Tufts University - Jumbo Yearbook (Medford, MA)

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JUMBQ The Deans Administration of the Academic work at Tufts College on the “Hill” is directly managed by the Deans of our five schools. The oldest and largest school on the Hill is that of the Liberal Arts. It was the immediate result of the “Educational Convention” held in New York in 1847. The School of Liberal Arts is the parent of the many schools that have sprung from it. This school opened in 1855 and its first degrees were conferred in 1857. The purpose of this was originally and still is to broaden the student and fit him culturally for life. Frank George Wren, Dean of the School of Liberal Arts, has held this position since 1907, and prior to his becoming Dean had been actively connected with the College as Instructor and Professor since 1893. It was due to the activities of members of the Universalist denomination that our College came into being. They felt that the time had come to establish an institu¬ tion of higher education for the young men of their faith. It was natural, then, that as soon as expansion were possible a Divinity School should be the first addition. Lee Sullivan McCollester, a graduate of the School of Religion in 1884, has been its Dean since 1912. Although an Engineering Course was given as early as 1865 the School did not approach its present proportions until much later. The Department of Engineering was founded in 1898. The School of Engineering organized on its present plan., was established in 1902. George Preston Bacon, Professor at Tufts since 1919, became Dean of this School in 1929. The departments of Tufts were first opened to women in 1892. Seventeen years later the women became a separate department of Tufts called Jackson College. The giving of a different name to the women’s department did not mean, however, that their courses or faculty were not the same as that of Tufts. They have continued to be as much a department of Tufts as before. Dean Edith Lin- wood Bush received her A.B. degree from Tufts in 1903 and in 1920 became a mem¬ ber of the Faculty. She was made Dean of Women in 1925. The aim of the Dean is to be a sympathetic advisor to the girls and especially to guide the new students toward a happy adjustment to the campus life. In 1892 a Graduate Department was created at Tufts. Under this department were those who took advanced work beyond the regular college requirements. The Graduate School, with its own Dean and Faculty, superceded the Department in 1909. Herbert Vincent Neal has been Dean of the Graduate School since 1924. 21

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JUMBO Faculty J. A. C. FAGGINGER AUER Professor of Church History and Philosophy B.D. Meadville Theological School, 1906; Ph.D., Cornell, 1924. Degree in theology, Amsterdam, Holland, in 1910. Instructor, University of Pittsburgh, 1913-14; Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1914-15; Minister Wheeling Unitarian Church, 1915-17; Minister, Ithaca, 1917-24; Instructor, Cornell, 1918-24; Professor, Tufts, 1924-. CROSBY FRED BAKER Professor of Analytical Chemistry B.S., Tufts, 1910; M.S., 1911. A 4 2. Assistant in Chemistry, Tufts, 1909-11; Instructor, 1911-18; Assistant Professor, 1918-24; Professor, 1924-. BRUCE WALLACE BROTHERSTON Professor of Philosophy A.B., Williams, 1903; S.T.B., Andover, 1906; Ph.D., Harvard, 1923; Minister of Congregational Church, 1907-21; Professor of Philosophy, St. Lawrence University, 1923-30; Professor of Philosophy, Tufts, 1930-. HARRY POOLE BURDEN Associate Professor of Civil Engineering B.S., University of Maine, 1912; S.M., Harvard, 1928. © X, T B 11. Instructor, Tufts, 1913-18; Assistant Professor, 1919-22; Associate Professor, 1922-. THOMAS NIXON CARVER Professor of Economics A.B., University of Southern California, 1891; Ph.D., Cornell, 1894; LL.D., Oberlin, 1905. 4 A 0, F B K. Professor, Oberlin, 1894-1900; Assistant Professor, Harvard, 1900-02; Professor, 1902-30; Professor, Tufts, 1929-. CHARLES HARRIS CHASE Professor of Steam Engineering S.B., M.I.T., 1892. A F 2. Instructor and Assistant Professor, Tufts, 1896-1908; Professor, 1908-. SAMUEL LUCAS CONNER Associate Professor of Civil Engineering B.S., University of Delaware, 1897; M.S., 1912. A ( I 2. Instructor, Tufts, 1909-12; Assistant Professor, 1912-17; Professor of Railway Engineering, 1917-20; Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, 1920-. PAUL ALVA DeMARS Professor of Electrical Engineering B.S., M.I.T., 1917. New England Telephone and Telegraph, 1920-27; Assistant Professor, Tufts, 1926-27; Professor, 1927- WILLIAM KENDALL DENISON Professor of Latin Language and Literature A.B., Tufts, 1891; A.M., Harvard, 1892; A.M., Tufts, 1893. l l’ K. Assistant Professor of Latin, Tufts, 1897-99; Professor of Latin, 1899-.