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Conference attendees at 1926 annual conference. Taken May 10, 1926 in front of the dents had access to 29 buildings, on 279 acres of University of Michigan's south wing of the University Hospital; building is now known campus and farm. Iowa State Teachers College's as North Hall and houses the U of M ROTC program. First occasion found in archives of 40-acre campus served 1,297 students, with 15 a group photo and a record of conference proceedings; 11 of the 20 attendees are past APPA presidents. major buildings as well as a number of smaller structures such as stables, shops, and garages.8 E.C. Pardon, University of Michigan* From left: August E. Wennerstrom, Culver Military Overseeing campus expansion were departD.J. Griffiths, University of Pittsburgh Academy ments of superintendent of buildings and W.E. Brockway, University of Colorado* A.H. Lavers, Michigan State College grounds, a "more or less recent development," Irving Truettner, University of Michigan according to a 1910 Carnegie Foundation for C.D. Bushnell, Purdue University* W.M. Hand, Culver Military Academy the Advancement of Teaching bulletin.9 M.J. Miller, Michigan State College A.F. Gallistel, University of Wisconsin* That the superintendent profession was still J.J. Crutcher, University of Kentucky* in its infancy can be seen in a 1917 Association Thomas Sloss, Iowa State College* A.L. Wescott, University of Missouri of American Colleges' treatise on the efficient H.A. Hildebrandt, University of Minnesota* H.L. Garwood, Northwestern University college. The author reported that the average Lyman R. Flook, University of Chicago* John M. Fisk, University of Iowa college staff—based on a study of 16 campuses W.A. Davenport, University of Michigan* C.A. Livingston, University of Rochester* averaging 165 students—included a head janitor, * Identifies those who had or would serve as an assistant janitor, an engineer, and a fireman. In Charles E. Curtis, Cornell University* APPA President contrast, he described the "efficient college" of 500 students, in which "all forces of the institution are working adequately and with the least possible waste to accomplish its chief ends," and would include a versity Grounds and Buildings. The University of Illinois Board superintendent of buildings and grounds, an engineer, two fireof Trustees established the superintendent position in 1895, men, a head janitor, and four assistant janitors.10 placing all university janitors under his direction.11 The construction and maintenance needs of growing APPA's pioneers implemented the technological innovations universities led APPA's founders to recognize the importance that were making life easier on campus and off. In 1893, Ohio of professional leadership and oversight of their facilities State's McCracken helped replace gas lights with electricity in and grounds. At the same time, the term "superintendent of classrooms and laboratories.12 Over careers that stretched from buildings and grounds" had only been adopted around the the late 1800s into the 1920s and '30s, the founding members turn of the century at many of the member schools. In 1904, witnessed the introduction of telephones, automobiles, and for example, Northwestern University appointed Gleason F. electric street lights. Starkweather superintendent of its new Department of Uni- 20 | september/october 2013 | Facilities Manager