THE DAILY NEBRASKAN PRESENTS NEBRASKA'S CLAIMS COMPILATION OF FACT8 AND FIQURE8 SHOW GROWTH. PROPERTY IS WORTH 3,000,000 Many Activities of 8tate-wlde Im portance Are Supported by the 8tate University. Tho UnlvorBlty of Nebraska, In tho forty-third year of Its oxlBtonco pro HontB tho following lntoroBtlng factB for tho consideration of proBpoctlvo Btudonts : Total oxpondlturos nocoHBary to con duct tho UnlvorBlty ono year (approxl matoly), $939,000. Total BalarloB and wages paid In ono year to odlcorH and omployoB of ad mlnlBtratlon, liiHtructlon and oxporl montatlon (alinoat). $373,000. Number of Instructional employes 236. Valuo of tho University's property Ileal property, $2,rfi8.739; chattel, $549,937. Total. $3,108,076 Buildings and Campuses. Lincoln city catnpiiH. Over . city blockfl, 17 buildings. UnlvorBlty farm- 320 acres; 11 buildings. Medical College cainpiiB, Omaha Ono largo city block, one now build lng Libraries Accessible to Students. Tho aggregate of llbranoH accessible to students Ih not exceeded west ot Chicago and are an follows Unhor Blty librarj, lDO.lir.O volumes (Inclnd ing extensive departmental libraries); Nebraska State llbiarj, 70,000 ol umes; Lincoln City library, 31 000 volumes, Nebraska State Historical Society library, 3,", 000 volumes Total number of olunies, 230,250 Number of laboratories conducted by the University. Botany ti zoology &. bacteriology and pathology 3, onto mology 1, histology 2, pharmacology 1, physiology 2, engineering 12, domestic science 2, forestry 2, horticulture 3, dairying and animal husbandry 5, ag ronomy 2, soils 3, veterinary science 2. agricultural physics, chemistry, botany and engineering 1, 1, 3 and 3. respect holy geology 3, geography 1 astronomy I, philosophy 3, chemistry 11. physics 13 Total, 97 laboratories Separate buildings of two and three stories each are used exolushol foi , the teaching of a single subject in the cases of physics, chemistry, median leal engineering, etc The University Kami of 320 acres Is used for outdooi laboratory and demonstration work in agriculture I Scientific collections, equipment and illustrative material University Museum, including Morrill collections and thoHO of tho Nebraska Geological Survey, over 300,000 BpoclmeiiB; Uni versity Herbarium, 220,000 specimens. Tho following groups of 'valuable Il lustrative material not only greatly help students In their studios, but also, through graduated students, aid won dorfully In raising the Btato'a occupa tions and Industries to a high degree of ofllclency: University arborotum, botanical garden, growing crops, herds of live stock collections of farm implements, electrical apparatus, ma chinery, mechanical appliances, etc , etc. Thousands of dollars worth of now apparatus, instruments, specimens, collections and other equipment havo recently boon acquired by various do partmentB. New Buildings Now Being Erected. For College of Law, to cost $85,000; for College of Medicine, to coBt $100, 000; for Department of Plant Indus tries, to cost $73,000. Total expendi ture for now buildings, 1912. $258,000. Approximately 90 per cont of the University's students have their homes in NebraBka, making tho Institution distinctly Nobraskan for Nobraskans. However, a considerable number of Btudonts, seeking a flrBt-cIass educa tion, como to tho Unlvoraity from most of tho other states of tho Union, and from BOYoral foreign countries. Tho UnlvorBlty 1b of BiifTlclont bIzo and Importanco to require a branch postofllco on the campiiB, exclusively for students and faculty Tho Btudont body BiipportB a dally nowBpaper of moro than 1,000 circulation. Tho broad scope of tho UnlvorBlty may be Judged by tho existence of helpful student organizations along tho following lines Literary, debat ing, public speaking, Iitin. English, Gorman, Scandinavian, Bohemian, military, dramatics, politics, divinity, missionary, graduate, chorus, glee and mandolin club, band, orchestra, equal suffrage, forestry, wrestling, rifle, medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, chem istry, physics, law, journalism, agri culture, engineering, botany, electric Ity, religious denominations, Unlver fllty boosting. Y. M C A., Y. W C A , honorary scholastic fraternities in law science, debating and academics, and general fraternities and Bororities Spocial activities of Btate-Avlde im portance promoted by the University Corn Bhows, farmers" institutes, seed testing, good roads, soil surveys, con servation, investigations in wheat and corn breeding, farm management, ex tension, orcharding, stock feeding and breeding, diseases of live stock and crops Athletics. l'nhersit of Nebraska teams were champions or the Missouri valley in football and basketball 191112. and competed favorably with teams of Michigan and Minnesota The University athletic grounds Total cost, over $10,000; grandstands seat 10,000 people; playing Meld di mensions. 300 by -100 feet Sodded football field; quarter-mile cinder track A salaried professional coach wth assistants, for training teams in football, baseball, basket-ball. Indoor and outdoor track work, crosscountry running, wrestling, boxing, tennis and gymnastics Military Department. The military department is made up of iwo regiments, with a total of 800 cadets, commanded and trained by a captain of the United States army, commissioned especially for the pur pose by the War Department. Convocations. Regular assemblies of the student body, not compulsory, but always at tended by hundreds of students Hold twice a week In tho chapel; also on special occasions Interesting addresses, discussions and debates on important subjects and topics of the times; also musical programs and illustrated lectures are arranged by a committee of the fac ulty for the benefit of students The spirit is always one of uplift and help Speakers include persons of na tional and international reputation leading authorities on Important ques tions, and other speakers of promi nonce, somo of whom only universl ties of the first magnitude can secure Religious Aspect of the University. Young Men's and Young Women's Christian Associations, made up en tlrely of members of the University and conducted exclusively for them, direct niblo study Sunday and mid week mootingB. and other religious gatherings for students Numbers of students are organized in clubs of various religious denomlna tions According to a canvass of a part of tho student body, tho adherence of students to the various denominations Ib approximately as follows; Methodist, ipqoo Presbyterian COO Congregational 500 Episcopal 200 BaptiBt i5Q Catholic ifjo Christian 125 Christian Scienco 60 United Drethron 40 Advontist 25 Unitarian 15 Jowish 12 Quaker 6 Students aro always welcomed at tho city churches. Expenses at the University. No tuition Is charged residents of Nebraska excopt in the Colleges of Law and Medicine. Tho only fooB charged, aBldo from tho small general fees, aro for labora tory. These cover only a part of the cost of materials and equipment used Table board costB from $3 50 to $5 00 per week; rooms, from $4.00 per month up Tho average cost of a year'B at tendance, not Including fees, 1b about $300. Many Btudonts earn a part of their expenses and somo earn all An in vestigation conducted by the Y. M. C A employment bureau Indicates that nearly $100,000 is earned yearly by men students Tho student Christian associations maintain bureaus to aid students in securing employment, suitable room ing and boarding places Friends of the University have established loan funds for tho aid of needy students The University Y M C A conducts a cafeteria lunch room, whero excel lent food is served to students at cost Hy patronizing it. many stu dents spend only forty cents a day for meals Hooks are also sold at cost at the University's book store Students spend less money at tho University of Nebraska than is spent by students at other universities offer ing equal educational advantages Many colleges where expenses equal those at Nebraska are unable to offer equal educational advantages Lincoln, the seat of the University, is one of the best developed cities of the west, not surpassed anywhere in character of population and high as sociations Has five railroads and many industries and business firms; also the largest conservatory in the west A city or fine churches Over 6.000 students make it their home nine months of the year An ideal student and educational center- "The Athens of tho West " Demand for University Graduates. Graduates from all lines of training in the University have no difllculty in securing positions in their chosen oc cupation The Teachers College main tains a bureau to place graduates in teaching positions, and heads of other departments are constantly rocohing urgent appeals for graduates to fill remunerative and responsible posi tions In government, corporation or private ser ice Tho demand is dis tinetly in excess of the supply. Many alumni of the University have at tallied prominence in widely different lines of endeavor. SIGNIFICNT FACTS. , Continued from Pago 2 Joy the advantages of tho State Farm, and vico versa. Theso are a few of the reasons why Nebraska has. In forty two years, grown from an enrollment of 130 to over 4,000 For theso very reasons tho school Is bound to continue Its steady and wonderfully rapid progress until by the time It Iuib reached that maturo ago under which tho larger Eastern universities now rest on their laurelB, it will havo surpassed them ODD PRANKS PLAYED AT CAMP. (Continued from page 1.) Colonel Smith, who says: "Fewer men wore arrested tho first night In camp this year than on any llrst night of any cadet encampment I havo ever experienced. Tho order is remarkably good. Last night wo arrested but nine men In comparison with 279 the flrut night last year." INCLUDES SEVEN G0LLE6ES UNIVER8ITY OFFER8 TRAINING IN DIFFERENT BRANCHE8. FIVE HUNDRED COURSES TAUGHT High 8chool Inspector's Office Fur nishes Data on University Departments. The University of Nebraska in cludes tho following colleges and schools: The Graduate College Offers al most two hundred courses, leading to tho degrees of Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Arts, Master of Forestry, Civil Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Mechanical Engineer; or, without ref erence to a degree, furnishes expert and standard preparation for persons who expect to become Investigators, concultlng engineers or teachers In colleges, or who desiro enlarged fa cilities for specialization and re search In general, effective acquaint ance with tho graduate subjects can be obtained as well at Nebraska as at the older universities of tho oast, and practically without expense. Tho Teachers College. Students register in this college in their Junior year, at tho Bamo time retaining identity in another college of the Uni versity Thus they secure tho liberal culture of the full four-year course, with tho degree of Hachelor ot Arts or of Science, and also a two-year pro fessional course, for which is granted' the University Teachers' Diploma and University Teachers' Certificate, a state certificate of the highest grade, recognized in twenty-one different states of tho Union, and a city Btate certificate to meet the requirements for positions in city schools of Ne braska The professional work in cludes a thorough study of the his tory of education, educational psycol ogy, child study and educational theory and practice A year's prac tical course gives the advantage of nctual experience In teaching In a typical high school maintained by tho University. Graduates of tho collego readily secure good teaching posi tions. Tho Collego of ArtB and Sciences. Upon tho completion of a four-year course, the degreo of Hachelor of Arts or 'Hachelor of Science is granted. Tho collego consists of thirty-four dis tinct departments, each offering from three to thirty-five different courses of one semester each in its own par ticular line, such as botany, chemistry or rhetoric The total number of courses from which students may cIioobo in this college exceeds flvo hundred. With this wide variety of choico of courses, co-ordination and moderato specialization aro secured by following tho suggestions of tho University's numerous competent ad visors. Tho Collego of Agriculture. Offers four-year courses In three distinct groups general agricultural, forestry, and general homo economics leading to the degree of Hachelor of Sclonco in ono of tho three groups. Tho agri cultural group of studies prepares stu dents for tho pursuit of scientific in vestigation in agriculture, for teaching In schools or colleges which provide instruction in agriculture, for tho management of land and leadership in farm life, and for tho pursuit of busi ness connected with country life dairying, crops or live stock. Tho forestry group propares men for either gonoral or technical work In forestry. Tho homo economics group affords training in tho household arts and BdoncoB In addition to a gonoral edu cation. It includes practical demon stration and instruction In cooking Bowing and general housework. The Collego of Engineering. Pro vides four-year couraea In agricultural civil, oloctrical and mechanical en- v ,- T1 -"V