Creighton University - Bluejay Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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Dr. Stuart A. Mahuran Direct or Print Shop School of Journalism v onstituting the fourteenth and youngest unit of the university, the school of journalism was founded as a separate department eight years ago. From 1923 until 1933 the school had been a division of the college of commerce. Stressing the importance of a broad cultural background as well as practical news training, the school requires that the first two years of the four year course consist largely of fundamental arts studies. In the last two years the student is given many more specialized journalism courses. Practical experience in the news-gathering and news-writ- ing field furnishes the journalism student with a major portion of his technical training. Work on the school ' s publications, The Creightonian and The Blue jay, to a great extent determines the jour- nalistic grades of the student. New courses added to the curriculum include: Introduction to Print- ing, History and Principles of Journalism, Radio Continuity Writing, and Principles of Photography. Classrooms, newsroom, morgue, offices, and equipment of the school are housed in the Law building. An exchange consisting of student news- papers from all over the country is maintained for the benefit of the journalists. First published by the school in 1936, The Nebraska Style Book, which governs the style of The Creightonian, was revised in 1938 by the students in the editing classes and sent to all schools and newspapers in Nebraska and surrounding states. Dr. Stuart A. Mahuran, director of the school since 1938, is one of the five educators in the world to hold the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Journalism. School of Journalism Faculty 22

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Graduate School J he first Master of Arts degree from the university was conferred in 1893, and more were awarded yearly until 1914. The World War retarded advanced study, and no further masters ' degrees were conferred before a reorganization in 1919 established the graduate school as a separate department. The Rev. Thomas S. Bowdern, S.J., became dean of the young graduate school in 1931. As educational standards throughout the country rose, requirements for degrees became more severe. The graduate school at present is adequately equipped and staffed to offer the Master of Arts and Master of Science in Latin, Greek, English, chemistry, education, history, mathematics, and in several of the so- called fundamental sciences in the school of medicine. A master ' s degree usually takes at least one full year of study beyond the bachelor ' s degree. Students are allowed to work further after obtaining the master ' s degree, but for the present no one will be admitted as a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, which normally necessitates three full years of study beyond the bachelor ' s degree. The Iowa State Board of Educational Examiners voted in 1938 to accept Creighton ' s graduate work and graduate degrees to fulfill requirements for Advanced Secondary Teacher ' s Certificates. The same board voted in 1940 to accept the graduate school ' s work for the new Superintendent ' s Certificate. The Nebraska Board of Educational Examiners had previously recommended Creighton graduate credits for all teacher ' s and superintendent ' s certificates. Graduate work done at Creighton is accepted by graduate schools of other universities in study for their Doctor of Philosophy degrees. Transferred work has been allowed advanced standing at the Catholic University of America, the Universities of California, Chicago, Columbia, Duke, Indiana, Iowa, Mar- quette, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, St. Louis, Rochester, and Iowa State College. Every place it has been presented, it has been accepted. Creighton faculty members have Doctor of Philosophy degrees from the Catholic University, the Universities of Chicago, Columbia, Fordham, Fribourg, Harvard, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Min- nesota, Missouri, Nebraska, St. Louis, Wisconsin, and the Gregorian University. A limited number of students under the scope of the school are permitted to engage in research upon problems selected by the various departments. Graduate School and University College Facui n 21

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Saint Joseph ' s Hospital With the opening of a new modernly equipped clinical division for treatment of medical and surgical cases, Creighton Memorial St. Joseph ' s hospital added twenty- five beds this year to its total of four hundred and fifty. The hospital, which is affiliated with the university and constitutes an integral part of its educational system, is stand- ardized in accordance with the rates and regulations of the American College of Surgeons and the American Medical asso- ciation. St. Joseph ' s is one of the largest and one of the earliest founded private hospitals west of the Mississippi. The school of nursing offers both a Graduate Nurse degree for three years of hospital and classroom training and a Bache- lor of Science in Nursing degree for a five-year course, including two addi- tional years of college work. The actual experience of a St. Joseph ' s nursing student is gained in the hospital proper. Student nurses live in a modern nurses home built in 1923 which con- tains lecture rooms, parlors, a gymnasium, and accomodations for 150 nurses. Proper understanding of the body, whether healthy or diseased, is the aim of the science department which teaches the students chemistry, bacteriology, pathology, physiology, and other related subjects. The hospital was named the Creighton Memorial St. Joseph ' s hospital in honor of John and Sarah Emily Creighton who contributed funds in 1892 for the enlargement of the institution. Dorothy R. Quigley, instructor in nursing arts and allied subjects, was this year ' s only new faculty member. Student nurses are registered in the university and their diplomas are signed by officers of both institutions. St. Joseph ' s was established by the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration. Sister M. Livina, R.N., A.M. Director At the Bulletin Board St. Joseph ' s Hospital 23