THE DAILTNEBRASKAN
The Daily Nebraskan
PROPERTY OF THE UNIVER8ITY OF NEBRA8KA.
-Administration Building. Lincoln, Nebraska
Offl
EEITORIAL STAFF OF MEDIC EDITION
Keillor In Chief HRSSIE MASON
Associate Fdltois HARRIET ORVIS
A D. MUNGKlt
' WILL ROSS
EARL SAGE
I1uhIih.hu Manager u ALLYN MOSER
Subscription $2J)0 per yoar In advanced ' " Bconts per copy.
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undor act of CongrosB March 3, 1879.
TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1913
Iff i Si la, vmWm Bit m7 ifc, Xysttt im h 1 ", fcjitiTiwrw mw uri i n M
MEDICS CONVOCATION
May 20
Or Cifford of Omaha
"ivy day:
While term-cud altracl Ioiih and (lis
tract Umih fallow ca( h other with tlie
flootnosH or tlie Hying day Itseir, those
who Ih1i to leave the Uniwisil) with
Koine or tlie muss or its tradition.-,
clinging to their recollections and
thoH who wIhIi to grow to education by
familiarizing theniHcheH sith pro
nounced and conspicuous Univeisit)
ciiHtoniH- all Mich liuiHt not forget to
come foitb in goodly number -IVY
I )A Y
At a cost less than nominal, tlie
committees haw biouglil within the
coinpiiH of a Hingle holiday the aiie
gated jovs ol collegiate celebiatiou
Thoro Ih a foi ward looking speech lor
the outgoing senior who wIhIich to
begin lire under (lie influence ol con
temporaneous precept Tbeie is the
planting of the ivy for tlie liaditional
soul who Iovoh to look back on his
college aw "'The dear old alma muter
about whose ly mantled walls so
many sacred memories cling" Theie
is the May polo dance and the Maj
queen of interest not only to herself
but making a special appeal to tho
more delicate traditional sensibilities
of every coed For younger people,
licshnion and sophoinoies especially,
tlie nioio lrile program of tho atter-iioon-
lunches at tho Kami, the tiacU
moot, tho games and tho biggest holi
daj gathering ot the whole Univeislty
- has as usual boon arranged Every
junior, judging by tho conduct ol men
in similar situations bet ore, is vitall)
onongh interested In tho selection of
Innocents to favor with his attendance
the ariod perlorinancos ot the Uni
veisit)'s most gala occasion
To sit by the side of a ladj-friend,
and, with the aid of tho soft moonlight
mid tho more vigorous and Immediate
illumiuant hard by, to observe tho loss
silent romance that proceeds sugges
tively on the verdant green before
them spread, the Dramatic club'B
open-air operetta is an opportunity that
no student would knowingly miss
IVY DAY.
It is, therefore, straight fiom the
heart that we recommend to all, se
cure you tickets now for, IVY DAY.
Telephone Yule Bros, at once.
There Is a certain medical student
that persists in defacing tho pioperty
of the school, especially tho arms ot
tho recitation seats. Ry these initials
you shall know him
O. It. L.
Tako heed young mn. Tho penalty
Is severe.
History of Med
ical College
The history of tho College of Modi
(l'"' "' Hu University of NebniHkn,
Involves i Terence to two entirely sop
a rate institutions, one oT which had a
brier existence, while the other hag
onjo.vod a comparatively long Ufa, on
l.v the recent jears of which how
oer. have boon as' an integral part
or the University. The first or thesd
institutions was a college of modieino
here in Lincoln, open,.,! In 1883 with
throe depart men,H, jegular homeo
pathic and (olcctic In the Hist of
these was a laeull) or seven members
'"'"led bv Dr. A U Mitchell na
dean, in (lie second a Acuity of six
"'"iihoiH. and in (lie third a faculty
of throe. The throe departments rog
it red during the ..,. 1S 17 . 17
Mudenls i espect lv.l . u total of f2.
'rhr v,,lk "as Riven in Uniwrsiry
Mall To,- soven-l leasons (he college
"" mg.ini. (! was not successful,
"tans,, of a diminishing number of
Millionth the eclectic department was
ulmuilou'Ml and also the homeopathic
'epartinent as a separate department,
and 1" the catalog of 1881. S7. which
as the iUH, catalog to announce tho
work in modieino. (hero Is shown a
single faculty ol twelve members, and
i!' studints all told.
Kwn beloie the collego relenod to
was established, the foundation of the
Omaha Medical College had boon laid
1" Sept,-,,. be., 1S80, was established
tl'- Nebraska School of Medicine, un
der whoso ausj)ices were given a
course ot lor hires at Thirteenth and
Fa. nam streets during the fall and
winter of 18S0-S1 Hoforo the Tollow
g )eur this, wlnoli was m the na
ture or a pioparatory school, 'was
transtormod nto a complete collego
lho 0,naha Medical College, the first
giaduato of which was given his di
ploma m 1SS2. The college at first
occupied a two-story frame building
known as the St. Joseph Hospital
"ear the site of the present college
building in Omaha. and a limited
clinic in tho college building com
prised its clinical resources At thl
time there was a faculty of nine mem-
hers, and the student body included
eleven men and two women nu,
two courses of lectures of six months
each were required for graduation.
The course In chemistry was as ele
mentary as the present couise in tho
average high school, and the equip
'"ent In pathology Included only a
single microscope, but from this mod
est beginning the 3chool gradually
increased in tho number of its facult)
"e size of its indent body, tho length
ot its course and tho amount of Its
equipment. In the year 1!H)1-(I2 the
total number of students was 15:'.
Medical College Building in Omaha
With the increase In size of the stu
dent body came full fledgt 'I cllego
activities From Mai eh 1898 had been
published regulaily a monthly college
Journal, "The O M C Pulse" Ath
Ititlc tennis wi;i( nonoiOUSl slippoit
ed, and In the eai 11)00, which was
iho most uccesslul war in the his
lory of college loolball, the loam, af
tor winning all of its games with the
schools in this section, was beaten
on Thnnksgiv ing Day bv (he sliony
team ef Hush Medical Collego h) such
a close scoio that it lelt the local
men jubilant owr Mie outcome ol the
game
In Ma). 1!I02. jillei cousideiabln
negotiation bet ween the tiustees of
the Omaha Medical College, and the
authoiilies ai the uniwisity, an afllll
alion was hiiall) hiought about by
which the Omaha Medical College be
calm the College ol Medicine ol the
Uniwioity ol Nebraska Wilder (he
terms oT the affiliation the tiustees io
sol ed coitain piivilegcs, but gave the
logouts lull contiol o i r the ciiiihu
I ii in Jiiul the leglstiation and giadua
lion ol students, and lurthei moi e, the
regents weic gien the light to take
oei the school completed whenever
the) saw fit 'I his affiliation giadu.illv
developed into an nitoigial union of
the college with tlie unlvoisit), and
the final steps or !ncoi poiation have
now been taken, the tiustees with this
yoar pasing out of existence and the
logouts e.xoicislng lull authoiity In
every lespect
At tlK time of alfiliation a lour year
couise was otfored, enhance to which
rcquiiod the completion ot a tour )ear
high school com so The staudatds
of admlsion nave been giadually
laisod until now they stand at two
college yeais m addition to the full
high school requirements. With con
stant and gradual lncieaso in the en
trance requirements tho number of
itudcutb lia.- been kept down, and for
wveial yeais has stood aL between 70
and 80. Now, however, the college
has attained requirements which un
doubtedly will L-o maintained Tor some
years to come, and it seems saTe to
assume that there will bo a steady
increase in the number enrolled.
With the assumption ol Tull control
by the regents the school also changes
Its location, and from the old site,
which has been occupied ever since
tho school .v as eiablished In 1882 all
ot the work will be moved to the now
canipuo at Forty-second and Dewey
a venue, and a new era in the hibtory
of the school will thus be inaugurat
ed an era which promises to be one
ot great development and assures a
brilliant tuluie.
Freshman play tho Lincoln High
school baseball team toda) at ;', ;ti)
o'clock.
Now Used By City Mission.
CAMPUS NOTES
Edit ha Sixta of Schuyler spent the
week end at Home
Helen (Jodfie) ot Co.ad is visiting
Iriends in Lincoln
Di Alldntt, Dentist, 202 Gantcr Blclg.
(Jiae Fisher ol Yoi k is visiting her
cousin Ruth H)der
Artistic danco programs and menus
for particular people Georgo Bros..
Printers, 1313 N streot.
'"'m. 'obbs is i,MllllK ,.,. h,
I'.velvn
'-"'Mhaw of Omaha spent the ueelc
("ml ' ""' ' Heta ' lol,so
'''' ,r,',,S il ,hl" l""w,si( hawJllh,
"71"'" ""-alorFomierCau.
;;;";; ;"" ;- ;-.ge K MllcIj0llI1
,;:'"" " '.-l"a has gone ,
;,1"",t spec.alis. m h.ghe, educa-lo-
"PPointed b) . ,;,.
,M";M,, '.ll.. He w,, boa,
M"' '"".I the United States for a
ear or mote.
United Society 0f Agnculture
Las, satunlay a large number o. tho
'';;' Agncu.tu.e students, board-
-IV" car at 2 W for pen woods.
"' a long ,lllIliph a.rihh
"' PHehod camp Fen woods. The
;; ;:;'"7n w . .... ,Iiy
'""ng games. lMi d luck shps etc
-waul Is evening they all assembled
I '" 'l ' -amp ,ne and enjoyed
' . ,1",',, ('("'' camp dlnne. After
1,im''- "- ,nb.) ,UI1U.(1 InIO i
""sn.ess meeting The ,.h,mi, nt ..
tU " ,H'U HH,,(,, cussed.
After (ons.dor.ng tho matter a vote
UUh tiakt'" ' s unaminously
;;-, lhat HU,h u hock.ty is n y
-'Porary chairman and sec.etary
were appointed, a constitution and by
ws wt.re IIIVheIlUI H1IU COHH
Tl'e constitution and by-laws were ac--epted.
Then election of oTIlcers took
place.
The name of this society is "United
Society of Agriculture" 'm, ,..,..,..
of the society is to crotue greater rel
'" np and form a strong working
U In the collego oT Agriculture. The
"'embers are composed of the students
ol he collge, both men and women.
This society does not interfere with
either the men's dub nor the women's
clb- It Is hoped that every mem
ber of the college will take an inter
est in this society The officers are
JL K Steele, president; Mrs. Clara
Hy.nor. vice president; Miss Fran
cer Wynuin, seciotarj; F. j Vl
treasurer; r. j. Par80Ili CUBloU '