New York University School of Commerce - Commerce Violet Yearbook (New York, NY)

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.if i 2 , , g SN ' l ear, e st r ay 'Ul'.l' X X K lf . S Cf ,4 f l 0 . 1, la ill, s 'l .rl f Efg lfsqgg, '. qwhgkgi k. fa f. 1 ' l '- ' 'il lJglule55Gr1f0TClSChe1'e1' E college year 1926-1927 was one of the most active and changes and events took place that it is diflicult to pick the one, which ten, twenty or thirty years from now, will be the most ' s 4 . V' e outstanding to the students of today. To the School of Commerce I , . u,a,,-.X S1523 N. successful in the history of the School of Commerce. So many 1 ' . 14 . 1 '- , 2 at x itself, the new building is perhaps the most vital of all. Twentyfseven years ago a request was made of the University by the Society of Certified Public Accountants of New York for the establishment of a school that would prepare students to take the C.P.A. examinations. So in 1900 a new school was established, the School of Commerce, Accounts, and Finance. It is hard to realize today that in 1900 the School of Commerce had only 67 students and a few rooms in the Washington Square building. The first course offered in the new school was one covering but two years of Commerce work, and this was given only in the evening. But with this humble beginning, the school had grown to be the largest in the university and in 1926 a building of its own was found to be necessary. The university, therefore, purchased the eleven story building at Fourth and Wooster streets late in the spring of 1926. During the summer vacation the building was completely remodeled, so that when the students arrived at school last September they found awaiting them the finest of the University buildings at Washington Square- the New Commerce Building. The building was complete with study halls, lockers, accounting laboratories, smoking rooms, rest rooms, commerce practice rooms, faculty rooms and a wonderful library. It is worthy of note that the new building, dedicated to the teaching of business principles, lies in the heart of the world's greatest business district. 9

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A specific example is the adaptation of the principles of art to display advertising. Professor Sprague was one of the first consciously to develop an art of layout from the principles of composition that have been garnered from the painters, architects, and sculptors whose works have become classic. Also he has pioneered in developing courses in layfout founded upon an intimate knowledge of the best art. Not only has this work been of value to practitioners, both layfout men and art directors, but Pro' fessor Sprague has been able to present it to his students so that they have caught the inspiration of art as well as acquired the technique of the worker. Professor Sprague's home is in Port Washiiigton, where with Mrs. Sprague he is bringing up two sons, Andrew and David, six and two respectively. It is too early to predict the future for youngsters of their ages, but from their ability to use scissors on their father's books and a paste pot on their mother's damask table linen, it looks as if they might have a bright and shining future either as artists or editors. The adaptation and utilization of the best that comes within one's purview is said to be essential to each of these avocations. ,The popularity of the man whom the Violet Board is honoring by this dedication is further attested by the recent vote of Commerce students for the most popular instructor. Professor Sprague was the only member of the faculty having attained full rank who received even as much as a nomination. 6

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The new building brought with it another important change. The School of Commerce had been giving a course leading to a B.C.S. degree which required three years of study for day students and four years for night students. This course was lengthened to four years during the day and to six years at night. This was accom' plished by requiring all new students to take one year of cultural work, in addition to the A u - -v- - -Lil regular commerce courses. A new four year fja.. course, leading to a B.S. in Commerce degree, was inaugurated. This course enabled the stu' dent to take two years of cultural work and two years of commerce work. These new courses, besides greatly increasing the prestige of the 1 B M. ll f of G17 0 1K s'll ,,f il i ll xi the A school, gave the students one or two years of 1 lil' ii l V My D w training in how to live together with the very g . ll sg 4 important training in how to make a living. -:11 '1..-. .127 In writing of these momentous changes, it ' A -TED is impossible to forget the man who is most ref sponsible for these improvements. This man is Dean John T. Madden. Dean Madden is himself a son of Commerce and was appointed to his present position in October, 1925, to succeed the late Joseph French Johnson. Since that time he has built up quite a reputation for himself. He is known as the hardest worker on the faculty, yet he is never too busy to give some of his time to any student who wants to see him. , The year 1911 was a historic one both for the School of Commerce and the University. Dean Madden received his B.C.S. degree during that year and Dr. Elmer Ellsworth Brown was appointed as chancellor of the University. Last Novemf ber, Chancellor Brown was honored with a testimonial dinner to celebrate the com- pletion of fifteen years of notable service as head of the institution. More than five hundred people of prominence and representatives of over twenty universities were present at the dinner, which took place at the Waldorf Astoria. The success of Chancellor Brown's administration lead a group of prominent New Yorkers to take the initiative in commemorating his fifteen years of notable service to the community. The dinner committee was probably the largest and most able committee ever organized to arrange a celebration in honor of a publicfspirited American. The majority of the men, on the committee, are leaders in the educational, politif J- 5 1, 11.2- cal and business world and are well known in X ft I every part of the country. - ,XX ' asia A Chancellor Brown came to New York Uni- f- P X 2- versity from Washington, where for five years 5' , he was United States Commissioner of Educa' IJ! XX , tion, having been appointed by President Roosef velt. Chancellor Brown is a graduate of the University of Michigan and had been a professor of education there and at the University of Calif Q , P ., fornia. During his administration at New York University, enrollment has increased from 4,364 t A S.. in 1911f12 to 26,813 in 192526, New York an A 51 . j ' . 1 X - S- -. 1- P - lx q 'V 'R : '-F . 1 N--K . X I all ll lilli l w-i . l -u,.5f,,fb: AH Af ' T 10