News Scrapbook 1956-1959

degrees. It 1s also empowered by the State Board of Education to recommend candi- date for a General Elementary Tealhing rc:dential. tudent teachers gain their practice teaching in an Diego public 1 . The Women's ollege is ac- t red ited by the Western ollege Associa- tion and is a member of several other educational associations. The din of construction work has been a familiar and constant sound at Alcala Park since its earlie t days. At the present time the last two major structures of the university's building program are under way. One of these, the Arts and Science Building, i sti ll in the early stages of rnnstruction. The other, a university d1apel the Immaculata - lo ated adja- cent to the Women's College, is rapid ly nearing completion. It wi ll be the largest at holic church bui lding in the an Diego diocese with a seating capacity of 1,500. The l hapel is of the same panish Ren- a, ance architedure as all other campus tructurc:s. It is oblong in p lan and u uuform in shape. Rising 140 feet above the ground is the church's tower topped by a large golden cross. Arching o,er the high altar i a dome of blue mo aic ti le which will be surmounted by a beauti- ful statue of Our Lady of Grace. The tatue will be off-white in color and the Madonna's robes will be decorated wit h g Id brocade and gold fle urs de Lis. It will be of cast stone, lowering al most eleven feet high and weigh four and a half tons. At publication time the tatuc 1s being molded by Chris Mueller an architectural modeler and sculptor wh~ learned his highly skilled and unusual craft as an apprentice under his father. hris has been working at the University of San Diego for the past two-and-a-half years, his first time in San Diego since serving his apprenticeship on Balboa Parks beautiful Fine Arts Gallery in 192 I. When Chris finishes modeling the st~tue \\ ith his soft, pliable clay a mold will b made. After the molds have hard n a stone and marble aggregate ured forming the rnmpleted hen the aggregate has hard-

ened, all that remains is to remove the mold and sandblast the statue to bring out the surface ma rble. This type of cast stone work g races the exterior of all cam- pus buildings, adding the final touch to its distinctive architecture. Mr, Jame McGrath has charge of reproducing the deli ate work under general rnntractor L. ]. Ninteman. Upon completion , lhe statue will be hoi ted atop the dome where the Madonna will look out over the entire campus toward the Pacific. It is hoped by University officials that the church can be completed so that a ded ica- tory Mass may be sung on December 8 - the Feast of the Immaculate Concep- tion. To the east of the Immaculata is another major unit of the university, the School of Theology. This six story structure houses two seminaries. t. Fran- cis is for mi nor seminarians in their first two years of study for the priesthood. Members attend classes at the Men's Col- lege just across Marian Way. Except for an emphasis on Latin, their course of study is the same as any junior college student. After the fi rst two years the men go into Immaculate Heart Seminary and spend the next two years studying philos- ophy. The fi nal four years of seminary life is devoted to the study of theology. At the end of the eight years the semi- narian is ordained and assumes dutie a a diocesan priest. You might believe seminary life to be completely austere. uch is not the case at all. Except for their dark trousers sweaters, and ties it would be impossibl~ to distinguish minor seminanans from their classmates at the College for Men. During the afternoon work period when they all set about their particular cleanup or maintenance jobs seminarians abandon their dark robes for knock-about clothes the same as you and I. A bell signaling the end of the work hour and the he- ginning of recreation finds the men dash- ing for the hand ball courts or other rec reation. Handball tournaments are hard fought affairs played by the seminarian with the same enthusiasm that character-

izes U D 's football games. Presently there are 90 seminarians studying at the School of Theology and th<: new build- mg which was completed two years ago ha ample room for fu ture needs. Just across Marian Way from the large eminary building is More Hall, recently completed home of the hool 'of Law and Business Administration. More Hall also provi des a home for the Men's ollege until completion of th new Arts and cience Building immediately to the west. The three-story, million-dollar Jaw school was dedicated last Dc:L<.:mber 7 and its opening ceremonlls attracted many prominent jurists and attorneys. The School of Law first started classes in April, 1954 in temporary quarters. This past June it graduated its fir t dass - six members. When the school started it had no library. Now 1t has a fine col- lection of over 20,000 volumes houscd in the university's recently-completed library building. T hanks to the ge nerous dona- tions of fr iends, the library is s<:wnd only to the county's own law library The: Uni- ,crs,ty of San Diego had the only School of La" south of Los Angeles until this }ear "hen Californ ia Western inal-(urated its Jaw school. The school has been lim- ited to night clas since it first opened

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opened on October 2nd. The a capacity of a quarter mi llion volumes. At the present time the univer- sity is completing a core collection con- sisting of 16,000 to 20,000 volumes which form the nucleus of a library. It is gathered from a list compi led on rec- ommendation from leading universities and the personal request of faculty mem- bers. A commercial firm, Books for Li- braries, Incorporated, which has been re- tained to gather lhe books, has moved its headquarters from New York to the west coast to service the university. The building program at the Un iver- sity of San Diego has reached a point where the end is in sight. Across Linda Vista Road men's dormitories capable of housing 250 students are nearing com- pletion. Students are already moving into the units as they are completed. A Hall of Science, last major construction proj- ect, is well under way thanks to the generous support of San Diegans - Catholics and non-Catholics alike - who responded overwhelmingly to an appeal for funds. This campaign, just ended, which had the active support of San Diego's Protestant and Jewish Citizens, saw an appeal for three and a half mil- lion dollars over-subscribed b)' more than four and a half mill ion dollars. Much of the credit for the support must go to Murray Goodrich, chairman of the Great- er San Diego Commi ttee which raised 1,230,000. Parishes in the San Diego d iocese subscribed $6,870 .00. But in a larger sense the university's building program will never end. More buildings' Yes, that's a certa inty, for the university will continue lo expand to meet the community's needs. But the U niversity of San Diego - this institu- tion that "wasn't there yesterday" - will continue to build in another way. In the classroom and on the football field, on the ba ketball court and in the libraries, t he laboratories, and in the chapels, it will continue for generations to come to build better men and women. And what better building program is there? W.F.W. library has

ber saw 268 students enrolled, 135 of whom were new to the campus including 97 fi rst yea r tudents. If the proportion of new students to total enrollment seems top heavy remember that the col - lege is expanding rapidly, offering more courses of study, and has more physical space than in previous years. According to Father John B. Bremner, publicity di- rector, tota l enrollment will be held to 275 students unril accreditation. With the completion of its library fa. cilities the college awaits accredjtation from the Western College Association this year. Any college is judged by its faculty, its facilities, and its library. The U niversity of San Diego can certainly qua Ii fy on each score. Its faculty mem- bers, both layman and clergy, are of the highest caliber. Its facilities - the capa- cious, well-equipped buildings - speak for themselves. The university can be justifiably proud of its fi ne new library. The two-story library building was completed and dedicated last May. Offi- cials hoped to have the books catalogued, shelved, and ready for use by the open- ing day of sch I. nfortunately, the west coast trucki ng stri e delayed impo rt- nt materials and the deadline could not be met. However, the finis hing touches have been applied and the library was

and will continue to offer classes at night until growth of the community demands day time classes. With its bui lding com- pleted and having collected a fine library, the school now awai ts formal accreditation. Howard S. Dattan, local attorney, who is the Dean of the school, anticipates that accreditation will come during this academic year from the Cali- fornia Bar Association's examining com- mittee. This year there are 90 students enrolled in the school. Its nine-man fac- ulty are practicing attorneys and one mu- nicipal court judge, the Honorable Rich- ard B. Ault. Right Reverend Mon ignor James T. Booth is Regent of the school. The last unit of the U niversity of San Diego is the College fo r Men. Officially chartered in l 949 and approved by the state to confer degrees in p rescribed courses of tudy, the college was fo rmally opened in March, 1954. It offers Bach- elor of Arts degrees in four major field English, history, mathematic , and phil- osophy- and a Bachelor of Business Ad- mrnislration degree. The ollege for Men had 30 students enrolled when it first opened fo r classes in 1954. The following September it launched its first full academi y ar with forty tudents. T he ollege awarded its first degree in 1956. Th is past Septem-

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