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

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.rfrt ' .vrtryr ' sy BTr. THE COLLEGE DEAN W. W. BURR To the Patrons of the University: Occasionally those who are responsible for an insti- tution like the College of Agriculture should reflect on the subject of its purposes and should take account of changing purposes as well as of progress. Basically the purpose of the College of Agriculture is and has been that of education in those subjects that effect improvement in agriculture and rural life. For women students the primary aim is to provide them with the knowledge and technique essential to satisfactory homes and home life. For men the purpose is a better understanding of the principles underly ng suc- cessful farm practices and the relation of agriculture to other industries. As agricultural problems become more difficult and complex, the range of activities of the College widens, and its purposes and aims become of increasing importance to the state and the nation. Just now the national government and also the farmers are looking to the colleges of agriculture for information and leadership in connection with the nation-wide effort to make agriculture more stable and profitable. Regardless of how well the present efforts at control of production succeed, we may look in the future toward an increasing need for more information and more leaders to be used in furthering the work of co-ordinating production and consumption demands and in solving many other problems. Increasing com- plexity of problems will require better education. For these reasons the College of Agriculture strives continually to improve its facilities for education. At the present time the curriculum is undergoing a thorough scrutiny, the purpose of which is to find means of broadening and deepening it. The faculty is being encouraged to redefine its aims and to reorganize its courses, with the ultimate object of making the purpose of the College clearer and the educational service of the College more important to the state and society. The student needs equip- ment that will aid him in his encounter with the reali- ties of life, but, more important than that, society needs people who are acquainted with the directions and trends of civilization in those areas and regions of our civilized life that are agricultural. In other words, we need more fully informed and highly intelli- gent agricultural leaders. Young men and women with genuine ability will continue to find that agricul- ture and home economics are large fields with excel- lent opportunities. Respectfully, u , u . Studon+s oi the College of Agriculture learning to identify cuts of meat and to judge their excellence. Cooking tests are employed as a means for determining the effect of different rations for animals upon the palatablllty of their mea+s. Scene In a barn at the College of Agriculture where a class of students is judging dairy cattle. The most proficient of those skilled in weighing the merits of these cattle are chosen to compete in national stock judging contests.

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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

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OF AGRICULTURE L. D. BURTON, former President of the University of Chicago, once rennarked that agriculture might well be the nucleus of a highly cultural educational institu- tion, and that the arts and sciences could become important and significant in an agricultural college in a particular and promising way. This statement Is sound and has especial application in Nebraska. In this state almost one-half of the people live on farms. Certainly the cultural development of the state de- pends to a large extent on the improvement of its agriculture. The enriching of life has Its technical aspects, Its occupational problems. Art and work must not and should not be separated. The College of Agriculture provides opportunity for a broad and useful education, with particular atten- tion to rural problems. In addition to Its four-year college course In agriculture and home economics, and the four-year high school course at Curtis, there are general and specialized short courses which stress par- ticularly the practices of agriculture. The College also affords opportunity for adult education. The meet- ings of Organized Agriculture, as well as many special meetings on the college campus, attract annually several thousand farm people. The Agricultural Exten- sion Service, through its meetings held In rural com- munities, reaches tho usands of other farmers and farm women, hiundreds of questions are answered by letters each week, and a large number of people call to present their problems personally. In addition, the 4-H Club work carried on through the Extension Serv- ice reaches thousands of boys and girls. All of this requires a staff of research workers, teachers, and extension workers. It is clear from this that the College of Agriculture is equipped with adequate machinery for the carrying out of its purpose. Improvements of the material and mechanical sort can be made here and there but on the whole the organization has been well worked out and Sciences furnishes a background for the work of and the means of reaching thousands of people have been made a reality. Questions of larger importance, however, are facing the administrative heads of the College now. These involve the newer purposes of the College, the sort of education that will be more useful, and the means of providing more useful educa- tion. It Is true that much more can be done In the way of improving the farming practices and living con- ditions in the rural communities, but the enriching of life cannot go on further without considerable atten- tion to the advancement of economic, political, and social studies, In general those studies that have to do with the improvement of community and social life, and a richer life Includes the arts and other means of improving leisure time. In short, greater Intelligence and intellect must be applied to the broad problem of improving rural civilization and the College of Agri- culture, along with other agencies, is doing its best to help. In this wood-worlcing class at the Ag College the students are trained to become teachers for Smith-Hughes positions in high schools throughout the state. Especial attention is devoted to the problems presented by the many aspects of rural building. A draw-bar test in operation at the tractor testing station of the University. Each year new models of all the standard tract- ors are carefully tested and examined. The results of these tests are followed by those who use tractors all over the world.