Marquette University - Hilltop Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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N ADDITION to those physical services offered by the community, the school contributes to the mental development of Milwaukee. Marquette, as most other urban universities, recognizes its duty to stimulate intellectual development in its city, not only through its regular college programs, but also in its part-time and adult education services. With an increasing amount of leisure time, more and more Milwaukeeans are taking advantage of these programs for evening and part-time study offered by Marquette. In these divisions, past graduates arc enabled to return and become still more expert in their fields; many who did not complete their college educations are continuing in night classes; and others having no previous college experience are presented an opportunity for higher education. Souk attend Marquette for refresher courses, and still others study merely to stimulate their intellectual lives. The programs offered by the University’s adult and part-time educational services broaden each year, with new courses relevant to community and national problems constantly being introduced. In supplying this valuable intellectual service, the faculty has been lxilstered by professional people from the city, and other community leaders participate in the conferences and institutes which the University sponsors to stimulate intellectual progress. Only a metropolitan location can supply the vast number of people needed for the operation of the services which are an essential part of professional programs. Thus, again, the mutual benefits are inseparable; without the persons Milwaukee supplies, Marquette’s intellectual activity would In weakened, and without Marquette's services, the community's professional level would suffer. Though vitally related to the progress of both, the professional unity which exists between the city and the University represents just one phase in their partnership. Of equal significance is the cultural cooperation of the two which ties another knot in the cord of mutual dependence binding Marquette ami Milwaukee. Devoted to the world of thought and learning, the University is a natural breeding place for culture, and it is logical that the city should look to Marquette for leadership in such activity. Marquette has not failed to meet these demands. For many years it has enhanced the prestige of Milwaukee and Catholic education alike by furthering art and culture. In the lilx-ral arts program, an appreciation of culture is developed through heavy emphasis on artistic evolution of classic and contemporary civilizations. Though Marquette lacks an academic department devoted to the arts, definite strides were taken during the past year to erase that deficiency when the University allied with Milwaukee’s Layton School of Art to strengthen the curriculum. To increase the aesthetic principles developed in the classrooms, campus organizations also sponsor cultural programs throughout the year. With almost all of these programs open to Milwaukee audiences, the community receives immediate benefits from Marquette's cultural leadership. This increases the steady elevation of its tastes brought about by the assimilation of Marquette graduates.

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EALIZINC the contributions of Marquette to its professional life, Milwaukee opens itself wide to the University, enabling Marquette to present to its professional students unlimited opportunities to see the principles which they are studying put into action. City law courts are made available for observation by future lawyers, factories to young engineers; television and radio stations welcome student participation; Milwaukee's business section enables students of commerce to observe actual business operations; two daily newspapers present models for journalism students; practice-teaching facilities in the city's schools are offered to future instructors; hospitals and clinics are work-grounds for future doctors, nurses and dentists. The extent of these practical facilities which Milwaukee offers for Marquette’s use is almost endless. Here in the city are merged the national groupings of the world, the limitless shades of the social scale and the multifarious problems of civilization. Truly, Milwaukee is also a university, a middle-ground lx tween the intellectual and practical lives, a laboratory of reality for Marquette. Moreover, not only individual students but the University’s professional programs as well benefit from Marquette’s location in an urban community. Here, a pulse beat from the campus, are fix-ated all the professional interests which Marquette enriches. Cooperation with the various professional groups is made simple by their fixation, and from these contacts Marquette can improve its instruction in many fields. However. Marquette is searching for something higher than material contentment and happiness. The University is an intellectual center dedicated to the search for truth. It is a complex thing, this pursuit of truth and wisdom, yet each day in the midst of classes and activities the student is aware of it. Every phase of Marquette’s intellectual life is directed to attaining this truth. Subjects are taught, not as isolated divisions of knowledge, hut as related parts of a giant circle whose center is truth. Courses are based on classic philosophies which provide the depth and wisdom of the ages. Experimental and technical studies are not overlooked, yet the development of those individual skills remains only contributor)' to the complete, intellectually virtuous man. Because the Marquette student cannot fail to be influenced by this atmosphere, his lifelong attitudes and philosophy are affected. Schooled in classical subjects, he will evaluate contemporary problems by the events and sound thinking of the past; trained to think and reason properly, he will make wise, intelligent decisions. And strengthening this development of the intellectual virtues is the biggest truth Marquette teaches, the Divine Truth, which enables its students not only to know how to lx- scholars, scientists and citizens, but also to realize for Whose glory they are striving intellectually. In all the aspects of his personality, the Marquette student will communicate the ideals learned at Marquette. The values instilled in him and made strong by his stay at the University will forever influence his actions and will lx shared with all he meets. When the person lent to Marquette for development returns to his community, his pres- r - ence cannot fail to elevate its entire mind. And the community which is elevated j1 most by these cultivated graduates is Milwaukee. ■

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13 I W EGAUSE of a variety of cultural tastes, there is a wide selection of cultural programs. The ■ most frequent are the lectures offered by Marquette groups. Each year the school presents world-reknowned scholars and literary figures and introduces Milwaukee to contemporary art leaders. Local personalities also make regular contributions to Marquette’s programs throughout the year. Besides these speakers, the University offers an organized speakers service. Members of its faculty and administration respond to almost fifty requests per month for speeches before industrial, educational and social groups. Moreover. Marquette provides Milwaukee with the resources of the Memorial Library and several specialized libraries in the professional schools, all of which are open to those engaged in research. Also available to off-campus readers are the publications of the Marquette Press, including the many scliolarly works of faculty members. As a further cultural service to Milwaukee, Marquette is prepared to satisfy the demands for quality entertainment through its artistic, musical and dramatic presentations. In the process of building an imposing art collection, the University annually presents several photography and art exhibits; musical groups on the campus and nationally prominent musicians raise the city’s cultural tastes, while the school's dramatic groups, led by the Marquette Players, bring some of the best in theater to the city. Still, Marquette’s cultural offerings are not static. The inquiring nature which is synonymous with university life leads the school to explore new and modem aspects of the arts, just as it docs in the professional fields. During the Anniversary Year, the tendency to concentrate on contemporary art forms gained momentum and the University has made impressive strides in the areas of jazz, modern art and contemporary drama. However, few of these cultural programs could continue without an audience. and it is Milwaukee which provides that audience. So again, this time in their cultural developments, the mutual dependence of the partners is evidenced.