Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-03
Nebraska
No MONEY TO The FACULTY
New Rule is Put Into Effect at the
State University.
ONE TO AVOID CRITICISM
nceIlOr Avery Goes to Harvard
diversity to Attend InstalIa-
ton of New President Of
that University.
TO AVOID CRITICISM
From a staff Correspondent

LNCOLN. Neb.. oct. 2-tSpecial)-
tencial relations between members Of
faculty and students Of the University
Nebraska we're cut off by a rule that
ent into effect this week. From now on
I'm money paid for instruction, books or
Supplies by the students must go through
the hands Of the treasurer OF the uni
versity.
This rule was adopted last spring by the
Board Of Regents In order to systematic
the finances Of the university and protect
professors from accusations 81 misuse Of
funds OF overcharging students for books
or supplies.
II has been the custom up TO the present
time for professors in whose departments
a large amount OF mimeographed work IL
required to charge a small fee each semes-
ter for this service. BY giving out these
mimeographed sheets the students were
accommodated with the official papers at
a nominal cost.
Other professors collected small amounts
from students for purchasing books to be
used In a special library, the idea being to
have a few books where they could be Sc
cured by the whole class without having
each membev buy an individual book. Often
this plan saved the student from having a
complete set Of books and expending sew
eral dollars.
The only objection to this plan was that
no record was kept OF the money taken
in by the professors and the treasurer had
nc way Of knowing just what was being
purchased. 1t also laid the professor \,
open to criticism by people outside the
university.
The regents decided that. although the
books and supplies were necessary. a
better plan would have to be devised for
furnishing the students with anything that
was necessary. They felt that some pro-
fessor sooner or later would be charged
with grating funds and they took steps
to prevent this by requiring all sums to
go TO the treasurer.
Avery Goes 40 Harvard.
Chancellor Samuel Avery or the Uni
versity OF Nebraska VIII feave Monday to
attend the ceremonies installing Prof.
Abbott Lawrence Lowell as president Of
Harvard university.
Following the inaugural exercises at
Cambridge the chancellor will 20 to the
annual meeting Of the Association of
American State universities at Boston. He
will be one of the principal speakers at
this convention, the subject Of his address
being What Should BE the Duties of a
Dean?"
At Harvard a three days program will
attend the accession Of Prof. Lowell to the
position made vacant by the resignation
Of President Eliot last spring.
on Tuesday morning the delegates of
the various universities WILL be enrolled
and an informal reception will be rendered
them. AT 1890 a. m. the next day the
Inauguration ceremonies proper will take
place, being followed by the presidents ad-
dress and the comforting Of honorary de
gress. The next day the delegates VIII
visit the university and will be honored
at a reception given by the now president
Omaha Invites Governor.
The governor has just received an Invi
tatlon from the Commercial club OF Omaha
to be present November 10, when fifty dis.
tiusuished men from japan are to be en-,
tertained for an entire day. The visitor.
include bankers merchants, members o
parliament, educators and editors, who ar,
N quest Of Information regarding Ameri