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VOL. XXXV NO. 78.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1936'.
"LINCOLN, "NEif
Avery Funeral Services Today
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University Mourns Passing Of Avery
CEASE IN HONOR OF
FORMER CHANCELLOR
Exam Schedule Altered for
Afternoon To Begin
At 3:30.
University students, faculty and
alumni today mourn Uie death of
Chancellor Emeritus Avery.
respect to the memory of the for
mer Nebraska head, all auminis
trativc officcn will bo closed Tues
day, flags will float at half-mast
for thirty days, the examination
schedules will be altered Tuesday
afternoon so that the regular ex
ams will not begin until 3:30, and
all other school activities will be
discontinued.
University officials, and those
who have come in intimate con
tact with Chancellor Avery, take
this opportunity to express their
sincercst sympathy at the death of
this man, whose memory will long
linger in the minds of those who
knew him.
Deans of the various colleges of
the University of Nebraska, dlrcc
tors of the schools and directors
of the conservation and surve,
and extension divisions join with
all the other faculty members and
officials of the school in paying a
final tribute to the memory of
Chancellor Emeritus Avery.
Dr. R. A. Lyman.
Dr. R. A. Lyman, dean of the
college of pharmacy, ranking dean
of the university, spent an hour
with the former chancellor on the
evening that he died. In his fol
lowing statement. Dr. Lyman re
calls the joyful spirit displayed by
Dr. Avery during that final visit
and the experiences they had in
common during the latter's re
gime. He says:
"My first contact with Samuel
Avery was in the early 90's. He
was a young Instructor on the
' campus. X was a student. Mv re
gret ia that I never had the oppor
tunity or suung an a student in
nis classroom.
"My second contact with him
was when he as chairman of the
department of chemistry pledged
hla personal support to the bulld
, ing of the college of pharmacy,
' a task to which I had been as
signed. In his twenty years of
service after that as head of the
department and as chancellor, he
never for one moment let that
pledge slip from his mind.
"The University itself is evi
dence of how well he did his work.
There wan & solidarity about him
wnicn permeated every project
with which he had contact During
iweniy years me growing Univer
sity was exposed to many dancers.
yet there was always a feeling
among the men who knew the
chancellor best, Uiat everything
wouia come out an right with Sam
Avery on the job. In twenty years
of Intimate association with him,
I never knew him to do one mean
thing and I never knew him to
take a bit of credit, although it
was duo him, if he could give the
credit to someone else. Such was
his brand of unselfishness. If one
character could be finer than an
other, then I want to commend his
fineness, his comradcric and his
humanness. This his finest trait
was seen at its best in the quiet
surroundings of his office, or the
privacy of his home in company
with his friends.
"Through the years of his illness
his interest in his creations and in
his friends never waned. After
night-fall of the day of his passing
I spent an hour with him alone in
the room in his home which he
called his den.
"His body was weakened, but
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Samuel Avery, Chancellor of the University, 1909-1927
Courtesy News A Feature Service.
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Deceased Chancellor Had
Intense Desire for
Higher Education.
The late Chancellor Emeritus
Samuel Avery was from a boy
noted for his intense desire for
hleher education. Despite all ob
stacles, he attended and was grad
uated from Doane College with an
B. degree. The young man,
Avery, had, from his first contact
with chemistry, realized It was the
subject in which he desired to
specialize.
He came to the university, and
acquired his B. Sc. degree in 1892.
In 1894 he took his M. A. degree,
with chemistry as his major. At
this time but few American uni
versities were capable of giving
work leading to the Ph. D. degree,
so Avery went to Heidelberg, Ger
many, where In 1890 he received
his doctor's degree In chemistry.
Taught Here.
Upon his return to America, he
as promptly employed to teach
chemistry at Nebraska. From 1896
to 1899 he taught in the unlvcr-
Ity. He spent the next two years
in Idaho, but was recalled to be
come Professor of Analytical and
Organic Chemistry here.
Cline Pays Tribute to
Samuel Avery's Life
In the death of Chancellor
Samuel Avery the students
have lost a wise counsellor, the
alumni a sincere friend, -the
faculty a respected colleague,
the university a profound schol
ar, and the state of Nebraska
an able administrator and a
distinguished citizen.
No one can estimate the
beneficent results from Or.
Avery's lifetime of work with
the young people of Nebraska.
As teacher, acting chancellor,
chancellor, chancellor emeritus,
and research professor In chem
istry, by example and precept
he taught the finest things in
life. In all respects he was a
leader. The board of regents
early learned to value highly
and to follow his advice and
judgment. He was never actu
ated by bias or prejudice In ad
ministrative decisions.
As a university administra
tor he was interested in but
two objectives; first, to find
the right thing to do, and, sec
ond, to do the thing calculated
to serve the best interests of
the university.
Every member of the pres
ent and of past boards of e
gents feels a deep personal
loss. A great educate, and a
fine Christian gentljman has
left us.
EARL Ci.lNE,
President, Board of Regents.
LEADERS IN CAPITAL
REGRET AVERY DEATH
Legislators, Newspapermen,
Educators of Washington
Express Condolence.
(SXII l .Vrbnl.linn),
WASHINGTON. D. C, Jan. 27.
(CPS). Leaders in the nation's
cupltal joined here today in ex
pressing deep regret upon learning
of the passing of Doctor Samuel
Avery, chancellor emeritus of the
University of Nebraska. Senators,
congressmen, public officers, high
newspaper men and educators
joined in the messages of condolence.
Speaking not only for his state,
but for the nation's liberal lead
ers, United States Senator George
W. Norris expressed keen regret.
"I am surprised and shocked to
hear of the death of Doctor
Avery," Senator Norris told Ne
braskans. "I knew him as a wise
and noble man In the field of edu
cation. My condolences go out to
his family and- all those who knew
him. Nebraska can only be the
poorer culturally and in every
other way for his inopportune
death.
"Having received my L. L. D.
with hint last year a more per
sonal feeling that I can't express
lb with me now. He was a true
AT HOME
ACUTE HEART ATTACK
Members Chemistry Faculty
To Act as Pallbearers
At Ceremony.
Funeral services for Dr. Samuel
Avery, chancellor emeritus of the
university who died suddenly at
his home Saturday evening, will be
held at First-Plymouth Congrega
tional church at 2 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon. Ilev. John Andrew
Holmes of Evanslon, III., former
pastor, will conduct the services.
A heart attack was ascribed by
Dr Earl N. Dcppcn as the cause
of death Dr Avery has been
practically bedfast for the past
seven months but was able to bo
up Saturday evening for a visit
with his wife and friends. Dr. and
Mrs. J. P. Senning and Dr. Rufus
A. Lyman were present at the
time of the former chancellor's
death.
The university faculty will at
tend the service in a body. The
pallbearers will bo Prof. C. F.
Hamilton, Prof. R. C. Abbott,
Prof. C. J. Frankfoiter. Prof. H.
A. Page, Prof. M. .1. Blish, Prof.
B. C. Hendricks, Prof. E. K. Wash
burn, Prof. C. W. Ackerson. All
are members of the chemistry de
partment faculty. There will be no
honorary pallbearers.
In lHiin Dr. Avery joined the
university staff as a member of
the chemistry department. He
went to the University of Idaho in
1899 as agricultural expert statis
tician. Hu returned to Nebraska in
1901 and remained active in uni
versity affairs until his ln.st Illness.
Doctor Avery became acting
chancellor in 1908 and was elected
chancellor in 1909, which position
he filled until 1927. His resignation
was the result of failing health
and a bad heart. His work in the
chemistry department was contin
ued until recently and he gave
popular lectures In his chosen field
and gave frequent talks upon edu
cational matters.
In 1897 he married May B. Ben
nett, who survives him in addition
to two brothers, Henry T. anil
Stephen B., both of Unadllla, and
a niece, Mary, of Chicago. There
are no children. The body Is at
Wadlows.
Burnett Commends
Work of Dr. Avery
For the University
"The death of Dr. Avery re
moves the most conspicuous fig
ure connected with the develop
ment of the University of Nebras
ka In Its middle and later period,"
states Chancellor E. A. Burnett.
"His connection covers forty years
with a brief Interval while he was
in the University of Idaho.
"From 1908 to 1927 he was m
command of university policies as
chancellor. This was the period of
Its greatest growth. New colleges
were net up In 1909 and later, giv
ing more definite objectives to
the courses of instruction with a
larger conception of the opportu
nities which a modern university
should offer as Its service to the
stnte.
"The colleges of agriculture and
engineering were created out of
the Industrial college and the col
leges of business administration,
graduate, pharmacy, and dentistry
were established. The teachers col
lege was reorganized and the col
lege of medicine developed a four
year course upon the Omaha campus.
"it was during tins period mac
the collegiate schools of fine nrts.
Journalism, and nursing were de
veloped. The secondary scnool of
agriculture at Curtis together witn
the experimental farms at Valen
tine and Scottsbluff were located
with the intent of giving the farm-.
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