Lehigh University - Epitome Yearbook (Bethlehem, PA)

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Ci)omas Jttessenger Broton, 3L3L. B. orn iHarcl) 19, 1S42, 2DtcD Boticmfacr 16, 1904 IN the death of Dr. Drown science lost one of its foremost representa- tives and education, both general and technical, is the poorer. Dr. Drown was one of the representative college presidents of the Middle States. De- voted to the highest ideals of University work, he sought to bring to his University some comprehension of the relation of education to vocation and 14

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©fficcrs of tl)c oarli Robert H. Sayre, Elisha p. Wilbur, R. Morris Gummere, H. S. Kitchel, . President Secretary Treasurer Assistant Treasurer ©rcrutiDc Committer Robert H. Sayre, Chairman Elisha P. Wilbur Henry S. Drinker William H. Sayre Robert E. Wright The Rt. Rev. Ethelbert Talbot, D.D., LL.D. R. Morris Gummere, Secretary Committer on -iSuiliinffei anU (SroonUo Elisha P. Wilbur, Chairman Robert H. Sayre William H. Sayre Committee on College lUminifitration Henry S. Drinker, Chairman William H. Sayre The Rt. Rev. Ethelbert Talbot, D.D., LED. 13

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to give to the Lehigh graduate, particularly the engineering student, some appreciation of what was expected of the modern professional man. His lite and teaching were a constant protest against narrowing influ- ences. Broadminded himself, believing thoroughly in the general culture that belongs to the field of thought, as he did in the exact equipment required for those entering the engineering profession, he strove constantly to enlarge the purpose and content of Lehigh ' s Mission. The founder of the University declared as his object the giving to the young men of the Lehigh Valley a complete education, technical , literary and scientific and from the beginning insisted upon the upholding of all that was good in the old training and the maintenance of that which was to be conspicuous of the new in education. To Dr. Drown came the opportunity of giving to Lehigh a distinction that will make it unique among American colleges. The growth and expan- sion of the University, and that too in times of financial tightness is one of the remarkable features of his administration. There were many who, ten years ago, thought that Lehigh ' s star was set; that, at least, her work would have to be curtailed and all useless subjects cut out of the curriculum. But instead, the community saw the creation of additional professorships, new departments, more buildings, improved equipment and an atmosphere that meant that Lehigh had laid hold on life. How much of this was due to the quiet, patient, persistent courage of President Drown, is to be found in the spontaneous expressions of all sorts and conditions of men who knew Lehigh past and present. It is no exaggeration to say that he was the first president to realize the Mission of the University; by his training, his teach- ing, his sympathy with our national aspirations he was eminently the type of man fitted to bring her into the great currents of influence that are char- acteristic of our higher life, as well as to maintain all the relations of his office towards the Trustees, Faculty, Alumni and local community. Lehigh ' s jubilee, which is not many years away, will give her sons the opportunity to recall those nine years of illustrious and beneficent influence which made Dr. Drown ' s presidency an epoch-making period in the history of the University. Then will they recall the splendid example of the gentleman and the scholar that made our community all the richer for his living. J. L. S. 15