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

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TRADITIONAL POSITION NOW A STRATEGIC ONE Singular among the schools of the University as the champion of cultural standards, the Arts College brings to a focus in a rational scheme the elements that designate a man as cultured — the social, intellectual and spiritual. THE traditional position of the School of Liberal Arts is at the center of university life. It is the keeper of those things of the mind and spirit that give integrity, balance and wisdom to the educated man. This does not even remotely imply that an education in the true sense is possi- ble only in the college of liberal arts, but it is here that first things are placed first. In the last several decades, this role of the college has con- flicted with the attitude of the most vociferous of our educators. The goal of education seemed to be changed to Power and Service. Youth attended universities in order to acquire something they could sell. ■ The American college particularly, not having many years of broad and wide culture behind it, was quickly overshadowed by the university. It was the meek, almost apologetic, parent who sat in the corner while her offspring played loudly and vulgarly. The college, the mother of the univer- sity, could hardly call her soul her own. She her- self, from expediency and pressure, made unfortu- nate concessions and compromises. Today the true nature of the college is little understood or appreciated. The elaborate expansion of the uni- versity has hidden the fateful decline of the proper function of the college, though the college is closer to the essential interests of the people. ■ But there are signs of promise. Thinkers and educators in growing numbers, perceiving the need of a truly liberal college, are coming to its defense. Even the group at Teachers ' College, Columbia, the largest and most influential school of its kind in the country, admits failure and condemns the illiberality and aimlessness of most of our colleges of liberal arts. When such influential leaders in American education speak in this fashion, we per- ceive definite signs of change, for until now edu- cators have been concerned, not with ideas or philosophy, but with facts and science. It is time in this day of change for education to pause and adjust itself. The future of society depends largely upon the schools wherein the citi- zens of the future are trained. But, and here is the catch, modern educators have no plan to offer; they plead helplessness in the face of overwhelming forces. They explicitly state that the new plan ROY VINCENT BOEDEKER, A.B. St. Louis, Missouri Doctor of Medicine JOSEPH BENJAMIN BOLAND St. Louis, Missouri Bachelor of Arts LOUIS AUGUST BOSOLD Overland, Missouri Certificate in Commercial Science FRANK. TALLMADGE BRENNER, JR. Quincy, Illinois Doctor of Medicine PAUL MELVIN BRENNER Quincy, Illinois Doctor of Medicine ALFRED BREUER. B.S. Cleveland, Ohio Doctor of Medicine JEROME DOERR BRINKMAN Webster Groves, Missouri Candidate for Bachelor of Lau Bosdeker Boland Bosold F. T. Brenne P, . L Brenner Brinkman 123

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■ The College of Arts and Sciences is located in the Administration Building, wherein are grouped the major offices of the University. . . Its regis- trar. Miss Elma Poole. . . General view of the central library located in the Arts College. ■22 1

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THE BASIS FOR FURTHER EDUCATIVE DEVELOPMENT ■ Miss Margaret Farrell. secretary to Rev. Robert S. Johnston, S.J., president of the University. Taking it easy between classes in the smoking room of the Arts School. ; I I 5 10 !l Im Always a sympathetic f. ' 1 31 counsellor. Rev. Francis - ; . fi J. O ' Hern. S.J., spiritual adviser of students, at his desk. A student comments on the professor ' s remarks in a history class. Seeing a bow tie askew was too much of a temp- [ tation; he just had to straighten it! The appearance of the University News each Friday morning is greeted by an enthusiastic group of under- graduates. 124 1