Marquette University Topics

• marquette university high school
• georgetown university in washington dc
• hail alma mater
• marquette hall
• jesuit schools
• carillon bells
• jesuit university
• ahoya
• university anthem
• immigrant population
• preparatory department
• moderate number
• dental students
• catholic education
• potomac river
• bell tower
• fight song
• meaning of the word
• law students
• sailors

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The highest priority of the new college was to provide an affordable Catholic education to the area's booming German immigrant population. The school attained its status as a university in 1907. Marquette University High School, formerly the preparatory department of the university, became a separate institution the same year. In 1912, the relatively young Marquette University became the first Jesuit university to admit women.

Marquette University also has a moderate number of law students and dental students.

However, the former is often played using the carillon bells of the Marquette Hall bell tower during the afternoon. [25] "The Marquette University Anthem," as it was originally known, is now referred to almost exclusively as "Hail Alma Mater." The tune was written by Liborius Semmann. The Fight Song is more commonly referred to as "Ring Out Ahoya," although the actual meaning of the word "Ahoya" is open to a great deal of debate. One leading theory is that the call of "Ahoya" was often made by sailors on the Potomac river while passing Georgetown University in Washington, DC, hence Georgetown getting its nickname of "Hoyas". The cheer/chant/call then made its way to Marquette through faculty moving between the two Jesuit schools.

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