THE CARDINAL UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE'S OFFICIAL WEEKLY PUBLICATION
VOL. XXV THURSDAY, OCTOBER l, 1953 NO. 1
Dr.Davidson'sDilemma-- School Of Business Founded;
T~p~~c~d~~~~:~c~!i~~j~~u: Becomes Tenth U of L College
tural changes on the campus, U of L President, Dr. Philip G. David- MaJ•
son, addressed the first Arts and Science Convocation last Friday.
He thanked the students for Dr. Davidson humorously stated I
their cooperation in the remodel- that the present freshman class is n te
ing and rebuilding projects and the finest since all the other
asked their forbearance for just a classes were freshmen. He com­little
longer, explaining the neces- mended the student leaders and
sity for such drastic changes as the thanked them for their help with
complete gutting of Gardiner Hall. the reconstruction plans. He also
In Five Fields;
ogram. Planned
The City of Louisville allocated told the new students that the Air
funds for sound and air-condi- Force and Navy Reserve Units
t ioning the building last year. still had openings in their units,
That money must be used now. advising the students to take ad­All
old buildings on the campus vantage of these openings.
are being renovated and adapted Plans New Set-Up
for the day when .the bonds a~e Another plan he suggested was
sold and construction can begm a closer relationship between the
on the new library and other city and county schools and the
needed improvements. University, pointing out that in a
"Build For The Future"
Dr. Davidson told the students
of the difficult decision facing the
administration of whether to re­model
according to present needs
or to remodel according to future
needs. He stated he was happy
with their desision to "build for
the future." He said, "On that
"jubilee day" when the bonds are
sold, we'll put on the finishing
touches. Now we are only moving
and making present facilities
usable."
Discussing the fall enrollment,
municipal set-up of this type there
is a marvelous opporunity to bring
about a revolution in educational
standards and procedures in the
four-year period covering the last
iwo in high school and the first
two in college.
Dr. Davidson closed his remarks
by inviting "new interest and sup­port"
from all students and wish­ing
a year of great success and
happiness for all.
The convocation ended with the
singing of the school songs, led
by Ralph Wooten, Chairman of
the "L" Raisers Commission.
Moot Court Plans Discussion
Of Fictitious Prof's Loyalty
The constitutional rights of uni­versity
professors will be argued
next Wednesday night at the
U of L Law School. Sponsored by
the school's Moot Court Club, six
law students will present the case
of Professor Scholarly Caveatt, a
member of the faculty at fictitious
Targe University.
Professor Caveatt was dismissed
by the trustees of Targe when he
refused .to answer questions asked
him by a Congressional investiga­ting
committee. In declining to
reply to the questions of the com­mittee,
established to investigaJte
the infiltration of Communists in
American colleges and universit-
Editor Announces
ies, the professor invoked
Photo Schedu.u::;~:~~~mem1111@1'S·-..r·~1!11
For Thoro th~-~-~~e~
Individual student photo
for the 1954 Thoroughbred
be made on Belknap Campus
beginning Wednesday, October 14.
Alphabetical schedules for the
photographing will be arranged
for Arts and Sciences, Kent, Law
and Speed School students and
will be posted in prominent places
on the campus. All students have
been urged by Clara Jo Smith,
editor of the Thoroughbred to take
notice of their scheduled day and
to make sure their pictures are
taken on that day.
Seniors, at the time their pic­tures
are made, will be asked •to
fill out a list of their activities and
honors recieved while at the Uni­versity.
These activity sheets
should be turned in on the day
that the picture is taken.
Girls are requested to wear
white blouses; men should wear
suits and ties.
LtiLJ.ODi:U. COm­SChO­will
in­University
W<.:~.sb.in1~ton Univer­s
it y , Georgetown University
(Washington, D.C.) and St. Louis
University, in addition to several
others.
The arguments of the case next
Wednesday night will be or.al, and
Moot Court organization, will be
of "general interest to students
and faculty of the entire Diver­sity,
and will not be all legal de­tail."
Scheduled for 7:30p.m. October
7, it will be held ·in the Allen
Court Room of the Law School.
The entire University has ibeen
invited to attend.
experience CIOIDIIIII~Iti·
and personne ~ -·- ,
to serving five y
Army.
A member of the Louisville
Chamber of Commerce, he also
Jds memberships in the Adver­Club
of Louisville, the
can Marketing Association,
erican Economic Associa­e
Southern Economic As­n,
·the Economic History
ation, and the Agricultural
ry Society.
woof six textbooks written by
Dean Craf are currently being
used in the economic history and
introductory business classes.
Six Positions Open
For Cheerleaders
The "L" Raisers Commission of
the University Student Council
has set Friday noon, October 2 for
the election of cheerleaders for
the ·coming year. Six students­three
boys and ilhree girls-are to
be elected by popular vote a.t the
meeting to be held in front of the
Administration Building, or in the
Gymnasium in case of rain.
The difficulties involved in floor
arrangements for •basketball games
and in finding suitable practice
times for all members are among
the reasons why the squad has
been cut to six this year. Any
student of •t h e University is
eligible for a position if he now
has and maintains in the future a
one point standing. All appli­cants
have been requested to sign
a list in the Dean of Men's Office.
the May 20 'kickoff dinner" for
Latest addition to
, which officially VIJ'"'~·~
The school, the
of approximately 100,
1 of Business also of­in
economics and
I)UIDeJ~ f r students in the Col­and
Sciences. A pre­ajor
in A & S takes
economic history, intro­to
business, principles of
ecorm ics, and accounting in the
School of Business as well as Eng­lish,
humanities, natural science,
·and different subjects in social
science in A & S.
M.B.A. Program Continued
Graduate work in business ad­ministration
leading to the de­
·gree of Master of Business Admin­istration
will continue being of­fered
by the Graduate School of
the University through the School
of Business. Approximately 100
employed men and women are do­ing
graduate work under this pro­gram.
Students in the Division of
Adult Education who are major­ing
in business will earn their de­grees
from the School of Bus­iness.
Students working toward a
B.A. degree in economics, whether
in D.A.E. or day school, will re­ceive
their degrees from the Col­lege
of Arts and Sciences.
Third Established In 1953
The University of Louisville
School of Business is the third
such school to be established in
1953. Louisville joins the Univer­sity
of Kansas and Pennsylvania
State College in setting up a new
administrative unit for training
•businessmen. There are now a
total of 166 Schools of Business in
the United States, 64 of which are
members of the American Asso­ciation
of Collegiate Schools of
Business.
The possibility of establishing a
School of Business here has been
talked about for twenty-five years,
and in the spring of 1953, the
Board of Overseers recommended
that such a unit be established.
Mter approval by the University
Senate of a general plan for the
School of ·Business, the Board of
Trustees formally approved the
formation of a School of Business
in 1952, with ·the School to open
in the fall of 1953.
It is the function of the School
of Business rto train potential bus­iness
administrators, and not to
train clerks and typists. As Com-ity
Family is the new School of
with Dr. John R. Craf
of this family, with an
arily housed in Menges
missioner of Internal Revenue, T_
Coleman Andrews, pointed out at
the May 20 "kickoff dinner" for
the School attended ·by 350 bus­iness
leaders from Louisville, the
new school is not and must not be­come
a trade school.
Objectives Of School Listed
The objectives of the new school
are to train young men and wo­men
in business and economic
principles, . to cooperate closely
with local business and industr ial
firms, and to turn out graduates
who not only understand how a
business organization operates but
who also are well trained in gen­eral
education.
The vigorous growth of eco­nomic
act i vi t y in Kentucky~
neigh boring Indiana, a n d the­Louisville
metropolitan area has.
been reflected in the demand for
students trained in the curricula
offered by the School of Business.
Trains Future Businessmen.
Primary role of the school is to
train students who may eventually
assume positions of responsibility
in business. To accomplish this
objective the business school seeks
to equip its graduates with a
broad background of factual bus­iness
and economic information,
an understanding of the problems
of business, some skill in the use
of necessary business tools, the
ability to analyze a business
problem, and a clear-cut sense of
the responsibility of business to
the community, state, and nation.
In the immediate future, the
School of Business plans to add
courses in insurance and real es­tate.
Efforts will be made to ex­pand
the internship p r o g r a m
whereby students can get on-the­job
training w h i 1 e attending
school. Such a program now is of­fered
accounting majors by the
University in cooperation with the­Kentucky
Society of Certified_
Public Accountants.
Placement Bureau Planned
The school plans to have an
employment bureau t h r o u g h
which it will place its graduates
and also find part-time jobs for
students. Dean Craf plans to co­operate
closely with local busi­ness
and industrial firms. Busi­ness
leaders will be invited to lec­ture
at the school and students
will visit various firms to see how
they operate. The school will also
undertake research in business
and economic problems at the
community and state level.