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Prof essional training with general background
DAILY NEBRASKAN
Business today requires . .
By Dean J. . LeBossignol
College of Bwtiness Administration.
Ed. The following is, the second of a series of
guest articles dealing icith the scope of the various
departments and their tiecds. The college of busi
nets administration instituted at Nebraska in 1913
today ranks thirteenth in size among business col
yeges over the country. Dean LcRoccignol, who has
headed this college for the past 22 years is well
qualified to discuss its work.
Inasmuch as collegiate schools of business are
of comparatively recent origin, it may be well to
state that the pioneer in this field was the Wharton
School of Finance and Commerce of the University
of Pennsylvania, founded in the year 1881. In 1898
the universities of California and Chicago again
broke the academic ice, after which a number of
other respectable institutions followed suit until, in
the year 1916, the American Association of Collegi
ate Schools of Business was formed with California,
Chicago, Columbia, Dartmouth, Harvard, Nebraska,
New York, Northwestern, Ohio State, Pittsburgh,
Texas, Tulane, and Wisconsin as charter members.
Since that time the movement has continued,
and in the year 1939 1940 there were no less than
92 collegiate schools of business in the United
States and Canada, with 114,129 students, of
whom 94,619 were men and 19,510 were women,
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This extraordinary development seems to show
that the old system of entering a business at an
early age and growing up with it has been found
wanting in some respects. Certainly, business con
cerns are looking more and more to the colleges and
universities for recruits who have had a broad gen
eral education and some special training in business
subjects.
In the curriculum of the college, therefore, one
finds such essentials of a liberal education as Eng
lish, history, natural science, political science, eco
nomics, mathematics, and psychology, and such vo
cational or professional studies as accounting,
money and banking, finance, insurance, marketing,
business law, business organization, and statistics,
all of which have cultural value, while giving
knowledge of the structure and functions of the
business world and theoretical preparation for the
practice of business and the duities of citizenship.
The curriculum, of course, is far from per
fect but, as the proverb has it, "the proof of the
pudding is the eating of it," and the success of
our graduates seems to show that it is developing
along the right lines and that it has helped many
students of native ability to become, in the course
of time, broad-gauge business executives such as
the changing times demand.
Because of the fact that our students take as
many "cultural" courses, we have happy relations
with the arts college and, of course, we reciprocate
by welcoming many arts students into our classes
in economics and business. Our college, also, serves
the other professional schools, especially the col
leges of agriculture, engineering, pharmacy and
law, all of which are preparing their students for
occupations in which a knowledge of business the
ory and practice is very useful. For example, we
have a special agreement with the college of law
by which students who have completed our requir-
ments in three years may take their first year of
law in lieu of free electives and thus complete both
professional courses in six years.
As our classes are large, our instructors are
obliged to give most of their time and energy to
the work of teaching; but they also manage to do
a good deal of other work ; carrying on research in
their several subjects, the writing of books and ar
ticles, participating in the activities of national and
iocal societies, serving on committees, and whatnot.
As to our needs, they are too numerous to
mention here, but I will say that if we had a sep
arate building and more money the college could
and would expand its activities in many direc
tions and serve the students and the state more
effectively than ever before.
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A Daily-AWS dream . . .
Information to all students
at last a reality
With the publication this morning of the
first general university calendar compiled joint
ly by the DAILY NEBRASKAN and AWS, a
final step has been taken on a project conceived
a year ago by the AWS ; of informing the entire
student body of important administrative an
nouncements and extra-curricular activities.
Besides being published in the NEBRAS
KAN, sufficient copies of this calendar will be
printed on separate sheets to go to all those not
subscribing to the DAILY.
Interest in this project was aroused by the
charges of The Barb last semester that the NE
BRASKAN failed to publish all meeting announce
ments and failed to get those it did publish to all
the students. Seeking to remove this deficiency,
the DAILY editors became interested in printing a
bulletin of this kind.
Already seeking the same end and with re
markable success, the AWS was printing weekly a
calendar of women's activities, this calendar how
ever.going to many of those who are subscribers
to the NEBRASKAN. The advantage to both groups
of consolidating and thereby reaching the entire
campus without duplication became apparent. The
consolidation was made; and the maiden issue of
the new publication arrives on the stands this morning.
The success of this new service naturally will
depend upon the cooperation of the organizations
of the campus in letting their activities be known.
That all may be represented we urge any group
planning a meeting to call the NEBRASKAN office
before noon on the Thursday of the preceding week.
And its value to the students will depend upon
the use they make of it ; by keeping it in his note
book or on the walls of his room, everyone will
have a detailed picture of the activity program of
the week.
With the aid of both organizations and read
ers, this service can be made worth while; without
that cooperation, it is worthless.
Democracy-
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ly careful that in responding to
the need for economy in expendi
ture, we do not force men and
women of intellectual capacity to
leave our college faculties for
fields more remunerative but less
serviceable to the life of the com
munity. Present generation mutt lead.
In summing up his lecture, the
speaker put it up to the present
generation of university men and
women to "evolve and make effec
tive a program to save the funda
mentals of democratic government
and of a free system for the dis
tribution of goods.
Besides the convocation, Char
ter Day was celebrated with a
luncheon at the Union sponsored
by the board of trustees of the
university's Foundation; the an
nual business meeting of the
board at one; and U Lincoln
alumni club oanquet at 6 in the
Union ballroom. This latter was
open to the public.
Potatocs-
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gists test the progeny for disease
resistance.
Plant grown In winter
Each year, plants of the desired
varieties and inbreds are grown
in the greenhouse in midwinter
They are kept under strong light
from 18 to 24 hours a day, low
temperatures are maintained and
the plants are fed with a nutrient
solution. Blossoms are produced
and the crossing is done in mid
winter. In early spring, berries
(or seed balls), are picked and the
seed is removed. This seed may be
planted in the greenhouse the fol
lowing August.
Tubers from these plants are
harvested in January and Febru
ary. The tubers are kept warm bo
as to hasten the completion of
their rest period and are then
taken to western Nebraska where
they are planted on irrigated land.
Seasonal observations are made
on the individual plant basis. From
this population of 6,000 to 9,000
plants, no two of which are alike,
tubers are saved from only about
300 of the most promising.
Notre Dame now has a
field near its stadium.
flying
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and emphasized two factors which
were not influential at this time
last year as largely responsible for
the decrease. According to his
statement, these factors are the
selective service act and the op
portunity for students to obtuin
employment in factories working
in the United States defense pro
gram. He also reported that many
women students are leaving school
to accept second semester teaching
positions.
Regarding the registration drop,
Dr. lioscnlof said, ' The second se
mester registration is 3C0 less
than the registration figure of the
first semester; but it is the natural
thing that registration falls off In
the second semester of a school
year."
The dining hall at Farmville,
Va., State Teachers college uses
240 dozen eggs, 525 gallons of milk
and 900 pounds of sugar a week.
Filings still open Young Advocates
for debate team to hear Campbell
With five students already reg
istered, H. A. White, debate coach,
announced today that students can
still file for the varrity debate try
outs, Thursday evenir.g, he'o. 20.
Assignments include affirma
tive, Jack Stewart, Kugene Cur
tiss, and Edwin Carraher; nega
tive, Don Fan ens and Edwurd
Warnsholz. The names of other
students will be asalgned to each
side as filings are made.
Subject of the debate is: Re
solved, that the United States
should enter the war rather than
see Uie defeat of the British Em
pire. Each man speaks for eight
minutes only, and there will be no
extra time for refutation, White
said.
Clinton J. Campbell, president
of the Nebraska Bar association at
the time it was inaugurated, will
be the featured speaker at a meet
ing of the Young Advocates, pre
law society, Feb. 20. His subject
will be "Canons of Ethics for Lawyers."
Men outshone the co-eds in
sophomore comprehenrive exam
inations at Wheaton College.
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