University of Pennsylvania - Record Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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lINIVEHSIlY THE COLLEGE The college was first merged with the old Charity School by Benjamin Franklin in 1749. Having been founded in 1740, we use that date as our beginning. Prom Fourth and Arch, the College was moved to Ninth and Chestnut Street. Moving to its present site in 1872, the college has prospered and lived to become one of the oldest universities in America. In 1753 the first class composed cf fifteen students enrolled in the college. From these six members graduated in the year 1757. The graduates were Morgan, founder of the Medical School: Hugh Williamson and Francis Hopkinson, signers of the Declaration of Independence: lacob Dusche, prominent clergyman of England and Americap Samuel Magan, Professor and later Vice-Provost of the University and lames Latta. Each trained graduating class from the College has for gener- ations gone forth to win glory for itself as well as its Alma Mater. Truly the price, the glory, and the strength of the College are to be found in her alumni. THE MOORE SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING For thirty years before 1923 the course in electrical engineering was merely a division of the Towne Scientific School, known as the Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. ln 1923 this department received its own building through a bequest by the late Alfred Fitler Moore who designated this school as a memorial to his parents. This bequest, amounting to more than S1.500,000, has been set aside as, an endowment fund for both undergraduate and graduate instruction in electrical engineer- ing and research on the part of the faculty and students. The undergraduate curriculum is marked by a two-option sys- tem. The Research Option is designed primarily for students inter- ested in the technical side of electrical engineering. The second option, the Industrial Option, is designed for students preparing for less technical positions. The Moore School offers the following degrees: Bachelor of Science has existed at the University since 1851 but it wasn't until cal Engineering. THE TOWNE SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL A regular scientific course leading to a degree of Bachelor of Science has existed at the University since 1851, but it wasn't until 1872 that this course became a separate department from the College. In 1875, it was named the Towne Scientific School, in honor of lohn Henry Towne, a trustee of the University, whose will partly endowed the new department. Professor lohn Peter Lesley be- came the first dean. Eight years later, it was merger with the College as a paper organization. lt re- mained in that status until 1912, when Dr. Edgar 1-'ahs Smith, Pro- ' I vost, again made the scientific de- partment an independent school. At present the Towne School conducts courses in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engi- neering, and Mechanical Engineer- ing. Classes are held in the Engi- neering Building, erected in 1906, and the Harrison Laboratory, erect- ed in 1894. There are 389 full-time students taught by a faculty of 68.

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