Loyola University Chicago - Loyolan Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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THE REVEREND SAMUEL KNOX WILSON, SJ., chairman of the Academic Council. Perfect unity of government is essential to any university. Realizing that such unity is best achieved through the operation of a body of representatives from the several divisions of the university, in 1928 the Reverend Robert M. Kelley, S.J., then President of Loyola University, founded the Academic Council. The Council is composed of the President, all regents, deans, and assistant deans, and the general registrar of the University. At regular meetings, presided over by Father Wilson, it considers important aca- demic and student welfare problems affecting more than one division of the University. There is no doubt that the Academic Council has had a greater effect upon the coordination and cohesion of the various units of the University than any other single factor. The spirit of cooperation and of making the needs of one division subservient to those of the whole Uni- versity has spread down from the Council through the faculty to the student governing bodies, and finally to the students themselves, thus per- meating the entire structure of Loyola. 26 HEHIHMIE Among the things decided upon this year by the Academic Council was a reduction in tuition granted to all full-time employees of the University and their children in the various academic and commerce divisions of the University Cin- cluding Loyola Academyj. This Will extend to members of the faculty, clerical help, and the maintenance staff. Also approved this year was the beginning of student personnel work on the Lake Shore Campus, with the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences acting as personnel oflicer and being assisted by the assistant dean, the registrar, and a special clerk to make the materials and information needed for this work readily available. Among the changes made in the curricula was the abolition of the degree of Bachelor of Science in Medicine, to be effective at the close of the present academic year. This degree Was given after the completion of three pre- medical work and the first year in the School of Medicine. A proposal Was made by the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences to arrange a special curriculum for a selected group of superior students Working for the Bachelor of Arts degree which would enable them to secure that degree after three years of college work and should induce them to go on into the Graduate School. If successful, this special curriculum might eventually be extended into Loyola Academy, so that outstanding students could begin it in their third year of high school. The Academic Council approved the experiment and when the details are Worked out it will be put into effect. Among other questions discussed but not definitely decided upon at the time of this printing were the abolition of the degree of Bachelor of Science in Dentistry and the discontinuance of the combined curriculum leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree after three years of college and one year of medicine. From the measures adopted by the council during the past year, it is rather obvious that at all times they have the best interests of the school in mind. To keep the school up to a high scholastic level, and at the same time main- tain the personal relationship of faculty and student that is characteristic of Loyola is one of its greatest problems. The Council has been responsible for the course of action that Loyola has taken for the past eleven years and, with this responsibility has been extremely successful. It is through the Work of this body, that the various divisions of the university have been enabled to work more as a unit and less as a separate school with no common ties to the rest of the departments. There can be little doubt that the Council will continue to be successful along these lines for many years to come.

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K WWL FINANCE COMMITTEE SAMUEL INSUL, JR. CHARLES F. CILARKE IVIATTHEXV J. IIICKEY NE' ?'f--Z? PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE EDWARD J. INIEHREN MARTIN J. QUIGLEY LAYVRENCE A. DOWNS BUILDING AND GROUNDS COMMITTEE DAVID F. BuEMN1:1z EDNVARD A. CUDAHY, Ju. WALT1-:Ia J. CUMMINGS

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l llll. First Row--The Reverend William A. Finnegan, S.J., Mr. Henry T. Cl1znnl'Je1'lzLin, The Reverend Elmer A. Barton, S.J., Dr. Willialml H. G. Logan, Mr. John C. Fitzgerald. Second Row-The Reverend Edwzu'd L. Colnon, S.J., The Reverend Thomas A. Egan, S.J., Dr. Louis D. Moorhead, The Reverend Frznmcis J. Gerst, S.J., The Reverend John P. Noonan, S.J., The Reverend James V. Kelly, S.J. Third Row-Dr. James A. Fitzgemlcl, Mr. Bertrluu J. Steggert, The Reverend George L. NVarth, S.J., Mr. Francis J. Rooney, Dr. Paul Kiniery, Dr. John G. Powers. . ., 77 Y 77 77 7 7 ,Y 7 77777 4. 77777 77777 4 :s-f..-., .- 7 .. . ..r- ...AAL