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

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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]

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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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Elephanl Hall Ten colleges, four collegiate schools, and two secondary schools, carry on university instructional work. The grad- uate college boasts an enrollment for the first semester 1938-39, of 478 students. On the College of Agriculture campus 904 were enrolled first semester. In Omaha, there were 361 medical students and 122 enrolled in the school of nursing. By far the most popular college is the College of Arts and Sciences, with an enrollment of 1791 for the first semester. Surprising is the fact that 3,427 students do not attend the university, but receive instruction through the extension services. Disseminators of learning, the instructional staff num- bers 576, including the chancellor, four executive heads, thirteen deans, 100 professors, 54 associate professors, 80 assistant professors, 92 instructors, 25 assistant instructors, 79 special and instructional workers, and 129 fellows, scholars, and graduate assistants. In addition, there are 899 other employes on fixed stipend. Operating on a budget of $3,866,625, the university divided its expenditures for the 1937-38 year in the following manner: for instructional costs, including all colleges and the physical plant, 57 per cent; for agricultural extension and experiment station activities, 23 per cent; for special non- instructional activities, 10 per cent. Operation of dormitories the dining hall, cafeterias, book stores, and hog cholera serum plant, claims the remaining 3 per cent of expenditures. Interesting to note is the fact that budget expenditures of the university have failed to keep pace with a steadily in- creasing enrollment. In 1930-31, when 6,327 students were enrolled in the university, a budget of $4,241,551 was in operation. Since 1933-34, enrollment has increased by more than 1,000, but since 1936-37, university expenditures have steadily decreased. For the fiscal year, 1938, the university issued a financial statement which may be summarized by expenditures according to funds. Taxation money supplied $1,878,342, or 48.6 per cent; cash funds, $1,436,420 or 37.1 per cent; and federal funds, $551,862,000 or 14.3 per cent. New radio studio University Players Dental clinic Art galleries [11]