Temple University - Templar Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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DEAN G. FLOYD ZIMMERMANS' SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY By Dean G. Floyd Zimmermann TTEMPLE University School of Theology was conceived, as was Temple University, in the year 18S4 when Dr. Russell H. Conwell responded to the appeal of several earnest young men and proposed a course of study, to be offered in the evening, to prepare young men for the ministry. Seven students took advantage of the opportunity and in this unpretentious way the foundations of Temple University, as well as the School of Theology, were laid. The State of Pennsylvania granted Temple a charter with the “right, power, and authority to confer all the usual college titles and degrees, May 14, 1888. The School of Theology was formally opened in 1893 to accommodate the large class of young men who were then studying theology with Dr. Conwell. By reason of its relation to the other schools of the University and the tremendous advantages of its urban setting in the heart of the metropolitan area, the School of Theology has peculiar facilities and decided advantages for the training of students for the Christian ministry. The School strives to maintain the great ideal of its founder, “Education for all, and is undenominational in its emphasis. The School of Theology trains both men and women for Christian service. 26 ]

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NURSING AT TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DIRECTRESS MARGARET McMAHON IN 1891 the need of a hospital in Tioga was urgent. An appeal was made to Dr. Russell H. Conwell, Pastor of Grace Baptist Church, to undertake the organization. Dr. Conwell accepted the responsibility with his characteristic zeal, and the result was the opening of Samaritan Hospital, with a capacity of twenty beds. On December 8, 1893, an application was made to the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County for a charter, which was subsequently granted. One of the objects in the establishment of the institution was stated to be: To provide free medical aid and surgical aid for those whose circumstances are such that they cannot afford to be treated in their own home or at a doctor s office. No venereal or incurable diseases were to be admitted, and no children under six years of age, until a special ward for children could be added to the Hospital. Another purpose of the Hospital was to train young women as nurses. The Philadelphia School for Preliminary Courses in Nursing was taken over by Temple University and courses were begun there in September, 1930. This action was taken because the numbers had dwindled so that the school could no longer he supported as a separate institution. When the new School of Medicine was built, the Dean kindly consented to the use of laboratories there for most of the classes. In 1932 there were 40 staff Nurses and 151 students attending the Nursing School Since then the School has been growing steadily. [25

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LAW SCHOOL By Dean Francis Chapman T HE Law School, founded in 1895, is one of the oldest departments of Temple University. It was then known as “The Philadelphia Law School of Temple College. Its first class was graduated in 1901. Sessions were held in the original Temple College Building or in the chapel on Watts Street. Subsequently it was removed to the Wilson Building at 16th and Sansom streets, and when in 1922 it outgrew the quarters there, it was removed to 1521 Locust Street and later to the Ledger Building, where it is now located. The School has over 450 students and a library of over 12,500 volumes, meeting all the library requirements of the American Law Schools. It has, in the part-time afternoon school, classes meeting from 5 to 7 o'clock, and in the part-time evening school, classes from 7.30 to 9.30 o'clock. The course in the part-time school is a four-year course leading to the degree of Bachelor of Laws. In the fall of 1933 a day school was opened with a fulltime faculty. The course covers three years, and leads to the degree of Bachelor of Laws. During its history the school has been most favorably known for the quality of the instruction given and for the success attained by its graduates at the Bar. Among its graduates were two United States District Judges, Referees in Bankruptcy, member of Congress, United States Attorneys, Common Pleas and Municipal Court Judges in Philadelphia County, besides many well-known and well-trained lawyers who have not occupied official positions. 4 27