University of Notre Dame - Dome Yearbook (Notre Dame, IN)

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Rev. Philip S. Moore, C.S.C. Dean Graduate School . . . HPHE LIMITATIONS of the American college began to be recognized just about one hundred years ago, and within the century the graduate school has been introduced into our educational system, to form with the college the American university. To mature students it offers specialized study and training in research which lead to profound and finished scholarship. Its primary functions are advanced instruction and research creative, productive scholarship which adds to the store of human knowledges. To these may be joined the function of the dissemination of knowl- edge through publications in learned journals and in monographs, and through the prudent use of all modern means of communication. Ideally, the graduate school pursues its search for truth in theology, philosophy, the arts, the sciences, liter- ature in all fields of human learning untram- melled by pragmatic objectives. At Notre Dame, the Graduate School was estab- lished in 1921. Development was slow the first ten years only one doctoral program in Chemistry having been introduced (1928); much more rapid since the early ' 30s. Today eleven departments offer the doctorate and twenty-two the master ' s degree. These departments fall into four divisions: Arts and Letters, Social Science, Science and Engi- neering. Outside the departmental organization there are Lobund in which new techniques and new approaches to fundamental biological problems have been developed, and the Mediaeval Institute. In creating man to His own image, God ' s highest endowment of man is mind or intellect. As educa- tional institution, the graduate school develops the Christian man by perfecting in him this highest endowment in conformity with truth. At Notre Dame the Graduate School performs this noble work in a supernatural and natural environment in which the students can foster their religious life and strengthen their moral characters. Page 26

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Left to right, seated, Rev. John H. Murphy, C.S.C., vice president in charge of public relations at the University; Mr. Walker, chairman of the executive committee of the associate board of lay trustees; Rev. John J. Cavanaugh, C.S.C., president of the University; and Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, C.S.C., execu- tive vice president. Standing are John Cackley, Foundation office staff; J. Arthur Haley, director of public relations; James E. Armstrong, alumni secretary and Foundation vice chairman; John B. Kanaley, Foundation co-chairman in New York City; and Herman Zitt, Foundation office staff. I RGANIZED two years ago the University of Notre Dame Foundation achieved an enviable mark in the educational fund-raising field, for 1949, by attaining a record-breaking $1,924,541.67 from 8,675 alumni and non- alumni friends. In addition $407,305.10 was received for fellowships and grants from industry and government, as well as equipment valued at $84,800. The 8,675 donors to Notre Dame in 1949 was the largest number of benefactors ever to contribute during a single year in the University ' s history. The immediate objective of the Foundation ' s program is a new $1,700,000 Science Building of which more than half of the necessary funds have already been given. Notre Dame has made considerable progress in scientific research which includes experimentation in the following subjects: the Rh factor, anti-malarial drugs, synthetic rubber, plastics, tuberculosis, heart disease and cancer. The new structure will relieve over-crowded conditions existing in the present outmoded building and also provide the most modern facilities for classroom work and research. Included among outstanding gifts received in 1949 were $1,000,000 from Mrs. Fred J. Fisher for a student residence hall and loan fund; $100,000 from I. A. O ' Shaughnessy for the Fine Arts Foundation; $69,000 from the Rockefeller Foundation to be used in the study of international affairs; an electrostatic generator (atom smasher) valued at $59,000 from the Atomic Energy Commission; $40,000 from the William J. Corbett estate; $3 1,000 from the Michael P. Grace Trust; $25,000 from the Kresge Foundation for a room in the proposed Science Building, and $25,000 from the Damon Runyon Memorial Cancer Fund. The University of Notre Dame Foundation was estab- lished in 1947 to record all incoming gifts and devise means of obtaining financial help, to assist in furthering the prestige of Notre Dame and to encourage enrollment of properly qualified students. At the present time chairmen and com- mittees have been functioning in 225 cities throughout the United States. Many non-alumni friends have generously contributed their efforts with loyal alumni in advancing the interests of the Foundation Program. Included in the total amount and number participating were 1158 non- alumni friends who gave $1,418,310 during the past year. Notre Dame is seeking $25,000,000 in a long range pro- gram to provide physical expansion, increased facilities for research and additional scholarships and fellowships.

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