Marquette University - Hilltop Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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GRADUATE SCHOOL Where attainments tempt the intellectual brilliance of the research student toward further endeavor in specialized subjects. ■ Lecture fLinti make up that ponton of tht graduate tin-Jtnl'i curriculum which tmphasiztt ntJnidual rtiearch. ■ Graduate endeavor at Marquette University has as its purpose the acquisition of particular knowledge from a wide field of general learning, and it has as its method, lecture, study and individual research for the composition of theses. The degrees of master of arts, master of science, and doctor of philosophy are awarded only when the applicant has revealed his ability in research, his wisdom in the specific branch of study and his recognition of the fundamentals of the entire field. Directed by Dr. Edward A. Fitzpatrick, dean since its inclusion as a department of the University in 192-1, the Graduate School demands more undergraduate ground work in general knowledge and a wider cognizance than most American universities. Although specialization in study is the essential characteristic of graduate work, the principle that such study must be founded upon a general apprehension is strictly adhered to, lest through over emphasis particularization of study should result in narrowness of vision and a lack of proportion. Required courses have been established to offset any such tendency. At least one year of study beyond the bachelor's degree, together with advanced work in the student's major field is represented by the master's degree. Scientific research in the arts, in science and philosophy must be satisfactorily completed showing a comprehension of the specific subject studied, a mastery of the scientific technique in this field and an accurate knowledge of the conventions of scholarship in the humanities and the sciences. A general examination, irrespective of courses, is the final barrier in the road to this degree. A degree of doctor of philosophy carries this specialized work for at least two years beyond the master s and requires a thoroughly scientific piece of research showing complete mastery of the field, the successful completion of a comprehensive written examination and an oral defense of this work. ■ Admission to the Graduate School is only through approval of Dean Fitzpatrick, who passes on all applications. Although the graduates of any institution of recognized standing are eligible for admission, their applications must be accompanied by a transcript of their undergraduate record signed by the dean of the particular institution. Application for an advanced degree is not simultaneous with entrance into the Graduate School, for a student must first satisfy the faculty as to his ability to do work of graduate character. Special sanction by the faculty is necessary before a student may become a candidate for a degree. As the department of advanced study in a Catholic university, the Graduate School has, ■ Dr. Edward a. Fitzpatrick, Ph.DH l±.D.. who. rU dean, hai dhtntJ tht Or ad mtt School during tht lent nine Jtatt, it alto head of tht department of Mutation at Marquette and it at preienl editing a i el of monograph on Catholic education, literal of uhit o hart already keen puhlitbed in the U niter tilj. pAOf 8

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instructors hapter Two Faculty and ■ Marquette University is rightly proud of the 344 professors and instructors who compose its faculty. The typical Marquette instructor is scholarly, a master in his own line, and trained and experienced in several institutions; of equal importance, he is forward-looking, broad-minded, and above all a real teacher and leader. Through his own enthusiasm he is able to instill an interest and a quest for knowledge in the young men and women who look to him for guidance, and to inspire in them high ideals and noble purposes. Marquette is large enough to maintain an adequate and well-qualified faculty, yet small enough to permit close contact between the individual instructor and his students. The hidden abilities and best qualities of many a Marquette student, past and present, have been uncovered and developed by his contact with some member of the faculty. To compose the faculties of its various schools and colleges, Marquette has drawn men and women trained and experienced in the fields of medicine, law, engineering, business, dentistry, journalism, public speaking, physical education and the liberal arts. Many of them are members of professional and honorary societies, both national and international. The latest edition of Who's Who in America lists nineteen members of Marquette's faculty. The Jesuit members of the faculty give their time, training and teaching ability without salary or other recompense beyond personal support. For more than fifty years they have been devoting themselves to education at Marquette in this manner. Several changes were made in the faculty at the start of the present school year. Six members of the St. Louis province of the Jesuit order were appointed to the Marquette faculty while four members of last year's faculty were transferred to other schools of the Middle West. Those transferred were: the Rev. John P. Markoe, S.J., to University High school, St. Louis; the Rev. Joseph A. McLaughlin, S.J., to Loyola University. Giicago; the Rev. Charles K. Hayden, S.J., to St. Louis University; and the Rev. John F. McCormick, S.J., to Loyola University. Father McCormick and Father McLaughlin had been at Marquette for nine years. In addition to these transfers, the position of treasurer of Marquette University was vacated when the Rev. Frederick A. Gosiger, S.J., returned to Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio, his alma mater. To fill the vacancy, the Rev. Augustine W. Walters, S.J., was transferred to Marquette from St. John's College. Toledo, Ohio. ■ The new head of the department of philosophy is the Rev. George H Mahowald. S.J., who held a similar position at Loyola University. The Rev. Joseph A. Ormsby, S.J., came from St. Stanislaus Seminary in Cleveland to become an assistant professor of philosophy. The Rev. Paul L. Carroll, S.J., of St. Louis University, became a professor of zoology. A new position was created at Marquette in the appointment of the Rev. Donald J. Keegan, S.J., of Creighton University, as assistant dean of the College of Liberal Arts. The Rev. Joseph F. Carroll, S.J., returned from nine years of study in Europe to become a professor of physics at Marquette and was in charge of the University's seisomograph. Since instruction at Marquette is founded upon Jesuit principles, there is closer relation between instuctors and the students at the University than in most collegiate institutions. Each teacher is genuinely interested in the broad field of education and in the educational welfare of the members of his classes regarding his own special subject. The undergraduates quickly recognize the friendly spirit of their instructors. Paci 7

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particularly in the last few years, made efforts to developc the purely Catholic elements of our civilization. Courses in Missionology were announced over a year ago, marking the first attempt at offering such a course in a Catholic university. Closely related to that action was the establishment, during the present year, of an Institute of Catechetical Research. This merely makes formal, work which has been going on for more than three years, in bringing to bear the best practices of modern pedagogy upon the problems of elementary school religion. The ground work is already laid for the expansion of this development into a more comprehensive institute of learning. In order to facilitate the cooperation of individuals doing advanced work in related fields, the administration of all courses leading to the master's and doctor's degrees is placed under the direction of the Graduate School. This unity in all work beyond the baccalaureate degrees enables the Graduate School to avoid the development of the rigid departmental organization often found in a graduate curriculum. In most institutions each undergraduate department exercises a measure of control over advanced study within its particular field, resulting in a loose union of a number of graduate schools rather than one well organized department. The Marquette Graduate School, by virtue of this com-letc control of all graduate study, makes possi-le a cooperative development of research in the entire University. To the Graduate School arc attracted students of every scholastic subject from the entire Middle West and each year the number of those matriculating for study increases, yet the school has not in any way compromised its qualifications by a desire to increase its enrollment. ■ In the quirt of the Marquette library ■ earned on much of lb ilmdy and reiearcb territory for lb aequiiition of a mailer'i or a Jot tor't Jr art . ■ Tbt Hei. Georg It. Mahouald, S.I-. Ph.D., regent of ih Ui.uiu.it School and proftttor anJ bead of tbr Je fun men I of philosophy, camr to Mar quelle at lb beginning of the 19)2 fall term. He uai formerly bead of lb Philoiopby department at Loyola tinner lily, Chicago. ■ Dean Fitzpatrick not only approvei all applicationi for graduate iludy but be keepi hit (ingen on the puLe of all Graduate School actompliib-mentl and endeaion. Under hit Jitetliou ibe Graduate School it iteadily progrenmg. Pace 9