Lehigh University - Epitome Yearbook (Bethlehem, PA)

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I I 3L Christmas and Saucon Haiti befc emodeling front, shift gears, wheel steering, etc. Additional capital, furnished by Detroit financiers, was put in, and the company moved to Detroit. Mr. 1 ' arkard was president of the organ- ization from its organization until 1915, and chairman of the Board of Directors. It is interesting to note that the original stockholders in the Packard Company still hold a dominating interest in the concern. Mr. Packard was married in 1904 to Elizabeth Achsah Gillmer, daughter of Judge and Mrs. T. I. Gillmer, of Warren, Ohio, and they make their residence at Lakewood, New York and Warren. Mr. Packard has retired from active participation in business, but still keeps a keen interest in the various enterprises in which he has been concerned. He is a member of the Engineers Club of New York City, the Automobile Club of America, the Detroit Club, of Detroit, Michigan, the Union Club, of Cleveland, Ohio, and is an honorary life member of the B. P. O. Elks. The new laboratory will not only provide superb accommodations for the Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Departments, but it will also make new and better quarters available for other Departments. Thus, the entire Physics Building will be occupied by the Physics Department, and will undoubtedly be remodelled to provide every modern facility for instruction and advanced scientific work. Half of Williams Hall will be avail- able for the Department of Metallurgy, and possibly the Department of Philosophy, and Psychology, thus providing needed space for the expansion of the Departments of Chemis- try and Mathematics. During the present year, the Arts College and the College of Business Administration have oriented themselves to the excellent quarters provided by the remodelling of old Christmas and Saucon Halls. The joining and refinishing of these two historic structures provided, in the new Christmas-Saucon Hall, spacious and convenient housing for Business Administration and English; at the same stroke Coppee Hall was given over entirely to the Arts College, providing accommodations that should be adequate for some years. Christmas-Saucon Hall is decidedly an impressive addition to the campus, even more attractive and useful than expected, and yet preserving the identity of the two original buildings. This outline of current physical improvements would not be complete without mention of minor but noticeable and commendable steps taken in the past year such as the redecora- tion of Drown Hall, Packer Hall and the general sprucing-up of the University grounds. The rebuilt swimming pool with its fine system of water purification is another of the welcome improvements of 1926. The remodelling of the Commons into the Armory, and the gloomy basement of Drown Hall into a popular cafeteria are additional examples of the far-sighted efficiency of the administration. Although these physical developments are more spectacular, there have been improve- ments in personnel and policies throughout the University that are no less interesting. 1 26 ]•

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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

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J tip 5L=4 ' . Applications foi admission have increased to a iprecedented figure, nei essitatingseld - live systems foi admission, and this in spite ol the increase ol tuition cost to $400 beginning September, 1928 Vcademic departments have been materiall) strengthened by the addition ol numerous outstanding educators to the Faculty. Considerable attention has been given bj the Vdministration t athletics, and it begins to look .is though the time is iir.M .it hand when students, alumni, fa ultj and administration will come to a common understanding his battli arred ground and give birth to a Lehigh system ol handling intercollegiate sporl that will satisfy all groups I ' ll, present yeai marked a i hange in the trend ol administrative activity, i aused by the gift I the James Ward Packard Engineering Laboratory. Whereas much attention had been given previously to the strengthening ol the non technical curricula, where the need was most urgent, now we have interest foi used on the engineet ing i ollege which has always been Lehigh ' s pride. Now that the Arts and Business Colleges are up to the traditional Lehigh standard, the program calls foi the establishment ol an even higher standard in engineering .1 reputation sei I 1 ne However, this does not implj that progress will cease in other departments; even now, plans are undei wa) foi the enlargement of the Librarj .mil the extension ol work and facilities in the cultural and humanistii departments. rhe numerous physical changes mentioned have obviouslj involved the expenditure ol large sums and will naturally result in im reased maintenam ■ costs. Practically every improvement causes an increase in the 1 niversitj ' s budget for the year ' s operation. 1 his constantly growing expensi has been met very largelj by the doubling ol Lehigh ' s ( leneral Endowment Fund as .1 result ol the generositj I her Alumni. The Endowment ( am paign, which was launched in 1923 has practically come to .1 close with more than two inilliini dollars added to Lehigh ' s productive capital. This endowment fund is yielding the income which defrays the added operating expenses In addition, however, the Alumni have undertaken in the last year ti itribute each year direi tly to Lehigh ' s im ome with the result that each June henceforth a tidy sum will be presented by the Alumni to the I niversitj to spend for current purposes. This yeai the University will probably benefit to the extent of about twenty-thousand dollars. Another important source ol new revenue to provide foi newlj recurring expenses is the increased tuition fee which goes into effei 1 September, 1928, when the tuition in .ill depart ments will be raised to four hundred dollars. When President Ril hards presented his Sur e ol the Needs ill I ehiy;li in V ' l. ' i, the must opt imisl i I ehigh in. in was staggered by the immensity of the undertaking proposed, and hardly dared dream that it might In- realized. It is significant that tin- survej still stands as I e high ' s plan and that I i . Richards has nevet wavered on his course to the goal he set for himself. But now, il we 1 he I- ofl the many items that have materialized in .1 short foui years, even the most sceptical must agree that the Greater 1 ehigh is no longei a 1 ati h phrase, but .1 splendid actualitj just around the corner. Chrislmas-Saucon Hall us it looks today •( 27 J-