Lehigh University - Epitome Yearbook (Bethlehem, PA)

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Facult} ' of the College of Business Administration PROFESSORS Neil Carothers, Ph.D. Professor of Economics and Director of the College of Business Administration Roy Burford Cowin, M.A. Professor of Accountancy Herbert Maynard Diamond, Ph.D. Professor of Economics ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR Frederick Alden Bradford, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Economics ASSISTANT PROFESSORS Ward Leslie Bishop, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Economics H. Albert Haring, Jr., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Economics Elmer Clark Bratt, A.M. . . Assistant Professor of Economics Caldwell Buck, M.A. Instructor in Economics INSTRUCTOR Stuart Bartlett Mead, A. M. Instructor in Accounting

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THE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Xeii, C |! ' ithi;rs, H.A., Pii.l), lletui ,ii tin- Ciillri f 0 liusiiirs! .-I ilmniislialion THIS college is the youngest one in the university, and is less th.in ten ye.irs old. The oldest Business College of this kind is less than httv years old. In the early histories of universities a course was given in economics. More courses were added until it was organized into the department of ec- onomics of the Arts College. Because of its importance in training under- graduates for the business world it was soon made a separate college; giving its own degree. Beginning with a mere handful of students, limited quarters, and few instructors it has grown until now it occupies a large building of its own, handles one-fifth of the student body takmg courses there, and offers a complete four year course leading to a degree in business science. The college is founded upon certain principles. One is that the first requirement for entrance in to anv profession is to have a sound general education. Upon this as a start, students in this college arc trained in the fundamentals so that the) ' have a solid foundation for any type of business that they may enter. The curriculum does not permit a student to specialize to such an extent in one field that he is unfitted for any others. A narrow education no matter how complete will avail a man very little in business and industrial fields today. The basic factors in all business are the understanding of the funda- mentals of economics, accountancy, and finance. The importance of business training is such that the curricula of all colleges of the University include courses in this department for the preparation of their undergraduates for the fields of industry. The reputation of the college is shown by the types of positions that are open to its graduates. Last year, the Achievement Tests of the Carnegie Foundation rated Lehigh first among all the business colleges in the state of Pennsylvania.

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THE DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING HVRRV MaAS I ' l.l.MANN A.B., Ph.O. th-tui of l i, Di-pdilment « Chimutry THE industries of today need men on their staffs that are trained in the principles and the practical applications of chemistry. It has become in recent years one of the most im- portant of all sciences. Men trained to become chemists and chemical engineers occupy responsi- ble executive positions in the fields of manufac- turing, agriculture, biology, chemistry, electricity, and all the allied professions and industries. A chemist is no longer confined to the laboratory. The fact that many non-chemical plants employ men trained along this line shows their practical value to all manufacturing organizations. The department, realizing the enormous field which must be covered in order that a student may get a thorough knowledge of the nature of chemistry, has so balanced its curriculum that the student gets a thorough insight into theoretical chemistry together with its applications to engin- eering. During the first two years, the studies include fundamental and general principles of chemistry and physics. The economic and cultural studies as applied to the fields of chemistry and chemical engineering is also obtained by the students during the four years. The department has been expanded so as to now include the whole of the south wing of the chemistry building formerly used by the metallurgical de- partment and the Wilbur Mechanical Laboratory. When complete renovation of these interiors is effected, it will double the number of class rooms, lecture rooms, private and research laboratories. Much new equipment is being added, among which is an X-Ray machine for the analysis of materials. The establishment of a Research Department at Lehigh was brought about several years ago and it has grown until today it is one of the largest and most complete of its kind in the East. The Archer-Daniels-Midland Company and the Wm. O. Goodrich Company jointly sponser five research fellowships; the Hunt-Rankin Leather Company, the New Jersey Zinc Company, the Columbian Carbon Company, the Barrett Company, and the R. K. Laros Silk Company each sponser one research fellowship, and there are two H. M. Byllesby research fellowships. Besides these, there are two Student Research Fellowships which are supported by the freshman classes in chemistry each year. The founding of such fellowships shows the need for highly trained men in the industrial world and how the Chemistry Department of the University is equipping its graduates so that they may fulfill the requirements for the better positions that are offered by industrial concerns.