Loyola University Chicago - Loyolan Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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In keeping with the expansion program of the University, through the generosity of Frank 1. Lewis, prominent Chicago manufacturer, Loyola obtained the use of Lewis Towers, at S20 North Michigan Avenue, for the downtown schools. In December of 1945, Mr. Lewis donated to the University the first nine floors of this building. Classes were begun on the thirtieth of September of last year, with 721 students attending the day classes of the Commerce School. In addition to the School of Commerce, Lewis Towers contains the 'Graduate School, the School of Law, the School of Social Work, and the University College. All incoming freshmen to the pre-legal and bachelor of philosophy curricula are also in attendance at Lewis Towers: These changes in the shifting of B.S. QCD , new pre-legal, and new Ph.B. students from the Lake Shore Campus were due to the forty per cent increase in registration. The total enrollment of Lewis Towers was, in September, approximately 2500. At the beginning of the second semester in February, the number of students was more than 3000. Reconversion of Lewis Towers from its wartime use in training naval oliicer candidates has recently been made complete. Offices for the Dean of Men, the Dean of Women, the Student Counsellor, the Public Relations Ofiicer, and other administrative heads, have been established in this building. A student lounge provides the students a place for relaxation in ease between classes. A chapel, the libraries of the several schools and laboratories for science courses have also been added. In the future, Lewis Towers will continue to be, as it has been in the past year, an integral and important part of Loyola. g erfpansivfz .....

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llfllltf. . . . Already well on her way towards becoming the nation's outstanding Catholic university, Loyola has well deflned plans which will establish this title for her in the very near future. Under the guidance of Reverend Laurence T. Lynch, SJ., the Student Union of Loyola University was reorganized in April of this year. The purpose of the Union is the unification of the various schools of the University so that they may function as a single body. The policy of the Union in social, athletic, and academic activities has been so formulated as to make the University as a whole able to look forward to greater progress and expansion through this unification. Soon to be completed is the magnificent Madonna Della Strada Chapel, the work of Reverend james J. Mertz, SJ. The Chapel stands on the Lake Shore Campus, overlooking Lake Michigan. The neoclassical Romanesque design, done in white stone, harmonizes with that of the adjacent Elizabeth M. Cudahy Memorial Library, erected in 1930. Still in the future is the erection of a new Medical School building. The site of the old school is to be a part of a proposed medical centerg and, therefore, although at the present time actual construction of Loyola's new building has not begun, deinite plans have been laid that will bring it into reality within the next few years. In keeping with the defense measures of the nation, an ROTC unit is to be established at Loyola within the next year. By means of this program students will be able to obtain a commission in the Army Reserve upon completion of their college. training. 71