THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Wednesday, September 1, 194S-
Welcome To Your University
FROM GOVERNOR PETERSON . . . AND . . . CHANCELLOR GUSTAVSON
College Deans Prepare
For Students' Entrance
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(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
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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
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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.
Sincerely,
John Farrar
President, 1948 Mortar Boards
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