Boston University - HUB Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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T1-1E COLLEGE or MUSIC, as the first undergraduate department of the University, was founded in 1872. It was first housed in the Boston Music Hall, where it stayed for a number of years. The College was discontinued in 1891, when Dr. Eben Tourjee, dean of the College, died. The school was re-established in 1902 as a division of the College of Liberal Arts, under the direction of the late John P. Marshall. It was not until 1928 that the school again became a separate unit. Dr. Marshall was appointed dean of the College at that time, having served as head ofthe department since 1902. In September, I936, the College moved from the Boylston St. location which it had occupied since 1928, into its present quarters in the Soden Building. Dean Marshall remained at the head of the College until his death in January of this year. Alfred H. Meyer was appointed acting dean of the College follow- ing the death of Dean Marshall. He has served as a member of the College faculty since 1929. In November, 1940, Dean Meyer was appointed assistant to Dean Marshall, due to the increasing amount of administrative work. Dean Meyer was graduated from Oberlin College in 1910 with the degree of Mus.B., and received the degree ofA,B, from Oberlin in 1913. He served as a member of the faculties of the State College of Washington, Wheaton College, Wellesley Col- lege, and the Boston Conservatory of Music before coming to Boston University. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. COLLEGE OF MUSIC Alfred H. Meyer, Mus.B., A.B., Acting Dean l23l V

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COLLEGE OF PRACTICAL ARTS AND LETTERS THE COLLEGE OF PRACTICAL ARTS AND LETTERS was established in 1917 to supply the urgent need for trained business women to take the place of men who had gone to war. The new department was an educational innovation for Boston University inasmuch as it was the first department solely for the educating of young women students. The growth of the College was rapid in its early years. By 1920 it was necessary to make extensive additions, which included a gymnasium, auditorium and a number of classrooms, to the College building. In 1937, the presentation to the College ofthe Larz Ander- son Memorial Center increased the facilities ofthe school. The gift provided the College with a country retreat as well as its urban home, where the students might hold their social gatherings, present dramatic productions in the new outdoor theater, or just hide away from busy activity. T. Lawrence Davis, whose thought and effort have been responsi- ble for the founding of the College and its success, has been dean since 1917. He was graduated from Boston University's College of Business Administration with the degree of B.B.A. in 1915, and in 191 7 received the M.B.A. degree. In 1923, Dean Davis was awarded the degree of S.C.D. by Kansas Wesleyan University, and received the degree of LL.D. from the University of New Hampshire in 1927. In 1937, Dean Davis was awarded the degree of Ed.D. by the American International College. T Lawrence Davis B B A M B A S C D., LL.D., Ed.D., Dean E221

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SARGENT COLLEGE OE PHYSICAL EDUCATION SARGENT COLLEGE, ONE OF THE o1.DEs'r schools of physical educa- tion Ibr women in the country, was established in 1881 by the late Dr. Dudley A. Sargent. It aroused immediate interest because ofthe many innovations in equipment and instruction instituted by Dr. Sargent. The College was an independent school for nearly fifty years. In 1924, Dr. Sargentis death necessitated the association ofthe school with an institution already empowered to grant degrees. According- ly, the school and equipment were given to the University in mem- ory of Dr. Sargent. It was incorporated as a division of the School of Education in 1929. In harmony with the trend ofthe times through- out the country that schools of physical education be separate units within large institutions, Sargent College was made a separate de- part1nent ol' the University in 1934. Ernst Hermann served as dean ofthe College from 1929 until his retirement in 1940. jesse B. Davis, dean of the School of Education, is acting dean of' Sargent College, while Dr. Nelson S. Walke is director of the Col- lege. Dr. Walke was appointed to his position in the summer of 1940. He was graduated from the University of Cincinnati with the degree of S.B., and later received the degrees of M.A., and Ph.D. from Columbia University. Dr. Walke served as director of the physical education departments of the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechani- cal College, Columbia University, and Pennsylvania State College before coming to Sargent. Nelson S Walke S B MA Ph.D., Director H41