Creighton University - Bluejay Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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College of Pharmacy 17 laced on an equal with the few outstand- ing institutions of its kind in the country, the college of pharmacy continued this year to maintain the standards of the American Council of Pharmaceutical Education. This organi- zation is the highest accrediting agency in pharmaceutical education. The first two years of the four-year course are devoted to basic studies. In the final two years the pharmacy student is given the opportunity to specialize in whatever field his interest and aptitude are the greatest. With the faculty presenting personalized teaching and in- dividual attention, students are given a wide knowledge of their field as well as a chance to concentrate in a chosen branch of pharmacy. Prescriptions written for patients of the Medical clinic are compounded in a special prescription room by students under the direction of a faculty member who is a registered pharmacist. Most of the prescriptions are filled free of charge, although a small fee is asked of those financially able to pay. New faculty members this year included: the Rev. A. T. Motherway, S.J., instructor in English; Frank Potrepka, instructor in pharmacy and chemistry, and Rudy Soukup, instructor in show card writing and window display. Graduates of the college are admitted to the registered pharmacist board examinations of every state in the Union. The curriculum of the college of pharmacy is prepared in such a way as to enable men and women students of the college to meet the present and future demands of their profession in an able and intelligent manner. It furnishes both breadth of education and professional specialization. ■BV J William A. Jarrett Dean Pharmacy Portal College of Pharmacy Faculty 19

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Dr. Floyd E. Walsh Dean ■ v I £ Commerce Front College of Commerce V reighton ' s college of commerce comes of age this year with the completion of twenty-one years of service as the business training unit of the university. Under the direction of Dr. Floyd E. Walsh, dean, the col- lege successfully carries through its program of providing the business student with a broad cultural and technical back- ground for entrance into the commercial field. The commerce faculty is composed of men especially trained in the profession of teaching business administration; a faculty which includes seven men holding Doctor of Philosophy degrees in their par- ticular fields. Dr. Norbert G. Bausch, instructor in accounting, received this degree in February. The school year saw two changes in the faculty. Mr. A. H. Goeser, a former teacher in the college, returned to take the position of instructor in English. Miss Mary Ellen Murphy entered commerce as instructor in shorthand and typewriting and as commerce secretary. Mr. Goeser suc- ceeds W. W. Keenan, and Miss Murphy replaces Miss Lucille Kendall, now employed by the University of Washington. Under the direction of Mr. Goeser, student interest turned again to the Beaux Arts club. Reorganized this year, the club provides members with a library of nine hundred books. Courses in the Economics of War and Economic Geography were added to the commerce program during the year. Changes in the physical plant included the establishment of indirect lighting fixtures in several rooms and of a bell system in the Annex building. The new bell system works in unison with the bells located in the main building. The combination commerce-law course is the selection of many students who enroll in the college of commerce. ■ ■ i ■ rYlfi Cx . m i i r ! College of Commerce Faculty 18

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Rev. Thomas S. Bowdern, S.J. Dean University College J. he university college administers all educational activity that does not come conveniently under the direction of any other department of the university. The oldest of the sections is the summer school. Women students who wish to do full time work in prepara- tion for professional schools, teachers ' certificates, or social work register in university college. Also all students, men or women, who desire to do part-time study in the day division of Arts, Journalism, or Commerce, enroll as members of the college. From its organization university college has cooperated with the college of commerce in offering night classes for busi- ness and professional people, for the college student obliged to work during the day, and for adults interested in personal educational improvement. Thirty years ago educational standardizing agencies, elevating and strengthening the work of all schools and colleges and improving the prepa- ration of school teachers, forced candidates for the teaching profession to seek further education. It became necessary for these candidates to obtain college degrees and graduate degrees if they wished to qualify for higher teachers ' certificates or better educational positions. This same pressure forced teachers-in-service at that time to return to college and complete the studies prescribed for the required degrees. This led to the matriculation of the fi rst women to study at Creighton. They were admitted to the university for the 1913 summer session. College classes for teachers-in-service were held on Tuesdays and Satur- days in 1919 and 1920. These extension courses, as they were called, were organized by the Rev. John F. McCormick, S.J., then president of the uni- versity, in response to the urgent petition of a committee of Omaha public school teachers. The Rev. F. X. Reilly, S.J., was appointed director. At the end of the year these courses were discontinued until 1923 when they were resumed as Courses for Teachers under the guidance of the Rev .Thomas A. Egan, S.J. The new university college, formed December 1, 1931, with the Rev. Thomas S. Bowdern, S.J., as dean, included this work. Father Bowdern is president of the Adult Education council of Omaha and presided over the Missouri Valley Conference on Adult Education this year. « Composed of professors from the different schools and colleges of the university, the university college faculty numbers outstanding members of the various fields of study. In this way a group which represents nearly all spheres of education is obtained. In addition to the education certificate which women students may obtain, the opportunity is offered them of securing arts degrees from the university college. If students wish to take courses in several schools or colleges, they may be permitted to do so under the direction of the dean. Listed as the oldest of the sections included in this department, the summer session presents a pro- gram of study covering six weeks. Faculty members for the summer session include a number of visiting professors as well as many members of the university staff. Summer school classes are of the same quality and offer the same credits as those taught during the regular sessions of the university. Xumerous teachers working for a higher degree attend the summer session. Administration Building 20