Creighton University - Bluejay Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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Colleges {Jniversity College Rkv. Ralph H. Sche.nk, SJ. Assistant Dean The University College, one of the youngest and yet one of the largest departments in the University, is the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences for women students. This division is an outgrowth and a natural develop- ment of a series of teachers ' courses begun in 1923. Until December, 1931, these courses were organized and ad- ministered by the Creighton College. At that time, an independent college organization was established under the name of University College. Originally founded for the purpose of combining the various extension and teacher courses. University College now offers an integrated program in the liberal arts and sciences leading to the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees. It is run in the same manner as Creighton College and has much the same courses. With the same faculty of 103 instructors, one fourth of whom are Jesuit priests holding master ' s or doctor ' s degrees. University College offers the same opportunities to the women as does Creighton College to the men. In giving the women a course in liberal arts or science. University College offers three general fields of concentration. These departments of instruction are divided along lines that allow a student to get a baccalaureate degree by concentration in any of the three fields. The first section of instruction includes the various languages — Latin, Greek, French, German and Spanish. Courses are offered in English, Speech and Journalism which fall into this classifica- tion though they are not actually language curriculum. The second group of studies are Economics, Education, History Philosophy, Political Science, Religion and Sociology. The final series of major fields of instruction include Physics. Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and The Liblral Arts College Faci lt

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The Liberal Arts Creighton College and Rev. John C. Choppesky, S.J Dean The year 1871 witnessed the actual fulfilhnent of the wishes of Mrs. Mary Lucretia Creighton when just two years after her death, Creighton College was estab- lished. From that unimposing red-brick building, grew the Hilltop campus to which Creighton College ' s present 800 students have access. Through these 72 years of its growth and development, the constant quality of the education it has provided has been due to the calibre of the faculty, lay and Jesuit alike. The dean of Creighton College is the Rev. John C. Choppesky, S.J., A.M., S.T.L., who is also dean of Uni- versity College. In addition to his duties as dean of the two colleges, Father Choppesky is a member of the board of trustees and the committee on educational policies. His duties further carry him into the chairmanship of the Committee on Admissions, the Committee on Undergraduate Studies, and the University Committee on Academic Rank and Tenure. Assistant dean of Creighton College is the Rev. Ralph H. Schenk, S.J., A.M., S.T.L. Though its principles have never changed, Creighton College, like any living organization, has adapted itself to provide for the needs of its students. Beyond the sound pre-professional work for which it so well known, Creighton College offers career opportunities as varied as Journalism, Radio and Television, Teaching, Industrial Chemistry and Social Work. Its curriculum now, as when it was founded, is aimed at the education and development of the whole man and the realization of this primary end is in the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science. The record of Creighton College is not measured by statistics, but rather by the character and achievement of its students. Here, as in no other branch of a university, the student is prepared for living, in itself. Of the priceless gift of a liberal education, we can truly say: You can take it with you. The Liberal Arts Colleges Faculty

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School of The Creighton University School of Medicine is tht only Catholic school of medicine west of the Mississippi, with the exception of her sister school, the St. Louis Uni- versity, located in St. Louis on the Mississippi. This school was founded chiefly to serve this large western area and supply it with well trained physicians of all faiths thoroughly indoctrinated with the high moral principles of the natural law so important for the practice of medicine. Certainly no one can deny that she has done her work well. Percy J. Carroll The School of Medicine opened its doors October 1, Dean 1892 in the first building of the St. Joseph ' s Hospital at 12th and Mason streets. The building was altered and equipned to afford it temporary quarters. The infant school rapidly advanced into childhood and in 189o moved to its newly constructed building at 14th and Davenport streets. As the years passed the child developed and in 1910 another building was com- pleted on the ground just north of the original building. These two buildings became known as the South and North buildings. In 1939 a two-story wing was added to the South building. The main South building contains, in addition to the dispensary, the departments of physiology, pharmacology, biological chemistry, social service and the bookstore. The fourth floor, remodeled in 1948, contains the main research laboratory, including the animal quarters. The new wing of the South building contains the laboratory and departmental offices for gross anatomy on the top floor and additional spaces for the dispensary on the lower floor. The library is located on the third floor of the main South building and consists of a large read- ing room immediately adjacent to the stack room. A carefully selected collection of reference books, monographs in medicine and medical sciences and files of most of the important medical periodicals are readily accessible. The North building contains on the first floor the office of the Dean, the faculty room, the wom- en ' s lounge room and classrooms. On the second floor are located classrooms, the school offices, the office of the Regent, and the office of the Assistant Dean. The third and fourth floors provide labora- tories, offices and classrooms for the departments of pathology, micro-anatomy and bacteriology. The lower floor of the North building accommodates the cafeteria and the students ' locker room. The curriculum of the School of Medicine is designed to give students a thorough training in the fundamentals and an excellent working knowledge in all branches of medicine and surgery, so that after serving internships in hospitals the young physicians are well qualified to engage in the general practice of medicine. The Creighton University Medical Center consists of the following units: The Creighton University School of Medicine; the Creighton University Dispensary; the Creigh- ton Memorial-St. Joseph ' s Hospital; St. Catherine ' s Hospital; Mercy Hospital (Council Bluffs, Iowa) ; St. Elizabeth ' s Hospital (Lincoln, Nebraska) ; Booth Memorial Hospital; St. James Orphanage. The Medical Center has at the present time 1,673 teaching beds and after completion of con- struction now in progress will have 1,839. The Creighton Memorial-St. Joseph ' s Hospital has under construction a new addition which will contain one of the most modern psychiatric units in the world. Its capacity will be 130 beds. St. Catherine ' s Hospital has under construction a new addi- tion which will add 36 general hospital beds and many modern hospital facilities, including a new laundry, kitchen, cafeteria, dining room, administration office, staff room and lobby. All of the teaching facilities of this Medical Center are under the control of the Dean of the School of Medicine. 14