Lehigh University - Epitome Yearbook (Bethlehem, PA)

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3L= - WIT MORRI] I EMERY, M Litl I ' ll c-Pri Udenl and i om, U f ks .lit developed rather more bj •L ' 1 human contacts 1 han I ij books, lei - lurrs orphysical equipment. Dr. Emery, [or years .1 member of our faculty, for sixteen years Vice-Presidenl and foi the iui j eai - Vii e Presidenl and 1 ' omp 1 rollei . has made his greatest 1 onti ibu- 11.111 to I ehigh in the encouragement and tin- example that he has given to hei sons Now, as Vice-President and ' omptroller he lias 1 harge ol the plant and ai nts of the University and as the Director ol the Summer Session he si ill adds liis l.ii tn the educational advancement ol the -1 hool. For reputation and for fame Lehigh must look to her alumni. Ami many arc her sons who were urged on and heai 1 enei by Natt Emery, so well known among undi rgraduates and so kindl) remembered among alumni. X HARMS M WWII I McCONN M V. Dean 0} the I ni n ' inn 1 111-. init iat i e and the cum agi ol A Charles Maxwell McConn, Lehigh ' s in si and present I )ean, are to be attributed main- ol 1 he 1 ei ent impro ements at Lehigh in organization, administration and met hods, Dean Met onn came to I ehigh from the University of lllim.is, when- he had sci ved ighteen years; foui ol them as principal of the .V ademj . ten as registrar, and the last two as assistant to the presi dent. I lis recoi d at Lehigh is one of ac om- plishment. While not always escaping the displeasure ol exi ited students, he has achieved four important changes, for to his 1 redil is the present modern system ol records, registration and reports now in use; the enforcement ol campus prohibi- tion; a system reducing the number ol al sences; and a workable probation rule. i 23 } y

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5L=-r The Work oflhe Administration, 1926-1927 X Till yeai 1927 will stand out in Lehigh ' s history as significant ol the beginning of the actual realizati i President Richards ' dream I Lehigh .is tin- recognized leadei in technical education, for it witnessed the donation ol the James Ward Packard Engi neering Laboratory, by James Ward Packard, ' 84. This gift will bring in Lehigh the- finest .mil most modern electrical and mechanical engineering laboratories in tin- world, offering fai ilities that will In- well-nigh irresistible to outstanding teai hers and providing inspiration as will as unrivaled practical instruction for engineering students for many eat 5 to i ome. This magnificent addition to Lehigh ' s plant is of tremendous significance, not merely it is by i. ii the largest single contribution to Lehigh since its establishment, but also l ' i -iii — « - 11 represents love ol .i Lehigh man for his Alma Matei and be .him- it demon- strates 1 1 i.i i the reater Lehigh program is rapidly evolving from a vision to reality before ..in eyes. It is significant that a man with the engineering genius and the keen business aliilii that made the Packard automobile the recognized standard of excellence, should choose Lehigh as the place to make this investment for the training of future generations. Hischoii e is perhaps the- finest i ompliment that could 1 - paid to Lehigh, and to the adminis- i i.ii ion. The James Ward Packard I aboratory will be the largest of the University buildings, It is to nave an overall width ol 225 feel .mil a depth of 184 feet. It is designed in the Collegiate Gothic style with exterior walls ol native stone trimmed with cut limestone. I he building it sell will be of reinforced concrete. It is planned with an ample number of ■ ' tin ts. lei t ure ms, and seminars and is to be equipped with heating, lighting, and ven- tilating systems of the most modern and effective type. The whole rear portion of the building is devoted to the spacious laboratory divided between the electrical and mechanical engineering departments. Here will be loi a in I all i in- heavy and bulky laboratory equip- ment. Below, in the basement, will be- a complete electrical substation, a high voltage and a traction laboratory, storage battery room, etc., while the portion assigned to mechani- cal engineering will contain concrete Humes and sumps for the measurement and storage, of large volumes of water recpiired for testing pumps and condensers Well-equipped mechanician ' s shops and lecture minus are to be conveniently located with reference to the main laboratory. Several small laboratories will be provided for the study of problems peculiai to electrical communication, including wireless and wired telegraphy and tele- phony. Ample provision is to be made For the standardization ol measuring instruments. Drafting rooms for freshmen, sophomores and juniors, a museum lor the displa I appara- tus required for the study ol machine and electrical design, an engineering library and reading room and a well-equipped auditorium, seating about live hundred arc provided in the plans. The donor of this splendid building, Janus Waul I ' .n kard, was bom in Warren, Ohio, mi November 5, 1863. His forefathers were early pioneers in eastern Ohio, having settled in the Western Reserve shortly alter the- c lose ' ol the Revolut ionary War. Mr. Packard attended the public schools in Warren. Ohio. In the fall of 1880 he entered Lehigh University with the I lass ol 1884. lie was graduated with the degree ol Mechanical I ngineet at the age ol twenty-one. Alter being graduated, Mr. Packard went to New York, where he obtained a position with the Sawyer-Mann Electric Corn- pans, and later became superintendent of the incandescent lamp factory of this company. As the incandescent lamp business was then in its infancy, it was a fertile field for Mr. Packard ' s inventive and m» hanii al ability. In 1890, Mr. 1 ' ackard left New York and relumed In Warren, Ohio, when- he estab- lished the ' Packard Electric Company and a subsidiary concern, the Ne« Yot k and Ohio Company, and engaged in the manufacture of incandescent lamp- I In- New York members of the subsidiary company wen- Lehigh men. Mr. Packard was early interested in mechanical traction and alter considerable pre- liminary work brought out in 1890 the firsl Packard automobile. A special department of the company wasoi ganized and in it wen- produced tin ' in si commercial models ol Packard cars. These were propelled by single cylinder gasoline- engines and had suspension wire wheels with three-inch pneumatic tires, They were capable ol a speed of about thirty miles an hour and sold for $1,200. By 1903 the product had been brought Btrictly up to date and embodied the most modern practice and devices, including vertical engine in % t i 25 r