Creighton University - Bluejay Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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Rev. John Danihy, S.J. Regent Commerce, the Accountant ' s Round Table and the Economics Round Table, as well as the large number of fraternities, sororities and other university-wide stu- dent organizations. The evening division of the College of Commerce is a very important feature of that department. Eco- nomics and accounting courses receive special emphasis in the curriculum of the evening division. The ma- jority of the students enrolled in this division are work- ing men and women who are studying in fields related to their regular work. Creighton would never be satisfied merely to give the world Captains of Industry or Big Business Men. There are higher things in life — higher qualities which true leadership demands. To secure these it is necessary that thorough training be skill- fully combined with education in literature, philosophy, business ethics, logic, psychol- ogy and political science. Long experience has demonstrated that scientific preparation for a business career is immeasurably more valuable to the student than a long appren- ticeship, and paves the way for more immediate success. The student is given a keener vision and a firmer grasp of all that makes for success, and at the end of a few years of business experience will be farther advanced than he would have been with perhaps a lifetime of apprenticeship without specialized training. By offering courses of instruction which bring together in a systematic form the ex- periences of many successful firms, the College of Commerce attempts to prepare its students for the business profession. The college aims to provide students with scientific training and to aid them in developing executive ability and a professional viewpoint. Students in the College of Commerce receive the benefits of training under faculty mem- bers who are experts in their particular field, whether it be economics, finance, management or accounting. In addition, they receive the cultural benefits of study under experienced instructors in philosophy, religion and other subjects. Leo p. Morris Herman Jelinek Edmund F. Brick Edward J. Knapp [19]

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Dr. Floyd E. Walsh Dean The College of Commerce J HE College of Commerce strives to give the students a thorough training in the methods and fundamental principles of modern busi- ness, and at the same time to stress the practical appli- cation of these principles to the various executive branches of industry, commerce and finance. Located in the midst of the great trade, industrial and banking center of the great middle western agri- cultural belt, the student is able to obtain closer con- tacts with the actual business world and to meet the leaders of the various branches. Offering a full four-year course and dividing it into two divisions, the College of Com- merce offers to the students for the first two years a cultural business background. Dur- ing these two years, courses are offered in economics and accounting so that at the end of this time the student will be fitted to make a success in his chosen field. The final two year period is given over to specialized subjects in the fields of accounting, finance, industrial management, business organization, marketing, merchandising and business law. The College maintains a special department of research and statistics which is equipped with the latest devices, and supplementary courses, including business English, short- hand, and typewriting. The courses the student takes in preparation for the degree of bachelor of science in commerce impart to him a broad outlook on life and a thorough knowledge of the vary- ing motives that underlie business action. Instruction is planned carefully to give the student a correct survey of commercial facts and experience, to develop his powers of accurate analysis, and to prepare him for leadership as an executive. Unusual opportunities to develop executive talents are offered through membership in the College ' s special student organizations, which include the Creighton Chamber of TUL COLLLGL OI- CoMMtRCL FaCULTV [18]

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Rev. J. P. ZuERCHER, S.J. Dean The College of Arts and Sciences Xhe College of Arts and Sciences is the oldest department of the university and in many respects the most important. It not only trains its regular students in the fine arts and the correct phi- losophy of life, which can be accomplished only by a thorough acquaintanceship of all those standards that distinguish the Christian gentleman, but it also acts as a preparatory department for students who wish to specialize in other departments of the university. The purpose of the department is to impart to the student a well-rounded program of language, literature, social science, philosophy and history which serve as stepping-stones to the attainment of a true culture. With so many different and attractive standards of living in evidence, this department exerts every power to implant in the mind of the student the power to distinguish which of these standards is the correct one for him to follow. With this end in view, the department offers courses leading to the degrees of bachelor of arts, bachelor of science or bachelor of philosophy. Other specialized courses are offered to meet the requirements for entrance into the schools of medicine, law or dentistry. Educators have repeatedly found that eminence in the various professions is easier and more surely attained when professional studies are preceded by a throughly sound and broad education. They have also found that trained minds are better able to meet the trying situations of life when training is built upon the solid foundation of a thorough character building education. Combination courses make it possible for students to fulfill the requirements of more than one department and to earn two degree ' s before they leave school — the bachelor ' s degree and the professional degree. By regulating courses, the student may pursue one of The Arts College Faculty [20]