Bucknell University - L Agenda Yearbook (Lewisburg, PA)

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r,. r DEDICATION To Ephraim Marshall Heim, whose thirty-eight years as student and teacher at Biicknell have been marked by devoted service to the Uni- versity, its upbuilding and expansion, this fortieth volume of L ' Agenda is dedicated.

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Dedication EPHRAIM MARSHALL HEIM was born in Warrensville, Pennsylvania, on August 28, 1867. He received his early education in the public schools. He was graduated from Muncy Normal School in the spring of 1887, and in the fall of the same year entered Keystone Academy, from which he was graduated in 1889. In the fall of that year he entered Bucknell, and was grad- uated in ' 93 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. At the age of seventeen he began to teach in the Lycoming County rural schools. From 1890 to 1895 he taught in the Muncy Normal School summer session. After having been graduated from Bucknell University, he received an appointment as instructor in Latin at the Bucknell Academy, and taught there during the school year 1893-1894. Professor Heim was granted a fellowship in political science at the University of Chicago in 18 94, which he held until June, 18 97. In the fall of that year he returned to Bucknell as an instructor in political science and economics. He was made professor of political science and economics in 1899, when the course was general and consisted of a few classes. From this beginning he developed the de- partment, and in 1923 political science was separated from economics. From time to time special courses in finance and business were added, with the necessary increase in teaching force, until, in 1928, the courses were collected into a four year Commerce and Finance course, which is recognized as one of the strong departments of the University. In all of this development Professor Heim has been the guiding influence. In 1922 Professor Heim took the first steps in launching the drive for the Bucknell University Memorial Stadium, when $17,000 was secured toward financ- ing the project. Later in the year the project was taken over by the Bucknell Board of Trustees, and he retained the office of treasurer of the Stadium Commis- sion, which had in charge the construction and financing of the Stadium project.