Marquette University - Hilltop Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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Knf'lish isn't meeting today and increased discussion among college leaders about the present and future function of the graduate school. Catholic college leaders have discussed the problem and to improve the scope of training in their colleges, they are planning the co-ordination of their joint efforts at the doctoral level, enabling each college to excel in a different field Such cooperation is possible because of a common philosophy of what is truth and what is man. As far as possible the Marquette Graduate school attempts to fit itself to the specific needs of its 425 students by providing individualized programs. Last summer an additional masters program was begun to meet the professional needs of those who will teach at the secondary or junior college level. In place of the thesis and foreign language requirements, students take courses designed to broaden and deepen their understanding of the matter they intend to teach. The Rev. Edward Drummond. S.J., dean of the Graduate school, directs the activities from his new offices in Bcllarminc Hall. Faculty members are appointed from the schools and colleges of the university. Twenty-three departments offer masters programs with the degrees Master of Arts, Master of Science, Master of Education and Master of Science in Nursing Education. What the answer, you «»n the left?' Let's plug it in the wall.' — 21

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College of Liberal Arts Laying the groundwork for true education in the classic tradition, Marquette takes pride in its Liberal Arts college and regards it as the premier scat of learning on the campus. The college exists to impart knowledge considered essential to a liberal education. It seeks to produce graduates with a trained mind, broad knowledge. and an operative Christian philosophy of life. A freshman who enters the Liberal Arts course is concerned with the problem of how to think. He seeks to acquire a command of a variety of fields and kinds of knowledge as a basis for later specializa- tion. Thus the first two years are devoted to a basic, required program. A more integrated field of knowledge is mastered during the junior and senior years. But throughout all, professional ability is rated secondary to the basis of culture. Marquette's College of Liberal Arts, the first college on the campus, traces its origin back to 1881. At that time and for some years afterwards it was the only unit of Marquette. Its original home was a modest building on Gesu parish property. It was not until 1906 that the college had a building of its own. That was the year that Johnston Hall was coin-completed, and that building has served as the scat of Liberal Arts administration ever since. Since the end of the war, with the record enrollments of the last three years, classes can no longer be confined to the hall itself and are spread over the campus. With Marquette’s other colleges, Liberal Arts must make use of whatever space is available for classes. New annexes were erected behind the Union this year. The dean of the Liberal Arts college is the Rev. Virgil Roach, S.J., with the Rev. Eugene H. Kessler, S.J., acting as assistant dean. The administrative stall is one of the largest on the campus. This is due not only to the very large Rev. Virgil Rtuih, S.J. Rev. Kugcnc H. Kc»»lcr, S.J. Dean AwiM.im Dean — 23 —