Creighton University - Bluejay Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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ofOfrls ana Sciences IhE oldest department in the university, the college of arts and sciences, offers annually a wide range of courses leading to bachelor degrees in arts, sciences and philosophy. Through its courses the college attempts to give the student a true appreciation of the seven arts which are: the relation of the individual to God; the relation of the individual to his fellow man; the art of expression; the art of enjoying leisure; the art of reasoning; the art of the com- prehension of the historical heritage of the ages, and the art of living. With a total enrollment of 396 stu- dents the pre-requisite course in the col- lege of arts and sciences is primarily creative and only secondarily constructive. To think accurately, visualize clearly and reason logically are considered more important objects of education than the me- morizing of fact and data. The first two years of an arts course find the student adhering closely to a prescribed program of study in order to acquire credits in essential fields. The final two years of the four-year course find the student pursuing more intensely courses of study to which he is especially inclined and for which he may have particular aptitude. In this latter period the student also enjoys the further privilige of extensive reading and research. In order to qualify for any of the several degrees in the college of arts and sciences a student must earn 128 semester hours of credit and 128 hours of quality points over the four-year course. For the fourth consecutive year the President ' s scholarship was placed in active use. Every male students in all the schools in the state of Nebraska is eligible for this particular scholarship. Rev. Geralu H. FitzGibbo.n, S.J. Dean The College of Arts and Sciences Faculty 24

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SckooL of l aw XhE Creighton university school of law is a member of both the American Bar Association and the Asso- ciation of the American Law schools, the latter being an organization to which less than half of the schools in the United States are permitted membership. The main object of the courses offered is to fit the graduate for practice in any place where common law prevails. But, due to the fact that common law differs in various regions and states because of political, social and economic conditions, the Creighton school of law offers more than can be had in so-called national schools. Restricted enrollment insures a uniform student body of 123 students, thus preventing unwieldiness in the size of classes, so that the Creighton tradition of close personal relationship between students and faculty members may be maintained. Since actual practice is as essential to thorough education in law as is theory gained in the class- rooms from text books, valuable and practical experience in organization, management and conduct of cases is gained by the law student through an elaborate Moot Court system. Cases of various nature are tried by the students with faculty members presiding as judges. The Law school library, one of the finest of its kind in this section of the country, contains 40,561 volumes, comprising most of the American, English and Canadian Reports, together with an extensive collection of session laws and statutes of the various states of the United States, the provinces of Canada, and the English statutes. To acquaint students with legal libraries, a course in Legal Bibli- ography is a required course in the school. Louis J. TePoel Dean The School of Law Faculty 25 7G:r ' 7 ' i ' )