Creighton University - Bluejay Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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College of Commerce Floyd E. Walsh Dean With a provisional associate membership in the American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business in its records, the College of Commerce is now in its thirtieth year of operation as a major school of Creighton university. Under the direction of Dr. Floyd E. Walsh, dean, the aims of the College of Commerce — to provide a higher education in the business field to train the students for directive positions in business — are ably carried out. Dr. Walsh has been at Creighton since 1926. At that time the college was one of commerce, finance and journalism. In 1933 the journalism branch was separated and made another division of the university. In 1919 Dr. Walsh graduated with a Bachelor of Science in commerce degree from the University of Iowa. He returned there for a master ' s degree and in 1932 re- ceived his Ph.D. degree. In 1947 Dr. Walsh was made acting director of the department of management at Creighton. With the school ' s aim in mind, the commerce faculty realizes that the basic preparation for advancement in the business world requires thorough instruction in the fundamental principles of modern business. Combining this careful instruction with practical applications in real business situations, the commerce students receive thorough training. When the well-planned program of the commerce course is combined with a few years in busi- ness, the student has such a broad understanding of business problems that he is as well informed as a man who has spent the entire time in business. In addition to these methods of instruction, laboratory exercises are prepared and the students regularly hear lectures by heads of local business establishments. Further learning is obtained by student research projects and field trips. The four-year course for the 543 students now enrolled, comprises two natural divisions of study. The first is for freshmen and sophomores. The work of these two years consists largely of required courses and provides background and fundamentals required for the highly specialized courses that follow. The junior and senior division is confined usually to extensive work in one field. It is in the final two years of school that the student decides which specific line he intends to follow. The College of Com- merce offers majors in Accounting, Economics, Management, Marketing and Management, and Gen- eral Business. There is also a combined Law-Commerce program which affords the students a Bachelor of Science in Commerce and a Bachelor of Law degree after six years of study. The College of Commerce Faculty

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School of Law Jamks a. Uoylk Dean The policy of the School of Law is so |)re| arcd as to afford the students a knowledge of common law and provide them with an unimpeachable standard of ethics. The object of this line of training is to impart to the students a love of the profession and a desire to stand with the best traditions of the bar when they graduate. The program which has been set up by the faculty is so adjusted as to give the students the best possible preparation for the time when they will have to face their examinations for admission to the bar. The in- structors have carefully revised, studied and broadened the courses to bring to bear greater emphasis on public law so the graduate will be adequately equipped for the position he is to occupy in society. Thoroughness is the watchword of the school. Every- thing is carefully planned and worked out to the last detail, to give the students a precedent by which they can work when they face the problem of preparing their own cases for actual courtroom work. This most necessary qualification of the profession is stressed for a number of reasons, but chiefly because it reveals the more meticulous students, giving them a chance to develop their talents to the utmost. To provide all law students with the maximum amount of background material, a library of 45,000 volumes is kept open 13 hours a day for their use. Besides the volumes of books, countless records and references are readily accessible to the researchers who continually probe its offerings. The current issues of fifty leading law reviews are kept on hand at all times to provide the workers with up-to-date material on the latest legal changes. The instruction of the school ' s 228 students is based mainly upon the Case system, a widely recognized method, but the individual instructors are left free to adapt the system in any manner which they feel will be most suitable to their courses. During the first year of study the student ' s classes are prescribed by the faculty, but the second and third years provide ample choice of electives to the student. Dean of the School of Law is James A. Doyle, Ph.B., LL.B., LL.M. The Dean graduated from the Creighton College of Arts and Sciences in 1924, 20 years after the founding of the School of Law. In 1933 he was granted his LL.B. at the University of Nebraska. Further pursuing his studies. Dean Doyle attended Harvard Law School and was awarded his LL.M. in 1942. In his recent position, Dean Doyle has proved himself a highly capable administrator and has contributed much time and effort to improving the school and its curriculum. The School of Law Faculty

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College of Pharmacy William A. Jarrktt Dean The Creighton University College of i liariiiacy is one of the better equipped divisions of Creighton Uni- versity. While the college has its own building, it has the added advantage of being able to make use of lecture rooms and laboratories in the Medical School when the latter are not in use. The 145 students in the Pharmacy unit have a fine library of over 16,000 volumes for their use, housed in the combined pharmacy-medical library. In addition, .the library has files on all of the leading pharmaceutical and chemical journals, both foreign and domestic. These books and journals provide the most essential reference material for undergraduate work, and for some faculty research. Dean of the College is Dr. William A. Jarrett, a graduate of the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and of Duquesne University. In 1935 Dr. Jarrett became Dean of the College of Pharmacy where he also serves as Director of the Department of Pharmacy and is an active member of various College and University Committees. In preparing its students for their later re- sponsibilities in the field of health services, the College stresses the importance of the positions which they will hold in their respective communities. As pharmacists, the graduates will be key figures in the public health of these communities and will be required to perform their duties in a highly capable manner. Realizing this, the College of Pharmacy extends to the students such well-qualified education in pharmacy and its related fields as to equip them for the demands that will be made upon their skill in the future. While concentration is on the scientific and professional side of pharmacy, still the college does not neglect the other important phases of right living. It impresses the need of good citizenship upon its charges, and it does not neglect teaching them to be good business men and women as well. To properly educate the students in its care, the College requires them to make full use of its library, and it also encourages research among its faculty. Lectures, recitations and seminars are supplemented with laboratory work. The latest laboratory equipment and visual aids are employed in all courses, and to put these facilities to the best use, the College employs instructors with not only the proper educational background but also extensive practical experience in the field of Pharmacy. The College of Pharmacy Faculty 19