Summer 1987
In the beginning . . .
Controversy part of UNL's past
Daily Nebraskan
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By Douglas Engh
Staff Reporter
When the University of Nebraska
first opened its doors for business in
the fall of 1871 it was already a hot seat
for controversy as well as higher learn
ing. The original 1869 legislature bill
establishing the university suffered
arguments that the state should be
more concerned with high schools than
colleges, that church denominations
should be responsible for higher edu
cation, and that Nebraska had too
small a population (100,000) to justify
the expense.
Proponents argued that it was never
too early to start a university, that
many distinguished East Coast colleges
started in this way Harvard and Yale
were given as examples and that
Nebraska had a "proud history" of free
common schooling. The new university
was seen as the logical complement to
this history.
With the federal government's Morrill
Land-Grant College Act of 1862, Ne
braska was allowed to claim and sell
90,000 acres of public domain to be
used to finance education in the state.
But with the problems surrounding
early statehood, land was not selected
until 1871, long after most of the prime
land was already claimed.
Even so, claims of inflated land
speculation frightened many into believ
ing that much of western Nebraska
would soon be owned by "a few rich
Eastern capitalists." Others countered
that the land sales would give the state
a university without any tax burden.
The endowment, mostly in northeast
Nebraska, didn't realize the intended
financial security, and was used to not
only finance the new university but
also the State House, insane asylum,
and penitentiary raising cries of fund
mismanagement. Nebraska's first gover
nor David Butler was impeached for
this and other charges.
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Under the chancellorship of Dr. A.R.
Benton, enrollment showed steady
growth, but the problems were far from
over. As with many state buildings
constructed at this time, University
Hall was found to have been hastily
built of inferior materials.
After six years, extensive work on
the foundation and other supporting
structures had to be undertaken. These
expenses cut into program improve
ments and faculty salaries.
As the university grew in size and
more buildings were added, University
Hall was converted into general use
classrooms and finally razed in 1948 to
make room for Ferguson Hall.
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