Boston University - HUB Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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COLLEGE OF PRACTICAL ARTS AND LETTERS THE COLLEGE OF PRACTICAL ARTS AND LETTERS was established in 1917 to supply the urgent need for trained business women to take the place of men who had gone to war. The new department was an educational innovation for Boston University inasmuch as it was the first department solely for the educating of young women students. The growth of the College was rapid in its early years. By 1920 it was necessary to make extensive additions, which included a gymnasium, auditorium and a number of classrooms, to the College building. In 1937, the presentation to the College ofthe Larz Ander- son Memorial Center increased the facilities ofthe school. The gift provided the College with a country retreat as well as its urban home, where the students might hold their social gatherings, present dramatic productions in the new outdoor theater, or just hide away from busy activity. T. Lawrence Davis, whose thought and effort have been responsi- ble for the founding of the College and its success, has been dean since 1917. He was graduated from Boston University's College of Business Administration with the degree of B.B.A. in 1915, and in 191 7 received the M.B.A. degree. In 1923, Dean Davis was awarded the degree of S.C.D. by Kansas Wesleyan University, and received the degree of LL.D. from the University of New Hampshire in 1927. In 1937, Dean Davis was awarded the degree of Ed.D. by the American International College. T Lawrence Davis B B A M B A S C D., LL.D., Ed.D., Dean E221

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COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION THE COLLEGE or BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION was founded as an evening college in 1913, mainly through the efforts of the present dean, Everett W. Lord, to establish a department ol' the University for the training of young men and women for the business world. The College was maintained as an evening school until the establish- ment ofthe day and graduate divisions in 1916. Simultaneous with the establishment of these two divisions, the College moved from the College of Liberal Arts Building to the Walker Building, old 525 , a home which it occupied until the new Charles Hayden Memorial was dedicated in 1939. The College received the recognition of the American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business in 1921, when it was admitted to membership in the Association. In 1925, the Department ofjournal- iSm was established as a division ofthe College, under the direction of the late Profl Harry B. Center. Everett W. Lord has been the College's first and only dean. He Was graduated from Boston University in 1900 with the degree ol' A.B. In 1906, Dean Lord received the degree of'A.M. from Harvard University. He was awarded the honorary degrees of LL.D. lrom Mount Union College in 1926, and Litt.D. from Portia College in 1938. He is also honorary dean ofthe College of Business Adminis- tration of' the University of Puerto Rico, a College which he helped to found. Dean Lord is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Gamma Sigma, and Alpha Kappa Psi. Everett W. Lord A B AM LL D L1ttD Dean l21l

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T1-1E COLLEGE or MUSIC, as the first undergraduate department of the University, was founded in 1872. It was first housed in the Boston Music Hall, where it stayed for a number of years. The College was discontinued in 1891, when Dr. Eben Tourjee, dean of the College, died. The school was re-established in 1902 as a division of the College of Liberal Arts, under the direction of the late John P. Marshall. It was not until 1928 that the school again became a separate unit. Dr. Marshall was appointed dean of the College at that time, having served as head ofthe department since 1902. In September, I936, the College moved from the Boylston St. location which it had occupied since 1928, into its present quarters in the Soden Building. Dean Marshall remained at the head of the College until his death in January of this year. Alfred H. Meyer was appointed acting dean of the College follow- ing the death of Dean Marshall. He has served as a member of the College faculty since 1929. In November, 1940, Dean Meyer was appointed assistant to Dean Marshall, due to the increasing amount of administrative work. Dean Meyer was graduated from Oberlin College in 1910 with the degree of Mus.B., and received the degree ofA,B, from Oberlin in 1913. He served as a member of the faculties of the State College of Washington, Wheaton College, Wellesley Col- lege, and the Boston Conservatory of Music before coming to Boston University. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. COLLEGE OF MUSIC Alfred H. Meyer, Mus.B., A.B., Acting Dean l23l V