St Louis University - Archive Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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Sdzo 01 0 f Defzfzlfiry ALl'noNsE M. Sci-1w1'rALLA, S.J. Regent of the Schools of Dcnlisfry and Mad-ififw LPHONSE lVI. SCHWITALLA, S. J., Regent of the lVIedical School, has been a member of the faculty since 1921,.when he came to St. Louis University in the capacity of Associate Professor of Biology. Fr. Schwitalla received his A. B. degree at St. Louis University in 1907, and from that time until 1910 was instructor in chemistry at St. Xavier College, Cincinnati. A few years later he went to Rock- hurst College, Kansas City, as instructor of biology, and in 1918 became a war chap- lain of the Knights of Columbus. As soon as his military duties were completed Fr. Schwitalla went to Johns Hopkins University, and, after getting his Ph. D. in Zoology in 1921, came to St. Louis University.. He is a contributor on the philosophy of biology, and has made investigations on the environment of organisms, ameboid movement, and covered other important fields. Fr. Schwitalla is a member of the A. A. A. S., the Ecological Society, the St. Louis Academy of Science, and the Anthro- pological Society of America, as well as a brother of the Johns Hopkins Chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa, and of the Wzlsliiiigton University Chapter of Sigma Xi. Page 25

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S 612001 of Denizkiry Jmrizs P. HARPER Dean EAN HARPER, who was at different times of his life a practicing dentist and a member of the Board of Education of Str Louis, was appointed Dean of the Dental School in 1912. The biography of the school is Dean Harper's own biography. He has labored long for it, and made it his chief care in life. Since 1895 he has been at the helm, and has seen the school grow from a weak infancy, through a struggling yet vigorous youth, to a powerful and influential manhood. ln 1895 the Dental School, then called the lVlarion-Sims Dental College, was a privately owned institu- tion with a total attendance of twenty-eight students. Dr. Harper, then recently grad- uated from the Chicago College of Dental Surgery, was appointed as instructor in Operative Technics. ln 1912, many years after the Dental School had been trans- ferred to St. Louis University, he was made Dean. From that time dates a series of extensive improvements which culminated eight years later in a new school building erected on the site of the original structure. Under the watchful care of Dean Har- per, the Dental School has merited the distinction of being rated Class A , and stands today as probably one of the largest dental schools west of the llflississippi River. Page 24

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,N , 717' I. Q ll J E. f ,IU - ,s-L ,rx iff J 1 !.- L- x, ' ' ' ' ,J Q l School of .Qzw ALPHONSE G. EHERLE Dean N 1902 Alphonse G. Eberle entered the St. Louis University High School, was graduated there in 1905, entered the College of Arts and Sciences, and received his A. B. degree in 1909. After completing his college course he immediately entered the St. Louis University Law School, from which he was graduated in 1912, receiv- ing the degree of LL. B. Thus Dean Eberle is essentially and entirely a St. Louis University man. While in college he was active in all student activities, particularly in the Philalethic Debating Society, and in the management of the Fleur de Lis , scarcely an issue of which appeared without some contribution from his pen. Though a leader in his class work, he was also ia leader in athletics, featuring especially in track and baseball. After graduating, lVIr. Eberle engaged in the practice of law here in St. Louis, but during most of that time he was on the Law School faculty. In 1918 he was appointed Secretary of the Law School, and became a full-time instructor, in which capacity he continued until June, 1922, when he was made Dean. Under his regime there came first the erection of the splendid new Law Building, and at the same time the raising of the entrance requirements, which was followed by a general tightening up of the entire curriculum. Dean Eberle has been eminently successful, and under his direction the Law School' of St. Louis University has attained national importance. Page 6