D r e x e t n a n VO L. 21 PHILADELPHIA PA., DEC. 10 1945 No. 8 I f r e x e i O p e n e d 3 4 Founder’s Day Y e a r s A g o Exercises At Today, l)eceiiil)»*r 10th. Drexel In- 8titut(' of Teclinolopy will observe Founder’s Day- celehrating fifty-four years of echirational teacliing. a trib­ 2 P.M. Today ute to the trust and vision of the In­ stitute’s Founder, Anthony Joseph Dr. Creese To Be Inaugurated As I )re\el. D rexel’s Sixth President Before The liistory of Drexel Institute is a story of urowth. It is not often lliat a srho«d <»r collepe stands for half a l.uniinaries In Field O f Education century without essential niodifiration Dr. Janies (Creese today will be in- of purpose. When it does so stand, L irvrsitifiv augnralcd the sixth president of the instanre proves the permanence Drexel institute of Technology. The of the nee«l it serves. Its first pur­ TouHimaslvr ccreinony, which will be held in the pose has been single and steadfast: auditoriinn. will begin at 2 P.M. sound training in practical fields for A t Kuitquvi Pi'<‘sidenls ol more than a score of the benefit of the many. From the universilies and colleges will be day of its dedication, December 17, Dr. Horace I*. Liv*M>idgr, who will among tin* representatives of «»ver 1891, tlie object of Drexel training has act as loastnia.otiT at the inaugural fifty educational institutions and been t(» open for its students the way ltan<|ni-l lonight. is pr«>sidcnt of the learned societies which will send dele­ of happiness tlirough usefulness. Al­ Philadelphia KIcctric (Company, an gates lo the inaugural. ways sensitive and adaptable to social alunnius and a mcndicr of the hoar<l Because of the nundter of educa­ an<l economic cliange, the Institute of Ini^tfcs of Dr«‘\cl Institute of Tech­ tional institutions represented, the has met the needs of thousands of nology. academic procession which will move students. •\ nalive of Peinisylvania, he was across the Great (Court to the audi­ Francis Martin Drexel, father of horn in Norristown, Pa., on Scptem- torium, is expected to be one of the Drexel’s Founder, received informal licr 2'). 1878. lie was educated in the nn(st colorful in the iifty-four-year history of Drexel. schooling. His diflicult and uncertain Norri.»town High School and lati-r riie procession, which will include years, his practice of art, and his cnlcr<‘d l>re\el, graduating in engi­ delegates, members of the Drexel varied knowledge of affairs formed neering in I8*>7. ll«* spent the next board t>f trustees and faculty, in cap in his mind a very clear concept of year in ^'raduate study. and gown, will be le*l by a color what tiie education of his sons should On May 25, 18')'). Dr. Liversidge be­ guard from the Military Department. be. Anthony Joseph Drexel, dupli­ came associated with the Fdisnn Light A full c«tmpany of R.O.T.(C. has been cating vicariously as well as actually (Company in Phila<lelpliia which be­ iletaile«l lo take part in the ceremony. mucii of his father’s experience, as­ came the Pliiladi‘lpliia Klectric (Com­ The ceremony will open with an sumed as he grew in years his fath­ pany in l')02. Dr. Liversi<lge’s first organ prelude, a processional by er’s manner of thinking. His father, position was that of inspector, from (>ounod an«l the invocation by the with a forward view to his son’s suc­ which he began his upwartl clindt to Rev. Dr. Henry R. Browne of Sliields cess, had combined in the training of (lie presiilen<-y an<l to become an out­ Presbyterian (Church, Sewickley, Pa. the boy appreciation of beauty with standing public utility executive in A. J. Drexel Paul, president of the practical business skills. The son, the I nited States. board of trustees and grandson of the grown old, reviewing a career success­ From inspector. Dr. Liversidge was founder, then will induct Dr. (Creese fully shaped in that tradition, per­ pr«*moted to substation operator, then Dr. James Creese as the sixth (iresident of Drexel. Mr. petuated through the Institute the ed­ assistant superintendent of geiuMating Paul, during the induction ceremony, ucational approach in which he had station, superintendent of electric will hand Dr. (Creese, as a token of been trained and which the events of plant construction, assistant electrical his authority, the original deeds of his life had put to successful test. C'lub engineer, superintendt>nt of generat­ trust given by the founder of Drexel In every successful enterprise there ing station, operating engineer and to his trustees and publicly presented must be a fortunate accord of men, James Creese Sponswrtt (hen assistant chief engineer. to the first president at the Drexel circumstance, and time. It is not In 1924 he became vice-president dedication ceremonies in 1891. strange that by agreement Anthony J. Song Content and general manager of the Philadel­ Dr. tCreese, who came to Drexel Drexel, and George W. Childs should phia Electric (Company. He was from .Stevens Institute of Technology The University (ilee Club of New appoint to the chief oQice of their 0th President elected a mendter of the board in where he was vice president since York is offering a prize of 100 dol­ 1936 and president of the company in creation, James MacAlister. Mac- Dr. James Creese became the sixth president of Drexel Institute of l'J28, then will deliver his address lars for the best original previously 1938, both of which are positions he Alister, militant in the cause of tech­ Teciinology on October 1, 191-5, and this afternoon, December 10, 1915, he will which, with the inaugural, will be the unpublished college song written by now holds. nological education and successful in be oiTicially inaugurated to that post. outstanding event of this year’s any undergraduates or alumni. Dr. Liversidge has received many its promotion, was deeply convinced He ciMues to Drexel fiom Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New F«)Utider’s Day. honors, lli^ was made a Doctor of of its future prominence in the edu­ The (ilee (Club of D.I.T. is also of­ The Founder’s Day address will bo Jersey, where he served as vice-president since 1928. l)l{. LIVEliSlDGE on page 4, col. 3 cational field. To MacAlister belongs Dr. Creese was born at Leetsdale, I’tnnsylvania, June 19, 1896. His ances­ fering a prize of S15 for the best made, after Dr. Creese speaks, by Dr. every credit for launching the Drexel try was chiefiy Scotch-lrish. His father’s family settled in Western Pennsyl- entry from this college to the contest. Harold C. Urey, of the University of (Chicago, Nobel prize winner and dis­ Institute of Technology upon a course vania lieft)re the Revolution, and his mother’s family were Scotch (Covenanters, The following rules are to be ob­ Xm as Party served : coverer of heavy hydrogen, which which it has in all essentials care­ coming to America from Ireland about Field Artillery in the summer of 1918 nuule the atomic bomb possible. fully followed. 1. Compositions should be written A t D o r m 1860. and from then until the Armistice was Dr. Urey’s address will be followed for four part male chorus with or You should have seen the eyes of He attended the public schools and by the benediction by the Rev. Dr. stationed at Fort Worth, Texas, and without accompaniment. the group «)f children who attended the Allegheny High School in Pitts­ 1). Wilniot Gateson, pastor of The Fort Sill. Oklahoma. 2. No music will be considered the dorm party last Thursday night. M ae A l i s t e r burgh, and entered Princeton Univer­ From 1919 to 1928 Dr. (Creese was without words. The boys and girls, all from four to Church of The Savior. The academic sity in 1914. He received the degree recession will take place to a march with the American Scandinavian 3. If the composer is not also the ten years old, had a whole (Christmas of Bachelor of Letters from Princeton by Wagner. Foundation, a privately endowed author of words, and if the text is three weeks early. Dinner, a real F irst P res. Visitors, faculty and students will with the class of 1918, although he American institution. He was a|t- not in the public domain, the prize (Christmas dinner, was served in the assemble in the (^reat Court to hear James MacAlister, born in Glasgow, was at that time in army service in pointed manager of publications and will be divided between composer dorm dining room. Such interesting FOUNDER’S DAY on page 3, col. 6 and having received his early school­ World War 1. He was a mendier of director of students in January 1919. and author. foods as “jolly lima beans,” “merry ing in Scotland, emigrated with his Phi Heta Kappa and President of his Returning to the foundation after a 4. If composer is also author of beets,” “(Christmas cookies” and mother and two sisters to Wisconsin class in his senior year at Princeton; graduate year at Princeton University, words or if his setting is of a lyric moviat Vutendar “(Christuuis Juice” appeared on the DEC. 10 JAN. 3 in 1850. Subse({uently graduated from editor of the Nassau Literary Maga­ he succeeded Henry (ioddard Leech free of copyright he will receive the menu.