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'''Samuel P. Capen''' (March 21, 1878- June 22, 1956) was an American educational administrator. He served as president of the [[American Council on Education]] and as chief of the higher education branch of the [[Office of Education]] before becoming the first salaried, full-time chancellor at the [[University at Buffalo]]. Capen led the university between 1922 and 1950.
'''Samuel Paul Capen''' (March 21, 1878- June 22, 1956) was an American educational administrator. He served as president of the [[American Council on Education]] and as chief of the higher education branch of the [[Office of Education]] before becoming the first salaried, full-time chancellor at the [[University at Buffalo]]. Capen led the university between 1922 and 1950.


==Early life and career==
==Early life and career==
Capen was the son of [[Elmer Hewitt Capen]], the third president of [[Tufts University|Tufts College]]. He completed undergraduate studies and an M.A. at Tufts. While at Tufts, Capen was class president, vice-president of the school's publishing association, a fraternity member and an assistant manager for the football team.<ref name=CETH/> He earned a second M.A. at [[Harvard University]] and a Ph.D. at the [[University of Pennsylvania]]. During his doctoral studies, he took a one-year leave from Penn to study at the [[University of Leipzig]].<ref name=Papers>{{cite web|title=Biographical Note, Samuel P. Capen Papers, 1893-1956|url=http://libweb1.lib.buffalo.edu:8080/findingaids/view?docId=ead/archives/ubar_0019.xml|publisher=[[University at Buffalo]]|accessdate=March 26, 2014}}</ref>
Capen was the son of [[Elmer Hewitt Capen]], the third president of [[Tufts University|Tufts College]]. He completed undergraduate studies and an M.A. at Tufts. While at Tufts, Capen was class president, vice-president of the school's publishing association, a fraternity member and an assistant manager for the football team.<ref name=CETH/> He earned a second M.A. at [[Harvard University]] and a Ph.D. at the [[University of Pennsylvania]]. During his doctoral studies, he took a one-year leave from Penn to study at the [[University of Leipzig]].<ref name=Papers>{{cite web|title=Biographical Note, Samuel P. Capen Papers, 1893-1956|url=http://libweb1.lib.buffalo.edu:8080/findingaids/view?docId=ead/archives/ubar_0019.xml|publisher=[[University at Buffalo]]|accessdate=March 26, 2014}}</ref>


During his early academic career, Capen taught German at [[Clark University|Clark College]].<ref name=installed/> Capen was a higher education specialist for the U.S. Bureau of Education between 1914 and 1919.<ref name=CETH/> He served as president of the alumni association at Tufts between 1914 and 1916.<ref name=Alumni>{{cite web|title=Alumni Association Presidents|url=http://tuftsalumni.org/who-we-are/about-the-alumni-association/past-presidents/|publisher=[[Tufts University]]|accessdate=March 26, 2014}}</ref> Between 1919 and 1922, Capen served as the first director of the [[American Council on Education]].<ref name=CETH/> He was installed as chancellor of the University at Buffalo on October 28, 1922.<ref name=installed/>
During his early academic career, Capen taught German at [[Clark University|Clark College]].<ref name=installed/> Capen was a higher education specialist for the U.S. Bureau of Education between 1914 and 1919.<ref name=CETH/> He served as president of the alumni association at Tufts between 1914 and 1916.<ref name=Alumni>{{cite web|title=Alumni Association Presidents|url=http://tuftsalumni.org/who-we-are/about-the-alumni-association/past-presidents/|publisher=[[Tufts University]]|accessdate=March 26, 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323182916/http://tuftsalumni.org/who-we-are/about-the-alumni-association/past-presidents/|archivedate=March 23, 2014}}</ref> Between 1919 and 1922, Capen served as the first director of the [[American Council on Education]].<ref name=CETH/> He was installed as chancellor of the University at Buffalo on October 28, 1922.<ref name=installed/>


Capen took the position at Buffalo less than two years after the school had completed a $5,000,000 endowment campaign.<ref name=installed>{{cite news|title=Dr. Samuel P. Capen installed chancellor|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=S-Q-AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA10&lpg=RA2-PA10|accessdate=March 26, 2014|newspaper=Buffalo Live Wire|date=November 1922}}</ref> Capen was its first salaried and full-time chancellor. Upon his installment, Capen was looked upon as a nationally known education expert.<ref name=Chicago>{{cite book|title=University of Chicago School Review, Volume 30|date=1922|publisher=[[University of Chicago Press]]|pages=722–723|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=xPEBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA722&lpg=PA722}}</ref> At his presidential inauguration, Capen expressed his philosophy of equal access to education. "I do not hold with those who would limit the number of college students on the basis of any distinctions of race or sex or creed or social standing. There is but one justifiable basis on which a university in a democratic community such as this can choose those who are to become members of it, the basis of ability," he said.<ref name=Man>{{cite web|title=Samuel P. Capen: University Man|url=http://library.buffalo.edu/archives/exhibits/capen/|publisher=[[University at Buffalo]]|accessdate=March 26, 2014}}</ref>
Capen took the position at Buffalo less than two years after the school had completed a $5,000,000 endowment campaign.<ref name=installed>{{cite news|title=Dr. Samuel P. Capen installed chancellor|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S-Q-AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA10|accessdate=March 26, 2014|newspaper=Buffalo Live Wire|date=November 1922}}</ref> Capen was its first salaried and full-time chancellor. Upon his installment, Capen was looked upon as a nationally known education expert.<ref name=Chicago>{{cite book|title=University of Chicago School Review, Volume 30|date=1922|publisher=[[University of Chicago Press]]|pages=722–723|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xPEBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA722}}</ref> At his presidential inauguration, Capen expressed his philosophy of equal access to education. "I do not hold with those who would limit the number of college students on the basis of any distinctions of race or sex or creed or social standing. There is but one justifiable basis on which a university in a democratic community such as this can choose those who are to become members of it, the basis of ability," he said.<ref name=Man>{{cite web|title=Samuel P. Capen: University Man|url=http://library.buffalo.edu/archives/exhibits/capen/|publisher=[[University at Buffalo]]|accessdate=March 26, 2014}}</ref>


At that time that Capen took the position at Buffalo, news sources noted his comments on the state of American colleges. Capen said that most colleges were overcrowded and that they were largely doing the teaching that should have taken place in high schools.<ref name=Chicago/> Tufts named Capen a life trustee in 1931.<ref name=CETH/> Capen delivered a 1939 speech, "Seven Devils in Exchange for One", in which he criticized regional education accreditation agencies. He said that the agencies were too numerous and that they often cost schools money because they evaluated based on things other than intellectual quality.<ref name=CHEA>{{cite book|last=Bloland|first=Harland|title=Creating the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA)|date=2001|publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group]]|isbn=1573562335|page=18|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=9gAlBucc8wMC&pg=PA28-IA4&lpg=PA28-IA4}}</ref> In planning for the use of education in [[World War II]], Capen was critical of the way that educated men had been drafted into military assignments during [[World War I]], which he said made little use of their individual intellects.<ref name=Cardozier>{{cite book|last=Cardozier|first=V. R.|title=Colleges and Universities in World War II|date=1993|publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]]|isbn=0275944328|page=4|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=VPskHTl6xk8C&pg=PA4&lpg=PA4}}</ref>
At that time that Capen took the position at Buffalo, news sources noted his comments on the state of American colleges. Capen said that most colleges were overcrowded and that they were largely doing the teaching that should have taken place in high schools.<ref name=Chicago/> Tufts named Capen a life trustee in 1931.<ref name=CETH/> Capen delivered a 1939 speech, "Seven Devils in Exchange for One", in which he criticized regional education accreditation agencies. He said that the agencies were too numerous and that they often cost schools money because they evaluated based on things other than intellectual quality.<ref name=CHEA>{{cite book|last=Bloland|first=Harland|title=Creating the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA)|date=2001|publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group]]|isbn=1573562335|page=18|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9gAlBucc8wMC&pg=PA28-IA4}}</ref> In planning for the use of education in [[World War II]], Capen was critical of the way that educated men had been drafted into military assignments during [[World War I]], which he said made little use of their individual intellects.<ref name=Cardozier>{{cite book|last=Cardozier|first=V. R.|title=Colleges and Universities in World War II|date=1993|publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]]|isbn=0275944328|page=4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VPskHTl6xk8C&pg=PA4}}</ref>


Capen died in 1956 after a lengthy illness.<ref name=CETH>{{cite web|title=Concise Encyclopedia of Tufts History: CAPEN, SAMUEL PAUL, 1878-1956|url=http://dl.tufts.edu/catalog/tei/tufts:UA069.005.DO.00001/chapter/C00005|publisher=Tufts Digital Library|accessdate=March 26, 2014}}</ref>
Capen died in 1956 after a lengthy illness.<ref name=CETH>{{cite web|title=Concise Encyclopedia of Tufts History: CAPEN, SAMUEL PAUL, 1878-1956|url=http://dl.tufts.edu/catalog/tei/tufts:UA069.005.DO.00001/chapter/C00005|publisher=Tufts Digital Library|accessdate=March 26, 2014}}</ref>
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==Personal==
==Personal==
[[File:UB NORTH CAMPUS CAPEN HALL.jpg|thumb|right|Capen Hall, University at Buffalo]]
[[File:UB NORTH CAMPUS CAPEN HALL.jpg|thumb|right|Capen Hall, University at Buffalo]]
Capen married Grace Duncan Wright.<ref name=TUL>{{cite news|title=Church news and interests|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=auQ9AQAAMAAJ&pg=PR65&lpg=PR65&dq=carroll+wright+samuel+capen&source=bl&ots=M6ijnXysIy&sig=l2BPXSFMFUTKqu2em30LJLfBFSA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qnQyU_eAMYKs2QWYv4HIDg&ved=0CEUQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=carroll%20wright%20samuel%20capen&f=false|accessdate=March 26, 2014|newspaper=The Universalist Leader, Volume 25|date=July 22, 1922}}</ref> She was the daughter of [[Carroll D. Wright]], the first president of Clark College.<ref name=Smith>{{cite book|last=Smith|first=Wilson, Bender, Thomas (eds.)|title=American Higher Education Transformed, 1940–2005: Documenting the National Discourse|date=2008|publisher=[[JHU Press]]|isbn=0801895855|page=494|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=KFNy-BIExW8C&pg=PA494&lpg=PA494}}</ref> Grace Wright was the 1929-1930 president of a Buffalo women's social club known as the [[Twentieth Century Club (Buffalo, New York)|Twentieth Century Club]].<ref name=NYHDC>{{cite web|title=Mrs. Samuel P. Capen (Grace Wright), TCC President, 1929-1930|url=http://cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16694coll1/id/387|publisher=New York Heritage Digital Collections|accessdate=March 26, 2014}}</ref>
Capen married Grace Duncan Wright.<ref name=TUL>{{cite news|title=Church news and interests|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=auQ9AQAAMAAJ&q=carroll+wright+samuel+capen&pg=PR65|accessdate=March 26, 2014|newspaper=The Universalist Leader, Volume 25|date=July 22, 1922}}</ref> She was the daughter of [[Carroll D. Wright]], the first president of Clark College.<ref name=Smith>{{cite book|last=Smith|first=Wilson, Bender, Thomas (eds.)|title=American Higher Education Transformed, 1940–2005: Documenting the National Discourse|date=2008|publisher=[[JHU Press]]|isbn=978-0801895852|page=494|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KFNy-BIExW8C&pg=PA494}}</ref> Grace Wright was the 1929-1930 president of a Buffalo women's social club known as the [[Twentieth Century Club (Buffalo, New York)|Twentieth Century Club]].<ref name=NYHDC>{{cite web|title=Mrs. Samuel P. Capen (Grace Wright), TCC President, 1929-1930|url=http://cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16694coll1/id/387|publisher=New York Heritage Digital Collections|accessdate=March 26, 2014}}</ref>


In 1934, Capen was one of three founders of the [[Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra]].<ref name=Goldman>{{cite book|last=Goldman|first=Mark|title=City on the Edge: Buffalo, New York, 1900 - Present|date=2007|publisher=[[Prometheus Books]]|isbn=1615920676|page=108|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=snvS2LYJCTgC&pg=PA108&lpg=PA108}}</ref>
In 1934, Capen was one of three founders of the [[Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra]].<ref name=Goldman>{{cite book|last=Goldman|first=Mark|title=City on the Edge: Buffalo, New York, 1900 - Present|date=2007|publisher=[[Prometheus Books]]|isbn=978-1615920679|page=108|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=snvS2LYJCTgC&pg=PA108}}</ref>


==Later life and legacy==
==Later life and legacy==
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==References==
==References==
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| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Somerville, Massachusetts]]
| DATE OF DEATH = June 22, 1956
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Latest revision as of 13:34, 28 October 2020

Samuel P. Capen
7th Chancellor of the
University at Buffalo
In office
1922–1950
Preceded byCharles Phelps Norton
Succeeded byT. R. McConnell
Personal details
BornMarch 21, 1878
DiedJune 22, 1956(1956-06-22) (aged 78)
Alma materTufts University (B.A., M.A.)
Harvard University (M.A.)
University of Pennsylvania (Ph.D.)

Samuel Paul Capen (March 21, 1878- June 22, 1956) was an American educational administrator. He served as president of the American Council on Education and as chief of the higher education branch of the Office of Education before becoming the first salaried, full-time chancellor at the University at Buffalo. Capen led the university between 1922 and 1950.

Early life and career[edit]

Capen was the son of Elmer Hewitt Capen, the third president of Tufts College. He completed undergraduate studies and an M.A. at Tufts. While at Tufts, Capen was class president, vice-president of the school's publishing association, a fraternity member and an assistant manager for the football team.[1] He earned a second M.A. at Harvard University and a Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania. During his doctoral studies, he took a one-year leave from Penn to study at the University of Leipzig.[2]

During his early academic career, Capen taught German at Clark College.[3] Capen was a higher education specialist for the U.S. Bureau of Education between 1914 and 1919.[1] He served as president of the alumni association at Tufts between 1914 and 1916.[4] Between 1919 and 1922, Capen served as the first director of the American Council on Education.[1] He was installed as chancellor of the University at Buffalo on October 28, 1922.[3]

Capen took the position at Buffalo less than two years after the school had completed a $5,000,000 endowment campaign.[3] Capen was its first salaried and full-time chancellor. Upon his installment, Capen was looked upon as a nationally known education expert.[5] At his presidential inauguration, Capen expressed his philosophy of equal access to education. "I do not hold with those who would limit the number of college students on the basis of any distinctions of race or sex or creed or social standing. There is but one justifiable basis on which a university in a democratic community such as this can choose those who are to become members of it, the basis of ability," he said.[6]

At that time that Capen took the position at Buffalo, news sources noted his comments on the state of American colleges. Capen said that most colleges were overcrowded and that they were largely doing the teaching that should have taken place in high schools.[5] Tufts named Capen a life trustee in 1931.[1] Capen delivered a 1939 speech, "Seven Devils in Exchange for One", in which he criticized regional education accreditation agencies. He said that the agencies were too numerous and that they often cost schools money because they evaluated based on things other than intellectual quality.[7] In planning for the use of education in World War II, Capen was critical of the way that educated men had been drafted into military assignments during World War I, which he said made little use of their individual intellects.[8]

Capen died in 1956 after a lengthy illness.[1]

Personal[edit]

Capen Hall, University at Buffalo

Capen married Grace Duncan Wright.[9] She was the daughter of Carroll D. Wright, the first president of Clark College.[10] Grace Wright was the 1929-1930 president of a Buffalo women's social club known as the Twentieth Century Club.[11]

In 1934, Capen was one of three founders of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.[12]

Later life and legacy[edit]

The University at Buffalo honored Capen with the dedication of a campus building, Capen Hall.[13] The university has established the Samuel P. Capen Chair of Poetry and the Humanities.[14] The Samuel P. Capen Garden Walk is an annual guided tour of private gardens that surround the university's campus.[15]

Works[edit]

  • Capen, Samuel P. The Management of Universities. Foster & Stewart Pub. Corp., 1953

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Concise Encyclopedia of Tufts History: CAPEN, SAMUEL PAUL, 1878-1956". Tufts Digital Library. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  2. ^ "Biographical Note, Samuel P. Capen Papers, 1893-1956". University at Buffalo. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "Dr. Samuel P. Capen installed chancellor". Buffalo Live Wire. November 1922. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  4. ^ "Alumni Association Presidents". Tufts University. Archived from the original on March 23, 2014. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  5. ^ a b University of Chicago School Review, Volume 30. University of Chicago Press. 1922. pp. 722–723.
  6. ^ "Samuel P. Capen: University Man". University at Buffalo. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  7. ^ Bloland, Harland (2001). Creating the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 18. ISBN 1573562335.
  8. ^ Cardozier, V. R. (1993). Colleges and Universities in World War II. ABC-CLIO. p. 4. ISBN 0275944328.
  9. ^ "Church news and interests". The Universalist Leader, Volume 25. July 22, 1922. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  10. ^ Smith, Wilson, Bender, Thomas (eds.) (2008). American Higher Education Transformed, 1940–2005: Documenting the National Discourse. JHU Press. p. 494. ISBN 978-0801895852. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ "Mrs. Samuel P. Capen (Grace Wright), TCC President, 1929-1930". New York Heritage Digital Collections. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  12. ^ Goldman, Mark (2007). City on the Edge: Buffalo, New York, 1900 - Present. Prometheus Books. p. 108. ISBN 978-1615920679.
  13. ^ "Capen Hall". University at Buffalo. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  14. ^ "Robert Creeley". University at Buffalo. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  15. ^ "Samuel P. Capen Garden Walk". University Heights Collaborative. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
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