Widener College May Obtain Information at the Telephone Exchange Located Inside the Front Entrance of Old Main (5)
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Widener Visitors to Widener College may obtain information at the telephone exchange located inside the front entrance of Old Main (5). Co\\eQe Campus tours and interviews are arranged in the Admissions Office located on the main CHESTE R • PE SYLVA \A • 19013 • 215-876-5551 floor of Old Main. Visitors are requested to u e the entrance to Old Main on 14th Street (opposite MacMorland Center) and to park on the marked spaces along the semi-circular driveway in front of Old Main. 10. Black Student Union 11 . Observatory The Center of Arts and Science, the Center of 12. Student park Management and Applied Economics and t~e 13. Webb Hall Evening Division are located 1n the Kapelskr 14. MacMorland Center (student union building) Learning Center (3). The vice-president and 15. Maintenance building academic dean 's office is in Kapelski. 16. Schwartz Physical Education Center Administrative offices including the president's, 17. Baseball diamond controller, office of student affairs, business office, 18. Soccer field admissions, registrar, development and alumnr are 19. Robert Levy Tennis Courts located in Old Main (5). Public relations is in the 20. Track & (ield area and practice field Alumni Auditorium (4) . Department of Military 21 . Stadium Science (ROTC) ground (/oor, Hanna Hall. Deans 22 . Armory ~ of Students are in Webb Hall (13). Parking Areas indicated by diagnal lines ~ GUIDE TO THE CAMPUS DORMITORIES A The Castle F Dorm 4 1. Wolfgram Memorial Library . 8 Turrell Hall G Hanna Hall 2. Kirkbride Hall of Science and Engrneerrng C Howell Hall H Dorm 6 3. Louis Kapelski Learning Center D Cann Memorial Hall K Spang Hall complex 4. Alumni Auditorium E Proposed apartment M Sharples Hall S. Old Main (administration building) dormitories N Towers. 6. Infirmary 7. Reading Services Center (The Towers is located adjacent to the Crozer 8. Hyatt Hall Chester Medical Center 7/10th of a mile from 9. Arts Center the main campus). Widener College 197~-1975 Accredited by Middle Atlantic States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools All statements in thi s catalog are in force only for the academic year 1974-75 and subject to change by action of the governing body. Widener College Bulletin Series 113 Number 4 September, 1974 Published six times a year by Widener College, once each in June and Jul y, and twice each in September and October. Second class postage paid at Chester, Pennsylvan ia 19013. 2 Contents Campus Map 1 For Information ......................... .... ... ....... 6 History of Widener College .. .. ........ ........ .... ...... 8 Profile: Widener Family . 12 Widener College Today . 18 Educational Facilities ........ ~ . 30 Campus Life ............. ..... ......... .. .. .... ......... · 38 Admissions . 52 Financial Aid . 62 Financial Information 72 General Information 76 Academic Program 84 Courses of Instruction . 136 Board of Trustees . 1 85 Administration . 189 Faculty ............ ... ... ... ...... ...... .. ... ... 193 Index ... ... ...... ... ..... ... ... ... ... .... ... ..... 204 Directions to Widener College . 208 3 Calendar 1974-1975 September, 1974 2 Monday-Labor Day 4 Wednesday-Reporting date for all new students 5 Thursday-Registration for all entering freshmen 6 Friday-Registration for all transfer students 9 Monday- Registration for upperclassmen 10 Tuesday- First semester classes begin October, 1974 5 Saturday- Alumni Homecoming Day 19 Saturday-Parents' Day 25 Friday-Mid-semester marking period ends November, 1974 27 Wednesday- Thanksgiving recess begins after student's last class 28 Thursday- Thanksgiving December, 1974 2 Monday-Classes re sume 13, 14 Friday, Saturday- Independent Study (reading period for finals) 16 Monday- Final examinations begin 20 Friday- First semester ends 25 Wednesday-Christmas January, 1975 1 Wednesday-New Year's Day 6-31 january Program February, 1975 3 Monday-Registration for second semester for all students 4 Tuesday- Second semester classes begin March, 1975 14 Friday- Mid-semester marking period ends 21 Friday- Spring recess begins after student's last class 30 Easter 31 Friday- Classes resume May, 1975 9 Friday- Classes end 12 Monday-Final examinations begin 16 Friday- Final examinations end 23 Friday-President's Reception and Graduation Ball 24 Saturday- Commencement for Information Policy DR. CLARENCE R. MOLL President Academic affairs DR. ARTHUR T. MURPHY Vice President and Dean of the College Business affairs MR . G. ROBERT BOWLBY Director, Office of Fisca l Affairs and Operations Admissions MR. VINCENT F. LINDSLEY Dean of Student Affairs Cultural affairs DR. SOPHOCLES M. SOPHOCLES Dean of Cultural Affairs Student fiscal affairs MR. G. ROBERT BOWLBY Director, Office of Fiscal Affairs and Operations Athletic affairs MR . GEORGE A. HANSELL, JR. Director of Athletics Development program MR . DONN H. BICHSEL Director of Development Student life, MR . VINCENT F. LINDSLEY counseling, religious Dean of Student Affairs and social affairs Public relations MISS PAMELA SHERIDAN Acting Director of Public Relations Evening division MR . RUDOLPH BLOOM, JR. Ass istant Dean for Continuing Education Alumni relations MR. THOMAS H. BOWN II Director of Alumni Relations Transcripts of record MRS . JAYNE GARRISON Registrar Library affairs MR . LEE C. BROWN Librarian Placement affairs MRS. EILEEN M. SHANAHAN Placement Supervisor Musical affairs MR . JOHN A. VANORE Acting Director of Music Office Hours : Monday through Friday-9 a.m. - 4:30p.m. Saturdays-9 a.m.-12 noon All other times by appointment Telephone: (215) 876-5551 6 10 On July 1, 1972, the College officially became Widener College, honor ing the nationally prominent Philadelphia family which has distinguished itself by numerous philanthropic activities. (A sketch of the Widener family follows). Founded in 1821 by John Bullock, a leading Quaker, the College began as a select school for boys in Wilmington, Delaware. In contrast to the pacifism of its founder's religious beliefs, his successors introduced military instruction in 1858 and four years later the school became known as Pennsylvania Military Academy. The early curriculum extended from preparatory through college. In 1892, following an earlier move to the present suburban Chester campus, the school became known as Pennsylvania Military College. The long tradition as an exclusively military college ended in 1946 with the admission of returning World War II veterans as non-cadet students. The even longer tradition as an exclusively male institution ended in 1967 with the admission of female students. To reflect this evolution into a co-educational, predominantly liberal arts college, the name was changed to PMC Colleges, with Penn Morton College being the designation for the non-military component and Pennsylvania Military College being retained as the name for the cadet corps. During 1970 the College acquired the College of Nursing of the Crozer Foundation, adding still another facet to the College's broadening spectrum of studies. In March 1972, when the Board ofT rustees approved the adoption of the name Widener College, they also voted to retain the enriched Option C ROTC program while discontinuing the corps of cadets. The colors of Pennsylvania Military College were retired with full honors. The College's future, as envisioned by the Task Force '80 committee of students, faculty and trustees, will be dedicated to a concept of higher education that places increasing stress on the development of values and enrichment of subject matter in order to help solve the problems that will be ours for the next three or four generations. 1 1 .I. Profile: Widener Family ~ 14 The Widener family, for whom the College has been named, is as famous for its philanthropy and collections of art and rare books as it is for its contributions to American business, finance, transportation and thoroughbred horse racing. The Wideners were among the first American families to exhibit a strong social consciousness and share their great wealth with society. They built and endowed the Widener Memorial School for Crippled Children, Philadelphia, created the Widener Memorial Library at Harvard University and donated their world-renowned art collection to help start the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. They also gave their Philadelphia mansion to the Free Library of Philadelphia and their Newport, R. I. home to the Protestant Episcopal Dio cese of Rhode Island. Through the Widener Memorial Foundation in Aid of Handicapped Children, the family has continued its philanthropy by providing financial aid to the Child Development Center, Norristown, Pa.; St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children, and the Center for the Blind, all Philadelphia; and the Easter Seal Society of Pennsylvania, among others. A prominent Philadelphia family which dates back to pre-Revolutionary days, the Wideners became internationally known in the late 1800's and early 1900's under Peter A. B. Widener. He rose from a butcher's boy in his brother's meat shop on Spring Garden St. to become the owner of more miles of street railways than any other man in the world. He also helped to organize such industrial giants as the U. S. Steel Corporation and the American Tobacco Company and had substantial hold ings in the Standard Oil Company and the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. 15 At one time he and his associates owned street railway systems in Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Baltimore and Washington, D.C. He is credited with consolidating highly fragmented street