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

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TENTH ANNIVERSARY This year, 1948, introduces the University to its tenth year of existence in the present location and also gives promise of more expansion to come. Since the war the University has outgrown its present plant, and as new con- struction has been the solution in the past so shall it be in the future.

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TODAY. . Progress continued at the campus site on Twenty-fourth and Pratt Streets until it was necessary for the Regents to search for a new location. Fifty-one acres, comprising the present permanent campus, were selected in 1936 and plans were laid in that year for the construction of the present building. A grant from the Public Works Administration together with accrued funds helped those interested in the University to realize their dream of a modern, attractive building and a campus on West Dodge in-1938.

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THE GUIDING HAND. l PRESIDENT HAYNES C, I , l Soon after the publication of this annual, Omaha University will - no longer be under the super- I vision of the man who has led it I through thirteen years of almost I unbelievable expansion-thirteen years which have witnessed an in- crease in enrollment of 350 per cent, a 100 per cent gain in fac- 5 ulty, and an extension of campus ll I I l '- v r and plant facilities which defies l comparison. H I 3, President Haynes came to Omaha W in 1935 visualizing a bigger and i better University. His first task l was the expansion of the physical xg, plant. With this in mind, he ap- l plied for P. W. A. funds and I searched about for a new campus location. In 1936 the new site was V purchased, and work was started 4 on the ultra-modern building i which has been Omaha University since 1938. li I v Mr. Haynes also took several I giant strides in academic progress, including establishment of the fl Adult Education School Q1938j, founding of the two colleges Q194Oj, and the origination of the Technical Institute C194-Q. . r I I I Omaha University's expansion and scholastic achievement did not go unnoticed. In 1939 the Uni- versity was admitted to the. North Central Associa- tion, and in 1941 it was okayed by the Association of American Universities. During 1946 the C. A. A. gave its approval of the Aircraft and Engine School, and the North Central Association recognized Mas- ters' Degrees given by the University. A Gateway headline proclaimed the approval of Omaha Uni- versity by the American Association of University Wfomen in 1947. Although the University and the city are indebted Beauty contest winners and President Haynes.