Loyola University - Wolf Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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Mr. Daggett lectures to the future lawyers of America as some frantically take notes and others mark his every word College Goal Is To Learn To Ask ' Why ' A university and a quest for knowledge. With each class, each seminar, each new page of notes or new problem solved in math, Loyola students grow more mature, more able to cope with the problems of today ' s world, and if during this search they learn to ask themselves ' why ' then the long path shall not be in vain. For 53 years the priests of the Society of Jesus have imparted on their students the world ' s knowledge togeth- er with the profound truth that life, when divorced from God, is but existence. Learning is not a means to merely pass the time on earth, but a step to the ultimate source of all knowl- edge, God.

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University Changes With World A university is responsible for the men and women of tomorrow and for the future of the world. What she pro- duces through her doors will lead nations into decadence or progress, and Loyola, in keeping with the many changes that this century has wrought, is not one to be left behind. As a result of the university ' s self-study program the theology requirements and curriculum were revised to become effective in the fall. In place of the 16 semester hours required (8 semesters, 2 hours each), the theology requirements will be 15 semester hours (5 semesters, 3 hours each). The language department was revamped with the in- stallation of the most modern language lab in the South. 60 booths brought Loyola students an opportunity for improvement and the Loyola faculty a change from the conventional classroom lectures. The dental school received a $3,060,043 grant from the U. S. Public Health Service as it entered its second half- century of service to the area and plans for construction of a new building in the downtown area began. The Inter-American Center was responsible for the Latin American students that came to Loyola ' s campus on an invitational-education plan and for the offices built in the basement of Danna center. A university is the first to honor tradition, but it must also be first to recognize the needs of the future. Charleen White uses modern equipment as an aid to a better educati.