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

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: ,, Y W Q' .ia- .Al The site purchased by the regents includes at present twenty acres. lt is planned that as the university expands thirty more acres just west of this tract will also be purchased. Situated, as it is, on Dodge street, it is, north and south, in the very middle of the city. With the tendency of the city to develop westward, it is estimated that several decades hence the University of Omaha will occupy a, position near to the center of the city. Beauty and educational needs considered, the site is ideal. In the heart of one of the finest residential sections, it lends itself excellently to landscaping for a beauti- ful campus, and it also is remote from traffic and other disturbances. Most important of all, perhaps, is the perfect freedom for expansion and development. Visioned within a decade are a library, a gymnasium and athletic plant, and a student union building. Also contemplated are a separate school of business administration, enlarged and mod- ified engineering shops, a service research institute, and a special building for applied arts. The heat of the drive for new buildings seemed to foster in the students a new and more cooperative fellowship, and an atmosphere of enthusiasm and hopefulness is predominant on the campus today, for all students anticipate the additional possibil- ities for development to be offered them in the future. TGMAHAWK K '38 , 4

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ss' I- Tl-IE NEW SCHOOL While the ideals of a University of Omaha as conceived in 1908 are essentially the same in 1938, the buildings and equipment have undergone great changes. Within the last five years special efforts have again been made to provide more adequate ac- commodations for the growing student body. This campaign resulted in the purchase in 1936 of a site on Dodge street just west of Elmwood park. The result of a thorough investigation and study over a period 0-f several years, the final choice of this site by the regents had hardly been announced when it evoked considerable comment and criticism among dissenting groups. The fact that the chosen site was located just outside- the city limits provided an opening wedge for its opponents who sought to block its annexation by the city. The final outcome of the controversy that was waged for nearly a month, during which time the regents' selec- tion had been supported by the student body and by persons interested in the univer- sity, was a decision rendered by the city council incorporating the tract into the city limits. Nearly simultaneous with the council's decision was a pronouncement from the federal Public Works Administration authorizing an appropriation of S414,000 to fa- cilitate the university's new construction program. The sum represented 45? of the estimated cost of completing the new campus, the other 5570 to be raised by the uni- versity. TGMAI-IAWK 1 '38

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