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

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TT air is grinie-trce, where the unelouded sun can shine, where there is little of the despair of poverty and little of the despotism of the rich. While It IS true that th e state affords no small p.irt of the world ' s food supply, it makes a con- tribution to the professional and education.il world as well as to industry ' and agriculture. Today, Nebraska has noted representatives engaged in law, medicine, education, the arts — in all fields of professional and educational enterprise. In 18 4 The Jiehrask a ?iews was first published in Nebraska City.- During the seventy years that h.ive passed since this first newspaper appeared many important papers have com-e into being. At present, nearly every town with a population of a thousand or more has its own publication, and some of these smaller papers are noted for their maintenance of the highest journalistic stand- ards. In Omaha and Lincoln, there are several large daily papers and some of the finest editorial writers in the countrv. Before the world war the Nebraska State Medical Asso- ciation had a thousand mem- bers, but since, the membership has ■expanded to thirteen hun- dred. About nineteen hundred Great Western Suj; ' ' Beet Factory physicians are licensed to practice in the state. As a result of the activity of the American Medical Association, medical schools and hospitals have set higher standards for achievement. In Nebraska the hospitals are classified according to their equipment and the kind of service for which they are equipped, and fifteen have been rated Class A. Constant elfort is being made to enlarge this class. The state maintains four institutions for medical and surgical care of the ptxir. At Lincoln, Norfolk, and Hastings there are hospitals for the insane. The total capacity of the three is about four thousand. The Orthopedic hospital at Lincoln accommodates a hundred crippled children. Since the time of the first Indian schools, Nebraska has made steady educational progress until, at present, but 1.4 per cent of the population is illiterate. Sixty-two per cent of the children of school age attend school daily, and an average of forty-three dollars is expended annually on each child. There are five hundred eighty elementary and secondary schools in the state. Scene on William F. Cody T ' Bufalo Bill ; Ranch Hear Horth Platte Page 11

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. Omalia i ;vlme KEARNEY MIDWAY CITY );733™ FRISCO 1733 BOSTON ' ' bushels ot potatoes and one hundred .md twenty-seven milhon pounds of sugar are produced yearly. Closely related to the cultivation of the soil is the livestock industry. Every good farm has its herd of cattle. Some are kept for dairy purposes, some are raised for meat, some are petted animals which our proud breeder exhibits at county fairs as pedigreed stock. Swine are being raised to such an extent that Nebraska ranks second in the industry with two million head of hogs in 192. . Sheep are becoming more numerous and last year ' s report stated that there were about three hundred thousand scattered over the farms. It is in the western part of the state, however, that livestock raising becomes an industry-. The dry plains are especially adapted to supporting great numbers of cattle and a thou- sand head are often found on one ranch. Recent reports state that the annual shipment of beef cattle from the ranches to the packing houses and livestock markets averages about two million three hundred and seventy-five thousand head. This brings a need for transportation. There are seven rail- ways operating in Nebraska with six thousand seven hundred forty-two miles of track to carry this burden of traffic. Omaha, the leading city of Nebraska, is the blue- ribbon dairy produce market of the world. It ranks second as a livestock market and third as a meat curing and packing center with an annual expenditure of five million dollars in the packing houses alone. Nebraska has not become distinguished in other indus- tries. There are no mines, and the potash industry which flourished during the war has been shut down because of high cost of production. There are about four thousand factories in the state, the largest of which are the packing houses. Besides these there are flour mills, creameries, sugar refineries, candy factories, and bakeries. Clay beds also furnish material for the brickyards and for the tile factory in Lincoln. Then, there are factories turning out a variety of commodities. For instance, shoe strings and spark plugs are manufactured at Omaha, index tags are make at Exeter, and Kearney is the home of the dandelion rake. The cities are small, and numerous towns are scattered through the cultivated fields. The highways are being improved by state and county appropriations so that the automobile is the com- mon torm of .small scale transportation. The laborers of Nebraska arc well treated. They are not consumptive city dwellers, or pale men who go forth from gray huts with dinner buckets to the depths of dark mines. There is no menacing scx)ty mantle hovering above the heads of the people. Nebraskans live where the Tlic Higliesf Ponit in AJebras a, Scottsbluff Phec 1(1 Midu ' dy Betiyeen the CoasH; Highu ' fly ' May t T ear Kearney rrm i - rTT- ) J I I l l l rrrrrr l l ll l l mm ti rTtTi-rT r-i ir mi i r ■ ifl l

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Dome Roc . fiorth Platte Valley Normal schtx)ls arc located at Peru, Chadron, Kearney, and Wayne. The Protestant denomina- tions are represented in the educational life of the state by eleven colleges and many secondary and elementary schcx)ls; the Catholics maintain tour large institutions, aside from elementary and secondary schools. Nebraska has four universi- ties, Nebraska Wesleyan, a Meth xlist University at University Place; Creighton, a Catholic Uni- versity at Omaha: the University of Omaha, and the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. The last named is the state ' s greatest institution of learn- ing, with a st udent body of si.xty-five hundred, and a faculty of three hundred fifty. From this intellect- ual center come many of the men who enrich the name and state of Nebraska. The past few years has witnessed extensive legal reform. A constitutional convention in 1920 rewrote the constitution of the state in order to make it less cumbersome. Legislative efforts have been directed to repealing useless laws and enacting only necessary ones, to raise efficiency and lower the expense to the taxpayer. There has been no great growth in Nebraska along the line of the arts, although many Nebras- ka writers, artists and musicians are coming to fame. Interest in the arts is fostered by numer- ous organizations. In Omaha there is the Society of Fine Arts, and in Lincoln, The Nebraska Art Association. Both of these societies have annual exhibitions at which noteworthy paintings from all over the country are displayed. The state is producing not only painters who have been recognized by American and European art gal- leries, but artists following other lines — commer- cial artists, interior decorators and cartoonists. Court House Ruc South of Bridgeport Music lovers are constantly attempting to secure a higher standing for music in Nebraska. In Omaha and Lincoln there are artists courses which bring great artists before the public. The Matinee HI Musicale in Lincoln is one of the oldest and largest musical organizations; it has been in existence for more than thirty years. In Omaha there is a symphony orchestra. The State Music Teachers Association is also playing a great part in the musical development of the state. What has been accomplished up to the present time in the way of art is indicative of what the future may bring. The building of a new state in a country which was well-known to the Ponca, Pawnee, C )toe, and Sioux Indian but strange to the white man was not an easy task. The early settlers toiled a half century to make Nebraska a full- fledged commonwealth. But the pioneers, :n fighting hardships, developed a spirit of resolu- tion and courage which is a lasting heritage of true Nebraskans. ' 2r ChimneN ' Roc ; eiir Bayard Page 12 i imittiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiii .i . I 1 r n g-T 1