Temple University - Templar Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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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

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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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DEAN JAMES H DUNHAM SCHOOL OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES By Dean James H. Dunham A DISTINCT and effective stimulus to higher education was presented by the issues of the World War. Immediately ' upon its close the “rush to the colleges began. The War had taught the nation the need of expert knowledge in every held of endeavor, and especially the need of men who had been trained to think in logical terms and by logical rules. The new spirit was quickly felt by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences of Temple University. The first Freshman class in the new era numbered sixty, and the enrolment of entering men and women steadily increased until in September, 1933, the number was 320. All students are potential candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, but a considerable percentage have followed the courses preparatory to the study of certain professional disciplines. Since the same requirements for admission are prescribed for them as for other candidates, these persons are at once absorbed into the regular classes of the College and receive instruction in precisely the same manner. The present status of the College rests strictly upon the foundations laid in the early part of the present century. The names of Dr. Carnell and Dr McKinley, the first deans of the College, are synonymous with patience, versatility of ideas, and devotion to sound educational practice. We owe our present to them and to those who worked with them, and to the small but enterprising student body who could read in meager beginnings the portents of a distinguished future. 28 J