University of Nebraska Lincoln - Cornhusker Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

Page 29 text:

The Graduate School Graduate work at the University of Nebraska was organized under the admin- istration of Chancellor Manatt, in the years 1884-86. In the calendar for the first of these, graduate instruction in certain departments was outlined and offered. In the cal- endar for 1886, the conditions and requirements for the degree of master of arts, mainly the same as those now in force, appear for the first time. This part of the calendar was compiled from the report of a committee on graduate study, which was appointed in 1885 and finished its sittings in the spring of 1886. Dr. Edgren was chair- man of this committee, andicertain features of the report, particularly the per cent deh- nitions of majors and minors, were contributions of his, and have been continued in all revisions of the rules down to the present time. The demand for graduate subjects was, for half a dozen years, but small and confined to few departments. Students from the undergraduate colleges who needed fur- ther work went generally elsewhere. There was little attention paid, except by the teach- ers or departments concerned, to intending or inquiring candidates, and there was lit- tle supervision of their work. Un the withdrawal of Dr. Edgren in 1891 to the new University of Gothenburg, there was a palpable weakening of interest in the advanced work of the University. Wfhen he returned, two years later, from the headship of an institution devoted to graduate instruction, a more complete organization of our own graduate work was looked for. This came in 1895, when the Graduate School was or- ganized, and Dr. Edgren was placed over it as its Dean. The number of graduate courses was greatly enlarged, and the enrolment rose to nearly a hundred and fifty names. The opening of the Graduate School has been of inestimable benefit to Nebraska. Many hundred students have been enabled to receive expert and specialistic training, at small cost, who could not have borne the expense of study at Harvard, johns Hop- kins, or Cornell. The sums required for tuition alone, at many of the eastern institu- tions, quite suffice for the major cost of residence here. Une of the fruits of advanced instruction at the University has been to put teachers holding second degrees into the principal high schools of the state. It has not been possible to set up departments for graduate instruction exclusively, and much of the work given, on the part of a some- what overworked faculty, has been a labor of love. But the school is growing in favor, both in Nebraska and outside, and, to judge from the inquiries of recent and intending graduates, a large proportion of our students, look forward to the addition of at least a year of finishing work. In the event of reducing the period of undergraduate study from four years to three, as academic development in this country seems to require, the usefulness of the Graduate School must be greatly enhanced. On the following page is the roll of graduates since the publication of the last Annual: 21

Page 28 text:

Administrative Officers ELISHA BENJAMIN ANDREKVS, LL.D. Chancellor and President of the Senate JAMES STUART DALES, M.Ph., N Secretary, EX-Officio Steward and Superintendent of Grounds and Buildings NLAX VVESTERMANN ............. Accountant JAMES WILLIABI CRABTREE Inspector of Accredited Schools HARRY GRAVES SHEDD, A.M. . . . . Registrar EDGAR HARLAN CLARK, A.B., LL.B. EDITH CARLETON HIGGINS . . ORVILLE IAcI:soN FEE . . VIRGINIA NIAY HOFFMAN, BL. . INIARIE JENSEN . . . MAUD CHEUVRONT . . . . ARTHUR SHARPE 0 . Secretary to the Chancellor . . . . . . . Assistant Registrar Assistant Superintendent of Grounds and Buildings . . . . Chancellor's Stenographer Head of the Stenographic Bureau Stenographer Messenger lll mQll16l'idm ELLEN SlN1ITI-I DIED FEBRUARY 20, 1903 ELLEN SMITH was born in Ashtabula county, Ohio, about sixty-ive years ago. She graduated from Hillsdale College, Michigan, in the classical course, and in 1877 was enrolled on the faculty of the University of Nebraska as language instructor. Later she was made principal of the preparatory school, Which position she held until 1884, when she was appointed assistant instructor in Latin. In 1885 she was made librarian and registrar. In 1890 the regents relieved her of her library work, and she kept the position of registrar until the close of last year, when she resigned on account of failing health. Beneath a stern exterior Miss Smith had a good heart hidden, and her sympathetic kindness has endeared her to the hearts of many students, especially young women. She leaves a host of friends who mourn her loss. ' 20

Page 30 text:

Doctors of Philosophy Knight, Wilbur Clinton Condra, George Evart Gerig, John Lawrence Metcalf, Haven ii? il? Masters of Arts Cortelyou, john Van Zandt Dean, Nellie Leota Elliott, Robert Dale Fox, Jennie Leonora Hedgcock, George Grant Hopper, Phoebe May Hunt, Ira Jasper Kind, Iohn Louis Kuhlxnann, Fred Lansing, Robert Cheek Mackin, Eugenia Mahy, Maria Catherine Mercer, Andrew jackson Richert, Cornelius Sheldon, john Lewis Smith, Cora Frances Story, Claudius McC1ave Thatcher, Roscoe Wilford Thornber, john james 'Wheeler, Myrtle Isabelle Hilton, David Clark Bates, john Fred Cartniell, VVilliarn Bell Dahl, Leonora Henrietta Graybill, Harry Webster Hullhorst, Charlotte Eugenia Meier, Carl Henry Miller, Eleanora Tibbetts Peterson, W'alter Prey, Annie Elizabeth Rhodes, Walter Hampton Robbins, Ida Lute Rowe, Jessie Perry it? W Electrical Engineer Evans, Herbert Silas 5 al' bk 5' I ' lffigla' SE! f ,? .....,..-,..l- i -li..-Q ,- 22