University of Pennsylvania - Record Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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had been expanded to fifty two acres. ,. W5 The total value of the buildings and MQW i lf ' ,. . . V V ,'. gf ftlf' X 71 the endowment had been raised to five V I ii i , lit million dollars from only one million Ly .ll ll W six hundred thousand. The faculty had if T ,6ll1J:,J'2-' increased from eighty-eight to two hun- ' J, rr,,, Q Qlfilgi l , f ,,'gi.wlli2bL ' , , f' 'f ,l W ,5--' dred and sixty-eight. And the enroll- 'iE- g. f ?f Qfi f15',:-' 2-lf'4? -rf! ment had risen from nine hundred and ,iff A v5i i,ll I f, ill,' ,, ,,l g f,g gill! 4 eighty-one students to two thousand q iiilfflujig-xx . iL one hundred and eighty, representing 47 lllf ll? f if every state inthe Union and thirty-eiqhi 4, mmlilgi will 'r ljlWlll,lgl?'all li x l g ll foreign countries. Also during these ll fling lll il ll llll, ll,llll,,f lily 5 ' l l . N, T Pl r l T, l ig ,yt'ffg,,g.l5'i5, 5' T ,ffl i l' l i ' years of office, Dr. Pepper saw many i ll lllgl Ill fi ,ll l i l X. lv l l lllllll, llllmgs nhl li- ' I rlwlll l ,FB l Milky, MAN. :, mf lk nl: ill. lik. :lllQ4.lML,,7 Y sf -4 scholarship and fellowship funds set up -l 7,55 -6 li W l ,ig ll I f X, ',! . lllm' J -7, , f il it .. il 1 is vi ll! . it -ffl, -lil in the interest of many departments WM M -'lll if if 1 ll! ll lfll,1W Ulf! l N il' lg After Provost Pepper retired in 1894, mica l A' Q mtv ,Q Q M ,ll 1 gl l L . Dr. Charles Custis Harrison took over 7 :'M.fil5,,1i1tt-at 4 K 5 ' lll : ',! ',,,' f fm l , f I I' l if -5 .fyylgl the Provostship and continued the 'l - program of expansion by adding the l ala' 'I: '- mv U'--'mf'-M J' Flower Astronomical Observatory, the Tis-L' if f F T' v 'A A, , Summer School, College Courses for Old Chapel in College HGH. Teachers, the Evening School of Fi- nance and Accounts, and also the Henry Phipps Institute was transferred to the University. Along with the advancement in departments, there came new buildings, as the Harrison Laboratory of Chemistryg the Engineering Building for the Towne Scientifc School: the Law School Building, the Gymnasium, Training House, and Stadium on Franklin Field: the new Medical Labora- toriesg the new Veterinary original Fmnkiin Fieid. Buildings: the Clinical Building, and the Flower WW lbll lllll Ti lilfl i Astronomical Observatory. A .iif - Aside from these im- 3' provements, Dr. Harrison A A it added to the campus two l i A Q S 1 E if of its most vital parts-the dormitories and the Hous- ton Club. With the Univer- sity expanding so rapidly and with students coming from all over the world, the trustees realized that an institution as large as the University needed to offer the students more than education. There had to be some pleasant places to live and to gather for social gather-

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l - ,N 1940 'it:-- V 51' An executive officer and an able administrator was now needed and such a person was found in the Rev. William Smith, a graduate of the University of Aberdeen, who had attracted much attention by his pamphlet for an ideal College of Mirania. When Dr. Smith joined the Academy and Charitable School in 1755 a fifth school was added, a Philosophical school, under his care. That same year Dr. Smith estab- lished The College. The trustees obtained from the lieutenant-governor of the province a second charter that changed the name to The College, Academy, and Charitable School of Philadelphia, and gave the trustees the power to grant degres, appoint a provost and vice-provost, and to use the title of professor. lmmediately William Smith was named as Provost and Francis Alison, then Rector of the schools, as Vice-Provost. The appointment of Dr. Smith as Provost was very profitable. Not only did he draw men from all over the American provinces and the West Indies, but he was very successful in raising money. On one occasion when on a trip through the provinces and England, he was able to raise f20,000. His efforts in bringing new men to the schools were such that when the first commencement took place in 1757 there were nearly three hundred men enrolled, among whom one hundred were in the college. But all that knew Provost Smith were not his friends, for in 1758 due to some political and religious disagreements, he was tempor- arily thrown into jail. Still this did not close the College, as his students continued to come to him, and he spoke to them from his cell. At the first commencement seven men received their degrees of Bachelor of Arts. Among these men there was one john Morgan, who later Went abroad to study medicine and returned to Philadelphia in 1765 and presented to the Trustees of the College, Academy, and Charitable School plans for the beginnings of a Department of Medicine. The Trustees, approving the suggestion, appointed Dr. Morgan, Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine-the first medical profes sorship ever to be established in America. This pro- fessorship together with those of the College brought into being the first real University in the United States. For a medical school the Trustees obtained a building on the east side of Fifth Street above Walnut, which became known as Surgeon's Hall. That same year Willian Shippen was made Professor of Anatomy and Surgery. It was from the efforts of these two men that the first Medical School in America grew. ln 1768 the school graduated its first class of doctors with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. A year later Benjamin Plush was appointed by the school to the first Chemistry Professorship ever to be created in this country. Much trouble came to the College during the Revolution. For fifteen weeks while the British occupied Philadelphia in 1777 and 1778 the College was closed. Then soon after it was reopened, because of the dis- The twin buildings, the Medical School and College Hall, built 1829. - 5 1 ,Q 5, 5'-' g E- -- ..... - , H 1 ilil rs t ',,,f M I 5 5 A ' :Isl :ai E 1 - if lilull 1 Il tit H 1 . :e.i.-1.4 ,,L,s.--iL.-. 1- .- it lm '-ee.f..ea...e -- 555 5! 1153555 essgsiggg iiiifiit it EEEEEE EEESEEIE QSQESEH iiiiiil I 1 - . - 5 , A r 1 mlmnml nullmlrllwlrrmvf V, A ,, , , T5 . .-T. .. .mt mmm- nn -.,,.-....mm U.. ...m,.mt...-..tm--H1V-.W---.U-...W---...... 5 .mmm-umm A V - i- 4 --ti www1p11gZ1qi3rn1L3S mL'lifl'.zll.f1.lK:iEffti'fir'iiiltt1..L2'.'1'!f'mtEl1ttttMj1ffij'itttm't.tttfni uw- 19315 H!li'M'l'E 3 '5 l U .,., . . ':f?f'f fx.i 5 2 ? iii - Ei: -- - Y i- ' gi, 33:-,e-irgz. ', i v :re -'vi-1-s-' .-Q:- 'aa' ,

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ings and other activities. A location was found for the dormitories in the site of the old athletic field on Spruce Streets between Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Streets. The athletic field stands were razed and moved to their present location. A new field bearing Franklin's name, a gymnasium, and a training house were built. On the old athletic field and a triangular lot adjoining, fifteen dormitories were built, each dormitory facing away from the street and being a separate unit in itself. Finally in October 1896 these buildings were opened, offering accommodations for three hundred and fifty students. To take care of the social needs of the campus, the Houston Club was erected as a gift from Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Houston in memory of their son, a graduate of the University. lt was completely an Undergraduate Club, controlled and managed by the students and for the students. lt offered rooms for many of the undergraduate organizations, a reading room, billiard tables, bowling-alleys, and a swimming tank. This was the first Student Club in the country and soon many of the other universities followed Pennsylvania's lead by founding similar clubs. Cf course, previous to this there had been various men's fraternities, pubil- cations, the Christian Association, language groups, and dramatic groups like the Mask and Wig Club, as well as the various athletics and the famous Bowl, Pants, and Corner fights, but none of them serve the purpose that the Houston Club did of bringing all students of varying talents into closer fellowship with one another. Traditional Pants Fight. wmv: