Marquette University - Hilltop Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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Disciple of Christ and champion of higher education, Father Raphael McCarthy, SJ., com- pletes his fourth year as President of Marquete University this june. Father McCarthy came to Marquette in 1956, succeeding the Rev. William M. Magee, SJ., as President of the University. Father McCarthy has gained widespread rec- ognition through his work as an educator, au- thor, administrator and disciple of Loyola. Speaking before the annual all-University con- vocation, Father McCarthy said The object of a true education is to fit a man or woman for complete living, and this means training of the whole man. The ideal result of education is a body that is fit, a mind that is keen, and a will that is trained so that its possessor will keep his soul unstained. Facts go from us, and they are not worth remembering, but methods, insights, apprecia- tions, values that are abstracted from many studies, these abide and aid us through the years. They furnish us with interests that prevent our leisure periods from becoming hours of tedium, and rescue us from the plight of the 'retired business man' who Ends that the bottom has dropped out of his world, he stated. That education is an active process, and that it should not result in vocational adaptability is another tenet Father McCarthy stresses. He is the seventh president of Marquette Uni- versity, and the fifteenth since the school was founded as a college in 1881. Before coming to Marquette, he lectured at St. Louis University, where he gained renown for his psychology classes. This year, Milwaukee and its environs saw a popular demand for Father McCarthy's keen, analytical and scientific discussions on the diverse problems of child psychology, and he was re- quested to speak at many civic and fraternal F NINETEEN HUNDRED AND F THER MCCARTHY DISCIPLE OF CHRI T gatherings. His book, Safeguarding Mental Health, published in 1958, is widely known as a penetrating analysis of adolescent problems. It is the fullness of Catholic culture and morality that Father McCarthy sees as the prod- uct ofa true education. And it is this educational policy that is functioning at Marquette Univer- sity under his talent and true leadership. Lending his wholehearted support to the Engineering drive, Father McCarthy acted as an honorary chairman in the campaign to raise funds for the erection of a new College of En- gineering building. Marquette University is flourishing and grow- ing under his leadership, that right leadership that will lead young men and women to the full realization of their destiny in life. It is his guid- ance and advice that has proved valuable to the thousands of youths who have come to him. helping them to grasp the true mission of their participation in University life. As this, the fourth year of his presidency ends, Marquette University comes to know more fully the true talents of Father McCarthy. . C Father McCarthy, Archbishop Stritch and Gun. lVl'ifC,iilhgi0nr Otto Falk chat. D1 hvm Abell F O R PAGE3