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

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COLLEGE OF To the Students of the College of Agriculture: My dear friends: The college you are attending is one of the younger ones in organization, but the subject matter with which it deals covers most of our record of human endeavor. Men have tilled the soil since the beginning of human history, but only quite recently has agriculture been organized into a science. Home is the most familiar word in every language, but only recently has home-making been developed as a subject to be taught in schools, and for which young people might be trained. While our organization is young, great progress has been made in the last half century in agriculture and home economics. We have seen botany and chemistry grow into sciences covering crop develop- ment, soil management, and animal nutrition. You are now a part of a movement that is applying more exact knowledge to the home, and science to the fields. This should make the home more beautiful and satisfying, and the fields more interesting and profitable. Surely the homes of Nebraska must show the results of teaching in home management, econ- omy in buying, color harmony, and family relation- ships. Just as surely will agriculture respond to the increased knowledge, technique and training of the farm manager. New problems constantly arise with each change in social relationships and environmental influences. We must ever remain young in our viewpoints and in our ability to meet these changing conditions. We hope that your years with us will prove both pleasant and profitable to you, and that you will attain per- sonal development essential to a successful life. Sincerely yours. u , u .

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DEAN of WOMEN To the Women Students: In the relationship of members of my staff and myself with University women we have attempted to build a program upon the thesis that the province of the University is to develop a well-bal- anced personality, and that the per- sonal and social problems of these stu- dents are as much within the scope of our work as are their intellectual prob- lems. This involves a comprehension of the concept of group living and of the relationship of the individual to the group. The student ' s chief reason for coming to college should be the desire to ac- quire learning and an education. Train- ing in activities may be acquired by those who do not attend a college, but the advantages of a University curric- ulum and the daily contact with trained minds may be found in college centres only. Your intra-curricular life must al- ways supersede your extra-curricular interests. The processes of education are inti- mately bound up with the values we designate by culture. Culture is a sym- bol. It is like a musical chord, made up of various single notes. Its meaning is not in a simple separable element. It is a harmony, a sum of balanced parts, and an expression of personality. Sincerely, ' 2 cC i W- DEflN n. H. HEPPNER MISS ELSIE FORD PIPER Assistant Dean of Women

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AGRICULTURE Students leam to identily and judge cuts ol moat A draw-bar test at the Unive.sily tractor- tosling station w W. BURR, dean of the College oi Agricul- ture, spent his childhood in Indiana and grew to manhood in Virginia, and thus he is fundamentally a combination of Hoosier and Virginian, He received his education in the schools of both of these states, end his college training at Virginia Polytechnic Institute end the University of Nebraska, where he received his bachelor of science degree in 1906. Following his graduation he accepted a posi- tion cooperative with the Department of Agri- culture and the University, at the North Platte substation. Here he took up the problems of dry land agriculture, on which very little infor- mation was available at that time. He became impressed with the necessity of adapted crops, and developed many of the fundamental prin- ciples of the limitations and possibilities of moisture storage, its recovery at various depths by crops; capacity of the soil to retain moisture, and other things vital to the soil management of the plains. He has written rather extensively along these lines. From 1913 to 1916 he wcs employed by the U. S. Department of Agricul- ture in the supervision of dry-lend agricultural investigations in the Great Plains. In 1916 he became chairman of the Department of Agron- omy and in 1928 he was appointed dean. Fishing is Dean Burr ' s favorite pastime, and he has hooked fish in both the Atlantic and Pacific and in every lake, river, and creek between them where he has had an oppor- tunity. He likes to take his family on trips, and so a vacation to him means an automobile trip with Mrs. Burr, the two children, and the tackle. The College of Agriculture is different from all other colleges in the University in that if is an entirely separate unit in itself, and also in that it has under its supervision experiment stations and agricultural schools throughout the state. It is the duty of the Dean to visit these various establishments and to review the work being carried on there. With the constantly increasing federal interest in farming, added responsibility falls to the lot of the Agricultural College. Judging by increased enrollments, this interest extends also to those future citizens of Nebraska who recognize the value of learning scientific methods of agriculture and home economics Through the use of laboratories and experimental gardens, work learned in theory is put into actual practice. In a state half of whose population consists of farming peoples, it is commendable to note that the necessity for such training is being recognized. Industry and democracy are promoted by the very nature and planning of the courses, and with such a person as Dean Burr for inspiration and guid- ance, these ideals are truly inculcated into the lives of the graduates. U of N