Marquette University - Hilltop Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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Row I: Fr. George E Goto, S.J., Sr. M Thomos, O.S F., Jerome W. Archer. Row 2: Horvey P. Petti . Williom Dehorn. Arthur T. Donohue. John R. Koch Row 3: Fr. Joseph F. Carroll, SJ., Fr. Gcrord Smith. S.J., Fr Rophoel N. Homilton, SJ., John P Treocy ing on West Wisconsin Avenue, named Johnston Hall in honor of its donor, Mr. Robert A. Johnston. Since that time, Johnston Hall has housed most of the offices of the various departments of the College, in addition to providing living quarters for the Jesuit community in its south wing. The increased enrollment following the war necessitated the acquisition of more space for both classrooms and offices. Temporary struc- tures on Thirteenth and Sixteenth Streets eased the problem, and the gradual lessening of the number of veterans brought enrollment closer to normal. Construction in 1950 of a new building for the College of Business Administration assured adequate space in the Science building, which formerly held the offices of that college. The Liberal Arts curriculum includes departments in English, classical and modem lan- 423

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Rev. Virgil Roach. S.J. Dmk Rev. Eugene H. Kessler, S.J. Assistant Dean College of Liberal Arts The College of Liberal Arts is the keystone of Marquette's educational facilities. It provides its students with training which will help them lead good Catholic lives, and the knowledge which serves as a suitable foundation for further professional or technical instruction, either in or out of college. By emphasizing the speculative branches of knowledge, the College introduces the students to the basic questions of human life. By stressing the vast body of Christian culture, it imbues the students with an appreciation for the heritage of Western civilization. Having been founded in 1881. the College retains the distinction of being the oldest college on the campus. It was located in a building owned by Gesu parish until 1906. In that year, the College was moved to a new four-story build-

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guages, speech, mathematics, political, social and physical sciences, education, history, religion and philosophy. The College offers the degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, and Bachelor of Philosophy. The Bachelor of Arts curriculum is designed to provide for limited specialization, but its primary aim is the imparting of a cultural education as a foundation for Good Catholic living. The Bachelor of Science curriculum stresses the scientific method as a basis for sound thinking, tempered by training in languages, history and philosophy. Training in the social sciences or in the modem literatures, with specialization in one or two fields, is the objective of the curriculum for the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy. Students who wish to study law, medicine or dentistry must prepare themselves by spending at least three years in the College of Liberal Arts. During these three years they must fulfill preprofessional requirements in philosophy, religion, English, modem languages. Classics, history, science, social science, mathematics and education. The professional school which he wishes to enter specifies the Liberal Arts departments in which a pre-professional student must do much of his work. Each student enrolled in the College is a member of the Liberal Arts Association. This group presents a golden key each year to the student in each class maintaining the highest scho- 24(3-