Marquette University - Hilltop Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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■ The Kei Anthony F. Bereni. S. ., regent of tbt School of Medicine, who m addition to hit dnttei to that inititntwn i1 an ai-loeute profenor of Religion and Phil• otophy. ■ Under the itrfet tnterrision of icientiih. the mtsiic.il undent i tudy slides ill n trot mg inflamed and tnfecliout hod) hsue I. ■ The laborjjof) faeililiei in the n t u Medical building ghe promise of important research, for all the efficient apparali of modern medical tcience are mailable to linden 11 and faculty on the rcond and third floor of the ilrnctnre. state medical associations, University alumni, contributors to the endowment fund, and medical teachers of the entire country were present. Guest speakers for the occasion included: the Rev. William M. Magee. S.J., president of the University; the Honorable Daniel W. Hoan, mayor of Milwaukee; the Honorable Albert G. Schmedeman, Governor of Wisconsin; Dr. William Gerry Morgan, dean of the Georgetown University School of Medicine; Dr. Bernard Evcringham Scammon, dean of Medical Science school, University of Minnesota School of Medicine; and His Excellency, the Rt. Rev. Samuel A. Stritch, archbishop of the Milwaukee archdiocese. • ■ The School of Medicine was organized just twenty years ago by Dr. Louis F. Jcrmain. who was named dean. That same year, 1913, Marquette University acquired the Wisconsin College of Physicians and Surgeons, which included the Dental school, the Milwaukee Medical college and Trinity hospital. Among the outstanding features of the School of Medicine is the guiding criterion method of evaluating students. By this scheme not merely grades alone but a consideration of the student’s individual make-up determines his status. Eight examining boards, representing every branch of the work offered in the field of medicine, weigh evidence and make recommendation on all doubtful cases. The last board provides for an exhaustive test of the student at the end of the four years work, to determine the student’s qualifications for undertaking the responsibilities of medicine and for keeping abreast of medical progress. The student is also permitted, under the subject system which in principle is in use at the School, to take only a portion of those courses which usually make up a year's curriculum. This not only aids the sound but slow student in gaining complete mastery of the subjects but also lessens the burden on the shoulders of those undergraduates who arc working their way through the University. Facilities for continued research have been made available. Class presidents for the year were: Theodore D. Elbe, Shawano, Wis., freshman; Louis H. Guelbmer, Milwaukee, sophomore; Mark E. Harmeyer, Milwaukee, junior; and Walter H. Gebert, Merrill, Wis., senior. i $ Pa OR

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 Tbr mictoicopr it indnpenublt to the Undy of medicine, for by that inurnment Jour tan tbr biitoiofi and pathology of tbr bum jo br nndcntooj. a; ■ Probably the most important step in the progress of the University during the past year was the dedication of the Harriet L. Cramer School of Medicine on January 1. 1953. for by the ceremonies Marquette’s class A Medical school was formally lodged in a modernly appointed building, and all departments of the University were once more grouped upon a common campus. The new Medical building, which replaces the older structure on Fourth street and Reservoir avenue is, like other recent additions to the campus, of reinforced concrete in Collegiate Gothic design, faced with orange-buff brick. It is of four stories, with the eye clinic and laboratories in the semi-basement. All administrative offices are found on the first floor, lecture halls on the second and third, and a museum of anatomy on the fourth. One of its double wings is joined to the School of Dentistry so that the two departments can cooperate in the use of ■ Dr. RnK.tr J F. McCrath. dean of tbr School of Medicine. uhoie initgbt and cut bon Jim m medical education bji helped pi.iff ibc M.trqnttte if bool m the front rank of medical iuitilutioni. ■ Tbr chief deitre of iht cxrctilirt fj(kh) h to keep Man nrlte medical education jbrejit with modern men Ufa pt often. Tier-changing medical practice i call for ftequent meet inf i. SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Where scientific advancement emboldens youth in the exacting education the sacred trust of preservation of life demands. laboratories. The association of the two schools will be conducive to an understanding of their common problems. It was the endowment of Mrs. Harriet L. Cramer which made possible the building of the new Medical school, and the edifice has been named in her honor. Mrs. Cramer, a former newspaper woman and one of the most public-spirited citizens of Wisconsin, at her death in 1922 bequeathed more than a million dollars to the University. The endowment fund was further augmented by smaller contributions and by the Carnegie Institute endowment. Dr. Bernard F. McGrath, dean of the School of Medicine since 1928, was in charge of the dedication ceremonies at which the county and Pack II

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SCHOOL OF LAW Where through court procedure and case knowledge students are trained in the method of upholding the rights of citizens. ■ In moot court. Liu■ iludenli learn court eurtom ji util at the pleading of caret anJ the examination of u unmet. ■ Organized back in 1908, the Marquette University Law school, which flaunts its facade to Wisconsin avenue on the northwest corner of its junction with Eleventh street, is a member of the Association of American Law Schools, and, too, one of the collegiate schools approved by the American Bar association. In building and equipment, teaching facilities, and competence of instruction, it ranks among the foremost professional schools of its kind in the country. Many of its graduates arc included among the Milwaukee county court judges; and it is thus seen that the School has produced, and will produce, material of legal worth. Its faculty, besides including the usual resident full-time professors, also utilizes the services of not a few of Milwaukee's ablest and most successful lawyers. Consequently, these men, in their teaching, have the peculiar advantages of presenting to their students a teaching ability, salted by practical success and by training and instruction in acceptable law institutions throughout the United States. Both empirical and theoretical knowledge, indispensable for the well-rounded teacher, are emphasized. Law, at Marquette University, is taught by what is known as the case method. By the study, comparison and discussion of selected, pertinent court records, the principles of law arc developed, individually and for the class, and their practical application indicated. In this manner, legal analysis and habits of accurate reasoning are fostered. All the decisions of the Wisconsin Supreme Court and the statutory enactments of the Wisconsin legislature are used as material for this 'case method of instruction; and the students gam a knowledge and insight into the law as it is now functioning in Wisconsin. For a number of years, a regular practice court has been in use, enabling the students to participate in the experiences of actual prosecution or defense procedure. There the undergraduate lawyers examine and cross-examine, raise objections, plead before juries, and finally submit to His Honor's decisions just as they would were they in the Court House four blocks away. In moot court they exercise the application of their classroom principles. Not only the Court House, however, is within comfortable vicinity The Government building, in which the Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin sits, and the Safety building, housing the Municipal ■ Clifton Williamt, LL.B., Jean of the Mari ueiie School of Lau. and the Ret . Hugh B. Mac Mahon, S.I., regent of the intlilulion, n ho guide the undergraduate Jeitiuiei of potential harriiten. Paci 16