DePaul University - Depaulian Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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CAMPUS View of St. Vincent ' s Church and Rector) Since an organization, large or small, must have leaders who will guide and assist its mem- bers in attaining their goals; the organization can be successful only to the extent that its leaders are successful in directing their members. DePaul University, serving more than ten thousand students, requires administration by men and women who are familiar with the needs and problems of the student, and have the ability to administer their duties to the satisfaction of the faculty and the student body. The following pages are dedicated by us— the students of DePaul University— to those who have served as members of the University Administration. The varied functions of this group have provided us with every means neces- sary to make an education at De Paul University fruitful, complete, and circumspect. 14

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THE CHANCELLOR Catholic universities throughout the United States form an essential segment of our educational system. Independent of state or federal assistance, their existence is dependent primarily upon the Church. Without the facilities provided by Catholic uni- versities and colleges, other schools would be incapable ol pro- viding an education for all men and women who seek intellectual development. The Catholic university offers more. Its students develop not only intellectually, but spiritually and morally as well. Therein lies the essence of a Cathoic education. His Eminence Samuel Cardinal Stritch, Archbishop of Chicago, constantly maintains in view, as Chancellor of De Paul Uni- versity, the purpose of Catholic education. He has often stressed the importance of combining spiritual and moral development with pursuits in the arts or sciences. We have often been re- minded that the college graduate is not simply a man or woman proficient in science or the arts but a citizen with duties to his country and a rational being having an obligation to his Creator. Can a person be pleasing in the sight of Cod, when he excels in the knowledge of attaining material benefits and is, at the same time, shamefully deficient in the knowledge of the means to eternal life, and fails to lead others by example to this end? Hardly. Life demands more of us than the attainment of social success. His Eminence the Cardinal, as Chancellor of De Paul Uni- versity, has secured for us the opportunity of striving for per- fection — spiritually and morally, as well as intellectually. By his guidance, the graduate of the Catholic university will, through a Catholic education, be a credit to himself, an asset to his country, and a manifestation of the Will of God.