Temple University - Templar Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Or. Charles E. Beury. second President of the University lion for the establishment of the Temple l'niversify War Council to unify war activities on the campus. These activit ies included food conservation committees, labor bureaus for stimulating farm work among students, committees to urge students to work in war and munition plants after school hours and on Sundays, the Medical Cadet Corps created by the School of Medicine in 1916, and Liberty Ix an campaigns. Common occurrences on Temple's 1918 campus were the sounds of marching feet studentsproudly wearing the khaki of their I’ncle Sam while they served and studied in the S. A. T. C. (Student Army Training Corps). More than 275 men enlisted as potential officers. It was quite often that Dr. Con well, standing in the shadows of College Hall, reviewed the “Temple troops” as they paraded up Broad Street to their classes or to their dormitories. The boys were “student soldiers.” They drilled. They studied. They lived at school. Then the armistice- November 11, 1918. Reconstruction; Peace programs. Dr. Conwcll and Temple were busy again. Faculty members on, leave to fight for democracy, returned to their desks. Educational routine had to be reinstated. (’ourses had to Ik revised, new ones added. Returning students from the battlefield. Rack to Temple, back to classes to keep up the fighting spirit, the Conwcll spirit— Acres of Diamonds. In 1 24 Conwcll Hall, million-dollar memorial to temple's “father of education. was dedicated. It was an answer to the University’s most urgent needs- the most modern college building of the times. Conwcll Hall was the beginning of a new Temple era. Dr. Conwcll built an educational institution that today ranks with the finest in the country. He saw first the start of a College of Liberal Arts, then a School of Theology, a Law School, and a Medical School. Finally, Schools of Pharmacy, Dentistry, Music, Chiropody, and Commerce, and a Teachers College. He founded Temple with a fighting faith in tIn-City of Philadelphia. Here in 1922 In was given the “outstanding citizen” award for meritorious civic service. Yes, he founded Temple with a fighting faith to spread universal education, but he knew that that faith to survive must be kept burning in the hearts and minds and ambitions of others besides himself. He knew and he planned. He chose his associates wisely and carefully. On his death, December 6, 1925, Dr. Charles Ezra Beury, now president-emeritus of the Cniversitv. took the Founder’s place. Temple was no longer the school of seven students in a small ill-lighted basement classroom. It was a 1’niversity. Big. Strong. Filled with the Conwcll spirit and fighting faith. Temple—seven professional schools, three hospitals, three undergraduate schools, and a high school. Under President Beury Temple “built itself a new house.” The stadium, massive structure of concrete and brick out on City Line, was dedicated in 1928. Came next, in 1929, the erection of Carnell Hall, the half-million-dollar memorial to Dr. ConweH’s closest associate, Dean Laura H. Carnell. Followed in swift succession tIn-building of the new Medical School in 1980 and, the year after, the imposing, handsomely furnished student recreation center, Mitten Hall. In 1985 the Stella Elkins Tyler Fine Arts School was established. Finally, in 1986, Temple saw the realization of a long dream when Sullivan Memorial Library was dedicated. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, tlu-n serving his first term as President of the United States, was the speaker at the mid- 18

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Active as ever Indore. lie returned to Boston where he Itecautc a newspaper man. But in 1871-religious endeavor l eekoned him and lie mitered the ministry accepting a pulpit in Lexington. Seven years later, at the age of 88, he assumed pastorate of the Grace Baptist Church in Philadelphia, Here he remained for 1-5 years, ... ' 1 ' . Here he wrote “Acres of Diamonds. a lecture lie delivered more than 0,000 times. Here he founded Temple I nivcrsity. And here he continued to practice what he preached. (’onwell is immortal to Temple. He Imilt, in 1888, the Baptist Temple to house the largest Protestant congregation in America. It still stands today silently, strongly, spiritually, at Temple's side, waving high the (’onwell haulier: “In your own backyard, find you your success, not over the wide. Iiewildering expanse of world.” Yes, I)r. ('onwell practiced what he preached. He started Temple with seven students. Today there are more than 11,000 receiving instruction—and in the very shadow of the first classroom. Here are some of the milestones in that transformation : Carnell and Conwell at University Services Laura H. Carnell 1801—the College of Liberal Arts established a day department with full authority, granted by the Pennsylvania Legislature, to award degrees. 1808 the School of Theology came into living. 180.7 saw creation of the School of Law. 1001 brought a Medical School, and a registered School of Pharmacy two months later. 1007—a School of Dentistry liecame Temple's. Growth. Fighting to the tune and the dreams of ('onwell. Fighting. Building. Growing. College Hall was dedicated in 1805. Temple’s first building of her own still standing, still serving the University. Solid, sturdy granite. Solid as (’onwell. Sturdy as his spirit and his ambitions and his aims. College Hall. It looks across the row-house classroom buildings up at the tall, stately (’onwell and Carnell Halls. Memorials to the Founder. Sy minds of his 1 reams. Signs that Temple can grow, has grown, and will continue to grow. And Temple's growth has continued through war and peace, prosperity and depression. Yes, through war. Following the declaration of war by Congress in April, 1917, Dr. Conwell set machinery in mo- 17 09392676

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On this IDlltli anniversary of his birth. If He made his success ;il lionie. what he preached. II. Conwell, wherever his spirit may Ic, run he proud. ♦ It was in the early months of 1941 that Dr. The founder turm the ground for Conwell Hill Henry, in the president's chair for nearly III years, announced his retirement. To succeed him the University Hoard of Trustees scanned the outstanding men of our Nation and linally selected wide-awake, energetic, capable Robert Livingston Johnson, one of tlw founders of Time, Inc., publishers of Life, Time, and Fortune magazine.'. l)r. Johnson, a soldier in World War I, was ready to lead Temple where lu-r liuhtiiif! spirit was taking her to the lop. He has that Conwell faith and determination to go out and do it. At his inauguration Dr. Johnson. Temple's third president, said: My aim for Temple is to make it the finest I’niversity in America. That was on Decernl er 4. I.041. Three days later fame Pearl Harbor. ♦ ♦ Tcnnlc I’m versify, guided hy clear-thinking President Johnson, took cognizance of the situation as Dr. Con well had done in World War . Hundreds of .students enlisted in the armed forces’ reserves. Draft quotas were doubled. War courses. Red Cross work. Potential soldier?:—-Temple is training them. Future leaders of a world fared with complete reconstruction- Temple is training them. The doctors, the lawyers, the dentists and pharmacists so necessary in an all-out war effort— Temple is training them. -