Marquette University - Hilltop Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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The Marquette University Law School, since its organization in 1908, has attempted to instill in the minds of students high Christian principles to carry with them into the field of law. An appreciation of the sense of professional ethics and of the social responsibilities which must be omnipresent in a good lawyer's scope is an essential part of the Marquette lawyer’s education. The School is a member of the Association of American Law Schools, and is approved by the Wisconsin Bar Association. Francis X. Swietlik has been dean of the Law School since 1934; Rev. Joseph A. Ormsby, S. J., is Regent of the School. The faculty is composed of able, full-time instructors as well as competent practicing lawyers. Graduates of the School are admitted to the Wisconsin State Bar upon presentation of their diploma to the Wisconsin Supreme Court In addition to the theory of law which students receive, a practical knowledge of the application of this theory is presented them through the case method. A practice, or ■ moot”, court is conducted throughout the year in an effort to develop the student's powers of legal analysis and reasoning. All stages of legal procedure are treated, from the lower courts to the Supreme Court. The Marquette University Criminal Law-Institute, open to second and third year students, is another method of training. The institute deals with criminal law problems and proceedings. The results of research in this field are made known at public meetings. The organization also sponsors lectures by outstanding authorities in the field of criminal law'. At the beginning of the past year, the Law-School inaugurated a fifteen-week summer session, enabling its students to finish the prescribed three-year course in two calendar years. Delta Theta Phi, national legal fraternity, and Sigma Nu Phi, international law fraternity, have chapters affiliated with Marquette. Francis X. Swietlik Dean of the School of Law Rev. Joseph A. Ormsby. S.J. Rcjtent Page 25

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Combining the general background of liberal arts courses with technical training in reporting, editing, advertising and radio writing, the College of Journalism trains men and women to perform the work of journalism according to sound principles and thorough practical experience. In addition to the new trimester system, begun last July, a four-semester War Emergency Program in Journalism was set up for the purpose of supplementing the immediate manpower shortage in newspaper and magazine production, in advertising services, in radio and other communication media. This temporary war-geared program of basic courses in Journalism provides the men and women with a minimum of specialized training necessary for starting positions in the field of journalism. Four publications are edited and managed by students in Journalism at Marquette, giving them experience in writing, editing, news coverage and makeup. They are the HILLTOP, University yearbook produced by the Junior class; the TRIBUNE, weekly newspaper staffed by upperclassmen; the JOURNAL, literary quarterly; and the ALUMNI NEWS, newspaper published monthly for former Marquettcrs. J. L. O’Sullivan, now completing his six tcenth year as Dean of the College, began his career at Marquette as a student in the old School of Journalism. He spent many years coordinating the framework of theory with the substance of practical newspaper experience. Rev. Gerald P. Brennan, S.J., Regent of the College, has held that position since 19-10. Affiliated with the College of Journalism arc Theta Sigma Phi, national professional sorority for women in the field, and Kappa Tau Alpha, national honorary scholastic fraternity. Both Sigma Delta Chi. national professional, and Chi Alpha Psi, local professional fraternity, are not actively organized at the present time. Page 24 J. L. O'Sullivan Dean of the College of Journalism Res. Gerald P. Brennan, S.J. Regent

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Liberal Arts Liberal education, according to Cardinal Newman, is that training by which the intellect, instead of being sacrificed for some particular purpose or profession, is cultivated for its own sake, for the perception of its own proper object: truth. Jesuit educators have always placed stress on this idea of liberal education. When once it has been acquired, professional training can be more effectively applied. It is a solid rock upon which a student can found all his future learning. For that reason, the College of Liberal Arts was established, and since, has always encouraged professional students to secure degrees in Liberal Arts as well as their chosen professions. When the Arts College was established bv the Jesuits in 1875, it was called the St. Aloysius Academy of Milwaukee. The School's courses extended over seven years and combined secondary and college work. Six years later the Marquette College was formally opened and degrees were con- Rcv. Donald J. Keegan, S.J. Dean of the Gdlege of Liberal Arts Pace 26 ferred on the first five candidates for graduation. In 1900, the College became Marquette University with a number of independent professional schools incorporated with it. The Arts college was moved to its present residence, Johnston Hall, in 1906. During the past year, several members of the Arts faculty have been called to service. Rev. Clarence Whitford, S. J., and Rev. Albert Muntsch. S. J., are now serving as lieutenants in the Navy Chaplain Corps. John Riedl, philosophy instructor, is also in the Navy. Dean of the College since 1958 has been Rev. Donald J. Keegan. S. J. His new assistant, replacing Father Whitford, is Rev. Max G. Barnett, S. J. A minimum of five semesters in the College of Liberal Arts is asked as a prerequisite for entrance into the Schools of Dentistry and Medicine. Six semesters of liberal education are necessary to qualify for the School of Speech. Rev. Max G. Barnett, S.J. Auistant Dean