Drexel University - Spartan Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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MECHANIC ARTS FACULTY AND INSTRUCTORS

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departments of literature, art, science and technology. The Museum contains collections in textile fabrics, embroideries, ceramics, carvings in ivory and wood, metal-work, etc. g a valuable collection of Egyptian antiquities, recently presented by Col. A. J. Drexel, and a collection of paintings by some of the first masters, bequeathed to the Institute by the founder. On the second and third floors, opening from the galleries which surround the Central Court, on the fourth fioor and in the basement are the smaller lecture rooms, class rooms, laboratories, studios, and workshops, numbering fifty-four in all, besides the coat rooms and laboratories. The Gymnasium, occupying the fourth story in the front of the building, is a large, well-ventilated room, supplied with dressing rooms and bath rooms. The building has its own steam, mechanical and electrical plant. Great attention has been paid to the heating and ventilation of the building, and it is lighted throughout by electricity. For the latter purpose 3000 incandescent lamps are required. To accommodate the increased demands made upon the Institute, two annexes consisting of buildings in the immediate vicinity have been opened and are devoted to laboratory, studio, and class room purposes. Annex No. I, on Chestnut Street east of the Institute, contains thirteen rooms 3 Annex No. 2, on Thirty-second Street west of the Insti- tute, contains sixteen rooms besides those devoted to the restaurant. The Institute, as at present constituted, comprises nine depart- ments. While each department is organized with reference to its special objects and courses of instruction, it sustains important relations to the other departments, and the various lines of work are carried on in so broad a spirit as to give a certaint unity of purpose to the scope and ends of the institution as a whole. The teaching body consists of over sixty Professors, Instructors, and Lecturers. During the year 1895-6, the various departments of the Institute were attended by more than 2800 students. The total attendance at the free public lectures and concerts was over 37,000. 18

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The Faculty. T LLB, M Zee jjj, tA.M. ANI: LL D,, BROXVN UNlVERSlTX'.J QLL.B., UNIvI1.Izsl'rY OF New YORK., MIQMIIER AMERICAN PIfIII,OsOI'IIIcAI. SOCIETY, 1886. OFFICIER 1u'AcAImExIIE fl'ARISj, 1889. SUl'ERlN'l'ICNDEN'l' PUIILIC SCHOOLS, MIIAVAUKILE, 1873-83. SUIIIQRINTENDIQNI' PUIILIC SCHOOLS PHILAnEI.I'HIA, 1883-90. PRIQSIDENT DRIexIaI, INs'I'I'I'u'I'E, 1890. LI-LCTIIRIQR IN PIIDAGOGY, JOIINS HOPKINS UNIvIcRsI'I'Y, 1892. ' LECTURER IN Pxzlmoocv, BROOKLYN INs'rI'1'UTIs,1893. LIsc'rURIf:R IN PI-:DAc:OoY, UNIVERSITY or 'rII1c CITY or NIQW YORK, 1894. Nllihllilrlll tbl 'l'llIfZ jtIRY OI-' AWARD, A'l'I.AN'I'A ExItOsI'I'IoN, 1895. ' A E7l5'1'lI667' Cmyir, 0?II7ed .S7alcr fV?z1gI'. Direrlor Illvrhrzufc Ari: Deparlmwzl am! lzzrlruclnr in Mc Thtdlj' amz' Praflfrc cj Mc Slcmu ffIlg'I'llL'. Born in Baltimore, Md., I844g educated in the Public Schools, entered amnchine shop, 18615 appointed :Is Third Assistant Engineer in the United States Navy, 1863, assigned the duty of Chief Engineer of the National Fish Commission, 1882-85 g received n gold medal and a diploma of honor for apparatus employed in deep sea research g placed on the Retired List of the U. S. Navy, in consequence of nn injury received in line of duty, 1885, served on stali' of U. Commission to the Paris Exposition, and received a gold medal for services while on that duty, 1889, received a gold medal from the Queen of England, appointed Director of the Mechanic Arts Department and Superintendent of Evening Instruction, IS92. - 2I