Tufts University - Jumbo Yearbook (Medford, MA)

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In Appreciation Last spring Harry P. Burden, Dean of the College of Engineering, retired. During his forty-three years at Tufts Dean Burden has established his position as an excellent scholar in the field of sani¬ tary engineering. As Dean of the Engineering School he has demonstrated his ability to understand the human, as well as the mechanical, side of his engineering students. His aim has always been to avoid letting his students graduate understanding their science but not themselves. The intro¬ duction of a combined five-year Liberal Arts-Engineering program, a system which has given Tufts the reputation of teaching liberal engineering, is evidence of Dean Burden’s success in com¬ bining these two approaches to scholarship. His ability as a teacher, his skill as an administrator, and his understanding of human nature have been a tribute to Dean Burden and a boon to his college. 10

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michael Hall supplying much needed dor¬ mitory space, allowing more of our stu¬ dent body to live on the campus; Cohen Arts Center furnished a new home for the German, Music, Classics, and Fine Arts Departments. Cohen Auditorium with its larger seating capacity replaced Goddard Chapel as the center of many campus functions. In the past year we have witnessed the construction of a new Bouve dormitory and a heating plant. The former will fulfill the function of housing the Bouve students under one Growth of Tufts In the four years that we have attended Tufts we have seen it develop from a college into a university. This growth has not been in name only. Tufts has pursued an intensive building program to keep abreast of the increasing enrollment. 1954 witnessed the addition of Car- roof instead of many; the latter will pro¬ vide a central heating unit for all the college buildings. And even as we graduate a drive is underway to build a new School of En¬ gineering. Tufts’ increasing interest in its physical facilities is clear proof that we have attended not only a good school but also a growing one. 9

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