Ohio History Journal

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MINUTES OF

MINUTES OF

THE OHIO ACADEMY OF HISTORY

 

Deshler-Wallick Hotel

Columbus, Ohio

April 21, 1950

 

The Ohio Academy of History met in Columbus April 21, in con-

nection with the Ohio College Association. The morning session, at

10:00 A. M., was attended by nearly one hundred persons. This session

was devoted to a panel discussion conducted by the members of the com-

mittee on the teaching of history in Ohio colleges, of which Frank L.

Esterquest of Western College is the chairman. Robert L. Jones of

Marietta College spoke on the "Application of the Problem Method in

Lieu of Term Papers," Dr. Esterquest talked on "Visual-Audio Aids in

the College History Classroom," and Everett Walters of Ohio State Uni-

versity, the third member of the committee, discussed "Stimulating In-

terest in History Outside the Classroom." The open discussion which

followed was concerned largely with the question of the comparative

values of the "objective" and "essay type" examinations.

About sixty members attended the luncheon session at 12:30, pre-

sided over by Stanton L. Davis, Case Institute of Technology, president

of the academy. Jacob C. Meyer, Western Reserve University, the

speaker at this session, addressed the academy on the subject, "The

Dilemma of the Historian in a Democracy."  His address was followed

by an informal discussion. The 2:00 o'clock session was devoted to a

report of the committee on the teaching of history in the Ohio high

schools. The committee, composed of Duane D. Smith, chairman, Uni-

versity of Toledo, William E. Smith, Miami University, and John W.

Long, Jr., Western College, submitted a comparative study of the require-

ments for the certification of teachers of junior and senior high school

history in the forty-eight states and the District of Columbia and a tenta-

tive questionnaire to be sent to Ohio high schools to determine the

status of history in the secondary schools of the state. The committee

stressed the need for action, and urged members of the academy to aid

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