~author, "Collembola Associated with Shelf Fungi and the International Reading some other Microcommunities in the Association Convention in May in Highlands area of western North Houston. Carolina," in the "Annals of the Entomological Society of America." Robert Clar~ radi~television fllm, attended the Broadcast Education Association and the National Association of Broad casters Conventions in Las Vegas, April 7-11. Don Hinman participated in a panel on Canonical Correlation, LARRY SMITH and David Kennedy presented a RECOGNITIONS paper which was awarded third place in the historical competition. William Barker, business Both are doctoral students. librarian, named faculty member of the year by the University's circle Emil Dansker, journalism, taught of Omicron Delta Kappa, a national a workshop in editing and writing leadership honorary, at initiation for the Grand Haven (Mich.) ceremonies May 5. Tribune April 24. Suzanne Conner, medical 'fim Lally, English, a paper, 'urhe technology, recently selected by the Problem of Ambiguity in Tran Ohio Society for Medical Technology slating the Old Eng)ish Elegy" at as Ohio's nominee for Member of the Year of the American Society TIMOTHY ROSS the 13th Conference on Medieval Studies May 5 in Khlamazoo, Mich. for Medical Technology. She was also appointed a site William 0. Reichert, political surveyor and critic of self- RICHARD L. WEAVER GRANTS studies for the National Accrediting Dooald Bright, business education, science, a paper, '"rhe Relevance of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon to Con Agency for Clinical Laboratory $300 from the Ohio Department of Sciences. Lending study Education for annual one day in temporary Anarchism," at the annual meeting of the Midwest James R. Ostas, J. David Reed, service teacher conferences. 1be James Gordon, jomnalism, is the and Peter M. Hutchinson, associate 1978 theme is ••A Genuine Interest Political Science Association April 22 in Chicago. editor of News Photographer professors of economics, have been in Students." magazine, a monthly publication of awarded a $131,951 grant from the the National Press Photographers Office of Policy Development in the W. B. Jackson, environmental Association. Department of Housing and Urban studies, $11,333 from Toledo Edison Development for monitoring bird impacts on the James L. Hamer, English, named Their primary objective will be to cooling tower at the Davis-Besse advisory editor for Renaissance determine to what extent urban Nuclear Power Station. · literature for G. K. Hall's Reference lending institutions restrict mor Guides in English and American tgage credit to certain areas of a R. D. Noble, biology, $31,200.73 to Literature, a series of annotated city based on predetermined neigh conduct research in tree physiology bibliographies on authors and borhood characteristics. on the interaction between air literary subjects. Their investigation will concern pollution and gas exchange in forest the practices of lending institutions trees. Jerry Holmberg, medical in nine midwest metropolitan areas technology, elected president of the which range in popliation from Beryl Smith, student financial aid, Northwest Ohio Society of Medical 200,000 to two million. $28,594 from the U.S. Department of Technology. Health, Education and Welfare to supplement the 1971-78 College Gardner A. McLean Jr., Monitor Work-Study Program. University News Service, was MONITOR is published every presented the Wi11iam T. Jerome two weeks during the academic WDiiam C. Spragens, political Award by the Student Government year for faculty and staff of science, a Moody Grant from the Association May 7. Bowling Green State University. Lyndon B. Johnson Foundation to .Eileen Levy, editor work in Austin for a month this WDliam C. Spragens, political Cynthia Kowaleski, editorial summer to study the papers of science, chosen as one of 12 par assistant George Reedy and George ticipants in a National Endowment 806 Administration Building Christian, former presidential press · for the Hmnanities seminar at City 31%-2616 secretaries. WIUIAM-C~.SPRAGENS University of New York, beginning ------....." •••• #At At University, excellence in ''·~fl"-... teaching defies definition Can anyone identify good the best job be can,'' the chemistry teaching? professor says. "It's like reading And if there are standards for journals-no one checks to see if excellent teaching, should out you're doing it. It should be standing teachers be rewarded? assumed everyone does it." "There are few classes," says_.._ Kenneth W. Rothe would like to Sheldon Halpern, vice-provost for see teaching awards reintroduced. faculty affairs, "in which there He thinks special skills must be wouldn't be one or more students developed to teach undergraduates, who would say it's the best class especially ~alled non-majors. they've ever encountered - or the worst class." "Generally when a faculty "But truly excellent teaching is member is teaching graduate not a problem to identify," says Dr. students, he is teaching about Halpern. "It can always be known something in which he's very in by its results." terested. He is discussing his Until a few years ago, Bowling research, in which he is an expert. ,....,,~...,. Green did give awards to excellent Undergraduate teachiug takes a lot .( teachers. There were two of thinking, a lot of hard work," Dr. programs-the Parents Club Rothe says. Awards, and later, the President's Dr. Wills said university Special Achievement Awards, which professors should be as involved in . .I • were given only partly on the basis the teaching process as secondary of teaching quality. school teachers. . t AdministratorS and faculty ''When a freshman enters the members, however, are still con University, he is only three- months cerned about teaching effectiveness. out of high school,'' Dr. Wills says. Many instructors find themselves "There has been no great trans engaged in a juggling act-with formation during those few scholarly research, teaching and months." service to the scbpol compe~ for Dr. WUls says ~~~~e of one's their energy. subject matter· and the ability to teach mulergraduates are equally important for university teachers. BOOKS at the joint National Convention of Wei Shih, quantitative analysis Janis PaUister, romance Operations Research Society of and control, $30,420 from the Title languages, The Bruised Reed, an America and the Institute of IV Intergovernmental Personnel anthology of English translations of Management Science, May 1, in Agreement for a "Social Security poetry by black poets writing in New York City. Administration Project." Dr. Shih French, Spanish and Portugese. The Richard J. Wright and Gary L. will be a management analyst, book was recently released by Bailey, Center for Archival working in assessing and quan Editions Nooman, Sherbrooke, Collections, attended the ftrst tifying benefits to be derived from Quebec. conference of the North American alternative SSA Tuture process Society for Oceanic History, at approaches. PUBLICATIONS Annapolis, Maryland, April 28-30. Leslie J. Chamberlin, "Super RECOGNITIONS vision as a Helping Relationship," GRA!'.'TS Dave Bewley, WBGU-TV, second in "Indiana School Boards and third place in photography at John Allen, educational the Findlay Art League's May Association Jow-nal," March-April curriculum and instruction, and 1978; "Your Students Are Changing Show. He also had a photograph Judy Allen, special education, accepted for display in the Toledo - Physically," in "Today's Catholic $11,800 from the Ohio Deparbnent of Teacher," April1978; and "New Museum's "Area Artist's Exhibit." Education and $800 from local Debby Bewley, WBGU-TV, second Designs for Curriculum- WHY?" in schools for a two-week workshop, "Ohio Association for Supervision place in the fiber category at the "Mainstreaming and Findlay Art League's May Show. and CwTiculum Development Individualization of Instruction for Jollrl)al,'' Spring 1978. Ann Bowers. University archivist, K-12 Classroom Teachers" this · appointed to the Society of Ronald D. Jones, education, "The summer. I<, our follow-up sessions Principal - Key to a Successful American Archives' Task Force on JANIS PALLISTER are planned for the 1978-79 School the Development of Model Finding Planned Field Experience," in the Year. April issue of "American Secondary for Health, Physical Education and Aid Systems for College and Don Carriker, educational University Archives. Education." Recreation Midwest District Con curriculum and instruction, $13,550 JoAnne Martin, education, vention in Indianapolis in February. David Elsass, education, is the . "Enhancing Teacher Evaluation from the Ohio Deparbnent of recipient of the 1978 Karel S. King Lois Rock, Center for Archival Education and $500 from local Service Award. Dr. Elsass was through Split-Screen Videotaping,'' Collections, a program on ar in the April issue of ''American schools for a workshop for teachers, presented the award at the sixteenth chitectural preservation to the Ohio "Building and Applying Strategies annual "Falcon Hunter Picnic-and Secondary Education." Association of Historical Societies Terry W. Parsons. health and for Intellectual Competencies in Reun~on" recognition day May 19. and Museums in Greenville. Students.'' physical education, "Faculty Merit John Sampen, performing studies, Robert Gilden, musical arts, Judgments in Health, Physical Robert Freeman, special and Marilyn Shrude, music com education, $18,900 from the Ohio was invited to serve on the Education and Recreation,'' in the position and history, have recently Board of Directors of '• Arts, October, 1977 issue of "The Physical Department of Education and $1,400 Education, and Americans.'' This is rettn"Ded from a concert tour in from local schools for a two-week Educator." . Belgium. They performed three the second phase of a Rockefeller teacher institute, "Individualization project to the in PRESENTATIONS saxophone-piano recitals and of Instruction-Mainstreaming for the support arts Virginia Eman, speech, organized recoroed one recital for the Belgian education at all levels. Behavior Disordered Child" Richard H. Lineback, phi conference on "Communication, · National Radio. . · David T. Hayes and William R. Language and Sex," held. May 20-21 -f"aurice J. Sevigny, art, panelist losophy,. eleeted President of the Speer, educational curriculum and National Federation of Abstracting at the University. at the Ohio Arts Education instruction, $7,000 from the Ohio Terry W. Parsons, health and Leadership Conference May 11-12 in and ~dexing Services for 1978-79. Department of Education and $490 Terry W. P.arsons, health and physical education, a paper . Columbus. from local schools for "B.A.S.I.C. "Programming for Club Sports ~ Wei Shih, operations research, a physical education, elected to head Math Curriculum," a two-week the ad hoc committee of the Ohio Organization-Administration at paper, "An Efficient Algorithm for workshop for mathematics teachers BGSU" at the American Alliance _M~ticonstraint Knapsack Problem'' College Directors Association of from the Findlay School System. Physical Education for the John H.. Holmes, marketing, establishment of a certification l~ave $32,500 from the Ohio Board of program of endorsement for athletic Faculty, -staff Regents to conduct "Leadership coaches in Ohio. Training For Improved Delivery of Brownell Salomon. ~glish, State Employment Services-IT." appointed to the seven-member University for -retirement The project will provide intensive advisory board of the MODERN training to personnel of the Ohi_o LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION IN- The following faculty and staff 1964-1967. He received his bachelor's Bureau of Employment Services. ·TERNATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY. members will retire from the degree from the University of W. B. Jackson. environmental Wei Shih, o~tions research, University during the smnmer British Columbia and his master's studies, $2,000 from ICI Americas, selected by the -American Assembly months: arid doctoral degrees from Prin- Inc., "Difenacoum Studies" sup of Collegiate Schools of Business Florence S. Cook, associate. ceton University. plement for continuation of research and the U.S. Department of Health, professor, library, professor Elizabeth Mackey, asso6ate with experimental rodenticides. Education, and Welfare as an emerita, came to the University in professor emerita of home Tim Lally, English, a faculty AACSB Federal Faculty Fellow of 1966. She received her bachelor's economics, has taught at the development grant to attend the - 1978. He will be working as an degree from Bowling Green and her University since 1967~ She earned "Rhetoric Seminar on Current operations ~ analyst in the master's from Western Reserve her bachelor's degree at Bowling Theories of Teaching Composition,'' Office-of Advanced Systems, Social School of LibrarY Science. Green, her master's at Ohio State June 12-Zl at the University of Security Administration-HEW Mary Dapogny, staff assistant, University, and her doctorate from Detroil during the summer and fall quar University Division, came to the the American Dietetic Association. Dale Neitzel, WBGU-TV, was ters. University in 1967. She attended Harold Obee, professor emeritus awarded an In-Service Training Margaret Tucker,_ director Northwestern University. of speech communication, taught at Grant from the Corporation for of the Northwest Ohio Educational Joseph Del Porto, professor. Bowling Green from 1946-1950, 1952, ~blic Broadcasting for an in Television Foundation, was named emeritus of journalism, has taught 1956 and 1957 to present. He -ternship with "Studio See," a ~oftheY~bytheW~ at Bowling Green since 1968 and received his bachelors degree from production of the South Carolma County Chapter of the National served as director of the School of ~drian College and his master's and ETV Network. Secretaries Association • Board of 1rustees eluded research projects regarding This is a sum~ report of the President's report Finance commJttee Board of meeting May 18 student interests and student per Trustees 1be Board authorized borrowing ceptions. at the Firelands Campus. The of DEGREE PROPOSAL funds The Board of Regents approved a $800,000 in University for a ficial minutes are avallable at the new biological science laboratory Faculty senate President's Office in McFall Center. Bachelor of Science in Medical Records Administration degree at annex. 1be Board approved spending David Roller was welcomed as The Trustees ... its May 19 meeting. $211,188 for repair and renovation of president-elect of the Faculty existing facilities. - Senate. . - Elected officers. STUDENT EXCHANGE In his statement, he recommended -Welcomed Robert C. Ludwig to The Asian Studies Committee bas chosen the first two University ANNUITY PROGRAM the students who come to Bowling the Board. 1be Board voted to open the tax Green for the Boys' State con - Heard a report from University students to participate in the Asian Student Exchange Program, the deferred annuity program of ference be allowed to meet faculty President Hollis Moore. Bowling Green to any company members by taking courses. - Heard a Finance Committee president reported. 1be students conforming with 1$0 guidelines set He said the Faculty Senate favors report and authorized $800,000 for a were selected on the basis of by the Board. Previously, the increased support for merit new biological science laboratory academic caliber and evidence of been commibnent to the study of Asian program had restricted to scholarships at Bowling Green. annex. The Board approved opening three companies. Dr. Roller expressed concern with the annuity program to numerous cultures. the cost of the intercollegiate carriers. CIVIL RIGHTS REPORT Facilities report athletic program, although he said -Transferred a parcel of land to In November, the Women's Equity The Board voted to ask the Ohio he views the program as part of the the City of Bowling Green for a Action League flied formal charges General Assembly to transfer a school's mission. waste water treatment facility. alleging that women at the parcel of land - 2.066 acres - to the He reported on the Faculty - Approved the creation of a University are discriminated City of Bowling Green for a waste Welfare Committee's progress in School of Technology. . against as a class in admissions, water treabnent facility. formulating a sick leave policy to -Honored Harold R. Marquardt, fmancial aid, student placement, The parcel will supplement a conform to requirements of the a facultv member who died April 22. hiring, tenure, promotion and piece of land transferred to the city state auditor. - Heard a report from Faculty ·salary. in 1973 for the same purpose. Frank Aveni of South Euclid was Senate President-el~t David Roller. The Office for Civil Rights of the introduced as the new under · Deparbnent of Health, Education Technology School graduate student representative, Elections and Welfare recently completed an The Board approved the creation replacing Ronald Bell. investigation and concluded there of a School ·or Technology. N .R. Emmanuel, graduate student John F. Lipaj was elected chair of was no evidence that women are representative, reported on the the Board of Trustees; Albert E. The school has been formed from discriminated against in these the Department of Industrial . professional development fund and Dyckes was elected vice-chair, and areas, as alleged by WEAL, the said the Graduate Student Senate Richard A. Edwards, secretary. Education and Technology and will president reported. be part of the College of Education. would like additional funds to attend ·Some questions were raised professional conferences. New trustee regarding the basis upon which the Mr. Emmanuel said a survey is University makes tenure decisions, Grants, contracts being mailed to graduate students to Robert C. Ludwig was appointed he said. _ 1be Board has accepted evaluate their ·academic experiences to a nine-year term on the Board of For the next two years, the $5,356,096.86 for the fiscal year l9 at Bowling Green. Trustees. -· University will submit a summary date, compared to $4,871,337.70 last Mr. Ludwig is a 1955 graduate of report of all faculty tenure decisions year. Bowling Green and is chairman and to the Office for Civil Rights for James overman chief executive officer· of L-K review.· According to the a·greement, Harold Marquardt Funeral services were held Restaurants and Motels. the University will also acceler~te Friday afternoon for James He is a member of the Bowling its efforts to consider and appoint The Board approved a resolution Green State University Foundation Robert Overman, dean emeritus qualified women to chair positions honoring Harold R. Marquardt,· and a member of the University's and of the advisory committee to in accordance with the Academic professor of college student per originalll-member faculty in the College of Business Charter and Affirmative Action sonnel and chair of the Ac;ivanced 1914. . Administration. Plan. Program Council, who died in ari -. Dr. Overman served the Mr. Ludwig succeeds Do~d G. airplane accident April22. University for 42 years- as a Sirilmons, whose term eXpired this Dr. Marquari:lt joined the College professor-of mathematics and the month. of Education faculty in 1970. fll"St chairman of that depart The Board commended Dr. ment, first dean of the College of Marquardt for his teaching and Liberal Arts, dean of men and advising and his service to the dean of faculties. overview University, and for his professional and scholarly activities, which in- .security director Academic Council decided. . William R. Bess, perSonnel and At-the same time,_the department COilference will expose disaster services director for of mathematics was renamed the Portage Cmmty, has been appoin~ deparbnent of mathematics and roots of mass: culture the new director of ~pus secunty statistics, to avoid confusion con and safety, effective July 1. cerning course offerings. More than 50 people from as far conference. A total of 350 par , away as California have registered ticipants are expected by the time for a three-day conference at Cedar the conference begins June 30. Names changed Boys· state Point amusement park this sum Many of the registrants will invest Academic Council recently ap Bowling Green will be hosting mer. as much as $500 in transportation, proved a split of the department of Buckeye Boys' State from June 17- · Co-sponsored by the popular lodging and fees, he says. quantitative analysis and control. . 25. The week-long event, which is culture department and Cedar Point, Dr. Browne says the summer Beginning next fall, the depart being held at Bowling Green for the the conference will be held in conference and course will be paid ment will be separated into the fll"St time, attracts 1,400 ymmg men conjunction with a course analyzing for by the participants and by. Cedar department of accounting and to the campus. the reasons Americans have con Point, with no contributions from management information systems During the week, the University tinued to need amusement parks - the State of Ohio or from Bowling and the department of appliec;l Division will offer the participants making that portion of the en Green. Faculty members are statistics and operations research. the opporttmity to register for one of tertainment business a multi-billion -donating their time to teach the seven one-credit comses dealing dollar industry. course. The change will give appropriate The approximately 25 people who identification and recognition to the with ~lilies, political bodies, and Speakers at the conference will include, among others, Russell Nye, take the course for credit will be pro~ams in the QAC deparbnent, governinenl the Pulitzer Prize-winning asked to read two books-before biographer from Michigan State classes begin - one on American University; Marcello Truzzi of cultural history and the other on the Eastern Michigan University, and history of entertainment. In Degrees to be awarded Robert Cartmell, associate prof~or preparation for the lectures, there of art history at the State University will be a seminar, and a seminar Three honorary degrees will be known researcher, instructor and of New York and a consultant to the will follow the course. Students' awarded at Jwte 10 commencement author. His writings have been Smithsonian Institute. grades will be based upon their ceremonies. benchmarks in many areas of The popular culture faculty and performance in the seminars and Erma Bombeck, author of "At organic chemistry. Dr. Newman its students will approach the upon a ten-to 20-page paper relating Wit's End," a thrice-weekly syn- was one of the first to recognize amusement park, and the roller · some aspect of the entertainment cidated column appearing in more that related structures in certain coaster in particular, not as par industry to their field of study. than 500 newspapers, will be _ chemicals cause cancer in test ticipants in the leisure activity of . presented a docto!" of humane let- animals. about 60 million Americans each ters degree. Erwm Sturzl, a scholar in the year. Monitor · -' Mrs. Bflmbeck is the author of humanities, an academic leader, Rather, Ray Browne, department five books, has a regular column in and vigorous supporter of the in- -chair, and Michael Marsden,· MONITOR is published every '1Good Housekeeping" magazine and ternational academic community, associate professor, say they will be two weeks during the academic contributes to "McCall's" and ·will be presented an honorary critical of the park and the central year for faculty and staff of "Reader's Digest." She will be the doctor of humane letters degree. Dr. place it holds in American society. Bowling Grren State University. featured speaker at commencement Struzl now heads the·lnstitute for "We'll be there to tmderstand the Eileen Levy, editor Melvin Spencer Newman, Regents English Language and Literature at park, not to celebrate it," Dr. Cynthia Kowaleski, editorial professor of chemistry at Ohio State the University of Salzburg, Vienna, Browne says. . assistant· · University, will r.eceive an ho~orary . where he has been a facu)ty 'lbe American literature scholar 806 Administration Building doctor of scienCe degree:· ·. member for 14 years and served as says he is gratified so many persons 372-2616 Dr. Newman is an intern~~~onally' dean of hmnanities. have already registered for the ·.