University of Nebraska Omaha - Tomahawk / Gateway Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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if i ! I | I t | I I g I I ! 5 I 1 I lEnnkmg Jfarwari auin larkwariT Starting with twenty-six students eleven years ago, the University of Omaha, under the careful guidance of Dr. D. E. Jenkins, President, has grown and prospered. The winds of freedom have always blown o ' er her campus, and for a dozen years she has continued to progress in a forward direction — that of liberty of study and of life and of freedom of thought. On that plat- form of individuality and freedom the University has grown to be what it is today. Already a first-class modern college, though yet comparatively small, the University shows promise of developing and growing into one of the best edu- cational institutions of the middle west, a credit and boost for Omaha. Her plan and main purpose has always been to prepare men and women for an ac- tive part in the development of our great democracy, to turn out trained indi- viduals with serviceable brains and bodies ; and no effort has ever been spared to accomplish this end. Looking into the future, say a dozen years ahead, we see an enlarged Uni- versity with a highly trained faculty and student body, an institution turning out men and women who are successful in their various pursuits of life. We see a University which is a credit not only to Omaha, but to Nebraska and the United States as well, an institution which attracts students from all parts of the globe. Just as truly as we now see Omaha, ' ' The Gate City of the West. ' ' do we see the University of Omaha as a true Gateway to Knowledge in the future. A MODEL CAMPUS SCENE 1

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gis ggg? i l l iE5iE G AT E WAY 2 Each year the University is turning over to the Medical Schools a group of students who have taken, in addition to their High School education, two years of special college work preparatory to entrance upon medical studies as required by the standard schools of Medicine. Most of these Pre-Medics enter the University of Nebraska College of Medicine, located in Omaha. Some of them enter Creighton Medical School and others go elsewhere. Not a few have received their M. D. degree and are practicing their profession with ability and success. Thus the University is doing its share towards making Omaha a recognized center of medical learning and skill. Training in Home Economics has come to occupy a large place in the modern education of women ; and rightly so. Upon women devolves a special responsibility for the making of successful and happy homes. While very many college courses may be pursued with equal success and benefit by both sexes, nevertheless, the education of the sexes should be differentiated in certain re- spects on the ground of their respective responsibilities to each other, to the home, and to society. Accordingly, each college woman should take some prescribed minimum of work in Domestic Science and Art. MAIN ENTRANCE i i 1 9 2 O te MiM»s iSBB Eleven

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w ffiwftwftwfl G AT E WAY } p mmnmmww m s mm msm ■ A 3Farultjj Itempomt By Dr. D. E. Jenkins, President The year just closing has been a truly notable one in the history of the University. It became evident on the opening day that the ebb in the tide of student attendance caused by the war had ceased and that, as had always been the case from the founding of the University until the war, we opened with a considerable increase of regular college students. It was a most excellent group of young men and women that enrolled and identified itself with the scholastic, social and athletic life of the institution. The young ladies will per- fectly understand and concur when we say that it was especially gratifying to find that the per cent of young men among the newly registered students was much larger than for several preceding years. A very few days revealed the fact that there were splendid athletic po- tentialities in the new student body. It included some athletes who had figured in high school and college football and basketball elsewhere. Spontaneously there arose a demand for the resuscitation of college sports which had been almos ' t entirely suspended during the preceding year, owing to the enlistment of college men in war service. Football enthusiasm soon broke loose and drew everything along in its wake. It was late in the season to begin organizing and developing a team with any expectation of playing winning football. But difficult as the task seemed, it was undertaken with determination and con- fidence. The venture seetned fully worth while to the lovers of football. True sportsmen lightly esteem obstacles and handicaps ; and the bare possibility of developing an ultimately winning team in the course of the season was a suf- ficient challenge to stir the hopes of our stalwart men. The outcome fully jus- tified the ambition and confidence of the team. The season ' s success in football put the champions of basketball on their mettle. An even better record must be made, and it was made. Beside proving themselves victorious in the State College Association, our players established their superiority over old experienced teams in other states. Heartiest con- gratulations to our undefeated team ! It has established a precedent for future teams to emulate with utmost zeal and pride ; and it has demonstrated the wholesome influence of athletics in the way of intensifying college spirit throughout the student body. It is worth while here to pay our respects to the students who, without ex- pectation of securing a place on either team attended practice and did their best in bucking the line and in enabling the teams to know and strengthen their weak places. It requires the simon pure brand of loyalty to the school to make any student willing to simply be used as a foil for developing the wits and the agility of the men who are to enjoy the distinction of being on the teams. The greatest credit is due to the men who exhibited this sort of sportsmanship. 19 2 0 l i M i ityii i i i i M M i Mig Thirteen