Lehigh University - Epitome Yearbook (Bethlehem, PA)

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The Faculty of The College of Arts and Sciences PROFESSORS Phii IP M si)N P LMEK, A. H., Professor and Head of the Department of German and Director of the College of Arts and Sciences Percy Hughes Ph. D., Professor and Head of the Department of Philosophy, Psychology and Education Charles Shattuck Fox. Ph. U., . „ , Professor and Head of the Department of Ro mance Languages RoiiEKT William Hall, Ph. U., ,,,,.., r d- . Professor and Head of the Department of Biology Charles Jaques Goodwin, Ph. D., Professor and Head of the Department of Creek HoR. CE Wetherill Wright, Ph. D., Professor and Head of the Department of Latin Lawrence Henry Gipson, Ph. D., . , „ . r ,r- . , , Professor and Head of the Department of History and Government St. nley Thomas, Ph. D., Professor of Bacteriology ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS Robert Pattison More, M. A., Associate Professor of German Sydney MacGillvary Brown, M. A. Associate Professor of History and Government John Milton Toohy, M. A. Associate Professor of Romance Languages ASSISTANT PROFESSORS LeGrand Re. Drown, M. A. Assistant Professor of Education H. LFRED Cheney Brown, A. B. Assistant Professor of Romance Languages Maurice Picard, Ph. D. Assistant Professor of Philosophy George Dewey Harmon, A. M. Assistant Professor of History and Government Garth A. Howland, B. A. Assistant Professor of the Fine Arts Ernest Bernhard Schulz, Ph. D Assistant Professor of History and Government Rafael Arcangel Soto, M. A. Assistant Professor of Romance Languages Adolph Frederick Pauli, Ph. D., Assistant Professor of Latin and Acting Head of the Department {first semester) INSTRUCTORS Friedrich Otto Kegel, M. A. Instructor in German Ma. Meenes, Ph. D. Instructor in Experimental Psychology Frank Chester Becker, A. B. Instructor in Philosophy Frederick LaMotte Santee, B. A. Instructor in Latin David Gallup Scott, M. A. Instructor in Romance Languages George Dormer Farne, A. B. Instructor in Romance Languages Michael Anthony Farkell, B. S. Instructor in Biology Christian Paul Heinlein, Ph. D. Instructor in Psychology ASSISTANTS Henry Hare Carter, B. S. Assistant in Romance Languages Russell Wieder Gilbert, A. B. Assistant in German Fr. ncis John Trembley, B. S. Assistant in Biology -4 25 P-

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The College of Arts and Sciences Philip Mason Palmer, A. B. Head of the College of Arts and Sciences THE COLLEGE of Arts and Sciences was provided for by Judge Asa Packer even while he was primarily interested in the technical character of the University. Founded as the School of General Literature at the incorporation of the University, it was thought to be valuable only in giving engineers a cultural background. The original department, however, has gradually added subsidiary departments until now it has the largest individual group enrollment in the Uni- versity. It has grown to a position of wide scope and honorable recognition; in the recent Carnegie Comprehensive Examinations, given to seniors in all the Pennsylvania colleges, Lehigh students in the College of Arts and Science stood third among the arts students in the list of forty colleges of the state giving A. B. degrees. Although the Arts and Science curriculum is, in its purpose, primarily informing and cultural, not vocational, it also serves certain specific purposes: it is the cus- tomary approach to the profession of medicine, law, theology, and teaching, and is the usual basis for study for higher degrees. The plan of study comprises required subjects and unassigned or elective subjects. The studies of the freshman year follow in general the subjects which have been presented for entrance. After the freshman year the curriculum becomes increasingly elective, a minimum of three hours weekly of electives being allowed in the sophomore year, six in the junior year and twelve in the senior year. Instruc- tion is given by lectures, by recitations, by the assignment of readings and topics for study and dissertations, and, when the subject admits of it, by practical work in field or laboratory. Each student must select some sequence of studies, approved by the Director of the College, as his major field. A compulsory examination in the major subject is required of all students. By this plan, creative thinking and independent investi- gation in the major courses are encouraged, with a corresponding decrease of ac- quiring merely superficial knowledge of the subjects. A comprehensive examination in English is also given to those students in the College of Arts and Science who show a deficiency in the subject. A failure in this examination means the carrying of additional English during the Senior year, without credit. 4 24 f.-

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College of Business Administration Neil Carothers, B. A., Ph. D. Head of the College of Business Administration LIKE all the others of its kind, Lehigh ' s College of Business Administration is a modern development. At all universities the commerce college began with a course or so in Economics. With increasing popularity these courses were organized into a separate department of economics in the Arts college. This in turn grew into a separate college, having its own staff and giving its own degree. The oldest college of this kind in the country is less than fifty years old. Lehigh ' s college of business is not yet ten years old. Beginning with a handful of students, limited quarters, and a small staff, it has grown into a college which has its own building, includes in its personnel more than one-fifth of all the student body, and offers a complete four-year curriculum in business science. It has in the past suffered somewhat from the growing pains of too rapid development, and for a time it did not attract the high quality of student it now receives. Its growth has been due at least in part to its adherence to a definite principle not recognized or followed in many other colleges. That principle declares that the purpose of a college of commerce is to train the student in fundamentals. It denies that any college can make captains of industry or business e.xecutives in the class-room, and affirms that the best undergraduate training in business is one which gives the student a knowledge of the cultural and social aspects of economic life and an understanding of the fundamentals of economics, accounting, and finance, which are basic factors in all business. It does not believe that a narrow specialization in one field of business is the best preparation for success in business life. The curriculum at Lehigh is based upon this principle. It calls for training in fundamentals. There is ample provision for specialization in accounting, finance, and other fields, but not at the expense of the more general work. The desirability of this type of curriculum is demonstrated in the growing reputation of the college, its increasing enrollment, and the character of the positions offered to its students at graduation. It is a matter of pride to its undergraduate members that the Achievement Tests of the Carnegie Foundation in May, 1928, rated Lehigh first in all the colleges of business in the state of Pennsylvania. -426Ii=-