Marquette University - Hilltop Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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' Part Four: Intermission (1946-19M) Finally, after 13 years of hardship, the country took a breather. Along with the rest of the country. Marquette entered a new era. The Forties brought rampant inflation and consumerism. The Fifties brought the Red Scare, the McCarthy hearings, the emergence of television and rock n' roll, and the beginnings of the civil rights movement. In the early Sixties, the baby-boom generation came of age. All of these social phenomena profoundh affected Marquette as it was forced to bring its ancient Catholic tradition into a rapidly-changing. anti-traditional society. 1946 — Enrollment reaches an all-time high at 4.732 as the campus is flooded with veterans making use of the G.l. Hill to fund their educations. To ease the overcrowded conditions created by the sudden influx of students, pre-fabricated barracks are installed behind the Science lluildmg (currently called Marquette Hall) and the Medical College. A library, a larger union and more classroom space are desperately needed. 1917 — Enrollment jumps to over 7.(XX). Plans to permanently ease the overcrowding 24

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dorm is named after the first president of the Union, Rev. Peter A. Brooks, S.J. — The engineering building is completed. Because of the increasing threat of war, the building has been hurried. Since all of the fund-raising goals have nor been met. the interior walls are of bare cement block. — The threat of war becomes the reality of war as the Japanese bomb part of the U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor. For the next four years, the armed forces virtually run the campus. To graduate students more quickly so that they may serve in the military, the school adopts a trimester schedule until 1946. XAHyirn, ir.MWKsm He grabbed my by my elender neck I couldn’t cell nor scream, And dragged me to his dingy room Where we could not be seen. He tore away my filmy wrap and looked upon my form, f —1 I was so cold and damp and peered While he was hot anc warm. Hi8 feverish lips he pressed to mine. ; Sr 1 •, I couldn’t make him stop, I - — He drained me of my very self. I -—«■ I gave him every drop, He made me what I am today, That’s why you find me here, A broken bottle thrown away mh» t once was ull of beer. Alumna Mary Klctt Dunphy shared her college scrap was on a trimester schedule. This report card is for the book with the 1981 Hilltop. July semester. Note that report cards have not really Left: Apparently the student mentality hasn't changed changed very much since 1944: the grading system is much over the years. Beer even finds its way into fine basically the same, but back then, absences were re-literature. ported! Right: During the Second World War, the university 23

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The Student Handbook Every year it's the same. Freshmen come to Marquette from hundreds of situations having to make the transition to college life. The 1953 Student Handbook listed eight rules for making the transition to college easier. 1. You are in college now. so forget about your past glories in high school. Don't strut around campus wearing emblems or sweaters from high school achievement, but start all over to win college recognition. 2. Study hard the first year and you will discover your other three years will be much easier because you have gotten accustomed to making good grades. 3. Budget both your time and your money. 4. Money is nice to have, but it isn't necessary for success. Many campus leaders are partially self-supporting. 5. Learn to use university libraries. 6. Observe ordinary courtesy. Brush up on etiquette — it will save you needless embar-assment. 7. Get into student activities, for you cannot obtain a complete education from courses alone. l ake advantage of the numerous cultural and social advantages. 8. Learn the schtxd songs and turn out for athletic games. The teams deserve your support. Opposite Page Above Passing through a slidcrulc arch at the Engineers Ball. 1946. Opposite Page Bottom: The I'nion, a male stronghold on campus. about 1947. Left: Batracks which had been built to house military personnel during World War II were switched to classrooms during peacetime, as the campus was inundated with veterans who took advantage of the G.l Bill.