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THE DAILY NEBRASfCAN
Friday, July I, 1949
Ag College From Weeds
To Beauty in Two Generations
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The University agricultural
school in the late nineties is de
scribed in an article which
Charles F. Schwager, ex-99,
wrote for an old issue of "The
University Journal."
From a campus of but a sin
gle building and a barn in the
nineties, the College of Agricul
ture has grown to its present size.
Schwager, who was later presi
dent of the American Livestock
Insurance company of Omaha, re
membered the campus of the
early days very well. In his
article he writes:
"HOW VIVID an impression
remains with me of the gaunt
form of Prof. Davidson, in charge
of the Agricultural school the
first -year of its operation on the
farm. Enter Prof. Davidson
through the side-corner door,
walking with dusty, dirty shoes
across the newly scrubbed floor,
and possibly a little tobacco juice
oozing out of the corners of his
mouth. Couldn't he just as well
have come in through the regu- I farm house, was the sum total of
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lar front entrance and saved the
extra work? But poor old Davey
was a good scout just the same ."
He tells then of the "small,
frame dairy building with its
farm hand churns, farm separa
tors, huge cheese vats, scrub
tanks, all properly arranged
around the walls of the room with
its immaculate floors.
"CERTAINLY a rough and
tousled bunch we were that first
year out on the farm," he con
tinues, "with our campus rushes
and the shaving of mustaches of
the older students, some of them
mature men. Of course there was
always the immaculate diguiity of
Prof. Lyon oozing from his little
office in the old Chemical Lab.,
where Mr. Giltner also held forth,
an old building not larger than
twenty-four feet square.
"And there was the barn with
its nine Jerseys, the finest bunch
of heifers ever imported into the
state.
"That, together with the old
our magniliccnt agricultural
school in 1897, the first year of
its operation.
"AS A SORT of pendulum to
regulate and keep the whole op
eration of the farm in perfect
order, we must not forget the old
standby, Mr. Renin. From 4
o'clock in the morning until 10
o'clock at night he and his in
separable lantern held forth. Of
course, to make up for lost time,
he would occasionally take a
snooze disregardful of all the
boisterous proceedings that might
occur in the six by ten library,
a part of the farm house.
"The two young ladies of the
class, which numbered thirty-one,
were very popular. Most of the
boys kept pretty close track ol
Julia Christenscn.
"How well do we remember
the organization of the Student's
club. Also some of its entertain
ments, the banquets served in the
dairy room where dairy products
practically made up the meal.
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Union Calendar
All-State Band
Presents Final
Concert
Representing some of the best
'teen-age talent in the state, the
90-piece All-State high school
band presented a concert at the
Union Tuesday night.
The band was conducted by
Walter Olsen, music director at
Fremont and Lyle Welch, direc
tor of instrumental music at
Lincoln high.
AFTER ALMOST an hour of
continuous playing, the All
Staters had run thru three
marches, a piece of jazz, a rhap
sody and several other numbers.
Enthusiastic applause from the
crowd in the well-filled ballroom
drew two encores.
ON SUNDAY the All-State
orchestra, under the direction of
Immanuel Wishnow, presented its
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final concert. The performance
of Gould's "Pavanne' and Gersh
win's "Rhapsody in Blue" seemed
to bring the most hearty audi
ence approval. The piano portion
of the "Rhapsody" was played by
Carolyn Barons.
THE FINAL choral concert, di
rected by David Foltz and Mor
ris Hays, was presented Friday
night. Soloists were Joe Feeney
who sang "Go Way From My
July 3 and 4
Union Closed
Tuesday, July 5
Book Review scheduled for 4:00
postponed until July 12.
7:00 Craft Shop free instruction.
Wednesday, July 6
12:15 Sports films Main Lounge
"Swimming and Diving Aces''
"Ice Carnival"
"Man, a Gun and Dog"
"Fishing Thrills"
4-6 Bridge Lesson Room 315.
7:00 Craft Shop free instruction.
Thursday, July 7
2-5 Craft Shop
Friday, July 8
8:30 Unionizer Ballroom
Jimmy LeRich and Orchestra.
Admission 44c.
Saturday, July 9
8:30 Juke Box Fling Free.
Sunday, July 10
5:00 Coffee Hour Main Ixiunge
Fine Arts Department as Host.
7:30 Flicker Night
Old Time Movies Free
Window" and Stella Woodlcy who
did "Comin' Round the Moun
tain."
Tuesday afternoon Janice
Grimminger and Charles Gomon
tooK debate nonors. ine winners
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