The BG News August 26, 1984

Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 8-26-1984 The BG News August 26, 1984 Bowling Green State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news Recommended Citation Bowling Green State University, "The BG News August 26, 1984" (1984). BG News (Student Newspaper). 4277. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/4277 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University Publications at ScholarWorks@BGSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in BG News (Student Newspaper) by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@BGSU. THE NEWS Special Edition Sunday August 26,1984 Regents' rules limit incoming B.G. freshmen This year's freshman class is more students than the require- being hailed as an improvement ment allowed, he added. over last year's by the Un'versity Admissions office according Because freshman enrollment to Daniel Shelley, associate di- was not completed until Friday, rector of Admissions. Shelley said Admissions does not have an exact profile of the More applications were re- class. He estimated the fresh- ceived by prospective freshmen man class to be about 3,050 stu- this year than in the past five dents. years, he said. WITH A 40:60 ratio of men to "The Admissions office is opti- women, 93 percent of the incom- mistic about the number and ing freshmen are Ohio residents, quality of this year's freshmen, Shelley said. a definite improvement over last year," he said. As in previous years, many freshmen have decided upon a But due to overcrowding in the college prior to arrival on cam- past, the number accepted to pus, he said. About 31 percent attend the University was pur- are registered in the College of posely limited. Business Administration; 30 The number also reflects ad- percent in the College of Arts mission requirements by the and Sciences; 12 percent in the Ohio Board of Regents, which College of Education; 12percent requests the University main- in the College of Health and tain an enrollment ceiling of 15,- Community Services j 10 percent bg ne»w*7Suson Cross 000 students, Shelley said! In the in University Division; and 3 Family effort past, the University has ex- percent in the College of Musical No one said sending a child to school was easy. Mr. and Mrs. John Chapman Hall last Wednesday but ended up putting in some manual ceeded this quota by admitting Arts. Anitas brought their sons to help move Iheir daughter, Mary, Inlo labor themselves. Tradition, changes highlight BGSCTs history by Patricia Rltter A science building (Moseley ter) and a second women's dor- the president's desk. He was of freedom of expression in the ation Center and the Moore Mu- assistant monoging eOitor Hall) housed science and agri- mitory (Shatzel Hall) were succeeded by Dr. Frank Prout. BG News, restricted use of auto- sical Arts Center were all cultural courses. constructed. Shortly after Prout's appoint- mobiles, faculty domination of A women's dormitory named constructed during the 1970s. The freshman class of 1910 ment, the nation plunged into the Student Senate and strict Moore's term as University after Dr. Homer Williams, the The University's first intercol- World War II and enrollment rules on alcohol. president ended when he died in was unique. first president of the school, was legiate football team, the Nor- figures at the University de- While students considered Besides being a class of nearly constructed. 1981. Michael Ferrari served as all women education majors, it mals, was established in the clined for the first time in its their efforts successful, they interim president until Paul Ols- Williams guided the founding 1920s. During the next decade, history, reflecting the loss of may have been the reason for camp took the position in Jury was the first class ever at Bowl- and expansion of the school until athletic teams were renamed male students. Only a total of McDonald's resignation in 1951. 1982. * ing Green State Normal College. his retirement in 1939. the Falcons. about 1,500 students attended He was replaced by Dr. Ralph In 1910, two normal (teaching) Until 1936, freshman women the University between 1939 and Harshman that year. Students returning to the Uni- schools were founded at Kent During the early years of the were to be in by 8 pjn. on 1944. Dr. William Jerome took over versity in 1982 were forced to get and Bowling Green. The present school, there was no tuition and weeknights and riding in horse- the president's position in 1963. used to a new academic cal- site of the University was se- the only academic costs were for less carriages was permitted The 1950s, under Dr. Ralph The 1960s were trying times at endar following the conversion lected because of its location lab materials. In contrast to only during the day or In chaper- McDonald, was a period of ex- many of the state's universities from quarters to semesters. The and "wholesome" atmosphere - today's educational expenses, oned parties of four or more. pansion and construction at the and Bowling Green was no ex- change involved having two se- perfect for young ladies of the one of the earliest student cata- University. ception with the isolation of the mesters consisting of 15 weeks 1910s and 1920s to receive train- logs estimated annual expenses As time went on, greater cur- In 1955, both Prout Hall and students both from the faculty instead of three 10-week quar- ing for teaching careers. Part of at $200. riculum variety was offered and Rodgers Quadrangle were com- and tradition. ters. that wholesomeness stemmed Besides the physical struc- a four-year College of Business pleted. Founders Quadrangle The athletic teams at the Uni- from the city's prohibition of tures, campus traditions were Administration degree was es- was built two years later; Conk- Before his retirement in 1970, versity were hailed for their alcohol. formed during those early tablished. The state legislature lin Hall was built in 1960 and Jerome was credited with the performances during the 1982-83 years. By order of the state also authorized the University to McDonald Quadrangle was fi- construction of the Math Science school year. They were Mid- In September 1914. the school legistlature in 1929, the Normal create a master's degree pro- nished in 1962. building, Jerome Library and American Conference cham- officially opened its doors. Early College became Bowling Green ram. 25 years after the school's Along with the growth of the the Education building. Eions in football, basketball and plans called for the construction State University. student population came diver- Dr. Hollis Moore replaced Je- ockey, a first for the school. of three buildings, still standing In 1939, Williams retired as sity. Creating of new traditions rome in 1970. In May 1983, a class of 2,428 - today. As the University approached University president and was was not totally abandoned as Under Moore's administra- the largest ever - was graduated An administration building, the 1920s and 1930s, enrollment replaced by Dr. Roy Offen- was evidenced by the creation of tion, the campus witnessed from the University. now University Hall, housed an nearly doubled from the 158 stu- hauer. Four months after his Freddie Falcon. many physical changes. The Next year, the University will auditorium, gymnasium, 25 dents who entered the school in appointment, Offenhauer was The first student riot at the Math Science building, the Busi- mark its growth and progress classrooms, laboratories and 1914. A men's physical education killed in an automobile accident, University was in 1949. Reasons ness Administration building, with its 75th anniversary cele- the library. building, a library (McFall Cen- and Williams again sat behind for the disturbances were a lack Offenhauer Towers, the Recre- bration. $7.2 million structure open for classes New planetarium in Physical Science building by Patricia Ritter Moore, then University presi- ossistanl managing editor dent, Neckers said. "I had taken him (Moore) on a Students majoring in science- tour of Overman Hall, where the related fields have something to chemistry labs were and still look forward to when they re- are located, and all he could say turn to the University this se- was we really need a new build- mester. ing/' he said. The new $7.2 million Physical The facilities Moore saw still Sciences Laboratory, completed stand today. in April, will provide a sate, up- Neckers described Overman to-date and clean environment Hall as unsafe, dirty and ugly for training students, according with only one laboratory meet- to Dr. Douglas Neckers, chair- ing comtemporary chemistry man of the University's chemis- standards. try department. Because one of many attempts The new facilities, including to obtain proper funding for con- 18 research laboratories, nine struction costs was finally suc- rooms for non-portable scien- cessful, the newest addition to tific instruments, a planetarium the University will solve the and a roof-top observatory, were safety and image problems, used extensively by undergrad- Neckers said. uate students this summer "This is a building students working on a one-to-one basis and teachers can be proud of," with faculty members on special he added. projects, Neckers said. The five-story building, which Dr. Dale Smith, director of the will be used primarily by the planetarium, said the public will chemistry department and aids also have use of the facilities, industrial research for physics mainly the planetarium, during and astronomy, was part of a the upcoming semester.

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