University of the Incarnate Word - Logos Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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Contents INTRODUCTION Title Foreword Staff Contents ' Dedication BUILDINGS AND VIEWS OF CAMPUS Dedication of Marian Ground-breaking ADMINISTRATION and FACULTY Special Convocation SENIORS JUNIORS SOPHOMORES FRESHMEN ORGANIZATIONS I CLUBS SOCIETIES . ACTIVITIES Departmental and Social Activities Favorites ADVERTISEMENTS S and PATRONS INDEX OF STUDENTS . 1 5 - - v - - . 1 II 3 I ,Y

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' V ,,.v1:o1-rr. , ,,,, , ,.......,.... -e..,v.,f--f----:'-+ff- '- - . .---'- '-' '1- -':,: 7 ' mv -., ,, . .. ,g 1- . n H-,. N 6. .., -e . AS WE BEGIN OUR PRODUCTION WORK ON THE LOGOS, we hear remarks on all sides concerning the decade we are entering. We hear if fefeffed td as The FABULOUS SIXTIES, The SOARING SlXTIES and even the echoes of forty years 890, The ROARING SlXTlES. All these mysterious sounds make us sit back and think. What do we think about? Quite naturally, about the decade we are entering. The next ten years may be the most exciting in mankind's long adventure on earth. At long last we are about to begin the exploration of the mys- terious universe that surrounds our planet. Ten years from now life on earth may have been trans- formed by human intelligence and 'ingenuity into something better than man has ever known. The reverse could also be true, but we like to be op- timistic. The year 1960 itself will be one of change, of transition in business, politics, and world affairs. Before 1960 has ended, voters will have chosen a new President of our country, a new Congress, and many new State Administrations. And what of education? According to a recent survey, more than fifty percent of the nation re- gard education as more important than hard work in achieving success in life. The American of 1960 has more educatio'n than the American of 1950. Even greater is the growth in education iust ahead. The same study shows that there are about 4 mil- lion Americans in college today as compared with 2.5 million ten years ago. What the study does not show, however, is whether the' quality of education in the SIXTIES will be superior to that of the past decades. This is where we should be deeply concerned. As stu- dents in a Catholic college, are we concerned with the very highest type of education or are we iust relaxed, unadventurous, completely satisfied with our way of life, and blandly optimistic about d with world peace the future? Are we concerne V , with the spread of Christ's Kingdom on earth with honesty, honor, and all the other outcomes of a truly Catholic education? Asweenterthe FABULOUS SIXTIES, we find we have much to think about. 2

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Following the Convocation in the College auditorium introducing the new presi- dent to the student body, Mother Columkille greets Dr. S. Thomas Greenburg. THIRTY-SEVEN YEARS OF DEDICATION TO AN IDEAL On February 2, 19bO, we, the students of Incarnate Word College, were apprised of the appoint- ment of Mother M. Columkille, President of the college from September, 1923, to February, 1960, to the office of President of the Board of Directors. We also learned of the appointment of' Dr. S. Thomas Greenburg, former Vice-president of the college, to the office of President, replacing Mother M' C I . . . . . oumkrlle. Both appointments mark a very special milestone in the growth and development of Incarnate Word College. Cn the morning of February 3, 1960 as we listened to the new President's s eech of acce t- , P P ance, and heard him recount briefly the achievements of Mother Columkille during the thirty-seven years of her presidency, many of us became aware, for the first time, of the gigantic task carried to the very pinnacle of success during that time. Few of us can conjure up a picture of thirty-seven years, except, perhaps through the eyes of our parents, and even then we must draw heavily upon our imagination which is in reality the bright picture of the stage not yet reached. What we really need here is history and in its pages we find the true facts. When Mother Columkille, then a very young administrator, fresh from a university program of classical studies, was appointed President of Incarnate Word College, she accepted, with perhaps some trepidation, the challenge to guide the destiny of this young institution. The world had re- covered somewhat from the lash of the First World War, and as many could then see, was heading straight into the worst Depression in history. But before that Depression had struck its leveling blow at colleges and universities throughout the country, Mother Columkille had placed Incarnate Word College on the e b h' ' ' m m ers rp rosters of State, Regional, and National Accrediting Agencies. Through the difficult years of 1928-34, when many found it impossible to remain in school, the doors of Incarnate Word C ll o ege were open to all qualified young women, regardless of race, creed, or fi- nancial conditions. And even during that period, three new buildings were erected to care for the growing enrollment - Dubuis Hall, the.Auditorium, and the Education Hall. lt was during that pe- riod, also, that Incarnate Word College secured that prize distinction of being placed on the member- ship list of the Association of American Universities. Dedication 10 Asif f all '15, 5, Sand stu ,. 1 .r 3 Mother f in ire nr f' rather serve Ways Uplffwl Incarnalt sense, ima? 5, individveli aPP'eCllle3 ness Ol God become ider' termenl Ol if prepare the 'rf'- capacity. Tire ln sincere Q? eration ot we dedicate tc cation our ease: lirst year oi -3.