University of Pennsylvania - Record Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Zo The Eisehlohr Hall The Towne School S2312 QU! The Fine Arts Building 0060 QU The Moore School Buliding 9 5 l if

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9 K 650 C OX ew YE 050 O? - Q9 QS. C106 gcx S0 3, we Qilkvx o cp ' Nei lb 459 9 C Q 'rx at er L 66600 xixgjx K ago or ' X O N KQOG 6 XX we SC XOY 1 OK Og- - Gam THE TOWNE SCHOOL The Towne Scientific School conducts courses in Chem- istry, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, and Me- chanical Engineering. These subjects cover many diverse phases and require considerable equipment and research laboratories: consequently the Harrison Laboratory was erected in 1894, to be followed in 1906 by the Engineer- ing Building. The Towne School can feel considerable pride in being one of the oldest scientific schools in the country. Though courses were available since 1850 in UChemistry as applied to the Arts,'l the school actually became an independent part of the University in 1875. Among the buildings devoted to science, there are found many finely equipped laboratories. The Engineering Build- ing has laboratories occupying 32,000 square feet of floor space, laboratories for fuel technology, for materials and hydraulics, for chemical engineering, and machines, pattern- ing, and foundry. This same building also houses smaller laboratories for physical chemistry, fuel calorimetry, metal- lography, heat treatment, photo-electricity, and vibration analysis. In the basement is an electrical substation for regulating the power to the building. The school has a long list of famous graduates, pene- trating every field of scientific endeavour. Provost Edgar Fahs Smith achieved an international reputation for his work on electro-analysis and tungsten, which indirectly led to that metal's use in electric light bulbs. SCHOOL OF EDUCATION The professional training of teachers in the University had its inception in 1892 when classes were conducted for teachers who desired more specialized training in various educational fields. Two years later, a Professorship of Edu- cation Was created which may be considered the point at which the School of Education became a separate depart- ment of the University. In 1913, the State Legislature com- menced a series of grants which have considerably facili- tated the development of the school. The School of Education has probably grown more rap- idly in a short period of time than any other part of the University. The need for larger quarters indirectly resulted in the building of Bennett Hall, and culminated in the Illman-Carter School for Kindergarten and Primary School Teachers and the School for Nursing. Along with its physical expansion, the School of Educa- tion has added to its academic courses many new subjects, Art, Music, Physical Education, Home Economics, and Commercial and Vocational subjects are all taught. The most significant event in the history of the course occurred in 1933, when it was reorganized on a five-year basis. This meant that there were only required one-year's graduate work to enable a student to become eligible for a teacher's certificate.

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sPooN BQWE E IOR HO OR 1942 RICHARD W. I-IAVENS Sphinx Senior Society, Phi ,Kappa Beta Junior Society, Permanent President of Senior Class, President of Varsity Club, Chairman of Senior Ad- visors, Associate Manager of Basketball, Vice-President of Undergraduate Council, Vice- President of Kite and Key Society, Daily Pennsylvanian Editorial Board, Advisory Committee on Athletics. CANE F GEORGE H. DIXON President of Sphinx Senior Society, President of Kite and Key Society, Publicity Mana- ger of Mask and Wig, Under- graduate Council, Senior Ad- visor, Daily Pennsylvanian Editorial Board. SPADE EUGENE H. DAVIS, JR. JAMES C. STRETCH Sphinx Senior Society, Stu- . . . dent Award of Merit, Captain d Fings Siimolg i?C1f?tty'PStLi: of Football, Baseball, Basket- en Wa? 0 SH r res! ban. dent of P1 Gamma Mu Hon- orary Society, Beta Gamma Sigma, Undergraduate Coun- cil, Vice-President of Chris- tian Association, Crew.