Marquette University - Hilltop Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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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

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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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Students of the Marquette School of Speech have interested themselves this year in the problems of the postwar world. These problems have provided a central theme for debates and other extra-curricular activities as well as for academic work. Speech courses and related activities were organized as a unit in 1910. Debating, dramatic art and other speech education activities have been under the direction of the School since 1926. Today the School offers opportunities for specializing in dramatics, public speaking, interpretation, speech correction and radio. The unwavering progress which Marquette students have made in these various fields of speech has proceeded under the direction of Dr. Hugo E. Heilman. Working with Director Heilman is Rev. Donald J. Keegan, S.J., dean of the College of Liberal Arts, who is moderator of the School of Speech. One of the most prominent activities of the School is the Women’s Program Bureau. Dr. Hugo Hcllnun Director of the School of Speech Pace 28 directed by Miss Pearl M. Heffron. This organization gives students an opportunity to exhibit any talent they may possess for the entertainment of Milwaukee civic organizations. In this manner they gain actual experience in their field. Other groups which provide valuable student experience are the Marquette Radio Workshop and the Marquette University Players. These give students the chance to learn, directly, the techniques of stage and radio. Omega Upsilon, national speech sorority, is associated with the School of Speech. Delta Sigma Rho, national honorary debate fraternity, and Theta Rho, local honorary debate fraternity, are on the inactive list. As the only Catholic speech school in the country, and as one of the youngest departments in the University, the Marquette School of Speech has advanced rapidly to assume an important position in Marquette's educational system. Rev Donald J. Keegan, S.J. Moderator