News Scrapbook 1956-1959

PROGRAM

a.8 EVENING TRIBUNE

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA Wed., ept. 11, 1957 Q

USD Enrollment Jumps 3,000% • 1n Five Years

honoring

The Honorable Richard M M'xon

The VicP-Prcsident of lhc United States

5 Divisions Set 1,050 As '57 Goal EDITORS NOTt· San Diego is movins toward realizat,on of it, dr 0 am of hecom,ng t/,e Ed ucot,ona, Center of the South west. A port ~I this is develop men, of the University of Son Diego. Fund, for on Arts ond Sciences Building needed lo complete tne tosic campus w,11 be souoh~ m a public campaign shortly. The srory of the Uni- versity", development ,s told in o ieries of ort,cfes, of which this is one T<:nrollmenl of the thrre di- ' islons or tl,e University of San Diego has lncrca. Pd J,- 000 per cent in the Ii\ e years or its existence. according to figures compiled this week b) Jr\'lng W. Parker, director ol admissions for the unlver- i,ity's College tor 11en. The Collegp for w o m e n Marled class~~ in Fcbrnary, 1952, with an enrollment of 33 The C o I I e g e for Men opened in 19,,4 "ilt1 an enroll- ment or 39 students. The School of Law also opened in 1934 with 60 students e,irolled. 1,030 tudent. Expected Thi. year, in all divisions, enrollment is expected to .- rcal·h 1,050, Parker said. 1 Predicted enrollment in- cludes 100 La\\, 300 in the College for in th,~ College for Women, 100 in the Seminary, and 200 part-time students in specialized fields in the evening dh ision of se, era! schools. us,~ 11 paralleled by the ex- varlou. i _.,.....,_....,,-. ruullment _ Men, 330

on the occasion of his first visit

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University of San Diego

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Commencement Exercises

Alcala Park

Sa n Diego, California

June 15, 1959

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CHOICE OF COCRSES-George Thro- sell, left, and Clyde Giddings, confer with Irving w. Parker, :,tanding, Di-

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, The first grad_uatt0n class pansion of physical Iacilities ol four-year u~1versl_ty stu- on the campus. Currently un- ?ents will_ rece1v£> _d1p_lomas cler construction is a library m the Sprmg of 1958 rn the r-hapel, and a Jaw building'. college's first formal com,: 'The three-ston law building mencement. There are 1, fa scheduled for completion members ot the 1937-58 senior this fall. class. The final step Jn completing . The colle~e·s first graduate, the basic campus is the con- rn the Sprrng of 19_56, was struction of an Art amt ci- James V. Freed. He 1s In th ences Building, for which a Army, stationed in Wurzburg, public fund campaign will be Germa~y. l_Ie transferr_ed . to conducted this fall. the umvers1ty as a Jumor ,. l Pl R from the Columban Fathers ar ou . aces epre ented Seminary New York. The 0th- Two thirds of the students er three 'diplomas were pre- Jn the College for .Men come sented at the end of the Spring 1ro~ the . San Diego area, semester, 1957 _ Parker said. However, some The College for w O men students have come from the • . Netherlands, Spain, C o s ta g[aiu~te~ \t~ ir st_ foua;;,r Rica, Mexico, Guam, Hawaii i: t~n s 111 de 1 _prmg O • • England, and a dozen state~ th· _e gra34u~_10~ exercises of the United States is Jear, . 1p omas were The,· cam h · p k presented. Fifty-one women ' e ere, ar er are ca d"d t f d t· said becaus f th! l" th n _I a es or gra ua 10n '. e o . a c ics, e next Sprmg. I growrng reputat10n o! the uni- . ver ity, and the attractive- Some Given Aid ness of San Diego's climate. There have been no grad. The university is open to uates from the Scho~l of Law. both Catholics and non-Cath.lT~ere are four candidates for olics, according to the Most d1p!omas, sched_uled for grad- Rev. Charles Francis Buddy,1uat10n next sp1_-rng. uni\'ersity president and Bish- Abo~t two thirds ,of the stu- op of San Diego. Kon-Catho- dents m the men s college lies are not required to partici-lsupport them~elve~ par~ial~y pate in any religious activity at or wholly. Frnanc1al aid 1s the unh·ersity," he tressed. I granted to about one third More than one third of the of the men students. Many of 6tudents in the College for lhem are a t t e n d i n g un- Men are enrolled in business der various veterans benefits administration courses, Park-j acts. About o~e third of the t'r said. In the College for men are _marned . . Women English courses are A foreign student who w111 1 the most popular. enroll this fall is Joaquin P. Dogma Course Popu lar Duran, from_ Malaga, Spain.j Religion and phllosophy at.I He was an mterpreter for tract lhe greatest number of Amencan engine_ers building students in the evening divi. Air 1'.orce bases rn Spain. He sion of the university. A wa~ impressed by their edu- eourse in Christian dogma, cation and expressed a desire ll'd by Bishop Buddy, has to c~me to the 1 U;11t~d States 1 shown the greatest increase Ior h1 college ec;ucat10n. in popularity, according to --~ Parker. I Enrollment continues lo

CAJ\fPUS CHURCH RITES-The Immaculate Chap- el, left, rises adjacent to the Seminary on the Uni- versity of San Diego campus as building program is

pushed. Church will seat 1,100 and will be largest in Diocese when completed next year. Chapel tower will rise 141 feet in the air. A statue of Our Lady of

Grace will surmount the dome which rise feet over the main altar. Chapel will be us pally for university religious activities.

USD Curriculum Grows From 15 to 300 Courses EDITOP.'S NOTE: Step by dents do not have to partici- tains a reserve for emergency step, Son Diego is moving to- pate in religious activity at grants and loans. ward re::ilizotion of its dream the university, said The Most All non-athletic scholarships Rev. Charles Francis Buddy, are granted on a three-fold of becoming the Educational university president and Bish- basis: 1-Need; 2-Intellec- Center of the Southwest. A op of San Diego. tual achievement, and 3- part ol tl,is is development of Good moral character. School Requ irements Told the Uriversity of Son Diego. Clubs, Groups Donate The sto•y of tl,e university's For th e College for Men The principal scholarships development is told in O series and the College for Women, are contributed by the Rom- o/ articfo:s, 0/ whirh this is one. a student must be a high an. Catholic bishop and the school graduate with a regu- Kmghts of Columbus. The curriculum of the Uni- tar pattern of required courses These are augmented by versity of San Diego has ex- and sufficient grade averages donations from service p,rnded lo include 300 coursesJto gain regular standing. clubs, fraternal groups, indi- of study in the short span Students who have certain v1duals, and business firms ~ince its b~ginning, Irving W. deficiencies of high school throughout the area. _' J".arker, dll'ector of adm1s- record, however, may be ad- ~-hes e scholarships arc s1~ns of the College for Men, milted by examination to pro. available to . students who iatd today. visional standing. meet the requ_1~emcnts. In_ the early days of the µni- In the School of Law 90 or b Ckost. ofthtuC1tJolln• fefes, Mand vers1ty when the College for ·t f f f t ' 1 oo s m e o ege or en Wome~ started classes in 1 more umkslo sa 1 ~ acd ofry cod. and the School of Law runs 1952 I 1" . e~e _wor s reqmre or a - approximately $500 a year , on y ., courses we1 e misswn . ' available. ·. Parker said. Occas10nally, however, at In the College for Women l6S Courses Listed the discretion of the dean and cost for day students who liv~ . Today, the College for Men faculty of the law school, a at home, averages $700 a year lists 163 courses, the Law person o! outstanding abili- for books, fees, and tuition. School oJ!ers 29, and the Col- ties may be admitted even Costs for the women board- lege for Women has 101 though he does not meet en- ing students run about Sl 600 courses, Parker said. trance requirements, Parker a year. ' Whether it's speech, Span- said. 2 Dormitories Ready !sh, sociology, science, i:eli- Students Receive Aid Two dormitories have been g1on, psychology, ed~catlon, A . . t 1 thi d f completed for women board- law, math, art, English, or ppr~XJm~ e, Y one- r O ing students. Approximately business administration, you'll th ~ uruversity s ~tudents re- 200 women are expected to . tind it at the university said c~1ve full ?r partJal fmancial J"v I th<> d It . th" . - ' aid, admm1 tered through the I e 11 - orm ones 1s Parker. . ·t . th 1 f year. l Admission is open to both u~ive;s 1 Y, rn e orm. 0 Dormitories for men stu- , Catholics and non-Catholics, giadnt. ' loaps sckholarshipstf' dents still are in the planning . arker said. an pa - me vor on or o stage. To questions are asked on th e campus. Final steps In completin pphcation or registration No _c jobs, howeve~. the basic campus is the con- regarding an appli- are given to students until struction of an Arts and i• fits ra 'n•• •w ,,,.,,..,,," ,,~.. hr leted one se- Jences Building, for which a phJ;,. ,.,~,. c am pa i g h 18 ., 'all, said 'Bi hop

,;how an increasing number or prelcgal students who want to c_on~inu~ lhrough the ~ni-j , ·ern1ty s 1our-year evenrn.,. School of Law. " / The College for Men has graduated four students to date. These were transfers! !rom other schools and col- leges. There have been no gmduates who have compl ted ,..,....,1r year cru•- @

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