Lehigh University - Epitome Yearbook (Bethlehem, PA)

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Charles Russ Richards, M. M. E., Eng. D., LL.D. President of the University THE conception and realization of the James Ward Packard Laboratory, and the extensive additions to and improvement of the Packer Library, are prob- ably the most notable achievements of Dr. Richards ' term of office as president of Lehigh University. Dr. Richards ' past experience and achievements have peculiarly fitted him for making possible the realization of such a building as the Packard Laboratory. His pamphlet, The Proposed Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Hall , issued to Lehigh alumni, was largely instrumental in influencing the late James Ward Packard to donate the necessary money for the building. Dr. Richards ' experience in designing and constructing the Mechanical Engineering Laboratories at the Universities of Nebraska and Illinois, and the municipal power house and electric lighting plant at Lincoln, Nebraska, have aided in the practical design of this new building. Lehigh, with its many improvements, is better than ever prepared to meet the needs of modern education and research. Its increased endowment has made possible a larger faculty, with a greater number of members who are recognized authorities in their subjects. The new laboratory, with its well appointed equip- ment, the enlarged library-, and the proposed new vivarium, will provide increased facilities for instruction and research. The proposed new dormitories, and the improvements and additions to the Student Health Service Department, will enable the University to care for the health and physical comfort of the students. Although many of Dr. Richards ' dreams for a Greater Lehigh have been realized, he is not content to allow the University to rest on its laurels. He expresses his hopes for an even Greater Lehigh in this manner: No institution can long continue to go forward under momentum created by past achievements and glorious traditions. It cannot long mark time. It must progress or drop out of the race for supremacy. Any tradition that leads to com- placent satisfaction or that in any manner hampers progress, is a bad tradition and should be uprooted and cast aside. Progress can never be made by burning incense to the memories of the past, but only through the successful forecast and solution of the problems of the future. -419|:-