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

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Rev. Paul E. Beichner, C.S.C. Dean of the Graduate School Graduate School Notre Dame first started to offer advanced degrees in 1918. Since then the Graduate School has expanded to offer at least Master ' s degrees in every department of the University. It grants seventeen Doctor ' s degrees. Many fellowships are available to graduate students. These offer practical teaching expe- rience and the opportunity to pursue a degree with a minimum of expense. The University Library with almost half a million books offers excellent opportunities for research in many fields. Many corporations and several bureaus of the U. S. Government provide generous funds for research in scien- tific fields. Rev. Paul E. Beichner, C.S.C., is Dean of the Graduate School. Under Father Beichner it has offered constantly expanding facilities. Father Parry conducts a seminar in Political Science in one of the seminar rooms in the O ' Shaughnessy Hall of Liberal and Fine Arts. Notre Dame offers good facilities for graduate study. 16

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Mr. James E. Armstrong, assistant to the director of the foundation. He is also Secretary of the Alumni Association and Editor of the Notre Dame and Alumnus magazines. The Alumnus and Notre Dame magazines carry the name and news of Notre Dame to thousands of alumni and friends of the Uni- versity every year. Edited by Mr. James E. Armstrong and published by the Alumni Asso- ciation and the Foundation the two periodicals have a circulation of over 65,000. Notre Dame magazine features stories about happenings on campus and articles by such well known writ- ers as Arch Ward of the Chicago Tribune, George Sokolsky columnist, Francis Wallace of Colliers and Father Peyton. John N. Cack- ley is managing editor of both the Alumnus and Notre Dame. The Arizona Club of Notre Dame is an example of the work of the Alumni As- sociation and a senior at Notre Dame in spreading the name of Notre Dame throughout the country. Duke Rank from Phoenix engineered a plan for publiciz- ing the University throughout the state of Arizona. The State Alumni Association financed the drive which consisted of things like letters to ND alumni and par- ish priests, publicity and photos in the Arizona press and T-V showings of Notre Dame movies, and sending subscriptions to the Scholastic to all Catholic high schools in the state and making direct contact with the high schools. As a result, twelve new freshmen are enrolled for next year. New Notre Dame Bookstore. The gift of Mr. and Mrs. Romy Hammes, it will be erected on Badin Bog between Badin Hall and the Post Office. $250,000 was the amount of the gift. 15

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Rev. Joseph N. Garvin, C.S.C., and Rev. Astrik L. Gabriel, O.Praem. in the library of the Medieval Institute. Notre Dame ' s Medieval institute is one of the foremost centers of studies of the life and thought of the Middle ages. Medieval Institute Within the Graduate School, the Medieval Institute offers separate facilities for research and study on the life and thought of the Mid- dle Ages. It offers degrees of Master and Doc- tor of Medieval Studies. Its program includes a general course of studies coupled with spe- cialization in the student ' s major interest. The library of the Medieval Institute is one of the most important adjuncts to research in Medieval history, philosophy and literature. It contains many priceless old manuscripts and standard reference works as well as thousands of frames of microfilm for use by students and researchers. Rev. Astrik Gabriel, O.Praem., Canon of Premontre, is the present Director of the Insti- tute. Rev. Joseph N. Garvin, C.S.C., is assistant director. Jacques Maritan, the world ' s foremost Thomistic philosopher. M. Maritan is a member of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University and lec- tures annually at Notre Dame. 17