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STATELY COLUMNS Ionic pillars of the Social Science build
ing illustrate the Greek influence of the Classical period. Buildings
such as Social Sciences and Morrill Hall were born from a dream
f a large campus built on Classical lines. The dream was never
fulfilled. A few buildings of the type remain to add to the archi
tectural hodge-podge on campus.
'Georgian' Beauty . . .
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A NICE PLACE TO STUDY One of the most beautiful buildings
on campus, Love Memorial library was constructed in the Georgian
Ttyle. A $40,000 grant from the Cooper Foundation made possible
the landscaping done south of the library. The combination of build
ing and grounds shows what can be done to beautify a campus.
Future Target
At
ANOTHER BUILDING SITE This view is seen looking east across
14th street to the houses and trees that may in the future be
overrun by a spurt of campus expansion. The foreground is a
typical campus area: no landscaping. Some hardy grass and spotty
hedges exist between sidewalks and beaten paths.
Nebraska's Manufacturing
Enterprises Growing Larger
. Nebraska's expanding manu
facturing enterprise is produc
ing a vast number of products,
many of. which are being con
tained in the state.
" Unlike our usual notion of
great industrialization, an im
portant part of Nebraska's manu
facturing is done in small plants
employing less than a score of
persons.
These are two observations
gleaned by the University Busi
ness Research Depailment from
the 1950 Directory of Manufac
turers published recently by the
Division of Nebraska Resources.
The Directory shows 1,984
manufacturing establishments in
th state. Food processors con
stitute the largest single type of
manufacturing with 731 plants
listed. Second largest group is
463 printing and publishing
plants, and third largest is 235
metal products plants.
Small Scale Projects
"Nebraska makes on a small
scale many of the products she
uses," Dr. E. Z. Palmer, head of
the Business Research depart
znent said. "Farm machinery and
equipment, flour and feed, hybrid
seeds end other farm needs are
supplied in abundance. Hundreds
of little plants furnish concrete
blocks, awnings, metal fabrica
tions of all kinds, bakery prod
wets, beverages, and other gen
erally used products.
"The large factories, such as
Elgin Watch, Western Electric
mnd Goodyear Rubber, and the
like, employ many people and at
tract attention, but an important
part of Nebraska's enterprise con
sists ic small native plants which
supply these miscellaneous needs.
Springing up out of lumber yards,
sheet metal shops, repair shops,
wholesalers who take on a little
" processing, retailers who figure
that they can make some of what
ihey sell as well as the next man,
kitchen bakeries and basement
tinker rooms, these small-scale
factories are a fine sou.ee of local
prosperity and of promise for the
future. They should be encour
rjeci." ...
- Summary
Here Is a summary of the prin
cipal kinds of manufacturing ;
Llants in the state as listed in the
irectory:
Food and kindred products
731: Meat SO, dairy 175, grain-
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mill 172, bakery 145, beverages
77, and other, food kindred prod
ucts 72.
Metal rnd metal products 235:
Primary metal industries 15,
fabricated metal 123, machinery
(except electrical) 53, electrical
machinery 27, transportations
equipment 17.
Other fabricated products 992:
Apparel and related products 51,
lumber goods (except furniture)
85, furniture and fixtures 50,
printing and publishing 463,
chemicals and allied products 7,
stone, clay and glass products
106, instruments 37, and miscel
laneous manufactures 121.
Minor materials and products
26: Textiles 4, paper 5, petrol
eum and coal products 1 1, rubber
goods 4, and tobacco products 2.
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THE
Follows
Trend of Times Determines
Lines of Campus Building
Every so often in the Univer
sity's life comes a time when
when Regents lost sleep, when
the Nebraska legislature sessions
become lively, when the powers
that be start beating the brush
for architects and rich philan
thropists. ... -v
Those are the times that the
University enters a new period
of expansion and building activ
ity. During the 81 years of Uni
versity life several such spurts
have left their marks upon the
city campus in the forms of
buildings which range from eye
sores to beauties.
Twice in the past the Univer
sity has burst out of an over
crowded campus area to expand
into wider fields. Bounded on
the south by the business section
and on the north and west by
railroads, the University has had
no way to go but east. Born in
the area between 10th and 12th
streets, the campus later ex
panded to 14th street. The Uni
versity is now entering the
period of a planned expansion to
16th street. J "
Famous or Infamous
1869 saw the chartering of the
institution and the building of
famous ... or infamous . . .
University hall. The building
was reared in the time known to
artists and architects as the Ro
mantic period. University hall
and other buildings on the old
campus were patterned after
French, Italian and Romanesque
styles. The hall was labeled
"Franco-Italian." It was founded
on native limestone and a brick
plant was constructed to make
the bricks that went into it. The
troubles and controversies over
University ' hall now belong to
history. .
In the early days, the Univer
sity hall tower was a landmark
that overlooked cow pastures,
corn-fields and a small town
called Lincoln. Those were the
days when students roomed and
boarded for three to five dollars
a week. The old campus was
surrounded by a board fence,
which kept wandering livestock
off the grass.
Iron Fence
The board fence was later re
placed with an iron one. In later
years the iron fence became a
nuisance and was removed to
Wyuka ceremtery. It can be seen
there today. In fact ,it is on old
tradition that fraternity and
sorority pledges love to count the
spikes on the fence on dark
nights..
The Romantic period archi
tecture was carried on as struc
ture after structure went up:
Pharmacy building in '85, Grant
Memorial in '87, the Electrical
Engineering lab in '93, library
(now Architecural Hall) in '91.
The University sometimes
purchases buildings when space
is needed. In this way the Music
building and Ellen Smith hall
were acquired. The latter was
once used as a private residence
by a couple prominent capital
ists around the turn or the cen
tury. Another philanthropist
came in handy when the Temple
was built. John D. Rockefeller, jr.
contributed largely toward its
cost.
Trend Shift
The trend in architecture j
shifted with the arrival of the j
iwentietn century. The em
phasis rested on classical models
before World war I. Architects
turned to the ancient Greeks for
inspiration; no building was con
sidered well-dressed uniess it
sported pillars. The new style
coincided with the campus
spread east of 12th street. Uni
versity planners with dreams of
grandeur gave the go-ahead to
a splurge of construction that
lasted through the first World
war into the twenties.
Three Building's
To this period belong the So
cial Science, Avery lab, and
Morrill hail buildings; Andrews
hall tagged along. "Sosh" was
completed In time to serve as a
barracks for World war I
trainees.
Relative to the pillared struc
tures, an architectural student
has written, "Designers Thought
in terms of spaciousness and
dignity. .. The Greeks had a
purpose in mind when they
erected a column: to support a
lintel which in turn supported
a roof or a wall. But the columns
on Social Sciences hall support
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The depression gave the coupe-de-grace
to the classical period.
Shortly before World war II,
bonds and donations enabled the
University to again start con
struction. This time the style was
Georgian with the keynote on
simplicity and beauty. Of this
type are the new dormitories,
Love Memorial library and the
Union. , The Union and Love
library have been termed two of
Lincoln's six most beautiful
buildings.
In 1947 came the state legisla
ture's grant for a teri-year build
ing program. The new Electrical
Engineering building indicates
the direction of what is to come.
The style , will be "modern."
Buildings will not be covered
with useless decoration. Large
window expanses and use of
glass-brick walls will provide
plenty of interior light. Stream
lined functionalism will be the
keynote.
Architects can look on past
mistakes. They can also look
forward with hope to what is to
come.
Mystery Duck
Breaks Date
For Breakfast
A mysterious duck with a
hoarse voice is rumored to have
broken a date for breakfast at a
sorority house Saturday.
Kappa Kappa Gamma girls re
port that the duck called their
house early in the morning and
engaged them in conversation for
some minutes.'
"Would you care to come for
breakfast?" the Kappas inquired
politely.
The duck indicated that he
would.
"You might bring along your
friends," the girls urged. The
duck replied to that with unin
telligible quacks.
A short time later, the girls
hung up. Sometime after that
the duck called again. This time
it was with a tale of woe. It
seems that he was having trou-
oies oi some sort.
"Quack, wak, wak!" said the
duck.
"That's too bad about your op
eration." a Kappa replied. "Are
you better now?"
The brash webfoot quacked
some more.
"Where were you the other
night?" the girl went on. I didn't
see you at the dance." The an
swer to that was not clear.
With a few more boisterous
"Wak's!" the mysterious duck
made it clear he couldn't make
it to breakfast.
Monday
Pep Convention workers meet
at 7 p.m.. Rooms 308, 309, Union.
Kosmet Klub workers meet at
5 p.m. in the Kosmet Klub room,
Union.
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