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

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t::: • •• DEAN T. J. THOMH:.uN Dean of Student Affairs Dear Son: By this time you have learned that a university does not consist of brick and mortar alone, but of teachers and fellow human beings very much like your- self. Get acquainted with your fellow students. Youth is the heyday of friendships. But more especially, I would urge that you strive to become acquainted with your teachers. If you will let it, acquaintance- ship with them may mean more to you than anything else in your college life. True, you cannot in four short years expect to gain their mastery of subject matter, but you can catch something of their zeal and their spirit. If, when school days are over, you ap- proach life with the same zest and enthusiasm tha + :haracterlze5 their attitude toward their work, your schooling will indeed not have been in vain.. Al- though I have long ago 1 forgotten the aorist tense, 1 shall never for- get the friendship and the contagious enthu- siasm of my professor of Greek. I hope you may form a similar acquaintanceship with some of your teachers. You say you are wor- ried about the choice of a vocation. 1 am not as concerned about this phase of your edu- cation as some perhaps W. C. HARPER Assistant to the Dean would have me be. Learn something about many things, and a great deal about those that interest you most. Become acquainted with the masterpieces of literature, art, and music, and the principal hypotheses and theories of science. An interest in and an appre- ciation of these will prove a source of life-long pleas- ure and satisfaction to you. You ought also to take courses that will call for abstract thinking and the exercise of your imagination. You should learn to analyze and to reason. Learn early to conduct a rational examination of the prejudices and traditions that naturally become a part of life and living. Tradi- tions and prejudices may be valuable; but the wise man subjects them to continuous examination. The result is progress. If your interests lead you into fields requiring special skills, acquire those skills; but lay the superstructure of your technical knowledge upon the foundations of broad general knowledge. You have average intelligence. With such a prepara- tion as I have outlined, 1 have a sincere belief that you can make a reasonable success of any vocation you may choose. 1 only urge you to choose a line of activity that will furnish you enjoyment in its pursuit. A man ' s work should be more than his living; it should be meat and drink to his soul. Four years in college. There will never be another four years like them. Four years of intellectual exploration and free play of your mind. Four years to make friendships and to dream dreams. Four glorious years! Son, make the most of them. As ever yours, T. J. THOMPSON.

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:hancellor e. a. burnett To friends of the University: The University of Nebraska is a constructive force in the life of the state. Its primary objective is to educate our youth in the arts and sciences, in industry, and in the professions so that they will be able to serve and direct the interests of the state. In these days technical educa- tion is necessary to do the world ' s work. A university should provide the student opportunity to master one or more basic fields of knowledge that give him capacity to pursue a useful occupation, making his position in industry or in a profession stable and effective. At the same time it should make him responsive to the demand for a better social order. A vital research program is essential to every modern university. Universities provide research laboratories for the discovery of knowledge in highly technical fields that may minister to human welfare. Discovery and invention have been responsible for most of the changes in modern life. They hold the key to much of our future progress. The scientific research carried on in the University has contributed millions to our wealth in agriculture and commerce and to better public health. A university must do more than make the student an efficient human machine. As a social agency it must teach how we may build institutions that guard the rights and opportunities of the weak and promote tha welfare of society. Education should contribute to the richness of life. Through it the student learns to fit Into modern society and to contribute most to its well-being and progress. Very truly yours. Chancellor MyJ AJiX PROFESSOR R. P. CRAWFORD Assistant to the Chancellor .iH-i

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DEAN A. H. HEPPNER The Dean of Women .». T HE Dean of Women and her staff lend an import- ant influence to the lives of over 2,000 women students of this university. As secretary of Faculty Committee of Student Affairs, Miss hHeppner repre- sents the women ' s interests in school activities. She is general supervisor of many of the most important women ' s associations and serves as advisor to Mortar Board and Association of Women Students. Miss hHeppner ' s program is chiefly that of guidance. She promotes the highest moral and scholastic stand- ards among university women. The problems of house regulations have been delegated to the women ' s self- government body, but the Dean of Women remains a helpful counsellor. To aid the young woman to develop a ' sound philosophy of life within herself is the purpose of her office. It is here that many women students are prepared for better citizenship. Numer- ous scholarships, encouraging the desire for higher learning, are awarded through this office. Among the many functions of the Dean of Women are the housing and employment bureaus. Miss Piper, assistant to the Dean of Women, has general super- vipion over housing for university women. A ' l places of lodging, before being recommended, are carefully investigated, and the supervisors interviewed, so that the best possible conditions are afforded the girl; seeking such housing. This is the second year that the system of Coopera- tive Houses has been carried out. These dormitories provide the women students the opportunity to earn part of their room and board and still enjoy living with a group of their colleagues. Girls who are allowed the privilege of living in Wilson or Howard Hall are selected on a three-fold basis: Scholarship, moral standards, and financial need. In this way only those students who are most deserving of this oppor- tunity are chosen. The employment bureau has this year for the first time been under the supervision of Mrs. Ada West- over. Nearly one-fourth of the women students of the University of Nebraska are employed either whole or part-time. Many of these find positions with the aid of the office of the Dean of Women. Each girl is personally Interviewed, and each house is visited, so that both parties may be satisfied. Many loan funds and awards are annually furnished by Panhellenic, A. A. U. W., and Faculty Women ' s Club, so that a great numbe- of girls, who without financial aid would be unable to attend the University, are now af- forded this opportun- ity. The offices of the Dean of Women are now housed in Ellen Smith Hall, where they have been located since the conversion of that home into offices for the University. MISS ELSIE FORD PIPER Assistant to the Dean