Marquette University - Hilltop Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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Summarizing this attitude of the city. Mayor Frank 1 . Zeidler said: “The future of Milwaukee will see many professionally trained Marquette people in the capacity of leaders — as doctors of medicine, lawyers and dentists. In the technical world. Marquette engineers will maintain Milwaukee's economic competition with other communities. On the cultural level, Milwaukee expects Marquette to furnish a degree of cultural leadership that will not Ik narrowly confined to the interests of Marquette, but will enrich the entire community. Milwaukee expects from University graduates a knowledge of the cultures of all time, new and forward looking ideas, enabling the community to adjust to the changing times. By observing her work, we see that Marquette definitely has met in the past and is preparing to meet in the future these cultural and technological demands. But in addition to those purposes of developing graduates for professional work, the University takes a superior road of contribution to society. Marquette accepts and trains the persons she receives from Milwaukee and other communities, not only that they may become good dentists or lawyers as such, hut that her graduates may benefit the community on an even higher level. That her graduates may lead spiritually and morally good lives, based on the intellectual virtues which they have acquired, that in their moral and intellectual lives they should give greater glory to God, that they consequently should influence and enhance the community’s intellectual and spiritual life — these are the highest purposes of Marquette. And because of these purposes, the partnership which Marquette and the community enjoy becomes even more rewarding. For only through the lives which the two partners cooperate in training, is their mutual professional ami cultural help exalted. Only through the moral, intellectual and spiritual glory which the graduates offer to Cod each day does the exchange of library facilities, lalx ratories and speakers show its true benefits. As the Very Rev. Edward J. O’Donnell, S.J.. president of Marquette, said in his convocation address this year, “Only when the students and citizens provide the best ideas that reason can assemble, place them within the framework of God’s revelations, and bring these ideas to bear upon a world that Christ came to redeem is the ftdl value of this mighty partnership realized.

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KH a ............ or nliKatioii.il institution seen to ■ continuously grow and prosper over a number of years, there are inevitably found at the basis of this progress men of integrity, wisdom, and foresight, men of leadership, responsible for a great part of that prosperity. For it is individuals of this calil er who build a university and a community. And upon tliese men of wisdom and principles who have the strength to act in accordance with this knowledge and to direct others to act in like manner, the development of an institution depends. Without such individuals no institution can long exist, much less advance. With such men. development is inevitable. Both Marquette and Milwaukee have been fortunate in having these leaders initiate1 the growth they are mutually experiencing. And a man who symbolizes this founding movement is Chester O. Wanvig. industrialist, civic leader and benefactor of education. As on industrialist. Mr. Wanvig has served Milwaukee and Wisconsin for over 40 years. As a civic leader, he was one of the organizers of the Greater Milwaukee Committee and the founder of Junior Achievement in the city. As a benefactor of education, his membership on the Marquette Board of Governors and chairmanship of the recently successful fund drive are examples of his accomplishments which have benefitted many schools. It is because of such outstanding leadership which has resulted in the continued growth and betterment for both the community and the University that we are proud to dedicate the 1957 Hilltop to Chester Oil in Wanvig. ■