Marquette University - Hilltop Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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1941 .4 g»ou iliuuw) i rliffuult problem niter tit11 (.t minute Selutol ttuilrim luten attentively to the inttrutlor three years ol service, who have completed thirty semester hours ol courses on the graduate level. The plan, which was developed at Columbia University, is designed to aid those | eople whose teaching load does not leave time lor the extensive research required for writing a complete thesis. Many insttuciors in secondary schools feel that their methods will not he improved by learning the techniques ol research. For them this degree is especially adapted since its additional courses may Ire directed to a broader understanding of those fields which they are teaching. For those students not in service who wish to major in education, the Master of Arts degree is offered. However, these candidates will hate to meet the traditional requirements of examination and thesis. Enrolled in the School this year were 136 students. At commencement exercises held in |line of last year 69 higher degrees were awarded. Twenty-six candidates became Masteis ol Education: nineteen. Masters of Science: twenty. Masters of Arts: and four. Doctors of Philosophy. Moreover, the yearly distinctive civic service award, as determined by the Graduate School committee, was presented to the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Matthew F. McEvoy, director of Catholic Charities foi the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. Francis P. Matthews. Omaha. Neb., supreme knight of the national fraternal order of the Knights of Columbus, was the recipient of the honorary degree of Doctor of laws. It was not until 1923 that the Graduate School was sc|Ktratcd from the Literal Arts College. Previous to this date a few higher degrees. as authorized by the University's charter, were conferred. Since the establishment as a distinct unit, the Graduate School has excluded with the rest of the University and has olfered an increased numl er of degrees and courses yearly as a result of increasing demands made by the professional world. Besides holding a faculty-student reception, the School also welcomed another innovation. Offices were moved from Johnston Hall to the newly remodeled Administration building. I loused in a suite of three rooms on the second door, much more sjiace is available. Accommodations for seminars were also arranged. Pack 25

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GRADUATE SCHOOL Inn i tid llafilinrl V. Hamilton. Van « Iht (.rad m ale Srltoot • The function of the Graduate School in the University is the instruction of college graduates having a bachelor’s degree in arts, in science, in philosophy or from a professional school. They do llicit advanced studies and research along lines for which they have been prepared by s|H cial and extended work in their undergraduate days. Throughout this study the Graduate School stresses the radualt iimtri ait lirid in jolinUun Hall successful combi- nation of the spiritual and temporal that is characteris-lic of a Jesuit education. I hc Graduate School is organized as an integral division of the University. Its administrative officers are re-sponsible directly to the President and the Hoard of Trustees. Though its faculty is drawn Paw; LM from the component schools and colleges ol the University, the Graduate School is governed by an autonomous Iroard. the University Board of Graduate Studies. Degrees obtainable arc in the usual liclds ol humanities and science, also in the pmfession.il realm of nursing, education, engineering, journalism and medicine. There are none in dentistry. law or business administration. S| ecific-ally, the Master of Vrts, Master of Science, Master ol Education. Master of Science in Nursing Education and Doctor of Philosophy degrees are offered. The seventeenth year in the Graduate School's history was opened in October of this term with the initial Faculty-Student-Graduate reception. Proposed as an annual affair, the reception was enthusiastically heralded as an event especially conducive to more pleasant acquaintances between the stall and students. I he Rev. Raphael X. Hamilton. S.|., Dean of the Graduate School, was in charge of the activity. This is the Inst year in which the Master of Kducation degree without a thesis requirement will be (onfened on practicing teachers with

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Preliminary preparations Inr Atliuil rxperiemr in the (.unit tut ting denturet in filling rarities dental rlinir the laboratory DENTAL SCHOOL Announcement Iasi Januarv l ilic medical dc| artincnt of the United States Nav that jun iors and seniors in the Marquette University Dental School were eligible for the |x»ts of ensign in the navv is typical of the Univcrsitv's cooperation with the national defense program. Ih II I.. ItairJiaf. Dean of the D ulal School Dentists who | ass the rigorous entranee ev amination will Ik assigned to the Volunteer Reserve (an ps until their graduation, at which time they will s|K nd one year at the United States Naval Dental School in Washington. D. C., for |Mist-graduate instructions. Here. too. they will become acquainted with the status ol naval dental officers and the svstciu under whic h dental activities arc carried on in conjunction with other naval functions. After this the student will lie assigned three-year alternating |x ri-ods at sea and on land stations. Originally affiliated with the Milwaukee Medical College in 1894. the Dental Sc hool became part ol the University projxrr in its thir teenth year and assumed equal status among other schools and colleges with the erection of the new Dental building in 1922. Improvements came steadily as the curriculum was inc reased in 1925 and 19.12 until it reached its present six-year length. The Marquette diploma is recognized in every state, an I'ac.i: 26 1881