Boston University - HUB Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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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

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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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SCHOOL OF EDUCATIO Den n ,Icssc B. Davis -.wf..w.-,.....,, that of B.S. in Ed The primary distinction between the School of Social Work and its worthy predecessor, the School of Religious and Social Work, lies in the fact that the new department, organized but two years ago, functions solely as a graduate department. The courses in religious education, formerly offered exclusively by the now dis- continued school, are 11ow presented jointly by the School of Social Work and the School of Theology. The School of Social Work was organized as a graduate School in 1940 to prepare young men and women for a career in professional, welfare and social work. Richard K. Conant, who had served as director of the School of Religious and Social Work was appointed Dean of the reorganized school replacing Dean Emeritus Henry H. Meyer. Dean Conant was graduated from Harvard in 1908, receiving an A.B. degree and was granted an LLB. a few years later. In 1937 he was appointed lecturer on social work. He was promoted to full pro- fessorship in 1938 and in the same year was appointed director of the division of social Work. A man respected in his field, Dean Conant was a logical choice for his present position when the SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK 1281 The School of Educ Ltion vs LS est LlJl1Hl1LKl Ls L Dep LIlLI'I'll,l1t. of the University in 1918 Since its e Lily d Lys when Dr Arthur H Wilde ---w......... was dean of the school until the present d Ly the growth ol this one of the largest dep Litments ol the University h LS been Lm ll ing. One of the greatest contributions of the School is the neu college curriculum wlueh was introduced in 19.37 flns pl Ill seeks to bring about improved methods of selection of students foi higher education, the use ol L two rather th Ln L lour ye Lr cuiricu lum and through systematic gll1lll.11CL to piovide piogr Lms ol study suited for the l1llllV1ill1'Ll student s Llbllltv Lnd pl mns for the future. The School originally L senior college and gr Mill tte school extended its program to include woik for the degree of I d D Lud Jesse 13. Davis h LS been De L11 01 the School sinee 195: Ile YN IS graduated from Colgate University with the degree of X B in 1895. In 1911 he recelved his A M and in 1922 the degree ol l itt D. The University of Miclng 111 conferred upon lnm '111 M X de gree in 1916. A member of Phi I3etL Ixappa he Llso holds membei ship in Delta Upsilon and Phi Delt L lx LDIYL s