Boston University - HUB Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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BOSTON UNIVERSITY YEAR BOOK SERIES IV BOSTON MARCH 1909 VOL XXXVI Colleges Uuwersttzes artd other rrtstfttuttous reoervtug thrs volume of the YEAR BOOK are respecjully requested to acknowledge the same by for wardtrtg to tts Edttors a copy o each rew Catalogue Artrtual Report or sftrmlar publrcatftou All corresporzdeuce wrth refereuce to adrmsszou to auy College or School of thas Uuwerstty should be addressed to the approprtate Deart The sudden passing of Dr Charles W Rishell Assistant Dean last September made a sad opening of the year for the School of Theology His enthusiasm for his work and for the University and his fine per sonal qualities made him a vital force at the centre of the life of the School His presence has been sorely missed The emergency was promptly and wisely met by the Trustees in the appointment of Professor Samuel L Beiler as Acting Dean George C Cell Ph D was immediately engaged to take up the work of instruc Cell had only recently returned from prolonged study in Germany where he enjoyed the unusual privilege of two years under the benefits of the Jacob Sleeper Fellowship At the Annual Meeting of the Trus tees in january he was made Assistant Professor in this Department Dr Sheldon has just issued another notable book entitled Sacer dotalism in the Nineteenth Century In his clear and candid style he has reviewed and criticised the several confessions in which sacer elements This work is like his previous book the ripe fruit of many years of wide reading and intelhgent dotal usages are dominating th1nk1ng Miss Charlotte E Joslin who held two degrees from the University QA B and A M D and who died in October 1908 made a bequest of S500 to the College of Liberal Arts a generous token of her grateful remembrance of Alma Mater This fund when received will probably go toward the equipment of the College Library which greatly needs enlargment and her name will be inscribed on one of the alcoves The sale of the Somerset Street property till recently known as Jacob Sleeper Hall was delayed by the process of an injunction which on an appeal to the Supreme Court of the State was not sustained by that tribunal The deed has now been passed ' . Q 3 0 1' .S 1 1 V i , I 0 . f ! la . . . . , . y 4 7 g T , r 7 A -I 7 VV ' I 1 I O I 1 11 tion in Historical Theology which Dr. Rishell had conducted. 'Dr. ' 7' I 1 I I .QI 0 0 U l P 0 7 L ' t. . . . , g , , y p . 5- U A , , . ' 7 7 7 , 7 ' 7 . ' 7 7 . . , p V 3

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4 Bosrozv UNIVERSITY YEAR Booze In respect to numbers in attendance, omitting summer schools, our School of Theology this year, as last, heads the list of American theological seminaries. Still more gratifying is the fact that this rank is the result of a steady and healthful growth, as shown by the following figures: - 1905-O6 1906-07 1907-08 1908-09 Total number of students 130 190 195 217 Number of college graduates 111 139 149 172 Colleges and universities represented 48 56 49 58 Theological schools represented 4 6 5 4 The oldest department of the University, the School of Theology, closes this year its seventh decade. Projected in Boston in the year 1839, it was carried on at Newbury, Vt., from 1840 to 1847. In the last named year it was removed to Concord, N. H., where it continued its work until removed to Boston in 1867. In 1873 it was adopted by Boston University as its first department. Its graduates from the beginning number 1189, of whom nearly one thousand have been pro- moted since the School was brought to this city. - A graceful recognition has come to Professor james Geddes, Jr., of the College of Liberal Arts, from His Majesty, King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, who through the Boston Consul, Signor Gaetano Emilio Poccardi has conferred upon him the honor of Knighthood in the Order of the Crown of Italy. The ceremony occurred in Jacob Sleeper Hall, March 2, 1909, in the presence of a large audience. This royal appreciation is given because of Dr. Geddes's high stand- ing as an Italian scholar, and his friendly interest in the Italian people in Boston Co-education has suffered so long and so bitterly at Wesleyan Uni- versity that the Trustees have felt compelled to succumb to under- graduate conditions - on the male side + which have not been chivalrous. All women students will be debarred after 1913. This does not seem like a forward step in these times. The courses for teachers, offered now for the sixth Semester, have steadily grown in scope and in recognition by the public. This year their enrolment aggregates 113, with many registrations for more than a single course. While designed primarily for teachers in service., and scheduled accordingly, for late afternoon and Saturday hours, they are open to any candidates qualified to pursue them with advantage. il 3