Drexel University - Spartan Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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XX ik! ff 'R-Q L ' f A LW , 7 lffvi, . ,321 0 I X I, Q Z I 'I f , f - f if K W, f ofa E f - I, os' ani Q U u ROBERT C. DISQUE Dean CULLEGE UF DREXEL,S COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING has finally cast off the confusion and added problems that were outgrowths of the accelerated program. The college now offers only the Hvefyear cooperative courses in Civil, Chemical, Electrical, Mechanical, and Metallurgical engineering. Starting in 1906, the cooperative plan of education has proved its excepf tional value through the years until it has now been established as the only engineering course given at Drexel Institute. The industries in the Philadelf phia area, commonly called the Workshop of the World, have come to value the plan of having students spend part of their school years in the industries to gain the practical side as well as the theoretical. Their assistance has helped make excellent experience available for students as well as many positions to graduates. The engineering courses are well known for their high scholastic standards. They are designed to protect future employers of Drexel students and give them the best qualified graduates that can be turned out by such an institution as Drexel. This plan also protects the graduates themselves in establishing a reputation that places honor on the degree obtained in study at the Institute. These practical reasons are coupled with the prime consideration that Drexel Institute of Technology is contributing, with its scholastic requirements, to the advancement of education in America and the continuance of scientific research. . V , Thiftyffouv

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A D ADIVIIIXIISTRATORS THE MAN wHo is RESPONSIBLE for controlling and dispensing the sums of money which keep the college run' ning, is Mr. W. Ralph Wagenseller, Drexel's Comptroller. Each year the sums collected as tuition must be distributed among personnel, student organizations and general funds. His previous experience as Dean of the College of Business Administration and his long service in his present position of Comptroller, make Mr. Wagenseller an administrator of whom Drexel is justly proud. A GREAT MANY of the multitudinous records and forms filled out by Drexel students ind their way to the busily efficient Registrars Office, which is capably directed by our Registrar, Mrs. Helen J. Tavenner. One of the most important of her jobs, from the student's viewpoint, is the recording and preserving of all grades. Friendly and sincere, Mrs. Tavenner has proved to be the type of administrator who is needed to help a college organization run smoothly. ONE OF THE MEN whose aim is to really put Drexel on the map is the Director of the Public Relations Office, Mr. Thomas Greene. During the time he has been at Drexel, Mr. Greene has successfully accomplished his aim through the planning and production of new catalogs and pamphlets describing college life at Drexel and through the publicizing of the achievements of both students and faculty in local and homeftown newspapers. ALTHOUGH HE is not very well known to the student body, Dr. Alan Bonnell is a very important administrator at Drexel. In his capacity as VicefPresident, Dr. Bonnell acts as head of the Expansion Program. Plans for an en' larged and improved Drexel are worked out in his office and he will be partially responsible for the successful completion of these blueprints for the future of Drexel Institute. Tliirtyfone

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G Learning what makes it work. The College of Engineering is under the direction of liberal Dr. Robert Conrad Disque. He is recognized as one of the experts on cooperative educaf tion in the United States. It is Drexel's good fortune to have this man who has the rare qualities of knowing the value of integrating practical ex' perience with theoretical study and who is also extremely watchful that the training does not lose sight of the cultural side of education. Dean Disque is also Dean of the Faculty, as well as a Professor of Electrical Engineering. He obtained a BA., B.S. in E.E., Sc.D. and a Doctor of Engineering degree. Prominent educators constantly seek his counsel in the many compli- cated problems of today, but be is always accessible to engineering students who seek his advice. One of the requirements of an engineering education at Drexel is a well rounded knowledge of all phases of technical subjects. With this in mind, the courses given here are closely related for the first eight of the eleven school terms. Chemical Engineering does tend to vary further from the others because of the extra requirements made in this course of study. However, each student may expect to find a general education in engineering available to him. This is extremely helpful in the scientific world of today, where each branch of engineering is so closely allied with every other branch. It is with much hope that the engineering school looks forward to the expansion program under way by the Institute. With more facilities for class' room and laboratory work, Drexel's College of Engineering will bc able to continue its standards of education and maintain its high position in the field of technical knowledge. I EERI 'Thirtyffive