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

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■ 1 splendid co-operation of the coach, the student manager, and the team itself, with the faculty ' s committee, very distinct progress has been made in fixing our standards and ideals in relation to inter-collegiate sports. It may be con- fidently stated that the year ' s record has put athletics at a premium in the esteem of those to whom we must look for those facilities which are requisite in the actualization of our hopes and dreams in the sphere of inter-collegiate athletics. The place of athletics in student life is rightly conceived only when sports are subsidized to the development of manliness and brawn is cultivated as an accessory to brain. In contemplating the aims of athletics, Edward A. Guests ' s lines are after all, quite apropos — ' This I would like to be — braver and finer. Just a bit wiser because I am older, Just a bit kinder to those I may meet. Just a bit manlier taking defeat. This I would like to be — just a bit fairer, More of a smiler and less of a whiner. Even in the briefest retrospect of t he year ' s happenings mention must be made of Mrs. Joslyn ' s generous offer of thirty thousand dollars toward a new building. It should quicken hope and courage and should challenge us all to our best efforts in bringing the University to its cherished goal of service and efficiency. Page Twelve

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■ The 1922-23 School Year Dr. D. E. Jenkins THE year now closing has brought its share of new problems and per- plexities; but it has also brought abundant reasons for renewed optim- ism in the contemplation of the steady and rapid growth of the Uni- versity. Owing to the transfer of a large group of ex-service men to various vocational schools, the total attendance for the year is slightly less than during last school year. Nevertheless, the attendance is thoroughly in- dicative of permanent and wholesome growth for the reason that it represents a more regular and homegeneous body of strictly college students. It is to that body of students who become regularly matriculated and who pursue courses with a view to graduation with a degree that we must look when we seek to estimate our stable progress. As appraised from this point of view, the attendance for the current year is a very distinct im- provement upon that of any previous year. This improvement is mainly due to the fact that the incoming Freshman class is much larger than that of any previous year. Not only was it larger in numbers, but it soon proved itself to be a most excellent class in its personnell, talent, and steady response to the ideals of the school. A fine spirit of enterprise and harmony has pervaded the student body during the year. Wholesome rivalry has had a place as between classes and various subsidiary social organizations, but it has been uniformly regulated by a disposition of fairness and goodwill. Special credit must be given to the Y. M. C. A. and the Y. W. C. A., not only for promoting their names and spiritual sentiments, which are so fundamental in a well-rounded personal development, but also for their effective influence in creating and sustaining that consciousness of common interests and that co-operation which is so vital to the general welfare of the institution. Unstinted praise is due the football and basketball teams for their magnificent pluck and perseverence in facing formidable hindrances and not- withstanding all, winning a number of enviable victories. Owing to the Pace Eleven

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©be Trustees 1925 Judge Howard Kennedy M. B. Copeland John Bekins Hugh A. Meyers Mrs. Sarah H. Joslyn Mrs. C. Vincent Mrs. M. 0. Maul W. T. Graham Henry Kieser Robert Cowell A. W. Gordon A. B. Currie J. Davidson 1924 A. A. Lamoreaux D. E. Jenkins W. A. Gordon C. W. Black Dr. A. F. Jonas D. W. Morrow Dr. W. S. Gibbs A. N. Eaton Geo. H. Payne C. Vincent 1923 Dr. J. H. Vance George Rasmussen Paul W. Kuhns Dr. W. F. Callfas E. S. Jewell R. A. McEachron A. C. Thomsen W. S. Robertson Park Billings Dr. Palmer Findley George Platner Dr. S. McCIeneshan Executive Committee J. E. Davidson D. E. Jenkins Park Billings D. W. Merrow A. B. Currie W. T. Graham A. W. Gordon H. A. Myers John Bekins W. S. Robertson Robt. Cowell Page Thirteen