Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-29

tions change and new problems of man.
agement are forced to the front.
The section foreman, the boss Of the
wreck crew or bridge foreman on
railroad division who can handle the
men under him with intelligence and
fairness, in such a way that the work
men will respond with loyalty and eff
cheney, is worth more to great rail-
road corporation than some highly paid |
engineer.
CARLETON e. DAVIS, chief of the
~ Bureau of Water, brought this
same point vividly to my attention.
Mr.. Davis, by the way, is q Boston
Tech man with a post graduate course
there to his credit.
He was engineer in charge of erection
of the great Asokan dam which forms
unit of New Iork's wonderful domestic
water system.
Politics was apart from his uuties as
an engineer. The commission in charge
Of the work was divorced from political
intrigue and demand. There were times,
though, when some of New York's big
leaders endeavored to break into the
game and pick up few joos for their
friends and satellites.
On one occasion big Tim" Sullivan
came up and spent day with Mr..
Davis visiting and inspecting every part
of the work.
Tim" Sullivan was at the time at
the zenith of his political career. He
was the pride of the Bowery. He was
a congressman and second only to the
great sachem in the council. of Tam
many Hall.
Of course the Bowery boss was not
there for his health or recreation. He
exerted himself to make a good impress
sion on the young engineer, for he
wanted to get places for some Of his
workers.
MIR. DAVIS tells me that Sullivan
A'1 was one of the most interesting and
charming men he had ever met.
AS they concluded their inspection of
the great work Sullivan, turning to Mr..
Davis, said:
II would give everything I possess IL
l had the training and ability as an
engineer to do work like this. It's a
wonderful thing to be successful en-
gineer."
But you are an engineer, Mr.. Sui
iivan, yourself said Davis. And a
very successful engineer at that"
what do you mean?" inquired the
Bowery congressman with surprise.
You are an engineer of men," was
the reply. You understand how to |
shape and bend men in masses to your
will. Your success in politics is evil !
dence of it. You are great engineer"
II guess you're right" was the smil- |
ing comment in reply. That's it, An
engineer of men,"
What the world today needs above
everything is engineers of men. If we
had more of them there would be fewer
anarchists and revolutionsts.
nR. HENRY T. SPANGLER. of this
- city, formerly president of Ursinus
College, reopened his summer residence
at Collegeville last Saturday.
His cottage is located on the southern
side of the beautiful Ursinus campus.
within a stones throw of the site of !
old PENNSYLVANIA Female College.
1t is believed to be the first college
in the United States devoted exclusively
to the higher education of women.
A memorial in stone was dedicated
Thursday last on its site to perpetuate
its memories.
Members of the Glen Hall Associa.
ton, composed of the alumnae of the old
institution, were present from various
parts of the state. There are only
few silver haired women now living TO
claim membership in the association.
nR. JAMES WARREN SUNDER-
- LAND founded Pennsylvania Ee.
male College in 1851. and presided over
its destinies for nearly forty years. He
;e, hnr
and yet as a man peculiarly careless of
his personal appearance.
II is related by one of his students
Of fifty years ago that when she first
visited his office to report her arrival
she found him seated at his desk en-
veloped in quilted dressing gown, with
a boot on one foot and carpet sinner
on the other.
The college has been out of existence
since 1873. Its last class graduated in
that year. Its site is to be occupied by
rows of modern houses.
THE scheme Of Doctor Sunderland
l. was regarded as visionary The
first commandments were decided nov
elites. Curious people came from long
distances to hear young women deliver
l.atln OTdtlOHS ana see tncm receive
parchment rolls
More than 100 women all told re-
ceived the degrees Of bachelor and mas.
ter of arts. More than 1000 attended
the college during its existence.
Doctor Sunderland's later life was
spent in scientific study. He had a
horror of publicity. Before his death
page after page of manuscript. the re
suit of laborous scientific research, was
committed to the flame rather than be
left to an uncertain fate after his death.
OF THE twenty four colleges of the
" United States in 1900 none was
open TO women. No female student was
associated with any branch of their
work.
OF the three colleges founded in tho
first decade of the last century, only
one. after lapse of seventy years, ad-
| mittcd them TO their classes
In the last sixty years remarkable
change is to be noted in this respect.
More than four tifthS Of the seventy
| five colleges chartered between 1850
| and 1870 are now open TO both sexes.
The first women who received a col
lcgiutr degree in the United States were
| four who entered the freshman class of
Obcrin College in 1897, and graduated
! four years later.