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

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THE VVCRSHIP OF GOD fulfills the most impor- t nt aim of a university . t dent. It is in the College Ch ch that he meets every N 14 y for lVlass, every year , f the Retreat from the A ca es of the world. r AV T :ras xx. -1- 4 -F44 .- A .Hi y lziversity Section UIDED by the principles embodied in scholastic philosophy and holding Hrm the conviction that The End Of Man Is God, St. Louis University has endeavored, during the near century and a quarter of its existence, to realize in actual life the philosophy of Catholic education. Believing that a foundation on true principles must be laid before the structure of professional or technical skill can be builded, the University seeks to' impart to its students a sound and valid concept of the meaning of life, a true evaluation of the student's potentialities for good, of his possibilities in later life. To achieve such an objective, St. Louis University musters every facility at its command. Personnel, equipment, activities, organization, curricula, all are organized to minister to the students' needs. Witli this one common end in view are united all the apparently heterogeneous and autonomous units of St. Louis University. V At the head of the University is the President who holds in his hands the guiding power. He is assisted in determining general policies by the University Council of Deans and Regents, the foremost advisory board of the University. At the head of each school is a dean who has charge of all affairs pertaining specifically to his particular school. The centers of University activity are the Graduate School which trains its students for special fields of endeavor, and the College of Arts and Sciences which also serves as a preparatory school for those who desire to enter one of the professional schools. The School of Commerce and Finance attempts to train capable business leaders g the School of Education competent teachers, the School of Social Service good social workers, the School of Law learned lawyers, the School of Medicine expert doctors, the School of Dentistry competent dentists 1 the School of Nursing seeks to graduate well-trained nurses, the School of Philosophy and Science and that of Divinity completely educated ministers of Christ-but all hold this objective supreme: that they graduate men and women who will be a credit to themselves and their school, that they become living embodiments of the principles of 'Catholic education, that they. become more like to the image of their Creator. Such is the final end of a Catholic university, such is its razlron cfeire. v15v

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AROUND THE WORLD correlate re in the Geo- p xsics office ocated ' G acluate Sc ool. the o l of the geopl 5 . A T 1 U A - ..,. fn' ' 'N W r 1 1 'si- f . T s s is carried on. Their com- W -,- -, ' pl X records, the voluminous I . 1 d ta acquired in their work, . 1 d he 4- l in the ' h 4 V- 9 vw . W ,r is , T UNIVERSITY is an organism in which various schools, faculties and disciplines co-operate, or should co-operate, in the production of the scholar-one who will take his place in the long line of torch-bearers who have passed from generation to generation the ever-brightening flame of Christian civilization and culture. It should never be forgotten that the center around which educational activities revolve is the student. There is danger at times, in the ever-growing complication of modern educa- tional methods and techniques, that this may be overlooked, that means may be mistaken for ends 5 that attention may be centered on the process itself so as to obscure its objective -the production of scholars. Knowledge, after all, is transmitted only from mind to mind, and knowledge advances only as those who know increase and mature. The development of scholars must, of course, take place by stages. The preserva- tion of the past, the transmission of accumulated treasures of man's intellectual achieve- ments in an ordered synthesis is a function shared by all the schools of the University and is perhaps emphasized more particularly by the undergraduate schools. The Gradu- ate School claims as its peculiar prerogative the creation of the future, the gradual pushing back of the frontiers of ignorance by the research and experiment of trained specialists. V These ideals are interdependent, but their coordination in practice requires vision and mutual respect on the part of students and teachers in all the schools of the University. The role of the graduate school in any university is as important as it is unobtrusive. It furnishes no candidates for the football team 5 none of its students are prominent in the social activities of the University. Nevertheless, the Graduate School is the center about which the intellectual life of the University revolves. It sets the norm for the undergraduate students who aspire to higher education, it extends the frontiers of knowl- edge, ever seeking farther horizons. The role of the Graduate School, then, is that of a highly specialized expert. It caters only to students who give promise of achievement vl5v