Lehigh University - Epitome Yearbook (Bethlehem, PA)

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Index of Colleges THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: Page The College of Arts and Sciences The Department of English The Department of Geology The Department of Mathematics and Astronom)- 29 THE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINSTRATION: The College of Business Adminstration 30 THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING: The Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering 32 The Department of Civil Engineering .34 The Department of Electrical Engineering .35 The Department of Mechanical Engineering 36 The Department of Metallurgical Engineering .38 The Department of Mining Engineering 39 The Department of Physics. -- .40 The Department of Military Science and Tactics — 41 The Department of Physical Education - 42 32

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« i a ul COLLEGES OF THE UNIVERSITY Arts and Sciences Business Administration Engineering 32

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The College of Arts and Sciences Philip Mason Palmer, A.B. Hrati oj the ColUit oj Arts and Scicmts THE College of Arts and Sciences dates from the founding of the University; but only during recent years has it attained the prominence it is duly ac- corded. Provision was made in the charter of the University for a general cultural unit which was known as the School of General Literature. The curriculum was traditional in its requirements and rather ignored the value of concentrated effort in one particular field; consequently major work was unemphasized. Traditional languages and sciences were stressed. The development of this essential department of the University was seriously impeded by graduates of the technical college who considered it advisable for the School of General Literature to be discontinued. During recent years, however, the Arts College has set aside many of the tradi- tional aspects of cultural education and developed an individuality so much desired by schools of its kind. The new system, which is the result of an exhaustive com- parative studv bv the faculty in co-operation with a committee of students, allows more freedom in the election of courses. There are a a series of distributed require- ments, but concentration on major work is especially stressed. The commendations of the various graduate schools which have recently been attended by a great per- centage of graduates as well as those of the Rollins Report speak well for the success of the system. Of those graduates who are not engaged in post-graduate work at least ninety percent have entered professional pursuits. Successful as the present may be, a still greater future is aimed at. The goal now strived for is an architecturally beautiful Arts house or dormitory wherein both students and faculty live and converse with freedom and equality, making for the greatest cultural benefit possible. However, in so far as the fate of an institution is determined by man, it can be safely said that the College of Arts and Sciences is destined to rank with the foremost of its kind, realizing that essential part of the Greater Lehigh. 32