University of Cincinnati - Cincinnatian Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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Merton L. Ferson, A.M.. LL.B. Dean of the College of Law J TFvJ } NOTED philosopher has lately said There are many who believe that our iS ' iJlyJ civilization has outgrown the capacity of the human intellect to manage it. ■ ' ' Sn Social evolution has gone on with startling rapidity. We live in more con- gested communities, move about faster, sustain more complicated relations than ever before. Man ' s power for good and evil increases as. science puts new tools at his com- mand, but his need for control does not abate. Neither moral law nor divine law affords adequate social control. We must rely on human devices and the problem is directly up to the lawyers. It behooves the state to build up a bar that is worthy of this responsibility. Society need not expect our law or its application to transcend the character or calibre of the men who administer it. An individual approaching the bar should realize that his own interest requires thorough preparation. There is a surfeit of half baked lawyers; but the world never offered better opportunities for able and well trained lawyers than it does today. tKtAfam C. Jj . J(S A- r s 24

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A. C. Bach meyer. M. D. Dean of the College of Medicine P«E¥T]EDICINE is rapidly acquiring the status of a Science because of the increas- ing success of its efforts to banish superstition and mysticism, eliminate specu- lation and uncritical empiricism and to found its knowledge upon observation, experiment and inductive reasoning. The physician and surgeon, as well as the inves- tigator should possess the proper attitude and spirit of scientific inquiry in order that the wonderful progress of recent times may be continued. The most important elements which contribute to professional success are essen- tially characteristics of the individual, namely, character, personality, industry, train- ing and constant study. It is the hope of the Faculty of the College of Medicine that you may have been imbued with the scientific spirit while obtaining your fundamental professional train- ing and that with the further development of these essential attributes you may achieve successful careers. s € 4 ' 23

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J. P. SlMRALL. B.S. Dean of Women S E are told that the enrollment in the American colleges and universities has i¥ y increased twenty-five percent in the last five years. Are we gaining in quality Ej as well as in quantity? Is the present college generation developing character as well as acquiring knowledge and the technique to pursue a profession? In the manifold activities of our present day campus, are we laying our emphasis upon the essential things — the things of the spirit, rather than upon the material advantages? Is Cincinnati a finer and better place to live in because of the college trained men and women who go forth in increasing number from this University each year? When we can answer all of these questions in the affirmative, we shall have a truly great University in Cincinnati. 25