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

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? I Officers of the Board of Trustees John Bekins, Chairman William T. Graham. Secretary D. W. Merrow. Treasurer 5; rioara or 1 rustees 1920 A. J Eg-gers Dr. J. H. Vance W. E. Foshier :: C. S. Hay ward Dr. W. P. Wherry Dr. W. S. Callfas Paul W. Kuhns Arthur C. Thomsen David Cole i: Georg ' e Rasmussen E. S. Jewell Robert A. McEachron Will T. Graham W. S. Robertson s 1921 Dr. W. S. Gibbs J. L. McCague W. A. Gordon ■: Dr. D. E. Jenkins George Payne Dr. A. F. Jonas A. A. Lamoreaux W. G. Ure Albert N. Eaton D. W. Merrow C. Vincent C. W. Black =: 1922 •John Bekins Dr. J. P. Lord IMrs. C. Vincent M. B. Copeland Hugh Myers Mrs. M. O. Maul i: W. T. Graham F. D. Wead Maynard Cole Howard Kennedy Robert Cowell Henry Kieser -: Mrs. George A. Joselyn !| 11 Executive Committee John Bekins Dr D. E. Jenkins M. B. Copeland Wilson T. Graham Paul Kuhns C. Vincent W. A. Gordon D. W. Merrow Dr. J. H. Vance •[ 1 W. S . Robertson Hugh Mj ' ers A. A. Lamoreaux Page 21.

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%v v v.v,v.v v. v.v■v■ v . v.v.vv v.v. Vl.vA I DR. JENKINS ' REVIEW THE current year soon to close has been in every way the very best one in the history of the University of Omaha. It opened with a consid- erable increase in the enrollment of regular college students. This was chiefly due to the large number of Freshmen who entered as regular students and so completely identified themselves with the life and interests of the institution. As must be manifest, this is the kind of an increase that particularly augurs vvell for the growth of the institution ; for, while irregular and special students constitute a large and important element in the student body and contribute immensely to the variety and breadth of our educational inter- ests, nevertheless, it is the students who are pursuing courses with a view to graduation that constitute the nucleating center of the student body. To these we must especially look for the distinctive esprit de corps, for solidarity and unity of interests, for rightly conceived ideals, for well di- rected initiative, and for the perpetuation of our most cherished traditions. Accordingly, it is in the highest degree gratifying to note that the number of regular students is distinctly larger than in any previous year. It is all the more irrtportant to note this fact in view of the admission to the insti- tution of a large group of Federal Vocational Students whose entrance greatly reduces the percentage of regular students in attendance. The year has been one of incessant and varied activity on the part of the students. This activity has not, to be sure, been all spent in the prose- cution of studies. It has, however, been spent in wholesome ways and un- dertakings which have betokened splendid haiTnony, enthusiasm, enter- prise and loyalty to the Univei ' sity. While sharp rivalries have been man- ifest at times, the general disposition has been for the suppi ' ession of par- tisanship spirit and of clique rule. Too much praise cannot be given to the Y. M. C. A. and the Y. W. C. A. for their efforts in connection with the i eception of new students at the opening of the school year. It was a glorious success and set a splendid precedent for the succeeding social events of the year. These organiza- tions have rendered signal service not only in promoting that moral and spiritual growth which is essential to well-rounded personal development, [« ' i| but also in sustaining and crystalizing that sense of common interest and that co-operation which is so vital to the general welfare of the institution. The class parties will be long remembered as highly enjoyable events. It would be difficult and, in any case, graceless to make comparisons. Suf- Page 22.