Boston University - HUB Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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SARGENT COLLEGE of PHYSICAL EDUCATION Dean Nelson S. Walke In 1839 a group of ministers and laymen met in Boston to es- Sargent College, one of the oldest schools of Physical Education for women in the United States, was founded in 1881 by the late Dr. Dudley A. Sargent. It aroused immediate interest because of the many innovations in equipment and instruction instituted by Dr. Sa1'gent. The College was an independent one for nea1'ly fifty years but in 1924 the death of Dr. Sargent necessitated the associ- ation ol' the school with an institution already empowered to grant degrees. It was incorporated as a division of the School of Educa- tion in 1929 but in 1934 was made a separate part of the Univer- sity. Ernst Hermann served as Dean of the College until his retire- ment in 1940. Dr. Nelson S. Walke received his appointment as Dean of Sargent College of Physical Education in the summer of 1941. IIe was graduated from the University of Cincinnati with the degree of S.B. and later received tl1e degrees of M.A. and Ph.D. from Colum- bia University. Dean Walke served as director of the physical education departments of the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechan- ical Collcge, Columbia University and Pennsylvania State College before coming to Boston University. tablish in New England a theological institution adapted to the economy of 1VIethodism. In the fall of 1841 classes were begun at Newbury, Vermont. In 1847 the merger of the Concord Biblical Institute and the Newbury Biblicai Institute was approved by the legislature ol' New llampshire and became the Methoclist General Biblical Institute located at Concord, New Hampshire. In 1867 this Institute was moved to Boston to become known as the Boston Theological Seminary. It became the first department of Boston University as its School of Theology in 1871. Earl B. Marlatt has served as Dean of the School of Theology since l1is appointment in 1938 and has been a member of the School facility since 1923 when he received his appointment as assistant professor ol' philosophy. Dean Marlatt was graduated with the degree of A.B. from DePauw University in 1912. In 1922 he re- ceived the degree ol' S.T.B. from Boston University and in 1929 he was awarded his Ph.D. degree. DePauw University conferred upon him the degree of .l,itt.D. in 1931. The Dean has also done graduate study at the University of Berlin and Oxford University. SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY i261 Dean Earl B. Marlatt

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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

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Founded in 1872 after a committee of the Trustees of the Uni- versity reported on the desirability of opening such a department, the School of Law pioneered many advances in legal training. The Law School was the first school to require training before admission and also was the first to instigate pre-entrance examinations. The School has given legal training to many famous men and women in the legal field. Many federal and state judges, members of Congress, state legislators and district attorneys as well as prac- tising lawyers are graduates of the School. Since the establishment of the School, eight deans have held appointments. Dr. Melvin M. Johnson, the present Dean, has been a member of the faculty of the School since 1918 when he was named Lecturer on Law. Named Professor of Law in 1920, here- ceived his appointment as Dean in 1935. Dean Johnson received his Ph.B. and A.B. from Tufts College in 1892 and in 1895 was graduated from Boston University with the degree of LL.B., magna cum laude. The University of Vermont awarded him the honorary degree of l.L.D. in 1936. A member of Phi Beta Kappa, he also holds membership in Theta Delta Chi and Phi Delta Phi. CHOOL OF L W Dean Melvin M. Johnson Dean Bennett F. Avery The School of hledicine originated in 1848 under the name of the Female Medical Education Society. The purpose of the Institu- tion was to provide for and promote the education of nurses and women physicians. Four years after the chartering of Boston Uni- versity this institution was incorporated as a department of the University as the Boston University School of Medicine. Since its incorporation into the University it has been a coeducational School. In its seventy-year history, tl1c School has had four deans. The first Dean, Dr. I. T. Talbot, served from the time of the Schoolis incorporation with the University until his death in 1899 when he was succeeded by the late Dr. John P. Sutherland. Upon Dr. Suth- erland's retirement in 1923, the late Dr. Alexander S. Begg became Dean and served in that capacity until his death in 1940. Dr. Ave1'y, who was named to succeed Dr. Begg in January, 1941, is one of the youngest deans of a medical school in this country. lie received the degrees of B.S., M.S., and M.D. from the University of Michigan. Before coming to Boston University Dean Avery taught at Yale a11d was Acting Dean of the Medical School at the American University of Beyrout, Syria. SCHOOL OF MEDICINE l 271