Lehigh University - Epitome Yearbook (Bethlehem, PA)

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Henry Sturgis Drinker, E. M., LL.D. President Emeritus of the University Merion Station, Pa. Dr. Drinker, present President Emeritus of Lehigh, clearly foresaw the conditions and problems of a new University, while actively engaged here and proceeded in a business like way to solve them. To him we owe a debt from the past, which it is impossible for us to pay. . long with .Asa Packer, with Dr. Coppee, with Dr. Leavit, with Dr. Lambert, with Dr. Chandler, and with Dr. Drown, Dr. Drinker stands as one of the outstanding figures in the development of the present Lehigh. Coming as the result of the work of such a group of men, the Lehigh of today honors and reveres the accomplishments of these men in the past. Their work has been invaluable, but they have accounted their time well spent. With such a heritage from the past, wc can only endeavor to add to the glory of the illustrious future of the Lehigh which they have built.

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Kiss RuHAKi) , M. M. K., Kn(. 1)., LI..D. President of Ihe Vnivenity ALTHOUGH comparatively young in the life of Leiiigh, Dr. Richards has effected a complete reorganization of the University since his arrival. Much of the work which he has done is already noticable. .Although the school has remained fundamentally the same, many improved facilities for the advance- ment and acquiring of knowledge have been made available through his efforts. His worth as one of the outstanding educational leaders of the country has now been fully recognized, not onlv by the work which he has accomplished since at Lehigh, but also through his ' activities in other branches, and in other schools. With a dream of a Greater Lehigh , he has not only brought about many long- needed changes in the school, but has advanced the standing of the University as well. , , . L J The enrollment of the University, as well as the number of instructors, has ad- vanced fifty per cent during the last five years. The endowment of the college has also been considerably increased, and at the same time, several new buildings have Ijeen added to the Lehigh campus. .-Mthough the days of realizing all the dreams of a completely and well e(|uipped Lehigh are still in the future. Dr. Richards has been largely responsible for what im|)rovcnients have been made, as well as for those which have been planned for the future.

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w Charles Maxwell McC ' onn, M. Dean of the University ClIARl.KS M. MiCOXN, l.fliigli ' s first ;iml present Dean, has acquired an enviable record while serving in his present positio.i. Coming from the University of Illinois, where he had served for eighteen years, four of them as principal of the Academy, ten as registrar, and the last four as assistant to the president, Dean McConn found no small job awaiting him. To his initiative and courage of execution are to be accredited many of the improve- ments that have been made at Lehigh not only in administrative work, but also ill undergraduate activities. While the position of Dean is not always the most pleasant, he has with- 1(ich1 the displeasure of rumors and txcite.l members of the student body, and has been the more respected for the stands he has taken, lie has done especially well on his work in organizing adminis- tration methods, and establishing bene- ficiar ' rules on the campus. DR. EMERY, as Vice-President and Comptroller of Lehigh, has charge of the plant and accounts of the University. During the vacation months he is also director of the Summer sessions, thus retaining his touch with the academic world. For many years a member of tli faculty, and for sixteen ears as Vici President, prior to his present position, Dr. Emery has had a large part in de- veloping and encouraging the sons of Lehigh. He has found that men develope faster through personal contact than through any other agencies, and by his own energ - and example has been a great aid to Lehigh men. Many are the alumni of Lehigh who owe a great deal to Natl Emery, and who are only too willing to pay their debt of gratitude. Natt Morrill Emery, M.. ., Litt. D. Vice-President and Comptroller