Temple University - Templar Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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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

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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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SCHOOL OF COMMERCE By Associate Dean Harry A. Cochran w DEAN MILTON D. STAUFFER J HILE it is true that the first courses in Temple University were distinctly those which would prepare for the ministry, it is likewise true that, at a very early date, a demand was made for courses which would prepare for business. The records of the College indicate that classes in shorthand, typewriting, and bookkeeping formed an important part of the enrolment in the early years of the institution. Although it is a fact that by far the greater number were enrolled in evening classes, it is certain that the day classes were popular, and showed a gradually increasing number of students each year. In 1918 the demand for a higher grade of training was evident, and courses of college grade were announced At that time classes in accounting, advertising, and business law were organized, and a large number of students who had been in military service presented themselves for registration. The President was requested to organize new courses and more advanced classes in subjects already offered, but he was not satisfied to proceed too hurriedly, because he questioned the fact that education for business was developing with such startling rapidity, and he feared it was a mere fad which would soon pass. He and the other administrative authorities made a careful survey of the field and decided that it would, in the future, be a definite part of our educational system. He then authorized the organization of the School of Commerce as a separate college of the University, and the first catalogue with courses on a collegiate basis was issued in 1920. •{29