Boston University - HUB Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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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

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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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THE SCHOOL or TIIEOLOGY TRACES 1Ts origin to a meeting ol' min- isters and laymen who met in Boston in 1839 to establish a theologi- cal institution in New England 'ladapted to the economy ol' Method- ismf' Classes were begun in the fall of 1841 at Newbury, Vermont. In 1847 the legislature of New Hampshire approved the merger of the Concord Biblical Institute and the Newbury Biblical Institute which became the Methodist General Biblical Institute located at Concord, New Hampshire. In 1867 this Institute was moved to Boston to become known as the Boston Theological Seminary. Four years later, under a new act of legislature, it became the first department ofthe then newly chartered Boston University as its School of Theology. During its more than a century of existence, it has rendered distinguished service to the Church and to young men preparing themselves for Christian service. Earl B. Marlatt was appointed dean ofthe School ol' Theology in 1938. He has served on the faculty ofthe School since his appoint- ment as assistant professor ol' philosophy in 1923. Dean Marlatt was graduated with the degree oi'A.B. from DePauw University in 1912. In 1922 he received the degree ofS.T.B. lrom Boston Universityg in 1929 he was awarded his Ph.D. degree. DePauw University con- ferred upon him the degree of Litt.D. in 1931. Dean Marlatt has also done graduate study at the University of' Berlin and at O1-:lord University, and has done lecturing on religious education at Welles- ley College. SCHOOL OF THEOLCGY Earl B. Marlatt, A.B., S.T.B., Ph.D., Litt.D., Dean l E251