Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-23
NEBRASKA'S Big UNIVERSITY
Its Twenty-Seyen Buildings Are
Outward Evidence of Marvel
Gus Internal Activity.
MANY OTHER SPLENDID SCHOOLS

1ne tIllenebS Oh q Is IN the
statement that the University of Ne
brsska is great institution. But every
Nebraskan is glad to make this statement
and to repeat it and reiterate It.
The University Of Nebraska is only
forty-five years old, yet it ranks with
such venerable institutions as the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania.
It's grounds are fully as large as the
Pennsylvania institution, its instructors
are of as high standing, its courses are
fully as complete. Its location is far
better, its grounds more beautiful.
The number Of students in the Nebraska
Institution is now about equal to the
plumber attending the university founded
by B. Franklin. Nebraska's university,
moreover, has greater liberty than Penn
sylvania's, for in the latter most of the
courses are open only to men. At Ne
braska all courses are open Just as freely
TO women as to men and there is prac-
tically no tuition fee to pay.
The University of Nebraska started
In 1870, giving a few courses in the clas-
6ics and the liberal arts. 1t has gone on
from that until today it teaches ali the
Rciences as well. and all the professions
except theology.
Many Buildings.
The material-brick and mortar and
stone and wood equipment of this great
lnstitution-is imposing in itself and is
the outward sign of the academic worth
and the proof of a usefulness In the field
bf education that has been demonstrated
throughout the YEARS of its existence.
On its spacious campus, located "a the
beart of the city OF Lincoln, are seven
L.
pf them In good repalr-clustered closely
together on a plot of ground four blocks
In area, which at this time of the year
Is a veritable labyrinth of mottled flower.
beds, shrubs, lawns and trees
At the state farm are ten equally COM
fnodious and serviceable structures sit
hated on $40 acres of ground that with
extensive cultivation is rapidly becoming
bhe garden spot of the state.
In these buildings are class-rooms
libraries. laboratories and museums
Everything that is needed to educate 1000
btudents year.
To meet the university's urgent demand
for more room to accommodate it's in
freasing number of students. the legisla-
pure has authorized three-quarter-mIl
levy for six years, which has provided In
lll 100000 for university Improvement.
bnd which is now available for the uni
bersity's use.
still Greater Growth,
In view of what the University Of Ne
braska now is, as seen by the spectator
Who spends only a few hours within its
gates, the spectacle OF how great an in
fttution 1t will be when 100000 have
been spent in enlarging its equipment and
NnCFnaa fcr
pr the state almost stiles the imagina-
bion.
Internally the university gives every
evidence of progress. 1t is doing better
work every year. 1t is constantly raising
its educational standards, and the fact
that il Is doing so is recognized by COM
peting universities of standing and repute
requirements for admission into the uni
Nersity are higher than ever BEFORE re-
Auirements for graduation, still higher
Numbered among its faculty are men OF
Recognized ability as teachers and not
R-few who have a national reputation as
authorities i'm their several lines; such
enleinent scholars and men of science as
Dean L. A. Sherman, the late Dean
Charles Bessey, and Dean o. " p. Stout;
And such noted jurists as Dean w. G..
Hastings Of the college of law, and Dr.
Edwin Maxey, a we'll known authority
pn international law.
Engineering Laboratory.
The attention of the technical world
was recently attracted to the University
of Nebraska by the addition to its equip
gnent of one of the largest and most up
to-date engineering laboratories in the
west. The latest improvement IL a beau
tifm and spacious building to be occu-
pied exclusively by the polotical science
and law departments.
The University OF Nebraska not only
furnishes instruction to those who come
to its doors seeking 1t, but it also ex-
tends the advantage of higher education to
those who cannot afford the time and ex-
pense of years in college. Through cor
respondence study. public lectures. hign
school debates and the publication OF
pamphlets devoted to general information
and welfare the university prepares many
persons at home for lives of greater use
fulness. One hundred students are now
doing regular university work and re-
eeiving regular university credit by en-
ploying their spare hours at home under
the direction of the University OF Ne
braska extension department.
University Publications.
The university also turns out a vast
amount OF knowledge for general con-
sumption by the people of the state I'm the
form Of publications. Besides the annual
calendar and other periodic bulletins,
there are eleven university papers de-
voted TO all kinds of scientific, literary
and educational interests. rne various
student publications and the published
reports Of the scientific branches OF the
university. especially those of engineer
ING and agriculture. constitute no small
part OF the great educational service the
university is rendering the state.
This year the indications are there will
be an even larger registration at this
great institution of the state than ever
before. but all provisions have been made
kss the adequate accommodation OF ali