Creighton University - Bluejay Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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cJlie School of Medicine .HE school of medicine is the oldest professional department of the univer- sity. It not only sends out of its doors some of America ' s leading members in the medical profession, hut provides one of the greatest welfare services in Omaha. In order to give curricula! activities, an elaborately equipped clinic is maintained which furnishes medical ( are free to those who are financially unable to pay a licensed doctor ' s tee. The entire support of the dispensary is provided by Creighton uni- versity. The Creighton dispensary is a member of the Omaha Council of Social agencies. It co- operates with the Creighton University Health service, the Visiting Nurses association, the Public School Nurses, the Omaha Orthopedic society, the Diocesan Catholic Charities, the Nebraska Tuberculosis association, and other charitable and benevolent agencies of the city. Three years of general academic work in an approved school is the pre-requisite for en- trance to the medical school which offers a four-year course leading to two possible de- crees. Doctor of Medicine, and Bachelor of Science in Medicine. An excellent opportunity for research or specialization is afforded by the graduate courses. Rigid graduation and entrance re- quirements have put the school in the top iliuht of similar institutions throughout the nation. It is a member of the American association of Medical colleges, being rated as class A by the American Medical association. To widen the scope of practical experience four hospitals. Creighton Memorial St. Joseph ' s hospi- tal, St. Catherine ' s hospital. Mercy hospital, and St. Bernard ' s hospital, are affiliated with the school as they offer opportunities for observation of particular maladies and diseases to the students. The School of Medicine Faculty 26 Sixtieth Anniversary

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C he School of J aw JVLeMBERSHIP in the Ameri- can Bar association and the Association of the American Law schools adds to the standards of Creighton ' s school of law. The latter is an organization in which less than half of the law schools in the United States are permitted to hold membership. Restricted enrollment insures a uniform stu- dent body and prevents unwieldiness in the size of the classes, so that the Creighton tradition of close personal relationship between students and faculty members may be maintained. As a reward for general excellence in scholar- ship, an honorary fraternity was formed during the past year among scholastic leaders of the school of law, guided by Professor Hugh Gil- lespie, faculty moderator. Fifteen students were chosen from the senior and junior law classes as charter members of the organization, to be known as the Servientes ad Legum. The object of the courses offered is to fit the graduate for practice in any place where common law prevails, but as common law differs in various regions and states because of differences in political, economic, and social conditions, the Creighton school of law offers something more than can be had in so-called national schools. It aims at imparting specialized (raining for the mid-western lawyers. Moreover, another Creighton ideal — effective preparation for the bar — is thus measurably attained. Realizing that actual practice is as essential to thorough education in law as is theory gained in the classrooms from text books, valuable and practical experience in actual organization, management and conduct of cases is gained by the law student through an elaborate Moot Court system. Cases of varying nature are tried by the students with faculty members presiding as judges. Students obtain an opportunity to display their court room technique. Tin Si hool of Law Fa l i i i 25 1878 - 1938

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Cshe Kyollecje of 1 harmcici] A FOUR-YEAR course, leading to the degree of bachelor of science in phar- macy and providing the opportunity to special- ize in any of several related fields, places the Creighton college of pharmacy on an equal standard with the few outstanding institutions of its kind in the country. The curriculum of the college of pharmacy has been prepared to give men and women such education in phar- macy as will enable them to meet the present and future demands of their profession in an able and intelligent manner. This course is offered by full-time instructors who have had years of practical experience in the retail as well as the wholesale pharmaceutical fields. Dean William A. Jarrett heads a distin- guished faculty of men who rank as leading educators and scientists. Personalized teaching and individual attention to each student are two of the reasons for the outstanding success of Creighton pharmacy graduates. Unusual and advantageous is the close cooperation maintained between the college of pharmacy and the Creighton school of medicine. All prescriptions written for patients of the medical clinic- are compounded in a special prescription room by pharmacy students under the direction of a faculty member who i- also a registered pharmacist. In this manner students compound 10,000 prescriptions each year for clinical patients. The standards of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy are maintained in all courses. This group is the highest accredited agency in pharmaceutical education. Most states by law or ruling of the state board of pharmacy recognize only those schools which hold membership in this associa- tion. Graduates of the Creighton college of pharmacy are admitted to the board examinations in those states requiring graduation from a college of pharmacy as a pre-requisite to these examinations. I mi College of Pharmacy Fa( li 11 27 1878 - 1938