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SeveniT-f ive vears Nebraska ' s past is the prophecy of her future. During the seventy-five years of the University of Nebraska ' s history, it has seen the passing of the raw prairies, with their breadths of empty space matching the ex- panse of future time; it has become a powerful univer- sity, with a world- wide name, and an Alma Mater whose children are found in all the lands where men dwell. The growing needs of a growing state have steadily increased the de- mands for training made upon this great central institution. Those baron brick buildings of the 1870 ' s have been surrounded by newer and more majestic structures, and there will be other build- ings to meet the growing demands of a vigorous state. But this material greatness is only an out- ward symbol of the genuine and lasting Spirit, through which the University will con- tinue to live and grow in greatness — the love of learning and the faith in the devotion of students to unselfish knowledge that will exist in both the students and the institution for years to come. The University of Nebraska was chartered by an act of the state legislature February 15, 1869. The cornerstone of University Hall, the first campus building, was laid September 23, 1869. When the first classes were held, there were five freshmen, two sophomores and one junior enrolled. The big iron fence which was built around U Hall has been torn down, but the gate still remains in front of Pharmacy building as an historic remembrance. In a few short years U Hall was filled with students, and other buildings began to ari.se on the campus beginning with the chemistry building and the present Pharmacy Building in 1885, and shortly afterwards the cornerstone for Nebraska Hall was laid. No one would have realized in lK9:i, that John .1. Pershing, who h:itl ju.st rcceivi ' d his bachelor ' s degree from the University College of Law, was to some day become Commander in Chief of the A. E. F. in World War I. It was his experience on this campus which foreshadowed his later achievements which have inspired the men fight- ing for victory in World War II. On this campus he made his name legendary when he founded the Pershing Rifles, crack drill squad, now a national honorary military organi- zation, during the time he was commandant from 1891-1895. The chief centers of early outside-classroom life on the campus centered in the literary so- cieties, the first of which was Palladian, founded in 1871. As the university ex- panded, these clubs became department- al. The university was still a young in- stitution when the Greek-Barb feuds began, for the Greeks were organized on the UN campus in 1883. Other organizations soon were formed, and by the end of the 19th century many of the present organizations were an active part of the students ' campus hfe. In 1901 the Daily Nebraskan started its reg- ular publication to be fol- lowed six years later by the annual under its pres- ent name, the CORN- HUSKER. Since 1884, this book had been known as the Sombrero. The early students were also inter- ested in sports, the first football team being organ- ized in 1890. From a desire to beat Doane and to win the state championship, the first goal of our football team, we reached our height in 1940 with the Rose Bowl game. The first sobri- quet for Nebraska sports teams was the Tree Planters, which later, by I y |K)pular approval, w a s i C . T changed to Cornhuskers. Kl l H ri Nebraska is not in- stitutionally old, but she is institutionally mature, and she has a right to the throne of maturity and to the honors of a Mother of Learning. We salute vt)U, the Universitv of Nebraska. eM -
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