Temple University - Templar Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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lElllPllE lUDHll Conwell Hall and other buildings clustered about it on Broad street give only a partial picture of the Temple University of today. At Ontario street, a few blocks away, the Medical School and Hospital carry on their important work, other Professional Schools are on Spring Garden street, the Law School downtown, the Stadium, Tyler Art School, and Oak Lane Country Day School adjain the city's northern boundaries. Nearly eleven thousand students attend day and evening classes, thousands of men and women are loyal Alumni. The faculty, assembled from near and far, uphold standards which have won Temple A ratings in all fields. Many distinguished men, including President Franklin Roosevelt, have been proud to accept Temple University degrees. These are some of the things of which we boast today. They are accomplishments of which any University might well be proud. DR. BEURY . . Charles E. Beury was named a member of the Board of Trustees in 1913, and im- mediately became one of Dr. ConweIl's most trusted aides. As chairman of the finance committee, he helped secure the funds which built Conwell Hall, and otherwise insured financial stability. Small wonder, then, that at Dr. ConweIl's death in 1925, Dr. Beury was unanimously chosen to succeed him. Carrying forward the Conwellian dream, Dr. Beury has brought the University most of its present buildings, and made its repu- tation world-wide. A graduate of Princeton University and the Harvard Law School, Dr. Beury has re- ceived honorary degrees from Lafayette, Ursinus, the University of Pennsylvania, and Princeton. CONWELL AND CARNELL HALLS Twenty-three

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lEUlPlE Ul THE FUTURE N assuming a prophetic role, l am constrained to accept Temple's past record and present status as logical premises upon which to base predictions for her future. The record stands as a most inspiring one, well-calculated to tinge with op- timism the outlook upon the Temple University of Tomorrow, and, with past achieve- ment as the accepted standard of healthy progress, l see ahead a bright and promising prospect. ln looking backward upon the early struggles of the University-sometimes, for its very existence-I cannot escape the conviction that some intangible, but power- ful force has shaped its destiny. Sweeping over all obstacles, it is my belief, and the universally-accepted one, that this mysterious force was the all-abiding faith of the Founder, conceding no defeat. We upon whom the mantle of Conwell has fallen have striven to perpetuate his idealism, and the fine new buildings, elevated standards, and all else we have attained, are but physical manifestations of that great driving force which has car- ried the university upward and onward. Given such a spiritual impetus, it is reasonable to believe that the institution will continue to forge steadily ahead. To what heights of accomplishment it will attain is a matter of conjecture. But, appraising its future development by the yard- stick of past performance, its potentialities are illimitable. As l gaze figuratively into the crystal, l foresee great buildings that are hives of educational activity, skyscraper classrooms filled with earnest seekers for knowledge, an enlarged, but highly-selective faculty personnel, a steadily-growing student enroll- ment, a more comprehensive system of extra-curricular activity, a richer campus life, deeper spiritual values, a heartier college spirit, closer-knit alumni relationships, and a greater reverence for university traditions. I visualize a consistently advancing degree of prestige for the university, as the natural consequence of achieved academic goals, and, more practically, a more sym- pathetic public response to our pressing need of more adequate endowment as a direct result of that increased prestige. l can readily conjure up a greater Temple University which will interpret and serve the needs of the times-an institution which will rise to meet new challenges thrust upon it by a rapidly-evolving social order, with the ideals of democracy as its ultimate goal. Twenty-four