University of Pennsylvania - Record Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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selections, and has changed them from matters in which only a comparatively few men were inter- ested into affairs' of great importance in which a large majority of matriculates of the respective de- partments vote. Not only the actual elections but also the meetings at which the parties put forth their platforms, are directly in the control of the body. It has the supervision of all class and interclass matters, such as dances, and of the financial matters of any body which is not under graduate control. Through its members, it maintains contact with all the campus activities, and, if need be, acts as an advisory board to them. Each year the Council arranges for the election of permanent class officers for the Senior class. One man from each of the six undergraduate schools is elected and, from these, a permanent presi- dent, vice-president, and secretary are selected to be the official representatives of their class at all future gatherings and in all alumni matters. In cooperation with the administration, this organization assists in the planning and running of the Freshman Week activities. The various affairs which occur during the week are designed to help the incoming class in becoming familiar with the University, the opportunities afforded by campus bodies, and, chiefly, to see that the freshmen become acquainted with their classmates. More than almost any other single organization the Undergraduate Council gives responsible students an oppor- tunity to exercise their executive abilities, and in doing so, increases the relationship between the administration and student body. OFFICERS Chairman ...... .... W arren G. Hirt Vice Chairman ..... .... R ichard Havens Secretary-Treasurer . . . .... Robert Schaefer MEMBERS Edward McCaskey john Welsh, Jr. James C. Stretch Stuart McCash Charles Masland Frank Lee Gary III T. James Fernley II William Peters Charles P. Gyllenhall William Levering , George Dixon Gordon Bodek Chairman X'Yarren Hirt addresses ll football r tlly

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Back row, left to right: Levering, Fernley, McCash, Dixon, Gary, McCaskey, Stretch. Front row. left to right: Masland, Hirt, Havens, Peters. THE UNDERGRADUATE COUNCIL The Undergraduate Council, the most important and influential of all the bodies of which the students themselves have control, is made up of thirteen members, all of Whom are leaders of the most responsible and active organizations of the campus. Under its new constitution, the Council is composed of the presidents of the Senior, junior, and Sophomore classes, the presidents of the Sphinx, Friars, and Hexagon Senior Societies, the president of the Phi Kappa Beta Junior Society, the president of both the Group A and Group B Interfraternity Councils, the Chairman of the Houston Hall Board of Governors, the president of the Christian Association, the Chairman of the Senior Advisersg and the editor of The Daily Pennsylvanianf' This year an unusual case arose when Frederic Keyes, the chairman of the Undergraduate Council who was elected at the close of his junior year, was called into the army, thus leaving the chair vacant. A special election was subsequently held by the members' in which Warren Hirt was named as his successor. The chief purpose of this organization is to represent the student body in all matters, especially those in which the University administration is concerned. In the interest of the students themselves, it joins the administration in promoting the school spirit of the undergraduates and in maintaining the name and dignity of the University in its esteemed position. In these respects, the Council arranges such activities as outdoor Hey Day exercises and chapel services which are held periodically throughout the year. Although it has not been done this year, its members are responsible for foot- ball rallies which are intended to increase the interest in the games and to show the support given the team by the students. In order to fully understand outstanding campus problems and to obtain the reaction of various groups to them, the Council holds discussions and smokers. The Council has been given general supervision over all undergraduate affairs. All elections in the various departments of the University are jointly under the control of this organization and the Committee on Welfare. Through the efforts of its members, it has succeeded in revitalizing these I

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I -4 r... y . . x..-1 ,- a-G-.wl - ' if . I L .nw .., , . ag . sl SP xo Q. ft WCG Q06 x OK oct A XNO Qfgio x09 SC OUT' Qlwi eh .X we 0 X092 and - e QQ' fx 'N 0 new XF' Oxycl-3-Q off' C wx 'X Q0 We N. l 'Q O OX THE WHARTON SCHOOL Renowned as one of the finest business schools in the country, the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce can well be proud of its outstanding reputation. Founded in 1881 by joseph Wharton, one-time President of Beth- lehem Steel, and a man with immense practical ability, the popularity of the school grew quickly. The student body jumped from only a handful to more than a hundred at the end of ten years. I The Wharton School was originally begun as the Eco- nomic Department of the University of Pennsylvania, but, due to the rising range of subjects devoted to the study of all fields of practical endeavour, emerged in 1912 as a separate department of the University, with its own admin- istrators and ofhcers. The present Dean is Dr. C. Canby Balderston, who was selected for this honored position by the University upon the resignation of Dr. Alfred H. Wil- liams, who is now President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. The four year course of the Wharton School, inaugu- rated in the late 189O's, has proven to be a popular institu- tion with students. Alumni believe, just as Joseph Wharton did, that the community needs trained men 3 and the Whar- ton School has proved admirably that its course of business education gives a proper background for the economic life. THE COLLEGE The College may well boast of being one of the oldest schools in all North America, having been founded in 1740. Merged with the Old Charity School in 1749 by Benjamin Franklin, the College has been sending out educated youth ever since. Due to the expansion of the City of Philadelphia, the University has moved three times, its first home at Fourth and Arch being abandoned at the close of the eigh- teenth century, its second at Ninth and Chestnut in 1870, while the present site has been officially the home of the University since 1871. In the history of American education, it is a special distinction of the College that Provost William Smith in 1756 outlined the first liberal curriculum of higher learning in the western world. This new method departed from the traditional, narrowly theological aims, offering various prac- tical courses such as surveying, navigation, accounting, com- merce, government, it also established the first chair of Chemistry in America and was the only University to make formal inclusion of modern languages in its curriculum. Following its tradition to appoint progressive leaders to the revered position of Dean, the University picked Dr. John M. Fogg as the new Dean of the College, in place of Dr. William E. Linglebach who had resigned. 4