Marquette University - Hilltop Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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A Different Kind Of Victory Marquette track star Ralph Metcalfe did not win his 200-meter race in the 1932 London Olympics. But in the way he took his controversial defeat, he earned the respect of people all over the world. The 200-meter race was run on a curved track that year. The starting line in Metcalfe's lane had been erroneously marked, so that he had to run farther than the other contestants. Nevertheless, he finished so close to the man who was declared the winner, that many judges disputed the outcome. Films later showed tht Metcalf indeed had finished first, but the judges' original decision stood, without protest. 16

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Marquette buys all the property on Wiscon -sin Avenue between 15th and 16th Streets, and south to Clybourn Street. Within a decade, Marquette erects a dentistry building, a gymnasium and a medical building on this property. The dentistry building is at the rime the second largest building for dental educa -tion in the world. 1922 — The Graduate School opens. Masters degrees have been offered at Marquette since 1889, but this is the first organized post-graduate program. — The speech curriculum, which concentrates on the treatment of speech defects, is organized as a separate course of study in the College of Liberal Arts. The School of Speech is established in 1926, and after further upgrading of the program, the College of Speech is established in 1973. 1924 — A football stadium is built at 37th and St. Paul Streets, Sponsored by the Alumni Association, the stadium originally is to seat 50,000 spectators. Support dwindles, however, and the stadium plan has to be revised. The finished structure holds 20,000 people. 15

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Opposite Page Left: At one time there were open spaces on the Marquette campus. This is the practice field next to the gym. about 1930. Opposite Page Right: This garden was behind Johnston Hall until the late 1930s. Left: Where the Legal Research Center currently stands there was once a greenhouse. Parr Three: Depression and War (1930-45) In its first half-century, Marquete had developed a good, solid base. It had been a well-run school, and the future looked bright. Then came the Great Depression. Marquette's Golden Anniversary year. 1931. was one of the worst years of the Depression. Some of the university's solid base was damaged, but the administrators proved very adaptable and innovative. Marquette Came out of the distressing Thirties a much stronger institution than it had been before. And then the Second World War began. Again Marquette had to adapt, not only in order to survive, but in order to help the United States in the most terrible conflict of all time. When it was all over, Marquette, like the rest of the world, was ready to rake on the challenges of modern times. 1930 — For the spring semester. Marquette's enrollment is 3,512. The number of women enrolled nears 1,000; Business Administration is the largest college. 1931 — In its 50th year, Marquette starts to feel the effects of the Great Depression. Enrollment drops below 3,000. Especially affected by the financial pressures of the day are women, as female enrollment drops about 50 percent. 1932 — These are hard times for the nation and for Marquette, but good times for the track team. Ralph Metcalfe, one of Marquette's biggest track stars ever, participates in the Olympic Games, held in London. — The Cramer Life Sciences Building is the only structure built in Milwaukee this year. 1933 — Because many students cannot obtain enough cash to pay for their lunches, they are allowed to charge meals. 17