Temple University - Templar Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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, 'J,,g,.,qs,,,.f S, 1 . .. At the Founclerls Grave in Monument Cemetery. These are tlme days wlierein all tlie students, faculty, and officials of Temple University are elated witli tlie joy of victory. Our tlueories ot a few years ago liave loecome estalolislied facts and tlie American people now recognize tlie trutti of our oft-repeated assertion that ttie brain and hands can worlc togettier and lnotlfi loe stronger tor tlie effort. This Foundefs Day signalizes tlie most com- plete actiievement of tlie purposes and plans of so many good people wlio lnave prayed tor our success. Let our past successes encourage all wlio love to serve God lay the service of liumanity to plan carefully and to move on courageously to greater tliingsfl ' It lias been truthfully said that ttiere is no community in tlsris country, other tlian Philadel- pliia, that can lnoast ot two citizens wlio eacli founded a university and a tiospitalf-Conwell and Franlclin. Tlieir worlc in large measure has shaped itself along similar lines for tlie great and lasting loenelit of manlcind. President Roosevelt, in liis Founders Day address, February 22, 1956, extolled Dr. Conwell as a man wlio believed tliat every young person slnould lae given a chance to olntain a good edu- cation and who tlieretore organized ttiis institu- tion to meet the needs of tliose wlio miglit not be alole to afford a college education elsewluere. He lnelievedfl said tlne President, Httrat edu- cation sliould respond to community needs and fit itself into tlie many-sided and complex life tliat modern conditions lmave imposed upon us. UPlniladelpt1ia,s Greatest Recent Educatorf, is the caption loelow the bust of Dr. Conwell in tlie new Administration Building of tlie Pliiladelpliia Pulolic Schools. Dr. Conwell is louried in tlie Monument Ceme- tery, across tlne street from tlie University, and luis grave is a slirine to students. A uniform row of six-story Buildings was the 1926 plan for University development. t24fl

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1922, although, loecause of a shortage ot funds, the building was not completed until January, 1924. There were now signs ot rising school spirit. The tootloall team of the Physical Education De- partment played on fields loaned loy high schools. It was in 1921 that the Temple Vxfeelzty received a letter complaining against politics in elections and urged tor a Student Council that would he popularly elected. ln 1925, Dr. Conwell received perhaps the greatest honor of his career. He was the first winner of the Philadelphia Award, presented an- nually to the Philadelphian doing the most out- standing worlc for his city. George Wharton Pepper, who made the award, praised Dr. Con- wellss worlc as preacher, teacher and educator. HThere is at the present timef, he said, Ha movement to enshrine his service and his devotion to his tellowman in a louilding to he added to the equipment ot Temple University, and to he itself a Temple of service, called hy his namef' Mayor Nloore designated the weelc of March 18 to 24, 1925, as Hconwell VV'eel+:,H during which necessary funds were raised to complete Conwell Hall. ln this same year the first Templar was issued under the sponsorship ot Dr. Robert Burns Wallace. Athletic prospects brightened when a 12-acre field at City Line and Vernon Road was purchased in 1924. The first use made of the llield was for Dr. Laura H. Carnett, Associate President, who died in 1929, was one of the most active workers in the development of the University. interclass sports. Other events ot the year in- cluded the formation of the Qwl Honorary So- ciety flater lcnown as the Temple Chapter ot Blue Keyl. Dean Milton F. Staufier was honored at a dinner hy the School ot Commerce Alumni following his completion ot 25 years of service with the University. Dr. Conwell delivered his lecture UAcres ot Diamondsn tor the 6,147th time at the Methodist Church, Vvesttield, Massachu- setts, where he had delivered it tor the first time when he was 17,-fin 1860. The first University footloall team went on the field in 1925, with Heinie Miller as coach. During the fall oi 1925, Dr. Conwell,s health tailed. He died Decemloer 6, 1925, and was mourned hy thousands. His last words expressed a hope to he with the trustees again soon and that God should hless them. A In his last hirthday message to the Temple Weekly in Fehruary, 1925, he expressed his fond hope for a greater Temple University. ,111 -.

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THE BEURY DECADE N titre year 1956 we pause in orcier to give rec- ognition to tile rapioi progress macie ioy Temple University during tire past ciecacie under tile ca- paiaie ieaciersiiip of President Charles E. Beury. it seems iiarciiy possiioie that oniy six years ive- iore tile present graduating ciass entered sciiooi, some persons t11ougi1t Tempie University was cioomeci to iaii. The-y Ioeiieveci that tile Univer- sity was a personai tiring, and wouici ciie with the oieatii of Dr. Conweii. But the Founoier inaci iauiit too wiseiy for tiiat. His SUCCCSSO1'P-CIIHFIGS E. Beury-'was reaciy. He 11ac1 been associateci with Dr. Conweii since 1913. Dr. Beury proveci that iie couici not on1y carry on, but consicier- aioiy improve tile Unive1'sity untii tociay it stands as one of time nationys ieaniing eciucationai institutions. i. , Presicient Beury was eiecteci January 22, 1926, anti was iormaiiy inaugurated .M May 7, 1926, in the presence of some , oi the country's ieaoiing eciucators. Dr. John Grier Hiioiven, presicient oi Prince- ton University, macie titre aciciress for tiie occasion. Dr. Vviimer Krusen, now honorary vice-presicient, presicieci and cieiivereci tire ciiarge to tile presicient. Foiiowing the iormai exercises, tile party acijourneci to tile atiaietic iieici, Wl'1Cl'6 tile cornerstone was iaici for time ciuiniiouse. The inauguration of Dr. Beury as presicient of Temple University was a crowning achievement in a iiie ficvoteci The 1956 Dream shows a 50-story Temple of Learning dominating Broad Street. Ai tim right are Carneli and Conweii Halls, aireariy in use. to puiaiic service. 01 English ancestry, -ire was ioorn in Siiamoiiin, Pennsylvania, on April 15, 1879, anci was educated in the puioiic scinoois oi Siiamoicin, graduating from time local inigii sciiooi in 1899. Princeton University graciuated iiim as an AB. in June, 1906. However, he was not there to receive iiis siieepsiiin. At tire same clay anci iiour ire was in iris iiome town, marrying Miss Eiia P. Fischer, ciaugiiter of a Lutiieran pastor. immediately after their marriage, Mr. anci Mrs. Beury set out on a ironeymoon trip arounci the worid. They were away eigiit montius. They reaciieci China just at the time oi one oi time terriioie iioocis. Upon returning Wir. Beury openeci iaw offices, wiiicii tie maintained untii 1920, with Jucige Wiiiiam A. Giasgow as his associate.