Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-28
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
Chancellor Avery Sums Up the Year
in Growth and Effort.
PROGRESS MADE IS ENCOURAGING
Expansion in Lands, Improvement In
Behavior, Advance I'm schOlnrshiD,
Gain in Attendance and
Increase In Payroll.

| Nebraska in a brief resume Of the years
work in that institution. speaking from the
standpoint OF the executive official, made
the following statemen. Saturday after
noon:
I'VE have completed and brought into
use the new mechanical engineering labor
atory This laboratory is said by experts
to be one of the very best in the country.
Its creation is most creditable to Dean
Richards, who acted as the architect and
very largely as the superintendent OF con-
! struction. The total cost of the building
| and equipment is not far from $l75OO. Elk
perts pronounce this building the most
pleasing in appearance Of any of the build
ings we possess. l am pleased to say the
regents OF our university are recognizing
more and more the technical service which
the members OF the faculty can render to
the institution.
| This year represents aiso the beginning
OF a policy Of expansion in grounds. Aside
from the little matter of convincing the
legislature OF the need of appropriating
money for this purpose out Of the general
fund, a service rendered by so many that
1t is impossible to give individual credit.
the chief credit of securing a new athletic
field belongs to Mr.. COPELAND, who was
exceedingly active in pushing purchase OF
real estate with the former owners and
also to the manager of athletics, Mr.. Eager
who gratultously gave his time to the
experimenting Of the grading and the cree
ton of the new bleachers. Special credit
should be given also to the admirable
work of the athletic board. The board
has expended number OF thousands OF
dollars in eduippng the grounds, and in
recognition of their distinguished services
the university senate has asked the same
| ~ in their
sitions for another year. l feel that 1t Is
a matter of congratulation that the work
of tho athletic board has been so gem
orally appreciated during the last year.
when we remember that the subject Of
athletics Is always a live wire.
Several acres of ground in close prox-
unity to the university farm have been
purchased and will eventually be used as
a site for the cottages OF laborers who will
work on our great farm plant.
REORGANIZATION of University.
1.-THE act of the legislature reorganizing
the university into seven colleges went
. into effect at the beginning of the first
semester of this year. The reorganization
, caused very little confusion In our work,
the associate deans assuming the position
of full deanship gracefully and efficiently.
The good result of this action is shown
on the part Of the engineers and agricul-
turalists, without in any way decreasing
their general university loyalty.
THE scheme of registration planned by
Mr. Harrison and myself, the details of
which we're entirely worked out in his
office, has been applied this year with
the most gratifying results According to
data at hand we have reduced the average
time of registration not counting the time
has in COnSnlflnD
3 with his professors, from three hours to a
} half-hour.
THE general attitude and department OF
l the student body has been excellent. One in
cident only do L consider as serious blot
on the generally admirable record of the
students for the year. and feel gratified
| that there were engaged in this escapade
. freshmen only, who had not time to catch
the spirit of the university.
Delinquency ia Reduced.
a 1.-THE students have taken with the great.
. est good nature a general movement which
. has been made to improve conditions In
3 scholarship. The delinquent student com.
l mittee, particularly Miss Ensign and Profs
/. Chatburn and Engberg, have worked mos
t faithfully during the year. Prof. Engberl
often toiling till the wee sma' hours The
results can be expressed to some extent II
Figures. A year ago were OS
: Ilinouent on an average in Ii per cent o.
\ their work; this year the delinquency has
been reduced to per cent This is almos
one-third off, and 1t does not take int
consideration the higher grades with which
those receiving full credit have passed
While a year ago the entire student bod!
. showed IL per cent delinquency this yea
= the men, who are VIGOROUSLY more de
80 linuuent than the women, show a dein
uuency of only per cent We have n,
statistics showing the delinquency of tn
= men a year ago. Statistics for the fra
= ternity men, however, are at hand. Las
q year the fraternity men showed 10 pc
. cent delinquency; this year IL per cen
u delinquency; in other words, a reduction
n in delinquency of about a quarter. Thes
II figures are not quite fair to the fraternit!
T. men, as they are made by comparing thei
"a reduction with that of the general studen
Il body and TO be fair we should have t
work out our statistics for the men alone
't The fraternity men still show per cen
% higher delinquency than the average maj
n of the university. This ought not to b
= and hope and expect to be able to repor
another year figures more flattering L
ifraternities. They have reduced their de
llinouency by a little higher per cent thai
8 the other men, but they have not mad
the advance In scholarship that has bee
shown at Kansas and other institutions
y appeal to the fraternity men among tn
alumni to hammer this thought into tn
undergraduate mind. that Nebraska ca
make as good showing in scholarship in It
: fraternities as Kansas has made. Tn
. sorority showing. SO far as worked out, /
- excellent.
Total of ReEistratiOn.
- IT am now able to announce for the frs
a time the grand total registration OF un
- repeated names for the year. 1t is 3,99.
My estimate was 1000. The bad white
caused slump In the attendance at tn
= winter agricultural course, otherwise W
: should have had about 415o to our credit
- This increase of SSl in a year when Their
have been comparatively few increases 4
- registration in sister states, and in man
{ cases a decrease, is most encouraging. Gen
orally speaking, this has been an off yea
- in attendance in the schools of the country