Alpha Epsilon Syracuse University 1924
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., PETITION OF Kappa Theta. NAiUE OF PETITIONING BODY OF Syracuse University NAiUE OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION TO i\lpQu _~igma Jqi 111 ruttrttity PETITION. e~~ ed, students in good st~a••· •• w ,h, ~ ;:;;,,~ located at~ "'--"~ 7""-~~=~~~-~~~~~~~~ ~~~ ......,..~~ having hereunto attached our individual and clas~f~ur alma mater, and our"'organi zation, do he; eby petition Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity to grant to us and to our successors a Charter for a Chapter of the Fraternity at this institution and to assign us a Chapter Letter. Should this Charter be granted we agree to support the Constituti.on and By-Laws, Rules and Regulations, Customs, Laws and Traditions of Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity, to perform its rituals, and to perform our part in the government and support of the Fraternity as such, and, under its laws govern ourselves as a Chapter in harmony and good fellowship, and that we and our successors shall work for the best interests and advancement of the Fraternity wherever and whenever we may, it being under stood that nothing in this pledge shall in any way conflict with onr religious or political scruples, or our duties and obligations to our college, our family, ourselves, our country, or our God. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and seals the day of 192 ' . A BRIEF HISTORY OF SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY Syracuse University, founded in 1870 i s , in its academic department a continuation of Genesee College which flourished at Liua., N.Y. from 1849 to 1871; and in its medic~l department, of the Geneva Medical College (1835-1872) whtch was in part S\1-ccessor to the Fairfield Medical College (1812-1839). The faculty of the College of Liberal Arts was inaugurated August 31, 1871 and the College opened in the fl4yers Block September 1 with 41 students ·in a ttendance. The College of Medicine was o:pened tha fol1owine; year and. as a success or to the Fairfield College which was the second medical school to be chartered in the state of New York and the fifth in the United States, it had the benefit of an especially firm foundation which has resulted in the placing of the College in the upper r.::mks of the Class A Medical Colleges of the country. In 1873 the College of Fine Arts was or6nnized and it was at the time an experiwent in education in Amer ica being the first of ~he kind. Its continued success bas amply justified the wisdom of the move. The College of Law opened in 1895, College of Applied Science 1991 and Teachers College 1906. The Joseph Slocurn College of Agriculture was started in 1910. In 1911 New York State established the New York State College of Forestry. and constru.cted a $250,000 building for the purpose of instructional and research work~ It is the only State Forestry Building in the country occupied for educational wor k in Forestry. The Gra.duate School was placed upon an. independent basis in 1911.. The College of Business Administration was established in 1920 having been founded as a School in 1919. Five other schools have been established including Library, Oratory, Nursing, Rlblic Education and Home Economics, which at the present time is known as a College. The Summer Session dates from 1902 and the Evening Session from 1918. Every department of the University is open to both sexes, and all creeds ar..d nationalities. During the early period the young institution was given several large and beautiful buildings and especially during the Chancellorship of the late James Roscoe Day, the University was the recipient of large surns of ru.one;}'i from various private sources and this money was almost entirely devoted to erecting buildings f 0r the r apidly growing student body. The John Crouse College of Fine Arts and the Archbold Stadium and Gymnasium are noteworthy examples of the great r""' building per~od under Chancellor Day. As the nu:i:.iber of buildings increased and new d.epart,nent s were forwed, the registration increased, the f a culty exp~nded and the institution became a University in the full meaning of the word. Altha originally intended as a de nominational college and a ltho still depending to a certain extent u pon the support of the Me t hodist Eriscoi.,al Church~ Syracuse University now is known ~s a strictly non-sectarian institution and draws its student body from all sects, creeds, colors, and countries. During the p~st ten years this student body has doubled in n13-~ers. Support of the institution has come from the following sources .. First co,.J.es the large gifts from various private benefactors including Andrew Car negie, John D• .Archbold, Mrs. Russell Sage ~nd other noted philanthr~pists~ Then there is the support given by the various conferences of the Methodist Ep1,scopal Church. The State of New YorR appropriates generous sums each year to support the College of Forestry~ Tuition fees and the income of Endowment complete the list of the supporting units~ As such a large percentage of the money given in the past has- been used for buildings the endowment is at the present time nuch srca.ller than - 2 - it should be f or an instituth,n of this size. The rapi C:. growth of the stuci(;mt body necessitated using t his money for the buildings and t hus precluaed the use of if for endowment funds. 11.ccoro..i ng to its la.test ;3-vailable figures the endowment a t present is a.pproxirm.tely $3,350, 000 . There is at present a campaign plarmed c:.nd in operation toremedy t nis situation a.:nd anciecicied i ncrease in tl1e ena.owment . is certa in to take place within the next few years, one su'bstantid.l gift of nearly a. million dollars ba.ving b een rre.de this pd.st sunILDer. · The degrees :given from the various ciepa.rt;,1ents are a. s follows: College of Libe:cal .Arts, .Ba chelor of .Arts; College of Fine .}rts, .Bachelor or ."ir cl1- itecture, Bachelor of Pa inting, Bacheior of rfusic, Bachelor of Letters and Ba.chelo1· · of Lett er s in Pedagogy; College of Medi cine, Do ct or of Me di cine; College of L..i.w, :Ba chelor of Laws; College of .Applied Science, Civil Engineer, Electricc:1.l Engi neer, Mecbatnical Engineer a.nci Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering; Teac... 1eJ:.T s College, Bachelor of Sci"mce in· (1) M.l.sic, (2) .ti.rt, (j) Education, (4) Phys:i,ca.l Education; College of .Agriculture:, :Bachelor of Science a.nd J3a.chelor of S..;ie4ce in r ..:1.gricul ture; New York Stat~ College of Forestry, :Bachelor of Science, ;,,:k:l.ster of ~f orestry, l'flaster of Science, Doctor of Philosophy; College of BusinessAdllun i,stra.tion, Bachelo+ of Science in (1) .Business, (2) Journalism, (3) Secretarial Stud.ieE:i, (4) Comwercial Teaching; Graduc1te School, ivB. ster of. (l) .Art, ·, (2) Scien ce, (3) Pa int ing, (4) .Architecture, (5) Mu.sic, (6) Mechanical Engineering a.nci. Electrical Engineer ing, (7) Business, Doctors Degrees in (1) Philosopby, (2) Economics; Lfora.ry School, Bachelor of Library Science; School of Public S~eech and l)rail:atic .Art, Bachelor of Ora l English; College of Home Econo;:.:iics, Bachelor of Science in Hoi,1e Economics. In the various defartments there were registered on November l, 192j , 6,377 stu~ents. In tha regular c0urses there were registered fur the first semes- ter 1923-1924 a tot~l of 4,905 regularly eru.·olled students of which 2, 834 (57. 8%) were men and 2,071 (42.2%) were women. The following table shows t bat sine~ 1913 there ba.s oeen a Gt"adual increa se in the percent~be of men registering. Year Men % Women % Total 1913-14 1915 52.1 1759 47.9 3674 1914-15 1960 52.2 1797 47.8 3757 1915-16 2112 54.5 1763 45..5 3875 1916-17 2048 52.9 1819 47.1 3867 1917-18 1550 47.1 1743 52.9 3293 1918-19 1858 53.6 1607 46.4 3465 1919-20 2180 53.6 1886 46.4 4066 1920-21 2577 55.2 2095 44.8 4672 1921-22 2888 57 .4 2144 42~6 5032 1922...:23 3208 58.l 2313 .41.9 5521 The equipment consists of the ca.rapu.s containing about one hu.nareci acres situated on the Vale of Onondaga a.nd overlooking the ·valley and the dty a.nd on which have been constructed over twenty buildings. Off the campus proper t 11ere is the College of Ivle.dicine, the Free Dispensary and. the College of Law buildings which are down in the business section and the University farm just inside the city boundaries. The chief campus builQings include the Hall of Languages, the Adrui.nis tra tion Bui~Qing, John Crouse College of Fine .~ts, J1rchbold Gywna. siUw., Women's Gy;ma.siUD, Steele Hall of Physics, Bowne Hall of . Cheuistry, L. C. Si:ilith Iicill. of Applied Science, Carnegie Library, Joseph Slocum College of Agriculture, State Forestry Building, Teachers Coll~ge, University Hospital of the Good 8,hepherd, Winchell, Reid, Colonial and Haven Hall and Sims Hall and other large dorrni tory buildings and cottages. The Hall of Natural History ~nd Hul~en Observa tory and the Archbold Stadium with the new Hendricks Field,. couplete the list of tile princi pal buildings and equipment. - 3 - In naming the fraternal bodies represented, (See list appenq.ed) the professiorl.d.l a.nd honorary bodies will be lld.med f·irst and dates of establish- will be given ilili1ed.ic1tely .:uter the name From this list it m:i.y be seen ment 11 that Syracuse ha~ less than thirty national fraternities represented and when the re~istratio~ is considered it is readily seen that the field is still wide open for expansion.