DePaul University - Depaulian Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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I 10 -, ,. -P -. l 'la-fklvzgjl at tgfye. H 'll 0 u October l-l, l957 r in Chief' My deaf edits . - , o Paul univer- lt the students of e There is a question which l thin The question is' ls a university a afl HOs- d r and answer. together in an sity ought to pon e community in which professors and students live phere of culture and learning to enrich themselves and each other in the knowledge of truth and the love of the good, or is the University merely a sort of academic shopping center where students go for pack- aged information which they think will be useful for a certain prestige d social dividends7 The reason for this ques- f sities do seem economic an l r e urban unix er which pays tion is that in our times particularly a g to have lost the old university community spirit and to have become 'here in well-ordered lectures you can pur- tion stores, w c f higher learning. higher educa chase at a price atleast some segments o ' eat Medieval Univer- the days ol the gr ' h these insti- have changed since q ' l in common wit Times sities. ln fact, our universities have litt e tuions of higher learning, which the Church gave us and with great solicitude governed. There is, however, one thing which a university J vation of its heritage from the past. These tudents lived to in the prcser h masters and s must hold on ' - iunities in whic the right way of -ities were comn science and art e old untvers together with the ambition of finding in developing and perfecting their human persons, Admission to these those students who had the native gifts and ' cl velping their was limited to bli ation of so e communities potentialities which imposed on them the o gg faculties as to be true servants of their fellowmen, To know the truth and to love the good was the very shibboleth of these university corn- d masters did their part, but it was the trlurlltles . ln them doctors an chers and students, v l community, tea for deep academic atmosphere of the who e which was the main educational factor. A certain reverence f tl 1 higher value of learning, and virtue dom- ' ' d the less forrnal id a sense 0 ic h or opinion an ln a learning ax ' cl fense of a trut ' unity activities a The public e rincipal comm d nts, To indie . 'Oiodlibemlesn discussions were p - lin the easv reach of all the stu e r ose and ac- i ks were not witi a community pu p and day when use know the truth and to love the good were tivity, ln a word, the whole community contributed to the education training, of the student and stimulated the learned doctors to further Search and studies. There was a certain fine inquisitiveness in all ' 'ame from a common purpose. re- in iunity which c s also true the comn Perhaps at my age one does live a bit in the past, but it i, ' l s one to see things about us in clearer ducation and light. lls that aue and experience he p d 'turbed by the fact that with all our talk about e d e to widen opportunities for higher edu- rslty stu- lani is fl and with an that is being on tin a great number of our unive 1 erien ces in a nee s cation, we are not really educa g d erson who has had the right e.p ' ' we see mediocrity dents. The really educate p university is a rarity, lt is even true that sometimes ' ' vement desired and extolled, university achie ' AUniversity in , I lt is worthwhile for us to think over the question, Community in which the watchword is truth and good, or a sort of d mic Emporium in which the student gets that little education erous thing'7 Aca- which e the poet so well says is a dang ' ersity and l want to d an ambition for DePaul Univ hich masters a nd stu- l have a hope an Community, in w ' of truth and fine Academic ' h the sacredness see it a great big dents live in an atmosphere impregnated wit f the good. As a Catholic University, DePaul has a tradition. lation and all love is centered in the he safeguards the love 0 t uth is integrated in divine reve His Father in heaven. Within t d inve ntions for All r love of our Blessed Savior for of known truth there must be searching, for discoveries an , t'stic expressions, for a profounder knowledge of man and society. b a clear realization of the dignity of man, l must be a BBW BY l ln the love of Christ there must e soul and body. And under the guidance oi Holy Church, DePau ity, in which students are as active a h re are giv s teachers en only a U 'versity Commun ost students t e ' it they great ni ' h whole. Form ' ' h v live aright in in the education of t e ' University Community, but if t ey ll be like beacons of nobility few years in this h d ln their persons and they wi lt'tude of dim lanterns, is crying will be enric e and sanctity tn a world which, with a mu i 'd it for beacons to gui e . ' l yours in Christ, g Sincere y 1- lf... Archbishop o g,.,,,lfA.a-- f Chicago

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DAVlD MAX SHARER was born June 10, 1891, at Mt. Morris, Illinois. This seemingly unpretentious event was destined to be a fortunate one for De Paul, since it gave them the present Comptroller of the University. Following his graduation from the local high school, Mr. Sharer attended Mt. Morris College for a year before transferring to Northwestern, where he received his A.B. in Accounting. Wishing to further his studies, he went on to receive his A.M. from the University of Chicago, and he is presently a Certified Public Accountant. Drake University, where he was a professor of ac- counting and finance, was the first stop in Mr. Sharer's teaching career. This was followed by a professorship in accounting at the University of Akron, Ohio, before he started at De Paul in 1926. He rose to his present posi- tion in the short space of six years, after holding the title of Chairman of the Accounting Department and Assistant Dean of Commerce, and during World War Il he was Acting Dean of Commerce for one year. He has also been on the University Council Lay Board of Trus- tees since it inception at De Paul. Some of the other highlights of Mr. Sharer's career include being the football and basketball coach at Waterloo, Iowa and Boise, Idaho, and belonging to both the American Accounting Association and the Central Association of University Business Officers. Mr. Sharer and his wife, Doris, have three children, David M., Jr., Robert A., and Mrs. Elizabeth Sharer Cox, who have a grand total of seven children. Mr. Sharer, along with Dr. Howard Egan, started the Faculty Annual Gold Outing in 1936. His other hobbies lbesides golfl are playing the saxophone and singing with a barbershop quartet. Here is truly a fine example of what hard work and ambition can do, and we proudly HONOR, MR. DAVID M. SHARER, in this 1958 DE PAULIAN. Mr, and Mrs. Sharer in Alumni Hall Mr. and Mrs. Sharer with six of their seven grandchildren

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