University of Pittsburgh - Owl Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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ADMINISTRATCRS IOSEPH STOCKTON ROBERT BRUCE EORGE WELCH, first Principal of the Pitts- burgh Academy, introduced, in the year of 1789, a curriculum which included the regular classical subjects-elocution, literature, mathe- matics and natural science. For over a century these courses were the basis of higher education, although the first principal's successors, during the early years of the Academy, did somewhat enlarge this curriculum. The Reverend Mr. Arthur became the second Principal of the Acad- emy in 1795. He was succeeded in 1796 by the Reverend Robert Andrews who served as the school's head until 1800, The next head of the school was the Reverend Robert Steele who served for just one term. The Reverend John Taylor, Principal from 1801 to 1807 introduced a course in Astronomy. From 1807 to 1810, Rev- erend Robert Patterson, scholar and poet, guided the destinies of the Academy and he was fol- lowed by Reverend loseph Stockton, who headed the Academy from 1810 until 1822, when it be- came a university. Reverend Stockton, a lover of the classics, was the author of the first school- books used west of the Allegheniesz Western Calculator, and the Western Spe1ler. In 1822, the Western University of Pennsyl- vania was formally created and Robert Bruce, D.D., became its first Principal. He tried to per- petuate the classical tradition of his Alma Mater, the University of Edinburg, in the new Univer- sity and he established a very solid and compre- hensive curriculum in which both classical ,. Q! AQ: HERMAN DYER , ' , -'7 tt' . . .. .1 H Pittsburgh, with its 130 families, - 4s...,,' Q was a thriving little frontier town at the close of the Revolution. 1 Y 1 1 1 r tl Fr 1 1 I N '35 , f f- 1, iv y A 4' 1 - I , ll.. -. xi, at z iiliiiif , f is ' ' - .1 k j , .ff .v --if . 1 ou' 10- :is .3 X

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ADMINISTRATIVE CDF F ICERS IOHN WEBER IOHN G QUICK Secretary Reggsh-ar x ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS OF THE UNIVERSITY Iohn Gabbert Bowman, M.A., LL.D., Litt.D., Chancellor Iohn Weber, M.E., Secretary Stanton C. Crawford, Ph.D., Dean oi The College Elmer Allen Holbrook, E.M., Dean of the School of Engineering and of the School of Mines Charles Sanford Tippetts, Ph.D., Dean of the School of Business Administration Charles Edward Prall, Ph.D., Dean ot the School of Education William Thomas Root, Ph.D., Dean of the Graduate School Raleigh Russell Huggins, M.D., Sc.D., Dean of the School of Medicine Alexander Marshall Thompson, LL.M., Dean of the School of Law C. Leonard O'Connell, Phar.D., Dean of the School of Pharmacy H. Edmund Friesell, D.D.S., LL.D., Sc.D., Dean of the School of Dentistry Thyrsa Wealtheow Amos, M.A., LL.D., Dean of Women Vincent Wesley Lantear, Ph.D., Dean of Men Edward Ray Weidlein, M.A., Sc.D., LL.D., Director of the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research Iohn Gilbert Quick, B.S., University Registrar Iustus Howard Dice, B.L.S., University Librarian . George Stanley Rupp, University Bursar and Assistant Treasurer Frank William Shockley, A.B., Director of the University Extension Division and ot the Summer Sessions I. Lloyd Mahony, B.C.S., Director of the Evening Division Frank C. Iordan, Ph.D., Sc.D., Directorqof the Allegheny Observatory Bishop Brown, A.B., Director of the Research Bureau for Retail Training Ralph I. Watkins, Ph.D., Director of the Bureau of Business Research William Morrell, A.B., University Editor Robert X. Graham, M.A., Director of the University News Service H. Clifford Carlson, M.D., Director of the Student Health Service Auleene Marley Iamison, M.D., Director of the Student Health Service tor Women Iohn Lee Holcombe, Colonel, C. A. C., U. S. Army, Director of Military Science and Tactics V Iohn Dambach, M.A., Director of Physical Education Raymond L. Coss, B.S. in M.E., Superintendent of the Department ot Buildings and Grounds William Don Harrison, M.A., Director of Athletics Iohn Wilson Wishart Hallock, Ph.D., Secretary of the General Alumni Associa- tion William W. Mendenhall, M.A., Executive Secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association Helen Claire Battrick, M.A., Executive Secretary ot the Young Women's Christian Association 25

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1787-1937 subjects and courses in contemporary fields of knowledge were included. The Reverend Gil- bert Morgan, Principal in 1835-1836, made an attempt in his short reign to set up a teacher's college. Public schools had been introduced in 1834 and this wise Head of the University saw a growing need for teachers. His plans did not materialize at the time but the idea did not die. Reverend Robert Bruce again became Principal and continued his former policy during the years 1836 to 1843. Herman Dyer, D.D., Principal of the University during the hectic years from 1843 to 1849, when the University's progress was harrassed by fires, introduced the first law and engineering courses. During the period from 1849 to 1855, D. H. Riddle, D.D., was Head of the University. Attempts to hold classes in spite of the fact that there was no permanent location for the school failed. From 1855 to 1858, lohn F. McLaren, D.D., was Principal. In the latter year, George Woods, LL.D., as- sumed the responsibilities of guiding the school and became the first to carry the title of Chancel- lor of the Western University of Pennsylvania. His accomplishments include the strengthening of both the general cultural and the scientific courses. It was during his term that the Alle- gheny Observatory was added to the University. Henry M. MacCracken, D.D., later President of New York University, was Chancellor from 1881 to 1884. Milton B. Goff, LL.D., who next as- sumed leadership of the growing school, was the 'QM 'mmrqwgn ll I: M N a lll- 'W I t , ' . 'r 5 - U F Ll' I' 1 ffxlrtj i r '- A ' i ' X -- The good townspeople had built rx. L-5 Q ,ff new market house and were revel- --g.i:-IW, f' L7 ing in the luxury of a new weekly If-' Vkffw mlm mail service. DAVID H. RIDDLE IOHN F. MCLAREN GEORGE WOODS