Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-07
FACULTY DISCUSSES
PLAN OF EXTENSION
Relief from Congested Class Room
and Laboratory Conditions to
Be First Secured.
INSPECTION TRIP TO BE MADE
New Members of hoard, with Cham
ceIIor Avery, Prof. barbour "nd
q, Architect HOdEdOn, to see
Other Campuses.

LINCOLN. Dec. 6-(SpeciaL)-Witl'
campus extension an assured thing the
faculty OF the University of Nebraska
met in a special session Saturday morn
ing to discuss ways and means for max
ing the new plans fit conditions. Tenta-
tive plans for the extension were at hand
giving proposed positions Of the different
buildings TO be erected These plans, by
no means final or even sanctioned by the
regents. met with the approval of the en-
tire senate. The plans are arranged with
view to future development.
Several committees were appointed to
expedite the work OF the regents In de-
termining their building policy. The COM
mIttee consisting OF Profs. Barbour. Cald-
well and Stout. which was appointed last
spring to confer with the regents and
Chancellor Avery, was continued, and will
act as an advisory body to the Board OF
Regents on questions OF priority OF build
ing. A special committed, consisting OF
Profs. Greer Engberg and Skinner. was
appointed to study conditions and re-
port where the greatest congestion and
worst conditions prevail at the present
time.
The question OF gymnasium and a
student activities buildings. which has
been a matter OF student agitation at
varous' timcs, was recognized by the
Sc 80 IN session. However. resolution
was adopted which stated that desirable
as these things are. the senate believes
that they should be deferred until relief
from the SonRested class room and labora-
tory conditions has been secured" II
was pointed out that many of the rooms
now In use for recitations are basement
rooms with overhead heating, nearly all
OF them crowded and without adequate
ventilation.
Regents 60 Meet.
The Board OF Regents will meet Mon.
day morning for consideration OF the
biennial report to the Legislature. The
report takes up principally the financial
condition, with past expenditures, Of the
university. and makes a statement OF the
amount which will be needed TO maintain
the institution during the next blennia
period.
Monday evening the regents--acting
elect and past members of the board-ar,
to be entertained at dinner at the hons
OF Chancellor and Mrs. Avery. Twent,
have signifled their Intention to be pres
anu Ntty Will lnCluuc bOIlC ftp6t
sentatives of the board from the late 70
until the present day.
VIII Inspect other Campunes.
} On Tuesday the newly elected memhtr
OF the Board OF Regents. together wit
Chancellor Avery, Prof. e. H. Barbour
the faculty representative elected at tn
senate meeting Saturday. and Architec
Hodgdon, will leave for a five-day trip o
inspection OF university campuses Tues
day afternoon will be spent at the colleg
of medicine campus in Omaha o.
Wednesday the party will be in ST. Louis
inspecting the campus at Washington uni
versity. The grounds OF this institution
formed the grounds for the ST. Louis ex
position, and the buildings represent
more nearly perhaps than In any othe
case, a type OF architecture which wa
designed and erected at one time, with
definite plan and style. on Thursday Tn
campus at Chicago university will be IN
speoted. Friday the party will journe,
to Madison, there to go over the unlver
sity OF Wisconsin campus. returning Sat
urday by way of MinnSlp0fis and Tn
| University of Minnesota. The new mem
bers OF the board who will make the tri
are Regents Hall. MillerAnd Brown.