DUCKNELi ROUND AND ABOUT BUG KNELL Bucknell University Bulletin, Twenty-second Series, No. 2 September. 1922 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2013 http://archive.org/details/roundaboutbuckne1922unse 4 A BIT OF mSTOP.Y UCKNELL UNIVERSITY- -or the Uni- versity at Lewisburg, as it was originally called — was founded in 1846. In Feb- ruary of that year the charter was granted by the Pennsylvania Legislative Assembly, and in the fall instruction began in a single basement room of the old brick Babtist meeting-house at Lewisburg. Says a student of those pioneer days: "In the basement were three rooms. In the largest of these were rows of plain red desks, at which the students were seated, on one side the girls, on the other the boys. But our seats faced different ways!" Here Stephen Taylor, a graduate of Mad- ison (now Colgate) University, guided as principal the early years. Thus quaintly and humbly began the institution which to-day possesses a campus of near- ly 200 acres, with twenty-two buildings, nearly a thousand students, and thousands of alumni. The early years brought many a struggle and hardship to the infant institution, but it weathered all storms and made steady progress. In 1847 the Academy, first building on the present campus, was ready for occupancy. To quote again, "we students took our desks on our heads and marched out to the hill." The first class, numbering seven members, was graduated in 1851. In the same year Howard Malcolm, D.D., LL.D., was elected pres- ident of the University, serving until 1857, when he was succeeded by Jus- tin Loomis, Ph.D., LL.D. In 1862 the institution closed its doors for the only time in its history. In July of that year the Confederate invasion threatened Pennsylvania, and professors and students marched off en masse in an "emergency company" which played its part in defending the old Keystone State against the South- ern advance; they returned to their class-rooms after Lee's retreat. Page Three &• The Meadows, University Avenue In the years following the Civil War the University made slow but steady growth. In 1879 President Loomis ended his long term of office, re- tiring in favor of David Jayne Hill, LL.D., the first native son of the Uni- versity to become its president. Dr. Hill's administration of ten years greatly enhanced the scholastic prestige of the University. In 1886 the name of the institution was changed to Bucknell, in honor of William Buck- nell, the Philadelphia philanthropist, who had served for many years as chairman of the Board of Trustees. In 1889 President John Howard Harris, Ph.D., LL.D., came into office. His 30-year term saw a great material grov/th, a large increase in regis- tration and equipment. The college attendance increased from 71 in 1890 to 715 in 1916. Buildings were erected, the faculty increased, and the Page Four ^■ courses of study expanded in proportion to the numerical growth. Buck- nell Hall, the Chemical Laboratory, the Gymnasium, the New Women's Building, East College, the Library, and several other buildings were erected during his administration. In 1919 Emory W. Hunt, D.D., LL.D., accepted the presidency. Dur- ing his three years of service his Christian statesmanship and lofty vision have made a deep impression on the institution. The curriculum has been thoroughly revised, the campus extension and the Groff Estate purchased, the Chemical Laboratory enlarged, the Engineering Building erected. East and West Wings of Main College thoroughly renovated, the Women's Col- lege buildings modernized. The total registration has increased to 998, and would be larger but for the necessary restrictions imposed by lack of hous- ing space and equipment. The Old Athletic Field horn the Hill Page Five ^^ MAIN ENTRANCE Wide open and unguarded stand our gates - - Portals that lead to an enchanted land. THE 1905 Memorial Gateway, standing in simple dignity at the main entrance to the campus, welcomes the new student or the old "grad" as he approaches the University. Whether he be new student or old "grad," the visitor's heart beats quicker at the sight of the oak-clad campus. Not the least of Bucknell's treasures are the noble century-old trees which shade its grounds. To the right of the winding path which leads to the "Hill" is "Senior Patch," where, according to Bucknell tradition, the Senior Sings are held in balmy May. To the left, one catches a glimpse of the old Athletic Field. As one ascends the hill, the old Athletic Field stretches away to the left toward Tustin Gymnasium, the men's "gym." Senior Path — which underclassmen tread at their peril — extends diagonally to the summit; above, the long facade of Main College, and to its right. West College, surmounted by the 1907 Memorial Clock, become visible. These two buildings enclose the north and west sides of the Quadrangle. Page Six MAIN COLLEGE MAIN College, designed by Thomas U. Walter, architect of the dome and wings of the National Capitol at Washington, stands in austere beauty on the brow of College Hill, overlooking the lower campus and the Susquehanna River. "Old Main," erected in 1859, plays to-day, as it always has, a large part in Bucknell life. The first floor is given over altogether to adminis- trative offices and class-rooms. Here are located the President's Office, the Dean's Office, the Registrar's Office, the Recorder's Office, the Office Old Main from the Quadrangle of the Superintendent of Grounds and Buildings, the Alumni Office, and the Office of the Athletic Association. Here too are the old familiar class- rooms: the Latin Room, the Mathematics Room, the Greek Room, the Lit- erature Room, the History Room, — used now for classes of many kinds. The second floor of the central portion contains botanical and geolog- ical laboratories and museums; the third floor. Commencement Hall. Rooms for men students occupy the upper floors of East and West Wings. Soon and late. Old Main plays a large part in the life of every student. Here he first enrols on his arrival; here he attends classes; here — he pays bills; here at length, garbed in academic black, he mounts to historic Commencement Hall to receive his degree. Page Seven Front Campus Campus Paths Old Main and West View From Old Main Page Nine fc East College THE MEN'S RESIDENCE HALLS BY no means all of college life is included in the curriculum. If educa- tion, as has been said, consists in establishing contacts with life, the college residence hall plays a role almost as important as that of the class-room. Here the student rubs up against his fellows from far and near, broadening his vision and enlarging his sympathies. View From Page Ten West College Bucknell seeks to foster such contact by housing its students on the campus. Except for those upperclassmen who room in fraternity houses, nearly all men students live in the dormitories. The oldest of the residence halls are East and West Wings of Main College, which together accommodate more than a hundred men. Both wings have been thoroughly modernized within the past three years, and the Flagstaff Page Eleven ^ with baths established on each floor, are fully as desirable as the more modern dormitories. West College, erected in 1900, is a comfortable modern building, with 97 rooms. Besides these, it contains the Y. M. C. A. office and assembly room. It is surmounted by the 1907 Memorial Clock. East College has on its four residence floors 112 students' rooms. The ground floor is occupied by electrical engineering and physics labora- tories, the top floor by large drawing-rooms. From the main drawing-room a stairway leads to the 1909 Memorial Tower, which offers a magnificent view of the campus, the river, and the surrounding country. Looking Across the Quadrangle Page Twelve THE OBSERVATORY FROM the very foundation of the University, Bucknell has offered work in Astronomy. A member of the first class has written in his rem- iniscences of the early days: "After a time we were cheered by the arrival of some philosophical apparatus. Doctor Taylor used to take the telescope on his shoulders and go up to the crest, where the main edifice now stands, to show us the wonders of the starry heavens." Much later the Observatory was erected to furnish practical work in Astronomy. It stands picturesquely at the southwestern angle of the quad- rangle, between the Library and East College. It contains a ten-inch Clark Equatorial Telescope and the other usual equipment for astronomical ob- servations, with a collection of standard works. A class-room is attached to the Observatory proper. Elementary and advanced courses in Astron- omy offer those who wish it an opportunity to become actively acquainted with "the wonders of the starry heavens." The Observatory from Old Main Page Thirteen The Library, Main Reading Room .Page Fourteen ^ THE LIBRARY ww'T^ O be at home in all lands and all ages; to count Nature a familiar acquaintance, and Art an intimate friend; to gain a standard for the appreciation of other men's work and the criticism of your own; to carry the keys of the world's library in your pocket and feel its resources behind you in whatever task you undertake " Such, in part, is the statement President Hyde of Bowdoin has made of the re- sults of a liberal education. The realization of such an ideal involves a wide acquaintance with the books in which are deposited the cultural riches accumulated during the centuries of human history. At Bucknell, the library, which lies directly across the Quadrangle from Main College, is so arranged as to permit an intimate contact with books. The greater number of the 40,000 volumes which the library contains are immediately accessible to the student. The open shelves of the General Reading Room, the Periodical Room, and the departmental rooms, allow the book-lover to browse at will. Only such restrictions are enforced as are necessary to safeguard the collections. Page Fifteen Academy and Hill from the Stadium Site THE ACADEMY THE Academy, as it is still called in memory of the days when it was given over to the boys' preparatory department of the University, has recently been remodeled to satisfy the expanding needs of the college. Of the Academy building proper, the first floor contains Modern Lan- guage class-rooms and a dining-hall used for the Commencement Alumni dinner; the second floor is a residence; the third floor contains a large biology lecture room and laboratories for use in zoology, embryology, his- tology, and entomology, and a dissecting room for human anatomy. The laboratories have the usual equipment of desks, microscopes, and projec- tion apparatus. The very valuable collection of microscopic slides is also housed here. The first floor of East Hall contains a bacteriological laboratory. The second and third floors are occupied by the recitation rooms and offices of the Department of English. Page Sixteen THE ENGINEERING BUILDING THE rapid increase in the registration at Bucknell within the past few years so cramped the available facilities that in 1920 the Board of Trustees with large vision purchased the Miller Farm, a tract of 158 acres of beautiful rolling land just south of the campus. At the same time the Board caused to be drawn up a building program covering a long period of years. The first building to be erected on the campus extension is the Engi- neering Building, one wing of which has been assigned to the Departments of Mechanical and Civil Engineering and is already in use for work in these branches. The new building has been erected in accord with the most modern ideas of construction and with regard to the particular needs of the depart- ments for which it was designed. The ground floor is equipped for work in combustion engines, steam, hydraulics, and cement testing. The first floor is occupied by the pattern shop, the tool-room, the machine shop, and a recitation room. The second floor has two large drawing-rooms for the senior work, two recitation-rooms accommodating fifty students each, one large lecture room equipped for demonstrations, and the office of the Mechanical Engineering Department. Page Seventeen THE CHEMICAL LABORATORY /^ HEMISTRY is the Aladdin's lamp of modern civilization. No science ^-^ has had a more remarkable development, nor has now more potent promise for future expansion. To meet the greatly multipled courses and the heavy registration in this basic science, the chemical laboratory at Bucknell was enlarged in the summer of 1921 by an addition one-third the size of the original building. As it now stands, the laboratory is one of the handsomest buildings on the campus, and is adequate in space and equipment for present needs. The ground floor contains the metallurgical laboratory, the laboratory for inorganic preparations, the chemical engineering organic laboratory with combustion room at the side, a dark room, and store-rooms. The first floor has the large chemistry lecture room with seating space for one hundred and ten students, two laboratories for general chemistry each accommodating fifty students, and small class-rooms for quiz sections. Page Eighteen The second floor is equipped with the laboratories for pre-medical organic chemistry, for physical chemistry, for chemistry of foods, two labor- atories for quantitative chemistry accommodating fifty-two students, one large and three small lecture rooms, and the library. The third floor contains store-rooms and space available for additional laboratory rooms. In addition to the general laboratories, small private laboratories are installed in the three offices provided for the instructors. f BUCKNELL HALL BUCKNELL Hall, erected in 1886, has served since that time as the college chapel. Of late years its seating capacity has been inadequate to accommodate the entire student-body, so that "upper-class chapel" and "freshman chapel" have been instituted, each meeting two days a week. Bucknell Hall is used also as an auditorium for recitals of the School of Music, student plays, meeting of the Bucknell Lyceum, and lectures. Page Nineteen New Building. Women's College THE WOMEN'S COLLEGE FROM its very beginnning the University has recognized the modern need for the higher education of women. In that big basement room of the old Baptist Meeting-house girls and boys sat side by side. When the buildings on the present campus were erected, one section was set aside for the "University Female Institute" as it was quaintly called — a women's department carrying on work of secondary and early college grade. This was the germ of the present Women's College. In the early eighties women were admitted to the college proper, the first woman graduate being a member of the class of 1885. To-day, the women work side by side with the men in laboratory and class-room. They have, however, their separate student government, con- ducted by a Student Executive Board; a separate Athletic Board, which, with the cooperation of the Director of Physical Education for women, exercises supervision over the women's sports-hockey, basketball, tennis, Page Twenty and archery; the Y.W.C.A. ; the women's dramatic organization; and other organizations serving their peculiar interests. The college women, although they share with the men the general social life of the University, have also a number of separate traditions which make their life distinctive. Every freshman finds a sophomore Big Sister awaiting her on her arrival; the Hallowe'en Masquerade is always an exciting event; the May Day Festival attracts spectators from near and far; Y. W. C. A. parties, class events, sorority functions and the like are happenings of major interest on the Women's College calendar. Wolfe House in Winter Page Twenty-one 4 The President and His Aides THE PRESIDENT AT a recent meeting of Baptists from all over the United States, a small group of representative men was discussing the problem — what man in the denomination is most trusted and most highly esteemed by the Baptists of America? To settle the problem, they agreed that each one of the group should write on a slip of paper the name of the one whom he believed to occupy this position. When the slips were read it was found that on every slip was the name — Emory W. Hunt. That this is a true estimate is proved by the fact that he has held nearly every office of trust and responsibility in the gift of the Northern Baptist Convention. At the present time he is chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Promotion. Whenever a conference is held on problems which demand wisdom and Christian statesmanship, he is one of the first to be summoned into council. President Hunt came to Bucknell in 1919. The time since then has been sufficient for him to infuse with his vision and sympathy every depart- ment of the University. He has endeared himself to alumni and students by his justice and kindliness. On every count of the measure of manhood which he himself proposes -- height of ideals, depth of convictions, and breadth of sympathies -- he is a man. Page Twenty-two ^ THE FACULTY ABUCKNELL alumnus who occupies a professorship in one of our great national universities said recently: "I have never found better teachers than those I knew at Bucknell." If this were an isolated opinion it would not count for much. But it is typical of opinions frequently ex- pressed by Bucknell graduates who have enjoyed graduate work in the United States and abroad; and as such it is deserving of consideration. The basis for such an opinion is found in the fact that the members of the Bucknell faculty aim less at teaching subjects than at teaching men and women. This attitude helps to build up the close personal relation- ship which in many cases exists between teacher and student, a relationship which, extending beyond the college years, frequently crystallizes into a life-long friendship. Many an old "grad" comes back to the college eager not merely to revisit his old room, his old fraternity and the old campus, but perhaps even more to renew comradeship with his old teachers, the value of whose interest in him the passing years have taught him properly to appreciate. L;P **' L Some of Them Page Twenty Three ^ — . =-g ATHLETIC LIFE ry^HE sound body which according to the Latin proverb must house a •^ sound mind is cultivated at Bucknell both by required work in phy- sical education and by voluntary participation in inter-collegiate and intra- mural sports. In the inter-collegiate athletic world, Bucknell ranks high. The foot- ball team this year won seven out of eleven games played on what was regarded as one of the heaviest schedules in the country. Lehigh, Rutgers, Dickinson, Muhlenberg, Susquehanna, Alfred, and Mansfield were defeated; Pittsburgh won 7-0; Navy 14-7; Lafayette 28-7; Georgetown 19-7 in hard- fought struggles. The track team won for the second season the trophy cup of the Cen- tral Pennsylvania Conference from a field of eight colleges. The relay team placed first in its class at the Penn Relays, and third in the Middle Atlantic States Championship Relay. The baseball team won ten and lost five games, defeating Penn State, Pittsburgh, and Dickinson twice, in the course of the season. The tennis team won four matches, from Penn State, Dickinson, Sus- quehanna, and Gettysburg; tied three, with Penn State, Pittsburgh, and Juniata, and did not meet with a single defeat. The basketball team, playing for the most part on foreign floors, lost ten out of eighteen games. Intra-mural sports include class football, class and inter-fraternity bas- ketball, inter-fraternity and individual singles and doubles in tennis, inter- class athletic meets, inter-class, inter-fraternity, and inter-club baseball. The inter-fraternity basketball tournament furnishes the chief winter sport. Twelve teams, representing fraternity men, non-fraternity men, and the faculty, compete in this sport. With the practice contests within the various Page Twenty-four '-^^^ \ vv ,.,• ■■,%.• Varsity Football Squad Varsity Track Team Central Conference Champion Page Twenty-five Around the Year at Bucknell Autumn A Motorized Hike-Lafayette Game-Field Trip Page Tiventy-six groups, the series affords winter sport for a very large proportion of the men of the college. Buffalo Creek and the Susquehanna River are utilized for canoeing and swimming in summer and for skating in winter; of late skiing and tobogganing on the College Hill have grown to be favorite winter sports. The fall and spring Saturdays witness many hikes to historic Blue Hill (Shikellimy) at the junction of the North and West Branches of the Susquehanna, up Buffalo Creek, to the old Indian settlement at Chillis- quaque, into the Winfield Hills, or "motorized hikes" to Old Gap, Joyce Kilmer Park, Penn's Cave, Eaglesmere, Essick Heights, "The Old Trees" at Troxelville, Kitchen's Creek Preserve and other spots of natural beauty. Tustin Gymnasium and Old Athletic Field Page Twenty-seven •% RELIGIOUS LIFE AT BUCKNELL T3 UCKNELL is fundamentally and firmly a liberal Christian institution. -*^ Although traditionally Baptist, it erects no denominational bars for either instructor or student. The charter specifies "that no religious sentiments are to be accounted as a disability to hinder the election of an individual to any office among the teachers of the institution, or to debar persons from admittance as students, in any department of the Uni- versity." Thus broad-minded was Stephen Taylor, first administrator of the University, who drafted the charter. And the tradition still is maintained. But though Bucknell makes no attempt to force faculty or students into any strait-jacket of dogma, it makes every effort to create a distinct Christian atmosphere about the campus, and to train its students not merely to make a living, but to make a life. The chapel services of the college, which all students attend unless specially excused, conduce to this end. At these services President Hunt gives those characteristic brief discussions of life problems and ideals which only he can give. Frequently the chapel is addressed by prominent men from the outside world. Among those who have spoken recently are Sherwood Eddy, President Horr, R. P. Hobson, William Jennings Bryan, Raymond West, Allyn K. Foster, Hamlin Garland, and Dr. Rosalie Morton. The religious life of the men students finds expression in the Y.M.C. A. Besides its devotional services, the "Y" organizes courses in Bible study and the study of modern industrial problems, maintains a student employment bureau, arranges an annual lecture course, brings in special speakers on student problems, and serves in other ways. The Y.W.C.A. holds devotional services, maintains study groups, does personal work among women and carries on welfare work in the community. The seven churches of the town — Baptist, Presbyterian, Methodist, Lutheran, Reformed, Evangelical, and Christian, — welcome students to Page Twenty -eight ^ — ^ their services and to their social life. They hold student receptions at the opening of college and various merry-makings during the year in which students and towns-people join. Several churches have established a stu- dent fellowship by which students without giving up membership in their home churches may affiliate with the Lewisburg church during their resi- dence here. The student-body is composed of church members. The last religious census showed 90% of the students affiliated with Christian churches. The percentages ran as follows: Baptist 21; Methodist 18; Presbyterian 16; Lutheran 14; Reformed 5; Catholic 5; Evangelical 4; Episcopalian 3; United Brethren 2; Congregational 1; Christian 1. 1 1 ^ ■■ c d^w '^ f m 1 '^ ^^ ^^^R#' «HH ^^^^M% H ^Kj^H ^^^fli I^F^K m ' i iPIl MM Ml Ik^m l,J/M 4 ^m'm^ « ^^B^H W^M^' ^^^1 ■jjK^f^H 1 mj^m ^^^9r^~ ^i^^^^^^H M Hh HHi iji ^^HHI HHH ^^H HIIHIH HUH The Y Cabinet Page Twenty-nine % fy Page Thirty Around the Year at Bucknell Winter Clearing the Paths-Freshman Chapel-Buffalo Creek STUDENT ACTIVITIES THIS is not the place to treat of the courses of study. A full description of them may be found in the Annual College Catalog. The extra-curricular intellectual and social activities are many. For those of literary and journalistic inclinations, the Bucknellian — • the college newspaper, the Mirror — the literary publication, and L'Agenda — the college year book, offer a field for the exercise of their genius. The Debate Board has charge of intra-mural and inter-collegiate de- bates. Every year one triangular and several dual inter-collegiate debates are held. Tau Kappa Alpha is the honorary debating society. Cap and Dagger among the men, Frill and Frown at the Women's Col- lege, and Theta Alpha Phi Dramatic Fraternity composed of men and women, foster dramatics by individual and joint production of several plays annually. The Mathematics Club, the Medical Society, the Chemical Engineering Society, the Bucknell University Branch of the American Institute of Elec- trical Engineers, the Mechanical Engineering Society, the Civil Engineer- ing Society, the Ministerial Association, the Student Volunteer Association, Mu Phi Epsilon Musical Fraternity hold frequent meetings devoted to the interests of these groups. The Men's and the Women's Glee Clubs give home and out-of-town con- certs. This year the Men's Glee Club appeared in thirty-five cities of Pennsylvania and neighboring states, singing to 35,000 people. It had ex- cellent press notices in every tov/n, and was highly praised. The Operatic Society and the Oratorio Society work along special lines. Ensemble work in instrumental music is fostered by the University Orchestra, the University Band of fifty pieces, and numerous other organ- izations. A number of sectional clubs promote good-fellowship among the stu- dents from the various geographical districts. Page Thirty-one Around the Year at Bucknell Spring Planting the Senior Tree-A Favorite Nook--A Homer Page Thirty -two THE social life of the college centers largely around the fraternities and sororities, although several general college functions and a number of class and departmental club social affairs have their place on the college calendar. At Bucknell there are eleven national and local men's social frater- nities: Phi Kappa Psi; Sigma Chi; Phi Gamma Delta; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Kappa Sigma; Delta Sigma; Kappa Delta Rho; Lambda Chi Alpha; Beta Kappa Psi; Phi Theta Sigma; Alpha Chi Mu; and six women's soror- ities; Pi Beta Phi; Delta Delta Delta; Kappa Delta; Mu Phi Epsilon; Eta Sigma; Alpha Chi Omega. Membership in these fraternities is extended by invitation. Students may be pledged during their freshman year, but are initiated only after completing a full year's work. The men's fraternities are for the most part housed in their own chapter-houses near the campus. The government of the men is vested in the Senior Council, which is composed of members of all fraternities and non-fraternity men, and which operates under a Constitution granted by the Faculty. Since the institution of Senior Council as the official student representative body many abuses of student life of former days, such as unregulated hazing, have entirely disappeared. An Open Air PJay Page Thirty-three Page Thirty-four Around the Year at Bucknell Commencement The Alumni Game-Twilight Concert-"The Grave old Seniors' THE NEW STADIUM THE Athletic Council with the approval of the Board of Trustees of the University authorized last year the erection of a new stadium, to take the place of the present athletic field, which is no longer adequate to the needs of the institution for physical training and inter-collegiate athletics. The work of grading the new site was begun last spring, and has pro- gressed to the point where the use of the field proper for the big football games next fall seems assured. The stadium structure will then be com- pleted as rapidly as circumstances will permit. When completed, the project will afford ample playing space for all outdoor sports, making possible a system of general physical training for all students, besides furnishing adequate accommodations for inter-col- legiate contests. ^3, . OV-X.;^'/-/ If rmrrlh' iiiiiiniii -ii. m The Proposed Stadium Page Thirty-five Page Thirty-six