University of Detroit - Tower Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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The Rev. S. K. Wilson, S. J. Director of Board of Admissions Registrar Member Board of Review North Central Association of moe The Rev. H. F. Smith, S. J. Colleges The Rev. O. C. Snitgen, S. J. Assistant Treasurer University Administrators The Office of Alumni Affairs, which keeps the gradu- ate members of the University in touch with one another as wellas with the campus, is headed by the Rev. Bernard A. Reddy, S.J... . Truman Stacey is director of the Department of Public Relations; his main duty is to keep the general public informed of campus activities . . . In the Engineering Building is located the Student Placement Bureau, where Jane Stephanus aides students in procuring employment ... The Rev. Joseph Loftus, S.J., as the moderator of student publications, supervises both The Varsity News and The Tower. The University of Detroit is a Catholic institution conducted by the Jesuit Fathers. As such, the Univer- sity adheres to the definite philosophy embodied in the Encyclical of Pope Pius XI “On the Christian Education of Youth” (1929) : “The proper and immediate en d of Christian Edu- cation is to cooperate with Divine Grace in forming the true and perfect Christian. ... For precisely this reason, Christian education takes in the whole aggre- gate of human life, physical and spiritual, intellectual and moral, individual, domestic and social, not with a view of reducing it in any way, but in order to ele- vate, regulate and perfect it, in accordance with the example and teaching of Christ.” The University of Detroit is one of a group of twenty-five Jesuit colleges and universities in this country. From the Jesuit Order the University re- ceives a permanent contribution of educational an d religious service, the appointment of its chief admin- istrative officials, the advice and supervision of the leading Jesuit educators—regional and national and a rich heritage of four centuries of educational experience. The Rev. D. M. O’Connel, S. J. Librarian The Rev. C. E. Schrader, S. J. Director of Graduate Division The Rev. B. A. Reddy, S. J. Acting Director of Alumni Relations

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SELES The Rev. J. A. Foley, S. J., student counselor and T. R. Pixley, commerce sophomore — The Rev. A. H. Poetker, S. J., executive dean The Board of Trustees and the Council of Deans and Regents are policy-forming groups. The Council is em- powered to determine degree requirements and coordin- ate curricula among the University’s several schools and departments. Members are: the Rev. Albert H. Poetker S.J., executive dean and chairman of the Council; the Rev. John F. Quinn, S.J., dean of the College of Arts and Sciences; Dr. Lloyd E. Fitzgerald, dean of the Col- lege of Commerce and Finance ; Clement J. Freund, dean of the College of Engineering; Jasper Gerardi, assistant dean of the College of Engineering ; Daniel ]. McKenna, dean of the School of Law; Dr. Rene Rochan, dean of the School of Dentistry ; the Rev. Charles E. Schrader, S.J., director of the Graduate Division; the Rev. George A. Kmieck, S.J., dean of freshmen; the Rev. Edward J. O’Connor, S.J., dean of men; Helen Kean, dean of women; the Rev. Samuel K. Wilson, S.J., director of Board of Admissions, and member of Board of Review of the North Central Accrediting Association; the Rey Henry J. Wirtenberger, S.J., regent of the School of Law and the College of Commerce and Finance ; the Rev George J. Shiple, S.J., regent of the College of Engineer ing; William B. O’Regan, assistant Commerce dean and director of the Evening Division of the College of Com- merce and Finance; Dr. Francis J. Donahue, director of the Evening Division and the Summer Session and the Rev. Hugh F. Smith, S.J., registrar. To foster community support of the University and to maintain its sound financial structure are primary duties of the Administrative Council. Members of the Council include the following; Walter O. Briggs, president, Br ies Manufacturing Company; Leo M. Butzel of Butzel, Eaman, Long, Gust and Bills; E. F. Connely, ein nt, First of Michigan Corporation ; Lt. Col. Frank Couzens, chairman, Wabeek State Bank of Detroit; M. FE. Coyle, vice-president, General Motors Corporation ; James E. Danaher, of the R. E. Danaher Company ; William M. Dillon, vice-president, Scotten-Dillon Com- pany; Charles T. Fisher, Sr., president, Fisher and Company; Leonard L. Healy, president, D. J. Healy Shops; James S. Holden, president, James S. Holden Company ; Dr. William E. Keane, physician and surgeon ; V. Ledyard Mitchell, vice- president, Chrysler Corpora- tion; the Hon. Ernest A. O’Brien, judge, Federal Court ot Michigan. Helen Kean, dean of women and Jane Devey, Arts junior — The Rev E. J. O’Connor, S. J., dean of men

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| | | | | Truman Stacey Director of Publicity As a Catholic and Jesuit institution the University of Detroit seeks to integrate professional, technical, literary and cultural training with a philosophy of life that is recognized as valid by the Catholic Church. This basic aim is envisaged most fully in the College of Arts and Sciences, which is regarded as the heart of the University, and which provides as one of its essential features a well-balanced program of general education in harmony with the Catholic Lloyd Logsdon The Rev. J. Loftus, S. J. Moderator of Student Publications philosophy of life. This implies instruction and guid- ance in developing within the student a realization of himself and of his basic human relationships. It implies the integration of spiritual and moral with intellectual and physical living which is calculated to find expression later through participation in the spiritual, intellectual, civic and social life of the community. The first class building of the forerunner of the University of Detroit housed the Academy, 1877, which preceded the Arts School, 1879, leading to the Detroit College, 1881, and the University of Detroit, 1911. 23