Lehigh University - Epitome Yearbook (Bethlehem, PA)

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BP The College of Arts and Sciences I ' miii ' Mason Palmer, A. B. Head of tlW College of Arts oiitl Sncnce THE COLLEGE of Arts and Sciences, dating from the incorporation of the University, in whose first register it was designated as the School of General Literature, has a total enrollment of twenty-five per cent of the entire under- graduate body at Lehigh. Under Professor I- ' alnier, who became head of the College in 1921 upon the death of Professor Robert W. Blake, the course has been con- sistently improved until now it rates among the most thorough in the East. No department pays finer tribute to Lehigh ' s founder, than does the College of .Arts and Science. It was provided for by Judge Asa Packer even when he was prinarily interested in a school to give technical training; and it has now grown to a position of wide scope and honorable recognition. Last year a plan was submitted and approved for adopting a system of compre- hensive examinations in this college, for all major subjects. By this plan, creative thinking and independent investigation in the major courses were encouraged, with a corresponding decrease of acquiring merely superficial knowledge of the sul)jects. A comprehensive examination in E nglish is also given to those students in the College of Arts and .Sciences who show a deficiency in the subject. A failure in this examination means the carrying of additional English during the .Senior year, without credit. The Department of History, under the head of Dr. Laurence H. Gipson, was recently added, and has rapidly grown in favor. The inauguration of a course in Fine Arts this year, under the supervision of Professor G. A. Howland, fills a long- needed want in the college. Lender the division of Fine Arts are given such subjects as History of Architecture, Freehand Drawing, and a study of the Fine Arts. Although in its infancy, the enrollment in this department was very large during the past year. The College of Arts and Sciences, while yet in its early days, was thought to be merely valuable in giving engineers a cultural background; but it has now come into its own and is one of the leading colleges at I ehigh. Its growth has taken from the LIniversity the designation of trade school , and has brought about a more balanced University life. Notwithstanding its comparative youth as compared with some of the older scientific departments, it has graduated many of Lehigh ' s most successful sons.

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ES planned, the new library will have reading room space for 400 persons and a stack room capacity of over a half-million volumes. The estimated cost of this essential improvement is 8500,000. With the completion of the library, the University ' s educational plant for its present organization will be in splendid condition. In order, however, that it may attain the degree of eminence in the scholarly world that has been the goal of Lehigh ' s friends, it will be necessary to put the research work of the University on a more substantial basis than now obtains. An endowment for research of not less than 82,000,000 is seriously needed. The income from that sum would give a tremendous impetus to scholarly w ork that would quickly place Lehigh among the outstanding universities of the country. We are greatly concerned over the fact that at present 600 or more students are required to live in Bethlehem wherever they can find accommodations. An adequate dormitory system is one of Lehigh ' s most serious needs. The LIniversity can now house 171 students while it should be prepared to offer suitable living accommodations to 700 or 800 students. The cost of dormitories sufficient to meet our present requirements will be approximately S2, 000, 000. I have recently requested the University ' s architects to study the dormitory problem with a view to developing plans for a group of residence halls that can be built on a site on the camjjus that seems suitable and that will afford a beautiful setting for such a group. To enable the University to safeguard the licilth of its students more effectively than is possible under present conditions, it should be provided with a well appointed infirmary. With the erection of .■5uch a building any student who was ill enough to be confined to his bed would be removed to the infirmary where he could receive proper care. The cost of an infirmary with an endowment for its maintenance will entail the investment of one million dollars. Finally, there is real need for an auditorium large enough to seat 2000 persons, and suitable for various purposes such as college lectures. Commencement and Founder ' s Day exercises, the Bach Festival, Mustard and Cheese plays, etc. While such a building may be regarded as something of a luxury, there is no doubt that it would add greatly to the attractiveness of the life of the University. These, then, are some of the more important of the immediate objectives of The Greater Lehigh. Without doubt, as the years go by other needs no less pressing than the above may develop; such is the price of progress. C. R. Richards, President.

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The Faculty PROFESSORS IMiii u M soN PvLMF.R, A. B., Director of the College of Arts and Sciences and Head of German Department; Professor of German Percy Huohes, A. M., Ph. D. Professor of Philosophy and Psychology Charles Shattuck Fox, A. B., 1. 1.. H.. A. M., Ph D. ■ n i Professor of Rnmaiicf Languages and Lecturer on Economic Geography Robert Wm.i.iam Hail, A. M.. Pfi. O. Professor of Biology and Lecturer on forestry Charles jAcyiEs Goodwin. A. M.. Ph. D. , .. , , ;,, , Projessor of Greek Language and Literature Horace VVetherh.l Wright, A. B., Ph. I). Profrssoi „f Latin Laurence Henry GipsoN, A. B, 1 . A. I ' h. I). Professor nj History and Government ASS0CL4 TE PROFESSORS Stanley Judson Thomas, B. S., M. S., M. A. Associate Professor of Bacteriology Robert Pattison More, A. B., A. M. Associate Professor of German Sydney M.uGillvary Brown, M. A. ,„,,-, c- ■ Associate Professor of History and Political Science A SSLSTA NT PROFESSORS LeGrand Rl. Drown, B. S., M. A. Assistant Professor of Education Awa Assistant Professor of Romance Languages on leave John Milton Toohy, B. A., M. .A nway H.- LFRED Cheney Brown, Ph. D. Assistant Professor of Romance Languages Maurice Picard, A. B., M. A., Ph. D. ,„,.,, j r i i Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Psychology George Dewey Harmon, B. A., M. A. Assistant Professor of History Lester D. Crow, A. B., M. A. Assistant Professor of Education G. rth Ahym. n Howxand, B. A. Assistant Professor of Fine Arts Ernst Bernhard Schulz, B. S., M. A., Ph. D. . Assistant Professor of Political Science JosiAH Gaddis V. nce, a. B., a. U. Assistant Professor of Romance Languages INSTRUCTORS Friedrich O. Kegel, M. A. Rafael A. Soto, M. A. Edward Yager Lindsay, A. B., I L A. Max Meenes, Ph. D. Frank Chester Becker, A. B. Hugh Carlton Blodgett, A. B., Ph. D. Charles Henry Morehouse, Ph. B., M. s. Frederic LaMotte Santee, A. B., B. A. David G. llup Scott, B. A., M. A. Franklin McCown Thompson, A. B., M. A. Laurel H. Turk, A. B., M. A. Russell VVieder Gilbert, A. B. Instructor in German Instructor in Romance Languages Instructor in Latin Instructor in Psychology Instructor in Psychology Instructor in Psychology Instructor in Biology Instructor in Latin Instructor in Romance Languages Instructor in Romance Languages Instructor in Romance Languages A ssistant in German