Marquette University - Hilltop Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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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

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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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This year marks the 31st anniversary of the Marquette Medical School and for the second time in the School’s history it has turned its facilities over to the training of doctors for the United States Army and Navy. Today the School resembles a military reservation. But the same high standards that have ever made the Marquette Medical School one of the foremost in the country are unchanged. Its aim remains the extension of the held of medical knowledge combined with the training of qualified doctors of high ethical character. Today, it is this, plus the military training of good soldiers and officers. The faculty members of the school have been keeping pace with the students in uniform. Thirty-five of the men in white have left their classrooms and laboratories to enlist in the armed forces serving on the fighting fronts. The school is a member of the Association of American Medical Colleges and is approved by the American Medical Association. It has long been recognized as a leader in the field of Catholic Medical education, boasting the most modern scientific equipment. Numbering over 36,600 standard and research works, the Medical school library contains both the School volumes and the volumes of the Milwaukee Academy of Medicine. The student health clinic is maintained in the Medical School Building with provision being made for health care for all students. Naval units maintain their own sick bay in charge of Navy doctors. Dr. Eben J. Carey, a man of ceaseless energy and recipient of an American Medical Association award for his research, has just completed his eleventh year as dean of the School, and his twenty-third as Director of Anatomy. The Rev. Anthony F. Bcrcns, S. J., is Regent of the School. Professional medical fraternities affiliated with the School are Kappa Alpha, Phi Chi, Alpha Kappa Kappa, Alpha Epsilon Pi and Phi Delta Epsilon. Dr. Eben J. Gircy Dean of the School of Medicine Rev. Anthony F Re ten v S.J. Recent Pace 27