Marquette University - Hilltop Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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• Tall sfiirtt—silent in thru dignity—aunrr peace and fir ot ft lion to thr I'mt trill) buildings. • The development of a comprehensive understanding in the various fields of liberal education is the primary objective of the College of Liberal Arts. Considerable importance is given to this aim because of the preparatory courses required by the professional schools—a requirement that makes this College the determining factor in the outlook and attitude toward life of all University graduates. Particularly valuable to the highly specialized student are the two or three years spent in the College—years that give him the general apprehension of knowledge which eliminates the narrowness of vision so often developed by over-specialization. Medicine, law, dentistry, engineering, journalism, business administration—all develop the student upon the foundation laid by the College of Liberal Arts. The Rev. William J. Grace, S.J., former president of Creighton University, has directed the development of the College of Liberal Arts for six years. The recently created post of assistant dean, necessitated by increased enrollment and the desirability of giving the individual student access to the heads of his college, was filled in 1932 by the appointment of the Rev. Donald J Keegan. S.J. Principles of education as used by this College are based upon the Ratio Studiorum, a system of instruction developed by the Jesuits in 1599. Flexibility is the important characteristic of this method of teaching—a looseness of organization that may be made to conform with • 24 LIBERAL ARTS • Foundation of the Unit erst I) —framework around which the complicated structure of a great institution of learning has been assembled—that is the position occupied today by the College of Liberal Arts, the oldest and largest department of the Uniter sity. Seventy-seven years of service as St. Aloysius Academy. Marquette College, and finally as a part of the University, have gtien the Arts College that mellowness of maturity and experience, that background of culture which qualifies it to assume its position of academic leadership. The progress and deielopmenl of the College of Liberal Arts hate been essentially the history of the University—a progress u herein the most taluable elements of older methods of learning are closely coordinated with the best modern results. We of the faculty have consistently striven to carry on this inheritance. any economic and political condition, but which at the same time holds the institution to certain fundamental tenets that are the foundation of all higher education. The Arts school, formerly Marquette college, represents the nucleus from which developed the University as it exists today. Organized in 1857 as St. Aloysius Academy, the College exemplifies the progress and rapid expansion made by Marquette in its fifty years of development. Courses in the College include those dealing with the classical and modern languages, history and philosophy, mathematics, education, and the natural, social and political sciences. A new • The Ra. Do„aid . Keegan, S.J., M.A, as as ti Haul draw of the College of Liberal Arts, creates a closer and more frequent conucl belueen Undents and the heads of ibe tar ions departments. Father Keegan it also director of the Men's Sodality. THE HILLTOP O F N I

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E losophy must have completed the requirements for the two p recced in g degrees and must devote at least two additional years to a more intensified study of the major subject. This degree is granted upon successful completion of a written examination and presentation of an acceptable piece of scientific research on a topic which has never been similarly treated before, together with an oral defense of it. In addition, the general prescribed courses, aimed at cultivation of broad educational background, must be completed. The doctor of philosophy degree is the highest academic attainment and expresses a comprehensive mastery of the selected field of study, combined with an appreciation and understanding of culture in all its various ramifications. • Graduate work, as a whole, entails more individual application than the usual undergraduate curriculum. Different methods of study, including as their principal feature detailed, original research work and the corresponding types of instruction in which the professor acts in the capacity of an adviser, are both accountable for the added responsibility placed upon the student. attempt at this type of instruction to be made in the United States. The organization of the Institute of Catechetical Research, another successful step in this direction, was the outgrowth of the request made by the Chicago archdiocese for help in its curricular problems in the teaching of elementary school religion. In addition to his work as dean of the Graduate school, Doctor Fitzpatrick is president of Mount Mary College for women and has served as Wisconsin administrator for the National Recovery Administration. His literary efforts have extended into every field, but he is probably best known for his Catechetical works, including the Highway to Heaven scries, The Life of the Soul. The Highway to God. and St. Ignatius and the Ratio Studiorum. A competent faculty, of which the Rev. George H. Mahowald, S.J., is regent and Dr. George E. Vander Beke is secretary, assists the dean in graduate instruction. Father Mahowald, formerly head of the philosophy department at Loyola University, Chicago, has constantly endeavored to make the study of philosophy interesting through the medium of the graduate and student Aristotelian societies. Admission to the School may be secured only through approval of the dean. When the student has successfully entered the school he must satisfactorily prove to the faculty his ability to carry work of a graduate character before he may make application for an advance degree. As Marquette is one of the few large universities operating under Catholic auspices, it has taken this opportunity to advance through its Graduate School, the purely Catholic elements of higher education. The course in Misstonol-ogy, instituted several years ago, was the first • Dr. Eduard A. Eitspatnck, Ph. D.. LLD.. finished hts first decade as dean of lb Graduate School. Also presi-deal of Mono! Mars College, he led S. R. A. acliritiet for the stale of Vis -cots tin, ju important tog in President Roosetelt's Recot rr) program. • The Rer. George . Mahon old, S.J.. Ph.D.. regent of the Graduate School as uell as head of the department of philosophy, continued hit outstanding efforts to make the study of philosophy a pleasant one through the medium of the graduate and student Aristotelian tocieliet. • A corner of the Marquette library tt here students gain attest to asailable reference material needed in the at i nisition of background essential to then scholastic theses and degrees. Here graduate research is carried on constantly throughout the year. • 23 TEEN THIRTY FOU R

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• Tb Rtr. Wilium f. CfMf, $. •• M.A.. bai ltd tb College of Uberal Am along the pathway of progren jkJ Jetelopmtnl fot lb pjtt lix jean—a pathway in u-bieb flexibility it an tm-porianl {bar adenine in lb Mr I hod of nothing. elective course in religion, for non-Catholics interested in the Catholic faith, was introduced last fall. The study explains the fundamental doctrines of the Catholic faith. Special students desiring to complete a more comprehensive course in Liberal Arts before entering their professional schools may take advantage of a combined curricula, and after spending three years in the Arts College and upon the completion of one year's specialized study may receive their bachelor's degree. Saturday morning and late afternoon classes, taught for the benefit of teachers and students who must work during the day, cover practically every field of regular instruction. Over twenty per cent of the total registration in Liberal Arts is made up of part-time students. • Clubs and academic organizations arc more numerous in Liberal Arts than in any other department of the University, principally because of the diversification of instruction. A unifying clement for the entire College is achieved in the Liberal Arts Association, an organization to which every student belongs. Part of all tuition fees is turned over to the society, which is thereby enabled to supervise the extra-curricular activity of the students. The Association annually awards a merit key to one member of each class who had the highest average in his work during the preceding semester, and to the senior whose average in the four-year curriculum was the highest. Students interested in philosophy may join the Aristotelian Society. For the scientifically minded are the Physics Club, the Zoological Society. the Botanical Society and the Chemical Society, while languages arc given extra-curricular importance through the Goethe-Verein, L'Academic Francaisc, and the Classical Club. Other Arts school organizations include the Literary Society, the John D. Logan Poetry Society, the Mathematics Club, the Historical Society and the International Relations Club. Liberal Arts students arc eligible to compete in the Intercollegiate Latin contest of the Missouri province of the Society of Jesus. A gold medal is offered for the best translation of classical Latin and classical English, and a cash prize is annually given by the president of the University for the best paper submitted by a Marquette student. The William E. Cramer prize of fifty dollars for excellence in English essay writing is also open to students of the college. Several changes in the faculty were made last fall. The departments of botany and zoology were united to form one department of Biology, with Dr. William N. Stcil as head. The Rev. Raphael N. Hamilton, S.J., was named to succeed the Rev. Francis S. Betten, S.J., as head of the department of history, and the Rev. Thomas Reilly, S.J., became head of the department of social sciences. Class presidents for the year were: senior, Francis McCarthy; junior, Robert McCormack; sophomore, John Petcrsik, and freshman, William Coffey, jr. • 25 E T E E N THIRTY FOUR