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There are several hundred persons not connected with administration who serve Lehigh and the Lehigh life in a multitude of ways. From Dacey ' s hearty laughter in the Health Service bureau to the solemn quietness of the Library, people are constantly at work, ready to serve the Lehigh man in every conceivable fashion. The athletic department keeps the student strong and healthy by means of its intramurals, and provides intercollegiate sports for those endowed with more athletic prowess than their fellows. The mili- tary department gives us our much needed military training, a valuable asset in these years. Andrew W. Litzenberger ' s buildings and grounds department is everlastingly mowing the lawns, trimming the shrubbery, raking leaves, shoveling snow, planting grass, and then mowing the lawns again, all over and above the supervising of the construction of the new Grace hall and the upkeep of all the University buildings. The Health Service is open every day to repair the ills and injuries that inevitably occur in the normal course of student life. There are the Campus Cops who are on 24-hour duty to see that life and limb are respected by the 800 automobile drivers who roam the University ' s miles of highway. There is the Chapel wherein lies spiritual solace for all those who wish to partake thereof, and where events of a re- ligious nature are scheduled throughout the year. The Placement bureau is all-important in the matter of getting a job out of this four years ' work- without it many students would not know where to turn for the first appli- cation nor know the technique of interview, both tremendously important factors toward landing a position. These are but a few of the agencies that provide the atmosphere we have known for four years as Lehigh. The Lucy Packer Linderman Memorial Library is located in the geo- metrical center of the lower campus. It is the second largest university library in the state of Pennsylvania and its shelves contain 244,000 volumes, about 44,000 of which circulate each year. The job of classifying, cataloguing and otherwise keeping track of these thousands of books is no mean task, but it is handled efficiently and well by a staff under the direction of Librarian Howard S. Leach. Leach, who graduated from Wesleyan with an A.B. and later received his master ' s degree from Princeton, came to Lehigh from Princeton in 1924. At that time the Library was the original building that had been built in 1877 and contained less than 160,000 volumes. Circulation was only one- tenth of its present value and hovered near 4,000 volumes per year. During Leach ' s tenure of office, however, the Library has expanded to its present size and prominence. In 1928 an addition was built on three sides of the old building in a collegiate Gothic style of architecture, the motif that has University Library. H
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Although Lehigh is primarily an undergraduate school, it offers graduate courses and degrees in many fields, both engineering and arts. Dean of the Graduate school is Tomlinson Fort, who is also head of the mathematics department, and a professor in his subject. Dr. Fort, who received his first degree in 1906, from Georgia, has studied abroad, and has written several papers on mathematical subjects. His general task for the graduate school is supervision. Assisting Dean Fort in his many tasks is Robert P. More, who aids him as Executive Secretary of the Graduate Faculty. To provide for the students who from necessity or inclination decide to do part of their academic work during the summer months, Lehigh University maintains a Summer school, staffed for the most part by its regular professors and instructors, and offering courses for regular credit in over fifty different fields. Harold Prescott Thomas, head of the department of education, directs this Summer School. Dr. Thomas, who has a noteworthy war record, has here no job unique among his former experiences, for his career has included positions as an engineer for several companies, a superintendent of public schools, and a director of educational research. Women as well as men come to Summer school; Dr. Thomas must care for these timid entrants from another world, arrange programs of entertainment, and see that the leisurely life of his system does not become somnolent. Assistant Director of Admissions is Charles A. Seidle, who handles much of the work of that department, and helps to insure that Lehigh enrolls as good a crop of freshmen as possible. Performing a similar function for Mr. Curtis is James L. Shearer, assistant to the Registrar. Mr. Shearer, who graduated from Lehigh in 1939 and assumed his position here during the same year, is also adviser to the Cosmopolitan club. The job of Recorder is handled capably and efficiently by Miss Jeannette Cleaveland. The secre- taries, who are indispensable adjuncts to the general functioning of the Ad- ministration, work for the offices of the President, the Alumni, the Bursar, the Supply Bureau, the Registrar and the Director of Admissions. These are some of the people in Lehigh ' s Administration; but no outline here can give an adequate idea of the service they perform for the University. The academic machinery— the matters of discipline, of educational policy, of management— forms only a part of the vast system which must be made to run smoothly and well, in order that the University may hold together as a unit, and not disintegrate into groups striving for separate ends. above - Tomlinson Fort, Robert P. More, Harold P. Thomas. center - The Misses Beatrice Flickinger, Virginia Kirkhuft . below- James L. Shearer, Miss Jeannette I. Cleaveland, Charles A. Seidle. 13
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