Marquette University - Hilltop Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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1934 — The Federal Emergency Relief Association provides money for jobs so that students can continue their education. More than 400 people apply for work, but only 233 jobs are available. Tuition is S20-1 a year. 1936 — The Marquette Medical Review, the first journal of its kind, is first published. — Nursing has been a program in the Medical College since 1907, bur the College of Nursing becomes independent in 1936. 1937 — The football ream is the best ever, bur an upset loss to Duquesne University in the final game of the season costs Marquette a Rose Bowl bid. Marquette’s 7-1 record is good enough to draw an invitation to the 18

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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

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Left: The cluster of buildings in this view was known in the 1930s as the lower campus. Bottom Left: The Dental Clinic. 1932. Below: Marquette's first dorm. Alumnae House. Bottom Right: The Alumnae Association did things right in acquiring Alumnae House. Response to advertising was good, and 83 women lived in the house its first year. Never Cross A Marquette Woman It took the efforts of a group of disgruntled female graduates to open the first dormitory on the Marquette campus. The story begins in 1921, when the Alumni Association, an informal group since the 1890s, was formally incorporated. Women were not allowed into the organization, so the alumnae formed their own association in 1924. The preliminary purpose of this rather informal group was to secure housing for women who came from out of town to attend Marquette. The original Alumnae Association folded in 1931- In 1937, however, the alumnae regrouped, and were formally recognized by the university in January 1938. During the next summer vacation, the Alumnae Association leased a house on the corner of 12th and Kilbourn. It housed 85 female students that year, and it made a profit. By 1948, the Alumnae Association owned the building. Impressed by the efficiency of the Alumnae Association, the men’s organization called for a merger of the two groups, promising that women would have full membership and representation in the Alumni Association. The merger was completed in 1949. The first men's dorm was opened two years after Alumnae House was opened, although efforts to establish one had begun during the 1937 38 school year.