St Louis University - Archive Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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S 612001 of Denizkiry Jmrizs P. HARPER Dean EAN HARPER, who was at different times of his life a practicing dentist and a member of the Board of Education of Str Louis, was appointed Dean of the Dental School in 1912. The biography of the school is Dean Harper's own biography. He has labored long for it, and made it his chief care in life. Since 1895 he has been at the helm, and has seen the school grow from a weak infancy, through a struggling yet vigorous youth, to a powerful and influential manhood. ln 1895 the Dental School, then called the lVlarion-Sims Dental College, was a privately owned institu- tion with a total attendance of twenty-eight students. Dr. Harper, then recently grad- uated from the Chicago College of Dental Surgery, was appointed as instructor in Operative Technics. ln 1912, many years after the Dental School had been trans- ferred to St. Louis University, he was made Dean. From that time dates a series of extensive improvements which culminated eight years later in a new school building erected on the site of the original structure. Under the watchful care of Dean Har- per, the Dental School has merited the distinction of being rated Class A , and stands today as probably one of the largest dental schools west of the llflississippi River. Page 24

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- 1 , i Sclzool of ommerae Josrsvn L. Davis, S. I. Regent OSEPH L. DAVIS, S. J., Regent of the School of Commerce and Finance, is a native of St. Louis, and received his college education at St. Louis University. He entered the Jesuit order in 1889 and following the completion of his courses in literature, science, and philosophy in 1896, he was assigned to St. Xavier College, Cincinnati, where he taught for five years. Subsequently he was transferred to St. Louis University and conducted classes in the College of Arts and Sciences until 1910. In that year he was allotted the task of establishing the School of Commerce and Finance. He has been Regent of this School since its inception. Associated with him in the establishment ol this new department was the late 1N'Ir. Francis A. Thornton, who acted as Secretary from 1910 to 1924. The School of Commerce and Finance developed rapidly, and now has both day and evening courses, with a very satisfactory attendance. Property on Lindell Boulevard has been purchased to take care of its future needs, and it is expected that within the next year or so a commodious Com- merce building will be erected. Page 23

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Sdzo 01 0 f Defzfzlfiry ALl'noNsE M. Sci-1w1'rALLA, S.J. Regent of the Schools of Dcnlisfry and Mad-ififw LPHONSE lVI. SCHWITALLA, S. J., Regent of the lVIedical School, has been a member of the faculty since 1921,.when he came to St. Louis University in the capacity of Associate Professor of Biology. Fr. Schwitalla received his A. B. degree at St. Louis University in 1907, and from that time until 1910 was instructor in chemistry at St. Xavier College, Cincinnati. A few years later he went to Rock- hurst College, Kansas City, as instructor of biology, and in 1918 became a war chap- lain of the Knights of Columbus. As soon as his military duties were completed Fr. Schwitalla went to Johns Hopkins University, and, after getting his Ph. D. in Zoology in 1921, came to St. Louis University.. He is a contributor on the philosophy of biology, and has made investigations on the environment of organisms, ameboid movement, and covered other important fields. Fr. Schwitalla is a member of the A. A. A. S., the Ecological Society, the St. Louis Academy of Science, and the Anthro- pological Society of America, as well as a brother of the Johns Hopkins Chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa, and of the Wzlsliiiigton University Chapter of Sigma Xi. Page 25