Creighton University - Bluejay Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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Rev. Harry B. Crimmins, S. J., Rev. John C. Choppesky, S. J., Very Rev. Carl M. Reinert, S. J., Rev, Henry L. Sullivan, S. J.; Rev. Thomas H. Murphy, S. J. the exaltant graduate, grasping the fresh white scroll with one manual extremity and the Presi- dent ' s tiring hand with the other, gives little if any thought to the Board of Trustees. Yet it is this same devoted group of Jesuits, the legal entities of the university, which has the power to confer degrees on suitable candidates. Quietly and unobtrusively, the Board, led by the President, determines the educational and financial policies of Creighton— nand distributes those be- loved sheepskins. Page 15

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FR. JOHN C. CHOPPESKY, S.J., A.M., regent of the college of commerce. FR. EDMUND S. STUMPF, S.J., A.M., regent of the school of dentistry. regents of the schools o Jf, V, % - FR. PAUL L. GREGG, S.J., A.M., LL.B., LL.M. regent of the school of law. Page 14

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goodness of character is not essential FR. I. C. CHOPPESKY, SJ,, fl.M,, dean of Creighton college and University college. .g ° by today ' s standards; the little guy faces the news camera and appears in the press only at birth, marriage, and death, unless of course, he wins a sweepstakes, rides the Long Island Railroad, or intercepts a bullet in- tended for an acknowledged, pro- fessional gambler. Mary Lucretia Creighton ' s dream, realized in a red brick college for boys, now grown to the 4-6 story liberal arts college might be likened to that ' ' little guy. Pretentious? No, not in 1878, nor in 1951. Consistent? Yes, yesterday, to- day, and tomorrow. This constancy, zeal, and forti- tude on the part of men with respect for truth has been rewarded by the corps of colleges and professional schools which have evolved from this nucleus. Liberal education, like truth, has as great a worth in 1951 as it had in the day of Aristotle, Thomas or Mark Hopkins. With this in mind Fathers Choppesky and Kelley su- pervise the academic aspects of an education directed toward the de- velopment of the physical, spiritual, intellectual, aesthetic, and social facets of the educand. For many this religio-philosophi- cal core education is the substruc- ture requisite to the production of the trained technician, the profes- sional man. For many others the degree program of Creighton col- lege and its companion school for women. University college, there is more. Careers in the fields of radio, television, journalism, education and social work are but a few of those opened to the Creightonian at grad- uation. The establishment of University college was the natural outgrowth, in 1931, of a series of teacher ' s courses inaugurated eight years earlier. Across the dean ' s desk, the men and women of Creighton and Uni- versity colleges, like the sons and daughters of the little guy, are at once their problems and their pride. Know the truth and you shall be free. Page 16