Loyola University Chicago - Loyolan Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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olfl Qzmrh riff, and lost. gradually, lts charac- ter of a school chronicle. becoming a me- dium for the expression of the serious thought and creative writing of the student. In those hectic post-war years. athletics became big- time and Loyola 's teams fought for a proper rank in competition. New activities, too, sprang up-a group of tive t'reshmen put out a minu-ographed sheet on December 15, 1924. which they called Thr Loyola X1 ics: in 1924. too. the Lovoiuxx came into existence. These two, one a weekly record ot' school events and a laboratory in journal- ism. the other a lite1'ary and pictorial chron- icle of the academic year. have always been all-university in scope, but like so many other all-university activities they derive the bulk ot' their participants and supporters from the student body of the arts college. This process with which we have been deal- ingfthe changes in attitude and in practice as the college found itself in a new situation both physically and in relation to the rest of the university-is one hard to limit in time. NVe can pitch on the day and the year in which a certain event took place. a certain organization was founded. truc, but it is al- most impossible to set an end to the period of establishment and a beginning to the period when things are rather constant: this fact is true because there are continuous advances. retreats. and changes which it is difficult to put in either class, in all college activities, and ill thc life ofthe college. But certainly we can include as part ot' the period of re-establishment the years in which the most debated ot' all college groups-the fratcrnities-were founded. Phi Blu t'l1i. the tirst ot' thc fraternities. was established at Loyola in 1922. .Xlpha llelta Hamma was founded in 15324. Pi Alpha Lambda in H1251 the others, Ilelta Alpha Sigma and Sigma Pi Alpha. followed after a lapse of years. in lflilll and 151232 respectively. That there have been struggles. rivalries. rises. and falls in the histories ot' the frater- nities no one would deny: but it is only fair to point out that the vigilance and wisdom of the authorities. and the presence of a large and powerful independent majority in the student body have created a situation where- in the ll'ilit'l'llllll'S are and probably will con- tinue to be a really active influence for good. It was in 1930, to return to a quasi- chronological account, that the Elizabeth M. Cudahy Memorial Library and the Loyola Vniversity stadium were erected. The cynic might find material in the fact that, while these editices for the intellectual and physical welfare of the student were being constructed. the project to give Loyola students a II101'Q nearly adequate surrounding for their spir- itual life remained-as it still remains-only a project. Nonetheless, the continual striving to make the dream of the chapel of Our Lady of the XVayside, Madonna Della Strada, a reality has been one of the most inspiring and most important chapters in the history of Loyola. In 1930 was taken the step which. in all probability. gained more notice for Loyola than any of her more ordinary-and. to the reasonable man. more important-activities: the administration removed Loyola from competition in intercollegiate football. An observer interested in the smallest examples of world-wide movements might find in this action the beginning of the end at Loyola. of the hectic and distnroportionate view which characterized life. and student life in particu- lar. in the post-war era. It is only fair to re- mark that the return of intercollegiate foot- ball remains a drlmtrfl question in student circles, though neither side seems prepared to admit it is dflmfuhle. tif all history. no part is so hard to under- stand or to present objectively or intelligently as modern history. This is true of the college as well as of larger issues and institutions. Xve can note. however, the part played by Loyola. and especially tfor a time, almost ex- clusivelyt by the arts students. in the foun- dation and the work and deliberations ot' t iscora tnow tfiscalg we might note the formation in lil!!-l of the Green Fircle. an association specifically intended to promote school spirit and to lend organized support to thc activities ot' thc college: we might put on record the organization of the mothers and the fathers of the students in order to stimu- late and make effective their interest in the collegc. and thus benefit student. parents, and the college itself. We have in this record so far dealt pri-

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marily with the work of the t ollcge of Arts and Sciences on the lake shore campus, but in no sense should we slight the work and his- tory of the downtown school, this year known as the l'niversity College, Organized in 1914. and now situated on the downtown campus at 29 North Franklin Street, l'niversity Vollcge offers full curricula toward baccalaureate de- grees in late afternoon. evening. and Satur- day classes. for some of which it uses the facilities of the lake shore campus. The stu- dent body comes mainly from teachers, and the college aims especially to meet their needs for advancement in their profession and their field of scholarly work. Activities include the Della Strada sodal- ity, various clubs growing out of special in- terests and a wish to expand the students' knowledge of their field, such as Le t'erele Francaise. and, of course, participation in the all-university organizations and activities. An- nually. there is a retreat given for the Cath- olic students: this year it was given by the Reverend Edward L. Volnon. S.-l. Finally. to insure that the intluences and friendships of college years are maintained. there is an active alumnae association. Most certainly no history of the arts col- lege would be complete without at least an acknowledgement of the great inliuence of the men who have been president of the univer- sity and deans of the College. The presidents. then. were the Reverend XVilliam H. Agnew. SJ., the Reverend Robert M. Kelley, -l.. and the present president. the Reverend Samuel Knox XVilson, S. J. lt was in Father Agnew's term 41921-19275 that the college was moved to the north side, and the founda- tions for most of the work we have discussed were laid. In Father Kelley 's term the action which distinguishes the growth and life of the college continued to be in evidence: the erection of the library and the stadium. and the famous abolition of football. Father iVil- son's term is still in progress. and it is a tru- ism of historiography that it is well-nigh im- possible to have an impartial view and a proper perspective on recent events. The Rev- erend Joseph Reiner. S. J.. was dean of the college from 19253 till 1932, when he was suc- ceeded by the Reverend Thomas A. Egan. S.-1. At the time of Father l1gan's appoint- 25 ment, the Reverend Xivilliain .L l lllllf'2Hll, S. J.. was made dean of the ,junior college. Perhaps a few words about several changes that have characterized the progressive spirit ofthe lfollege oi' .Xrts and Sf'lClll'f'S should be said at this time before closing the chronicle of the college. The past two years have secn a number of concrete examples ot' that spirit of progress, Outstanding among the many problems solved by the administration during the re- covery period ol' the depression was the for- mation of organizations composed of thc par- ents of the students on the arts campus. The purpose of what later were to become the Loy- ola Fathers' t'lub and the Lo5'ola Mothers t'lub was to foster a greater interest on thc part of the parents in the work of their chil- dren and to promulgate in so far as it was possible a spirit of good wiil between the university and the parents. That the Two parental organizations have more than ful- filled their ends is manifest in the rapid growth ot' the clubs and in the wide variety of undertakings that they sponsor. ln April the student body of the arts col- lege was pleasantly surprised to hear of the appointment of Father Finnegan to succeed Father Egan as dean of the college on the lake shore campus. The change was necessitated by the manifold duties of former dean ligan on the lake shore campus and in the l'niversity l'ollege. Leaving the north campus. Father Egan assumes the post ot' dean of the l'ni- versity l ollege ln brief, then. the arts college. both the tfollege of Arts and Sciences on the lake shore campus and the Vniversity Follege. has full claim to be called the heart of the university. From her Hows the spirit and the activity which is the life-blood of the university: it is her men and women. drilled in their funda- mentals. imbued with a culture and a tradi- tion which is the result and the fruit of cen- turies of experience in the work of educating the young. it is these who form the nucleus of the professional and the graduate schools of the university: it is they who should he. though the youngest of the university 's stu- dents. still her most active and enthusiastic. and, in tine. her leaders. as they shall be lead- ers in later life.