Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-26
NEBRASKA RICH IN SCHOOLS
This and Surrounding States Have
Numerous Educational Advan-
tages to Offer.
INSTITUTIONS MEET DEMANDS

NO other STATE IN the union mas such
q low percentage Of illiteracy as Ne
braska- This is the fact brought out in
government census reports. Even sup
posedly cultured New England has to
come in second to Nebraska.
Nebraska has not put such a large
amount Of money into its educational in
stitutions as some other states have.
But its people have the fundamental
desire for education which is fostered
and increased through the years when
education is compulsory
From these hardy people there comes
a natural desire for the better things Of
life. In the hearts OF these children.
many OF them with parents who came
from foreign lands where education was
the exclusive privilege Of the rich and
great, IL a natural and instructive desire
for learning.
Distant fields look the greenest'' and
that is about the only reason Nebraska
young folks can find for going TO the
far eastern institutions.
Some. to whom money is no object. go
TO these schools also because they con-
nder that the social advantages are
greater and that they gain more prestige
at home from attending the far eastern
institutions,
Schools of the State Are Good.
Be that as 1t may the fact remains
that there are within the limits of this
state and in the nearby states institutions
of all kinds. While we are perhaps not
rich in great technical institutions and
have not many special schools for young
women there are all manner Of schools
scattered throughout this part of the
west, so that any student OF any prep
aration and with any ambition may find
here first-class instruction in any line
desired.
And the west. unlike the east, affords
the Same opportunities for young women
as for young men, not only in education,
but in all lines and technical education
here is on Fhe increase.
Take the state Of Nebraska alone and
see the census OF schools. Here are four
state normal schools and one large pri-
vate normal. These institutions are just
coming into their own. Peru and Kear-
ney have an attendance during the reg
ular year of approximately GOO each.
Chadron has about 300 and Wayne ap-
proximating 400 during the regular term.
They offer liberal courses of education.
possess strong faculties and are well
equipped.
They know NebraslSa's needs and ara
able to afford educational advantages
directed toward those needs more effec-
lively than other institutions.
Aside from these, the colleges al Grand
Island Hastings, York, Central City,
Crete, Bellevue, Blair. wahoo. College
View, together with Creighton univer-
slty. Cotner university. Wesleyan univer-
sity and Omaha university furnish col
lege facilities we'll distributed over the
state.
All OF these institutions are accredited
M are authorized by law TO grant
Ners certificates. They range in at
ninnce from 200 to 800 per year The
mt Normal school is one of the
rsost private normals in the country.
Il IL given credit for the work 1t does
aud is authorized to issue teachers GER
tificates.
Beyond these comes the University OF
Nebraska with it's numerous divisions, its
college Of arts and sciences. its teachers
college, its college OF engineering, its
college OF medicine. college OF pharmacy
college OF law and college OF agricul-
ture. with an annual enrolment Of over
1000. Adding to this enrolment students
doing work OF college rank in public and
private institutions in the state will ap-
proximate an annual attendance of about
5000, or about ga per cent OF the school
population of the state.
In many lines OF educational work Ne
braAka ranks we'll. Most of the private
colleges Of Nebraska are denominations
and rank high