Boston University - HUB Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS Dean llalph W. Taylor The College of Liberal Arts, the oldest undergraduate depart- ment of the University which has enjoyed a continuous existence, was founded in 1873 just one year after the undergraduate College of Music, discontinued from 1891 until 1928, was first established. Thousands of young men and women have climbed the wide stone steps of the college on their way to classes since the early days of the college. Many of the University's most noted alumni have studied for their degrees at the College of Liberal Arts. Not a few have returned to their alma mater to serve in teaching or administrative capacities. In 1906, extension and evening courses were instituted for those students who were desirous of receiving degree credit but could devote only part of their time to studies. Dean of the College since 1937, Ralph W. Taylor served as Begistrar from 1918 and as Secretary of the College Faculty from 1919 until he was appointed Dean of the College by the Trustees of Boston University. IIe was appointed Director of the Late Afternoon and Evening Classes in 1923. A member of Beta Theta Pi, Dean Taylor received his A.B. degree from tl1e College of Lib- eral Arts in 1911 and his A.M. in 1922 from the Graduate School. The College of Business Administration was founded in 1913 through the untiring efforts of Dean Emeritus Everett W. Lord to establish in the University a department which would prepare young men and women for careers in the business world. Until 1916, when the day and graduate divisions were installed, the Col- lege was maintained as an evening school. In the same year the School was moved from the College of Liberal Arts building to the Walker Building at 525 Boylston Street where sessions were held for twenty-three years. In 1939, the Hayden Memorial Building, the new home of the College of Business Administration was opened. William G. Sutcliffe became the second dean of the College upon the resignation of Dean Emeritus Everett W. Lord in 1941. Dean Sutcliffe received his undergraduate education in England and attended Harvard University where he received his A.B. and A.M. degrees. IIe taught at Simmons College for seven years and in 1927 joined the faculty staff of Boston University. The new Dean still retains his position as Director of the Graduate Division of the College. Ile is also the Educational Director of the Boston Chapter of the American Institute of Banking. COLLEGE OF BUSINESS 1241 Dean William G. Sutclill'e DMINIST R TIO

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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 ol' men who had gone to war. The department was an in- novation l'or the University as it was the first department to be established exclusively for the educating of young women students. The rapid growth of the College necessitated additions to the original building plan. A new gymnasium, auditorium and class- rooms were added and the presentation of the Larz Anderson Memorizil Center, a country retreat where the students might hold their social functions, increased the facilities of the School. T. Lawrence Davis, whose thought and effort have been re- sponsible for the founding ol' the College and its great success, has been Dean ol' the College since 1917. In 1915 he received the degree Ol' B.B.A. from Boston University's College of Business Adminis- tration and in 1917 the degree ol M.B.A. Kansas Wesleyan Uni- versity awarded him the degree of S.C.D. in 1923 and in 1927 he received his LL.D. from the University of New Hampshire. In 1937, Dean Davis was the recipient ol' the degree Ed.D. from the American International College. Dean T. Lawrence Davis 'Z M--.., Dean Alfred H. Meyer The College of Music, founded in 1872, was the first under- graduate department of the University. 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, passed away. In 1902, the School was re-established under the direction of the late John P. Marshall as a division of the College of Liberal Arts. In 1928 the School again became a separate unit at which time Dr. Marshall was appointed Dean of the College. The School moved into its present quarters in the Soden Building in 1936. Dean Marshall remained at the head of the College until his death in January, 1941. Alfred I-I. Meyer was appointed Acting Dean of the College upon the death of Dean Marshall in 1941 and became Dean of the Col- lege in the same year. Dean Meyer was graduated from Oberlin College in 1910 with a Mus.B. degree and received his A.B. also from Oberlin in 1913. A member of Phi Beta Kappa, he served on the faculties of the State College of Washington, Wheaton College, Wellesley College and the Boston Conservatory of Music before joining the Boston University faculty in 1929. COLLEGE OF MUSIC 1251