University of Louisville - Thoroughbred Yearbook (Louisville, KY)

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Kay HARDY Editor-in-Chief DicK BARNETT , . Business Manager LOUISVILLE 8, KENTUCKY Dear Student The 1950 Thoroughbred is dedicated to all students at the University of Louisville. For the first time in the history of the Thoroughbred every student is receiving 4 yearbook. This was accomplished by their vote of confidence to this year’s staff when they adopted our proposed blanket charge plan in an all student vote conducted for us by the University Student Council. 1950 will see the end of a large segment of our student body, the veterans, who have contributed much tothe maturity of thought and serious- ness of purpose during our college years. We hopethe days are past when a University was a playground and higher education was a luxury. College is our stepping stone from youth to a mature understanding of the part we play in our post-war-society. Everyone of us is responsible for the pro- longation of the peace for which they fought. We are here at the University of Louisville to obtain the tools with which to guide ourselves and others during these turbulent years of ex- perimentation for lasting peace. We must rebuild upon the base of that which was good in the past. And pefore our college education can validate its true purpose we must become not only thinking men and women of to- morrow but the acting men and women of the future.

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1950 J, Al Publication of The University, of Lowisuille mm KAY HARDY. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ®

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Goreword The University of Louisville acquired an enviable past with the records published in the 1948 Ses- quicentennial Anniversary issue of the Thoroughbred and a prediction of a brilliant future with the 1949 A University With A Future Thoroughbred. This year, 1950, our university is standing on its present merits and | have attempted to pictorially record and feature the projects, organizations, and the schools in Our University As It Is Today. Our University is respected by the city of Louisville for its increasing service through Radio and Television School which presents The University of the Air where students may listen to their radios or observe from their television sets the regular classes in session and either begin, continue or com- lete their college degrees by correspondence. The Neighborhood Colleges come to the neighbor- feed libraries and conduct a full-fledged college curriculum for the people of the city. The Kent School of Social Work aids our community through student practice programs and the work of its students. Student Chest drives and other welfare projects are contributions of the student body as a whole. Through their Co-op program Speed Scientific School offers to big business industrial re- search and actual participation by the students. An Employment Bureau is sponsored by the Arts and Sciences College. The Political Arena fos- ters political activity by students with mock elections and educates the students on the virtues of our candidates and their platforms. Internship for political science majors interests students in progres- sive city management. Surveys and psychological services are offered free for everyone. Extensive scientific, cultural and educational information are available in our various school libraries. The Public Relations Department sent our technicolor movie filmed here on our campus by a student and entitled What Is A University on tour around the nation. Acquaintance with our university through this medium no doubt created new friends and supporters for our progressive public spirited university. The School of Medicine Research Institute program is a year round medical research program for Louisville and Kentucky and is the second such institute in the country, the other being at Har- vard. The Law School sponsors a Briefing Service which is a research service to members of the Ken- tucky Bar whose library facilities are inadequate to solve complicated legal problems. This service is done by the outstanding juniors and seniors of Law School. And our Law School is the first school in the country to adopt such a plan. The rapid growth of our Division of Adult Education is proof of the need for a continuous and progressive educational program that doesn't cease at any age level. Our dental clinic is well estab- lished as an efficient aid to the health of our community. Productions by the School of Music such as The Marriage of Figaro and the concerts add much to our cultural atmosphere. Drama is treated in a professional manner by the students in the Playshop and the Little Theater shows are certainly comparable to any professional productions. Our increasing strength in Athletics has brought national recognition to our comparatively smal municipal university from Duquesne to Hollywood. These are a few of the progressive and pioneer steps our University has taken. We know in order to maintain our status quo we must never cease to pioneer in new fields and successfully carry on. those already begun. The 1950 Thoroughbred staff salutes “Our University As It Is Today and believes it is in full stride with the March of Time as of today. THE EDITOR. — es ee