Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-25
NO MORE DOUBLE DEGREES
Acting Chancellor Bessey Changes the State
Univsrsity's Custom,
EACH SCHOOL is NOW TO CONFER ITS OWN
Prof. Cnnfeld Has Becomc Gray and
stout mt Notwithstanding of
Lincoln Carnival Prizes
for Costumes.

LINCOLN, Sept. 24.-(special. )-Acting
Chancellor Bessey has made q change In the
system Of comforting degrees at the State
university, the number to be conferred
being reduced to one in each college.
ut has been the practice in the univer-
sity to give two degrees to the graduates
OF the four-year courses" said Chancellor
Bessey In explaining the change. A
graduates OF the college of literature, science
and arts receive the degree Of bachelor OF
arts and all graduates of the industrial col
lege receive the degree OF bachelor OF
science. BY referring to the university cal
endar 1t will be seen that the first named
college includes twenty groups OF study, but
with all the differences thus provided for,
every graduate OF the college receives the
degree Of bachelor OF arts. The university
has reduced its degrees to one in each col
lege. The college Of law has its own degree
and when the college OF medicine is estab-
lished 1t will have a degree of its own also.
The university has endeavored to make the
two degrees OF equal value, that is, the
entrance requirements are as nearly equal
ae possible and the amount of work to be
done after entrance is made as severe in
one case as in the other.
Both Degrees of Equal Value.
THAT the degrees are held by the uni
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is indicated by the fact that the faculty
Of the graduate school admit bachelors Of
science as equally eligible with the bachelors
OF arts, to the degree of master Of arts.
1t is impossible at the present time to make
the degrees B. A. and B. Sc. indicate pre-
cisely the shade of training Of the bearer.
I might add that not only are the science
men eligible to the second degree of arts,
but that they are eligible also to the de-
gree Of doctor of philosophy, a degree by the
way, which we are very chary in bestow-
ing"
The second week Of the university since
classes were organized will open tomor-
row with a still increasing attendance. The
enrolment has nearly reached 1000, and the
indications point to a total Of 1900 before
the end of the first semester.
p. A.. Rydberg OF the class OF 81, now as
sistant curator In the New York botanical
garden, in a letter to a member of the
faculty of the Nebraska university, speaks
of Librarian Garfield, formerly chancellor
of the State university, ae the same inter-
esting conversationalist that Nebraskans
knew so we'll. Mr.. Rydberg adds that under
the responsibility Of the positions he has
held since he left Nebraska, he has grown
both stout and gray. Mr.. Garfield Is now
librarian for Columbia.
General John M. Thayer has been con-
fned to his home at Nineteenth and Pros
pect streets for several days by sickness.
Carnival Prizes.
Following is a list of the winners OF the
prizes offered by the street fair committee
tor the best costumes worn during the mask
carnival last night:
Handsomest costume, Miss Burnett, white
paper dress.
Comic costume, Tina Huffman.
Character costume, Henrietta Hawley,
'tColored Belle"
Best child's costume, Maude Bailey.
Mems handsomest costume, Indian chief.
c. A. Pierson.
Best character costume, R. G.. Bennett,
Mephisto.
clown.
Best ragged Gent C. ]. Wren, tramp.
A county organization Of first year teach
crs was formed at the court house yester-
day afternoon and the following officers
elected: President, Miss Della Post, Have
lock; vice president, Miss Olive Randolph,
Firth; secretary. Miss Mollie v. Price, NAL
com. 1t is the intention Of the association
to hold four meetings during the year.