Drexel University - Spartan Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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CARI, LEWIS AI,'l'MAIHR

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Y Mx To CARL LEWIS ALTMAI ER IN APPRECIATION OF HIS DEVOTION ANI: vALIIARI,E SERVICE TO DREXEI, INSTITUTE ANI: HER STUDENTS SINCE THE FOUNDING OF TI-IE COLLEGE IN 1892, THIS VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED.

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'A' IN June l933 the entire country mourned the death of Cyrus Curtis. His passing was keenly felt at Drexel Institute for it was realized that one of the finest friends and most ardent supporters of the institution had passed into the great beyond. World renowned as a publisher and editor, M1'. Curtis never had the opportunity for study beyond the grade schools, but he appreciated the great benefits that higher institutions of learning had to offer youth, and as material evidence of this belief contributed large sums of money to many schools. Drexel was extremely fortunate in being the recipient of over a million and a quarter dollars from this philan- th ropist-indeed, two of its greatest additions in recent years, Curtis Hall and the Sarah Van Rensselaer Dor- mitory, were largely the results of the beneficence of Mr. Curtis. Nevertheless he not only gave of his Worldly goods to the college but also served many years as a very active member of the Board of Trustees. It can well be said of Mr. Curtis that like all truly great men he was interested not only in his own profes- sion and possibly one or two side lines but also in all things about him containing worth While human in- terests. Hi.r way of life mzzrlced him, forefver, ns ri Great f.177I6'l'iClHZ.n f f' . .. .Ir ,til