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

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IMPORTANCE OF ANY COLLEGE YEAR- BOOK is the annual history it records. In an eventful year for the University of Nebraska, the CORNHUSKER has surveyed three aspects of 1938-39 of significance to Nebras- kans. Salute to Nebraska first pays tribute to the university, now seventy years in ex- istence. From a school composed of one building surrounded by corn fields and a high fence to ward off curiously grazing cattle, the university has expanded into the business district of Lincoln and built another campus for the College of Agriculture. As a state institution its mushroom growth has demanded increased levies from the legislature until the problem of sufficient appropriations or curtailed enrollment dwarfs other campus plans. Hence, Salute to Nebraska reviews the unique unicameral legislature which controls the state ' s leading educational factory. Into this university thousands of students enter, aware of edu- cation ' s value but not generally alert enough to draw full measure of benefit. Their un- usual campus life, studied in Student Caval- cade, concludes this yearbook ' s observa- tions.

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J-i-V vsfe■p ' SALUTE TO NEBRASKA ADMINISTRATION 8 E S ACTIVITIES OR CANIZATIONS ATHLETICS BUYING HABITS i

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THE UMVERSITY With the object of affording to the inhabitants of the stale the means of acquiring a thorough knowledge of tlie various branch- es of literature, science, and the arts, the University of Nebraska was established in 1869. In its first session, beginning September 7, 1871, 130 students enrolled. The university had for the year 1937-38 a total enrollment of 11,748 stu- dents, granting to date 28,279 degrees. Despite recent economic condi- tions, the university ' s enrollment, including the extension school, has increased by 1,010 students ir. live years. % There i.s no place like Nebraska [10]