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

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Rev. Francis P. Cavanaugh, C.S.C. Dean College of Arts and Letters HPHE College of Arts and Letters began with the foundation - of Notre Dame in 1842, and its traditional program for a liberal education was the only one offered in the University until 1865. In that year a department of science was established for students who wished to prepare for specialization in scien- tific fields, four years later a department of law was formed to train students for the legal profession, in succeeding years additional departments were added. Ultimately the depart- ments were organized into independent colleges as we know them today. But the College of Arts and Letters continued to offer its liberal and cultural program. The aim of the College of Arts and Letters is to develop intellectual excellence for living, not skills for making a living. For only the man who thinks and thinks rightly will be able to solve his problems and live the highest human life properly adjusted to the natural world of things, to the social world of men and institutions, and to the spiritual world of the soul and God. Hence the student learns something of physical science, more of the social sciences, history, language and literature; philosophy shows him relationships and values, and religion crowns it all. No segment of the circle of knowl- edge can be omitted by the liberally educated Christian. The work of instruction within the College of Arts and Letters is shared by fifteen departments. In his last two years, while continuing his broad education, the student concentrates on a field of his choice to the extent of pursuing twenty-four hours of course work under the supervision of one department. Here also the aim is to train men to think and to give them the tools principles and facts to think with. For only one who thinks broadly and deeply is truly an educated man. - V ( - ,a- Fr. Hesburgh speaking before this year ' s Marriage Institute Mr. Orville R. Foster, head of the Audio-Visual Department.

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Colleges Faculty and Seniors

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Mr. Beckman displays a jawbone to his art class. With all the outside reading the men are kept pretty busy in the library The dessert in the dining hall this night was a la carte and tended to give some academic indigestion. ' Main Buildincj AARON I. ABELL History REV. P. C. BAILEY, C.S.C. Religion PAUL C. BARTHOLOMEW Political Science FREDERICK S. BECKMAN Art REV. P. E. BEICHNER, C.S.C. Enflish WILLIAM H. BENNETT Linguistics CHARLES A. BIONDO Music CECIL E. BIRDER Speech PAUL F. BOSCO Modern Language REV. W. A. BOTZUM, C.S.C. Philosophy Page 29