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

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ARTS AND SCIENCES A geography class on the second lloor ol Former Museum Sludenta carry out laboratory experiment! in Chemiitry Hall AN odd late decreed that Dean Oldfathers birthplace should be so near the ancient part of the world to which he has devoted so much of his study and time. From Tabriz, Persia, he came to the U. S. with his parents in 1890. Mr. Oldfather obtained his fl.B. degree at Hanover (Indiana) college in 1906, in 1911 he graduated from McCormick Theological Sem- inary with a B.D. degree, fl year ' s graduate study at the University ol Munich followed. For the next two years he taught at the Syrian Protestant College in Beirut, Palestine. Return- ing to the states, he taught at Hanover College, and later, at Wabash College in Crawlordsville, Indiana. In 1922 he received his Ph.D. Irom the University ol Wisconsin, in 1922 Hanover Col- lege awarded his LL.D. degree. Dean Oldfather came to this campus in 1926 to leach ancient history; in 1929 he became head ol the history department. He was elected in 1932 to the position he now holds. He smilingly admits that he used to be a wicked perlormer on the guitar and used to sing in a church choir. For many years, how- ever, his hobby has been the translation ol classics. In 1922 he wrote The Greek Literary Papyri from Greco-Roman Egypt . In collaboration with his brother, a professor at the University of Illinois, he has made a 1,400 page translation of Pulendorls The Law ol Nature and Nations lor the Carnegie Endowment lor International Peace. He recently completed the second vol- ume ol the translation ol Diodorus ol Sicily which he is doing lor the Loeb Classical library. The completed work will comprise 10 volumes. Dean Oldlather is actively interested in the present, too, and since 1932 has extensively studied possible ways to alter and improve the college ' s curriculum and graduation require- ments. I ' m a strong believer that the state university must oiler a broader curriculum than private educational institutions try to do. If must delinitely do something lor all young people who come to us Irom the state. He conducted a recent survey ol colleges lor the North Central Association ol Secondary Schools and Colleges, and is a member ol the committee on Enlistment and Enrollment ol Colleae Teachers in the Association ol Amer- ican Colleges. Dean Oldlather was a member ol the Indiana Public Library commission from 1922-1925 and is an ex-president of the Indiana Library Trustees Association. Among the organizations to which he belongs are Phi Delta Theta, Amer- ican Historical Society, American Philological Association, American Association of University Professors, and the Classical Association of the Middle West U of N

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COLLEGE OF DEAN C. H. OLUFflTHER To the class of 1936: Here you are Seniors, and the last time I ever addressed you as a group was in Freshman Lecture, now nearly four years ago. fls administrative officer of the University ' s largest college it is unfortunately impossible for me to enjoy the personal and mtimate contacts had by other faculty members. That is not as it should be, certainly not as I would like to have it be. This constitutes another argument for a Stu- dent Union building, but also, and far better, for some sort of an auditorium on Nebraska ' s campus, in which each college could hold a college convoca- tion ever so often, I have taught in small colleges where chapels were held every day, and most of us thought that every day seemed a little too often, especially when the professors had to take turns in conducting the chapel services. Nevertheless, it would be nice for all the students of the College of Arts and Sciences here to get together a few times each year so that they would come to know each other and the faculty better, fin auditorium to fill this need is something you as alumni can work for, through the University Foundation which will soon be established. The best wish with which I can send you from our halls is that your life may be one of effort, because only that kind of life is worthwhile, find should material success crown your efforts, remember your fllma Mater. Most sincerely. Cyi iA jl a j;::

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COLLEGE OF DEAN I. E. LeROSSIGNOL To the students of the College of Business fldministration. Dear Friends: I have been asked to write you a general letter, and I am tempted to give you advice. Yet I hesitate to do so, lest you think, that free advice is worthless rather than priceless. Besides, I have been told that there are everywhere two types of people, both in the student body and the rest of the world: those who can and will take advice, and those who cannot or will not take it. It is unnecessary to give advice to the former sort, and useless to offer it to the latter. This sounds like logical reasoning, does it not? Nevertheless, I will offer a word to the wise which 1 believe will be helpful if you will remember to take it as a guide throughout your college course and after life. Find out what your talents are, what is your proper work i n the world and arrange your life accordingly. Cease to drift. Make a plan for five years or one year or a single semester and follow it consistently until you can devise something better. You will, no doubt, be following a receding goal as when, in climbing the foothills of the mountains, you reach the summit only to find higher elevations beyond. But in the ascent you will have the satis- faction of conquering obstacles, achieving succes- sive victories, gaining strength as you go, and push- ing on toward higher and better things. This is old stuff, I know — as old as Plato and Solo- mon — but it is seasoned wisdom with which you can safely build the edifice of your life and work. With all good wishes, I am Yours faithfully, iA