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

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M ERC. was purchased to house the Wfall Street Division and the Crad- uate School. As the School of Commerce grew, it moved from its old quarters on tl1e eighth floor of the Main building to the present Commerce Building. Wlien Dean Johnson died in 1926, in his stead was chosen the then assistant Dean and former head of the Department of Accounting, John T. Madden. Under Dean Maddenis leadership the School of Commerce has become the foremost school in the nation devoted exclusively to the training of students for business. Last semester 8,582 students were registered i11 the school. Among the 204 members of the faculty are leaders i11 their respective fields of business. Members of the Commerce faculty are equally recognized outside of the University. More than 3,000 newspaper and magazine articles and 403 books and specialized monographs have been written during the past few years. The faculty also prepared the business articles for the Encyclopedia Britannica a11d the definitions of business terms in the New Century Dictionary. In 1926 the Bachelor of Science degree in a specialized field was first offered in cooperation with Yvashington Square Col- lege. Commerce students were now offered a wider variety of cultural courses. Under the late Chancellor Elmer Ellsworth Brown's policy of unifying the University, the School assisted i11 the establish- ment of the College Commerce course at University Heights. To provide a place where co-eds and men may mingle freely, the Al Lassman Memorial Hall was opened in December, 1932, at an impressive ceremony presided over by the late Chancellor Elmer Elseworth Brown. The hall was named in memory of A1 Lassman, famous Commerce football star who met with his death in attempting to save one of his charges from drowning during the camp season of 1930. In its brief history of thirty-four years the School of Com- merce has been a pioneer in business education and has become the largest school of business administration in the United States. CHANCELLOR,S HOME FACADE or THE ScHooL WALL STREET CENTER , .. .. V...-W. . . .... N. .--,...-....W.. . ,. .Y .,, . . -,-iris,-1-f--,..... . .,...., ,....,........,.,.....,.,.,.......,, - . ,.,- -- ,A . Vs .. - t, .. ....:Y,., fur,

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ll'l'FAl,l. AT Tm: SQIQ-'tlil-I I vl'luN1:r3 'ro Conn!-Ll llllli SQIQARIE Il.-X3ll'l'h 35 Yea rs of tl0llllll0l'00 History S early as 1833, when Xew York City was fast becoming the new metropolis of America, the 11eed for special collegiate instruction for those who were to enter upon careers in thc cityis mercantile establishments was recognized. In the minutes of the New York University Council of February 12, 1833, we Hnd as a subject for consideration Lathe expediency and propriety of the establislnnent of a professorship of commerce. But the time for such a move was not yet ripe, and not until the dawn of the twentieth century was a separate school of commerce established. August, 1900 saw the realization of long continued efforts. Under the leadership of Chancellor Henry Mitchell Mac- Cracken the school was given University sanction. It had no endowment: the sponsors merely pledged themselves to meet all deficits. During its history of thirty-four years the School of Commerce has never been a liability to the University. The early faculty of the school undertook their work with inspired zeal under the leadership of the first Dean, Charles 1Yaldo Haskins. The school proved popular from the very start when sixty registered the first year. Since then the attendance has mounted until last semester the registration was 6621. Two years after the opening of the school evening classes became so crowded that afternoon sessions were started, and a three year program for the degree of Bachelor of Commercial Science was instituted. Convinced of the value of a knowledge of journalism to the business man, Dean Joseph French Johnson instituted in 1910 journalism courses. In 1911 Professor James Melvin Lee was appointed to take charge of this department. Upon his death in 1929 Professor H. B. Rathbone became chairman. So rapidly did the college grow that in 1912 the day session as well as a Brooklyn division was established. Two years later the Wvall Street Division was founded. In 1920 the Graduate School of Business Administration was established, with Archibald Wellington Taylor as Dean. In the same year the old Trinity School building at 90 Trinity Place

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