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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 1, 1948)
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Wednesday, September 1, 194S- Welcome To Your University FROM GOVERNOR PETERSON . . . AND . . . CHANCELLOR GUSTAVSON College Deans Prepare For Students' Entrance Page 2 ' 111 (iOVKRJSOK VAL, PETERdON To Students of the University I sm pleased to have this op portunity to extend to all of you my best wishes and a hearty welcome to the University and our capital city. I particularly want to rreet those who are en rolling in the University of Ne braska fgof the first time this year. We are happy to have you among us and I hope that the coming year will be a pleasant and profitable one for you. Yours is a great opportunity that of Pictorial directions for regis tration proceedings are given you through the comic strip characters of Joe and Joann, who run every few pages throughout the paper. Avoid registration mistakes watch Joe and Joann carefully. sseeking knowledge and inspira tion in one of America's out standing educational institutions located in a splendid midwestern city. At the University and in Lin coln you will have many oppor tunities for wholesome recrea tion and good fun as you pre pare to live a more full and productive life in the years that lie ahead. If I can be helpful in any way, please call upon me. Most sincerely, Val Peterson Y' v NORMAN UXiER To prospective University students: It is always a particular pleasure for upperclassmen to welcome students entering the University of Nebraska. New students, especially the freshmen, give to the campus scene new blood and bring a spirit of enthusiasm which too many of us often lose grasp of after several years of University life. It is the new students who rejuvenate the spirit of the upperclassmen and enable them to se our University in a scope greater than that of one individual attending classes in his own college, participating in his own particular activ ities and associating with members of his own group. We are able to see our University as a whole and to have a refreshed awareness not of just our own college, which may be Arts and Sciences, Engineering or Agricul ture, but of all of them. We see again the many paths which meet each freshman and from which he selects the guide posts to an eventful four years of University. First he must select his college, then the classes which he will take. He will have an opportunity to affiliate with one of the many Lincoln churches and with accompanying reli gious groups. Also, he may want to join one of the many social groups co-operatives, inter-racial and cultural groups, sororities, fraternities and organizations designed for students who do not choose from the former ones. In return for what entering students give us in rejuvenation of the spirit that makes the University of Nebraska a great University, ws sincerely strive to be of any assistance to you in orienting you in the ways of campus life. If we cannot answer your questions or give you an adquate solution to your problems, we usually can tell you where such answers or solutions may be found. We join faculty and administrative members, ready to give you a helping hand, in making your years at Nebraska as pleasant and as profitable as possible. You will come to know that the learning process goes on outside the classroom as well as in and that with the proper attitude one will gain a great deal from participa tion in University extra-curricular activities and associa tion with religious, cultural and social groups. However, one must never lose sight of the importance of academic pursuit. It supersedes all the rest, for, without it, the University would noc, of course, exist. To slight formal studies for indulgence of outside activities only endangers the value of the activities and decreases the amount of good you will derive from them. Remember that the place of the freshmen is regarded as of extreme importance by the University community. It is the new students who will carry on where we leave off and who may profit from the mistakes which we make and, thus, continually heighten the position of the college stu dent not only in his own surroundings but also in the world at large. Norman Leger President, 1948 Innocents Sprawled in the heart of Lin coin, your University is a com munity within a city a com munity with a shifting population of some 10,000 students and 500 instructors. Although the changes made by those students graduated in 1948 and by the 1900 new stu dents expected this fall, the or ganization and spirit of the school remain the same. The Board of Regents are nomi nal heads of your University, but the real authority is vested in the people of Nebraska, who elect the board members. Chief executive of the Board is the Chancellor, Dr. R, G. Gustavson, whose first duty is to see that the board's wishes are acted upon. Deans, Directors Help. Helping Dr. Gustavson with his work are a number of administra tive officers, most important of whom are the deans and directors of the colleges, schools and di visions. The ten colleges of Ag riculture, Arts and Sciences, Busi ness Administration, Dentistry, Engineering and Architecture, Law, Medicine, Pharmacy, Teach ers College and Graduate college make up the University and re quire deans to oversee them. The three schools are those of rine Arts, Journalism and Graduate School of Social Work. The Junior division and the Extension divi sion complete the larger organiza tions. These, and the schools, are governed by directors. Instrumental in the matricuia tion of students is Dr. G. W. Ros enlof. Registrar. University ex a miner and Director oi Admis sions. Through him. you make contacts with the University and are permitted to enter rcgistra tion in all your classes, grade re- norts scholastic records, trans cripts of credits are all obtained through his offices. Dr. Rosenlofs records date back to the found ing of the University in 1869. Meet Dr. Bailer. After your meeting with Dr Rosen lot. either personal or through correspondence, you are in line to meet Dr. Warren A. Bailer, recenUy appointed Acting Dean of the Junior division. Freshman guidance comes largely through the offices of Dr. Bailer, and all students remain in the Junior division until they have completed necessary scholastic re quirements. When you have de cided upon your course and have met the requirements satisfac torily, you will be promoted by the Junior division and may regis ter in the college of your choice. Keeping an eye on your aca demic success, as well as social activities and housing, are Dean of Student Affairs T. J. Thomp son and Dean of Women Marjorie Johnston. They made it possible for more than 10,000 students to find living quarters, when the housing shortage was at its peak. Borgmann New Dean. One of Nebraska's newest deans, Dr. Carl W. Borgmann, has tre mendous responsibility of coordi nating the work of all of the fac ulties. As his UUe, Dean of Facul ties, infers, he is in charge of all teaching and research sponsored by your University. Into the capable hands of John K. Sellcck, treasurer of the Uni versity, go your fees, which ore distributed to help with the main tenance and construction plans, with landscaping and ground im provements. Through his office, all University purchases are made, and be is in direct charge of the operation of dormitories and eat ing establishments owned or op erated by the University. The offices of these men are open to students at all times, and all members of the administration and faculty will be on hand to' help you learn your way about! the campus. Greetings to the Class of 1952: We are looking forward to your coming. The faculty, staff, upper classmen, and administra tion want to help yon in every way possible to become happy members of the university fam ily. Dwing the next four years yon will have a wonderfol op portunity to become acquainted with the world in which you live and to become intimately acquainted with some phase of the world's knowledge which will bear directly on the field in which yon hope to make your life work. The next four years V . n - at .: - 1; JOAN f 7 - : f , v 10 n R. CHANCELLOR O. GUSTAVSON will offer yon a great oppor tonlty to grow in self-reliance rnd courage and to develop those qualities of personality that will make you a valuable member of society. Remember it is most impor tant to learn to relp on your self. But also remember that you are a member of a great university family and there is ma abundance of help here if yotl need it. May the new year be a vtrf happy one for you. Sincerely, It. G. Gustavsoa Norman Leger and Joaa Farrar, pictured on this page, are presidents of Innocents and Mortar Boards, University's top activity organizaUons. Students who rate high in scholarship work done in activiUes adn po teatialitles of leadership arc chosen each spring for bership. To Entering Freshman Women; Although you have probably had little time to think about it, most of you are this fall entering training for adult life a life which is often hard and never easy. If you take seriously what will be taught you here, however, you wiQ be able to go your way with fewer complaints and far greater happiness. Learning is not just the process of going regularly to classes and poring over notes and texts. That's neces sary, too, but won t do the whole job of personality and character building. And so, I reach the point-activities. I wish it were possible to convince you now of the importance and worth of getting into activities early in your University careers. Too many students discover lata in their junior or senior years how much can be gained rom extra-curncular work, and by that time it s impossible for them to get in on the ground floor. Activities can still be fun for them, but it takes two or three years of plugging away to reach responsible positions in organizations. Members of Mortar Board want not only to welcome you to your University's academic and social life, but to get across to you that the earlier you get into the activities of your choice, the more you will give to and get from unyrersny. Freshmen women cannot, of course, work in anv ac tivities until after their first six weeks of school During those six weeks, you should be looking around and sizincr things up in preparation for getting started with activities, uemrjers oi tne iw& Mortar Hoards send greetings to ail oi you ana especially to the Mortar Boards of 1951-52. 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