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

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Tenth Anniversary On May 6, 1940, the tenth anniversary of the day on which the citizens of Omaha voted to establish and maintain a municipal university, the University of Omaha launched its Decennial Anniversary celebration. An honors convoca- tion was held at which Dr. john D. Hicks, professor of history at the University of Wisconsin, delivered an address on The Responsibilities of Citizenship. In the evening a dinner and program, attended by representative citizens and delegates from civic groups in the city, was held at the University. Ten se- lections for the Omaha Hall of Fame, inaugurated as a part of the anniversary celebration, were announced at the evening program. On October 8, in commemoration of Dr. Daniel E. Jenkins, first president of the University, a Founders' Day Program was held. Speakers at convocation held in the morning were Roy Alley, representing the student body of 1940, and Dr. W. H. Thompson, alumnus of the University and head of the Department of Philosophy and Psychology, representing the present faculty. Dr. Thompson reminisced on life on the early University campus, following the incorpora- tion of the Board of Trustees of the University on October 8, 1908. At a banquet held in the evening, Mrs. Herbert Daniel, first May Queen of the University, presented a portrait of Dr. Jenkins to the University on behalf of the University Alumni Association. The Concert Dance Group presented Dedication to the University as the climax of its annual dance concert at the Joslyn Memorial on April 20, 1941. The dancers, costumed in red and black, performed before a picture of the Uni- versity projected on the background.

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School of Adult Education E. M. HosMAN Director Established by action of the Board of Regents in the spring of 1938, the School of Adult Education superseded the former Extension Division of the University. Under the able directorship of Mr. E. M. Hosman, a wide variety of courses has been instituted. This year the program has been supplemented by numerous courses designed to fit in with the University's policy of aiding in the national defense effort. The faculty of the School of Adult Education is made up of members of the regular faculty of the University and specialists in various fields of knowl- edge. Visiting instructors from neighboring universities are secured occasionally to offer courses for which there is special need. Among the clubs sponsored by the School this year is the Town and Gown Club, a modern version of the literary society. The Doctors' Professional Study Club presented Carroll H. Wegemann, regional geologist of the National Park Service, in a series of fortnightly lectures on various interesting areas in North America. The Ology Club undertakes each year a reading-lecture course under the direction of an outstanding authority on some subject of scientific or cultural interest. The School has its own student council which sponsors numerous dances, convocations, and various activities designed to afford recreation for the students. Machine shop . . . Radio bfoaiicafting at WOW