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

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sfiwgu ,..,.f.f1f'c'cbf. c jfs c 1 i - .- 1--, 1 -' --AL' ' 'TE' 1. VILL-'V -n , 1 fl, ' l ff V J' ', , 'Q-. . ,, K '1. f-- ' 'ii M Tiififig- . i - - QLLLQ ,L ' 'c Q 51,1 'fri f-ef-Ig., ' ' K 'Y I' , . '.- Jails-4 But the increase in the enrollment of the students is yet more remarkable. In 1871-72 when the college was founded there were 20 students of collegiate rank. These in 1890 had increased to 17 4. In 1910, twenty years later, the number had grown to 1,155. Last year in spite of the fact that students in the Teachers College and in the College of Busi- ness Administration have all of them been drawn from the College of Arts, the number registered was 2,870. But one must also keep in mind the service the College of Arts and Sciences renders its sister colleges on this campus and the College of Agriculture. Nearly all of the work except what is purely professional or technical is supplied by one or other of the de- partments of the College. All the aid in pure Science, in Language, in the Social Sciences except Economics, in English, in Mathematics, is rendered by departments in the College of Liberal Arts, and though the many students in these classes are counted as registered in one or other of the professional colleges a large portion of their time is spent in the class rooms or laboratories under the more general faculty of the University. In this way there is most excellent cooperation between the various divisions of the University, duplication of work is avoided, and the students of whatever aim are brought into close contact. One should not in this history forget the members of the faculty of the college. Its old deans-H. E. Hitchcock, 1876-1879, Samuel Aughey, 1879-1882, H. E. Hitchcock, 1882-1884, George McMillan, 1884-1886, Grove E. Barber, 1886-1887, Lucius A. Sherman, 1887-1888 Cnow Dean of the Graduate Collegel, Charles E. Bessey, 1888-1901, Ellery W. Davis, 1901-1919. There are many students still with us who remember Dean Davis. His spirit of independent scholarship and moral and intellectual rectitude has left a deep influence upon both students and faculty. One can not forget the influence of great teachers like Dean Bessey and Professor Edgren. Some of those who have followed the history of the college from earliest times cannot forget men now with us, but who have by a life time of devotion earned a partial retirement-Professor Howard, Professor Barber, Professor Lees, Professor Caldwell. The college, has been distinguished by a goodly share of intellectual work now pre- served in books. To list the publications of some of its professors would be no small matter and unduly lengthen this history, but a few may be taken as illustration- The Family and The Marriage by Professor Howard, a dozen volumes of history, a large volume on Rest Days by Professor Webster, two volumes of literary and critical essays by Professor Frye, a similar volume by Professor Glass, a volume on Ballads by Professor Pound, several volumes of poetry and philosophical essays by Professor Alexander, ex- cellent textbooks by Dean Sherman, Professor Grumman, Professor Deming, Professor Fossler, and others, a book on South America by Professor Warshaw, and studies on Shakespeare by Professor Sherman. To list the special monographs, like those of Pro- fessor Pool or Professor Weaver, would extend the list indefinitely. But after all the chief influence of a college is to raise the standards and ideals of those who share its life. For a college is a union of faculty and students, and its strength will be as the cooperation of the two in pursuits intellectual. Arts and Science Faculty - Saunders Mundy L.B.VValker Congdon Fossler Vifimberly Gaba Pool Hfeseen Hftzl ' M R R d Thom son Collins Jensen XNYCRVE1' Foffff S ei ei ann unge ee p gg ears Miles E.R.WValke1' Boots Scott Smith Virtue Bengtson Porter Hendricks Anderson Pfeiffer XVilliains Hayes Candy Upson Buck Fling VVolcott Swezey Sherman Pa 1 9 Q - PQ in ,f 7 i3LF f 'Qtr' .... 5 '1 5 c Arm..- Y 1' so lint l. i 3. .3 1.1 A.. .V 3' ll 'L lx. - all w. if ffl .. -1 1 it l' I.. . . .fri ll .W iii, l 'Q V Li il l' V I i, rpl .1 r JA., I: Ei. lfififl lr 'I 'N 1 l . l gl l .LI ri ,N ull ,. it V 1 it 3' Will. Q' ll ll l 'Q I ll 'li ' lzxfki .l ,.,, wg fl ts-I -l X l li 1 'f M. i 'li-fgfl Pgqiisqvll , , , il ll lf. lgfilijl . 4 'i . I E, 'Nj at Vis l ,. 1 Qi. V'-TJ ,A le 9' 'i 1 ' i ir-at 4 9 ,N . 'A . if-fl M i