Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-06
MEDICAL SCHOOL TO OMAHA
Dean Wolcott Makes Arrangements
with University Of Omaha.
TWO YEARS IN LIBERAL ARTS
.,,., Year 1914 student May Do
All Work for Medical and Sci
entifIc Degrees In City
Of Omaha.

A a result OF his visit to Omaha. H.
II. wolcott. dean OF the Medical eonese
Of the University Of Nebraska, has COM
Melted arrangements with tho uniVer-
slty Of Omaha so that when the nv"
medical school brings the regular TOUR
year course here In 1914 II VIII De pos
sible for a student to do all OF his COL
Iege work in Omaha. The state uniVer-
sity gives no degrees OF NJ. D., except
the appllcant take a six-year medical
course OF this work four years Is zone
in the school OF medicine and the other
two years must be taken In the college,
Of Liberal Arts.
According to the new arrangement II
will be possible. after this year for stu
dent to supplement the work that Is orui-
narily taken at Lincoln by taking
course that has been introduced at the
University Of Omaha. The work offered
here will be the same as that given In
the arts course. and is classified under
the department of medicine.
The collegiate work which is required
for entrance into the medical school
consists Of sixty credits, thirty-two OF
which must be science and the remaining
twenty-eight are electives. The Omaha
institution is at the present time giving
the required science, general and ad-
vaneed. analytical and organic chemis-
try, general and advanced physics, bot
any and zoology. Prof. F. ii. Currens
Of the chemistry department Of the local
school says that next year all Of the re-
auired courses win be added to make the
work equivalent In every way to that
given at Lincoln. The subjects which
will be added are vertebrate anatomy.
human physiology. advanced botany and
zoology, general bscteriology, volumetrie
ard graylmetric chemistry and analyses
Of foods, water and milk.
Dean wolcott, In speaking Of the
scheme, said that they are in hopes Of
drawing up a close relationship between
the University Of Nebraska and the Uni
versity Of Omaha. and that the courses
at the Omaha school will be taken in
lieu Of the regular work at Nebraska
and that at the end Of the six years
anyone who has taken two years al
Omaha and the other four in the medi-
cal school win be given the degrees Of
bachelor Of science and doctor Of medi-
cine at the same time.
The directors Of the local institution
expect that because Of the splendid OPP
portunities which will be given for clinic
and hospital visitation and because Of
the advantages Of listening to lectures
at the medical school that a number Of
students will be attracted here. The
same arrangement will also be made
with the faculty OF the Creighton Medi-
cal college.
In eanyassing the work, Dean Woleott
visited classes. inspected laboratories
| and conferred with DR.. d. E. jenkins.
president Of tho University of Omaha,
and F. II. Currens, professor Of chemis-
/ Try.
Following out the plan Of adding more
science to the curriculum. DR.. Jenkins
announced that next year a four-year
course in domestic science will be given.
This will enable those graduating from
this department 10 secure certificates %
teach domestic science In Nebraska