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University Colleges
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n Arts, Sciences College
To enable students to achieve a
broad and liberal education is the
purpose of the College of Arts and
Sciences headed by Demi W. E.
Militzer.
This college is made up of
courses which lead to fundamental
knowledge valuable in ell fields.
A student in Arts and Sciences
may major in any of the sciences
biology, geology, and so on in
languages, fine arts, social or po
litical sciences, journalism, clas
sics, or philosophy. Or he may
combine his work in Arts and
Sciences with courses in education,
engineering, agriculture, or busi
ness administration to provide a
good background education for
specialized fields.
Graduates of this college may re
ceive positions through a place
ment . bureau maintained by the
college or .through .departments
which have direct contacts with In
dustrial companies for placing stu
Future Educators Get
On-fhe-Job Experience
In 1909 the University of Ne
braska started its teachers college
for those interested in education.
The purpose of the college is to
give the graduates the knowledge
and experience necessary to be
come effective educators, good
citizens, and well-adjusted individ
uals; for teachers influence the
students' personalities as well as
their educations and must be good
examples.
The college offers two types of
degrees. A teachers certificate is
awarded after about two and a
half years of work and qualifies
the teacher to teach in many
schools. A bachelor of arts de
gree, based on four years of work,
enables the graduate to teach in
the more qualified school.
Each student in teachers college
is required to take some general
education, including basic funda
mentals of English, history, science
and social studies, so that he have
a better and broader understanding
of our socity. He also takes ad
ditional courses in the field he
plans to teach.
Another requirement is courses
In human growth and development,
stressing the physical, social, and
mental characteristics of children.
Essential classroom and admin
istrative principles, procedures,
techniques, and skills such as how
to grade papers, make up tests and
gain the respect and obedience of
students must be studied also.
Finally, because learning prin
ciples and reading texts are not
enough, the future 'teachers get
actual experience In guided obser
vation of children and practice
teaching in the Lincoln Public
Schools.
Because the demand for teach- '
ers is so great, there is little
trouble in getting a job after grad
uation; but . the University, helps
its graduates make contacts with
prospective schools and aids them
in the final choice through its coun-
celing service. Not only positions
in public schools for normal chil
dren are available, but opportuni
ties are also found in schools for
blind, deaf, crippled, or other han
dicapped children.
The scholastic honoraries for
teachers are Pi Lamba Theta, open
to women, and Phi Delta Kappa,
for men. These organizations stand
for better teachers and better
methods. Pi Lamba Theta requires
a 6.5 average for membership.
Phi Delta Kappa is open to senior
men with a cumulative average
of 7 who are active in Teachers
College. These organizations are
typical of the ideals of Teachers
College, teachers who can not only
teach their students the knowledge
they need to- earn their- living but
also help them to become well
adjusted citizens.
dents.
A Bachelor of Arts degree Is
most often earned by those gradu
ated from the College of Arts and
Sciences, but students specializing
in certain courses may receive a
Bachelor of Science, a Bachelor of
Fine Arts, or a Bachelor of Mu
sic degree. Or they may earn a
Bachelor of" Arts degree with a
certificate from the School of
Journalism.
All students in any college have
advisers, and in Arts and Sciences
advisers can help students who
plan to spend only one or two years
at the University schedule a well
balanced program featuring the
major branches of knowledge.
Such a program may also be
carried out by students who have
not yet decided on their major or
the held of their career. One-hundred
twenty-five credit hours are
required to be graduated from Arts
and Sciences.
Regents scholarships are avail
able by examination to students
of this college, and there are also
scholarships for specialized fields
in Arts and Sciences. The Rhodes
scholarship .is awarded college
seniors for graduate work in Ox
ford, England. Other fellowships
Include the National Science Foun
dation awards, the Woodrow Wil
son fellowships, and Fullbright
awards for foreign study.
Each year one student from the
College of Arts and Sciences or
Business Administration is ap
pointed . by the University to a
three-year Chicago Law School
scholarship. There are many
graduate assistantships available
aj the University.
The courses in Arts and Sciences
give the students a broad back
ground of knowledge that will
prove valuable in all phases of life
and work.
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A LAST MINUTE rush finds students hurying to and from classes in.
Social Science Building, home of the College of Business Administr
tion, the Department of Political Science, and the Graduate College.
Law College Selects
Students On Aptitude
Pharmacy College To Construct
New Headquarters Lyman Hall
Lyman Hall will be erected soon
at the corner of 14th and S streets
as a College of Pharmacy building
for the students who will someday
fill prescriptions from their trans
lations of the scribbles and scrawls
of the world are looking toward
made by doctors on little prescrip
tion pads.
To receive a Bachelor of Science
degree in Pharmacy a student must
successfully complete 136 credit
hours within, if possible, four aca
demic years. This large number of
Prospective Executives Learn
All Phases of Business World
Young men and women whose as
pirations center on a future in the
world of business management are
helped to realize their goals in the
College of Business Admistration.
In this college students are pre
pared for careers in small firms,
large firms, or for self-employ
ment. Graduates receive a degree
of Bachelor of Science in Business
Administration and with their edu
cational background are considered
good prospects for advancement in
the firms in which they gain em
ployment. Grads Interviewed
From all over the United States
each year representatives from
more than a hundred large firms
are sent to the University to inter
view Biz Ad graduates.
More and more women are enter
ing the College of Business Ad
ministration as opportunities for
women in the management profes
sion are increasing. Secretarial po
sitions, however, are still the most
frequently sought by women enter
ing the field of business.
Variety Offered
This college in the University of-1
fers a wide variety of fields of
study. They are accounting, adver
Using, banking and finance, busi
ness law, economic history, eco
nomics, industrial management, in
surance, investments, market re
search, personnel, public utilities.
real estate, retailing, sales man
agement, secretarial training, sta
tistics, and transportation.
The first two years of the four
year program for the future mem
bers of an executive suite are de
voted mainly to general, cultural
courses; and the last two years
concern specialized studies in busi
ness and economics.
Employers are taking these
graduates into their .organizations
with the expectation that after a
period of training and experience
these graduates will qualify for po
sitions of greater and greater re
sponsibility and eventually become
full-fledged members of the man
agement profession.
Opportunities for biz ad majors
exist in small firms as well as
in large ones-self -employment in
cluded. .
hours required is a result of the
need to include a great many nec
essary courses in a four-year pro
gram.
A practical course in pharmacy
is offered for students who plan to
enter retail pharmacy and a scien
tific course is offered for those ex
pecting to do work requiring grad
uate stdy in pharmaceutical sci
ences. A Master of Science degree may
be earned through the graduate col
lege in the departments of the Col
lege of Pharmacy. Specialization
may be carried out In pharmacog
nosy, pharmacology, pharmaceuti
cal chemistry and pharmacy.
Also leading to a Master of Scl
ence degree is a graduate program
in hospital pharmacy, requiring two
years of residence beyond the
Bachelor of Science in pharmacy
degree. It is supplemented by a
half-time internship in hispital
pharmacy in Lincoln hospitals. This
leads to a certificate of hospital in
ternship awarded by the board of
half-time internship in hospital
The dean of the University's Col
lege of Pharmacy is Joseph B.
Burt whose office is 202 Pharmacy
Hall.
Comedian Fred Allen was born
John Sullivan, and Nathan Birn
baum became a comedian and
changed his name to George Burns.
Baseball catcher Yogi Berra was
really named Lawrence. Football
coach Frank Leahy comes from
O'Neill, Nebr.
The Department of Commerce
and Labor was created Feb. 14,
1903, and divided March 4, 1913,
into two separate departments.
There was one accidental death
every five minutes in 1952, and
every three seconds an accidental
injury occurrred.
One of the professional colleges
at the University of Nebraska is
the College of Law. This college
is open to any student with at
least two years of college who
can pass an aptitude test of po
tential abilities. For those who
take only two or three years of
prerequisite work, the requirement
for a degree is four years of law
college. Those who have four years
of regular college work need to
study only three years of law. It
is possible to be graduated from
law with two degrees of bachelor
of arts, one from the college
where the prerequisite work was
taken and one from law school.
The pre-law may be taken in
any college, but the usual choices
are Business Administration. Col
lege or the College of Arts and
Sciences. Whatever the choice,
two courses recommended by
many lawyers are accounting and
logic. The pre-law student should
also try to include as much Eng
lish composition as possible. The
other courses are determined by
the field the law student wishes to
enter. Since they are many and
varied, ranging from insurance ad
visers to criminal lawyers, it is
best to examine the fields care
fully and make the selections with
the help of the adviser.
Nebraska's law school combines
the ancient prinicples of law and
the" very latest developments in the
field. The college offers actual ex
perience through moot court com
petition. During th' last year in
law school the students also give
advice and prepare arguments and
briefs free of charge for citizens of
Lincoln, although the cases must
be turned over to practicing at
torneys for the actual presentation.
Law students also serve as moder
ators and parliamentarians for
meetings on the campus.
The Order of the Coif is the hon
or scoicty for law students. The
society encourages high scholar
ship and ethical standards. The
members are chosen by the fac
ulty from those of the graduating .
class who rank in the upper ten per
cent in scholarship.
Another of the schools's activities
designed to give the students ac
tual experience and strenghten the
contact between Nebraska lawyers
and the students is the Law Re
view. Each analysis is prepared by
a student with the help of the edi
tors and the faculty. The review
is sent to many lawyer and eives
the students a chance to establish
themselves to the lawyers besides
gaining valuable experience.
Through such programs and the
close relationship between students
and the faculty, the Nebraska Col
lege of Law is able to turn out
qualified lawyers.
Moot Court Tries Cases
During the spring and the fall
law students partitipate in the A1.
len Appelate Competition or Ne
braska's moot court. The purpose
vi mow court is to give law stu
dents practical experience in pre
paring and presenting cases under
courtroom environment and m
cedures.
Moot court is a mock trial r,t
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nypotnetical cases chosen by a
board of 12 upperclassmen and a
faculty adviser. Every effort is
maae to make the trial real an1
create the situations such as would
be found in an actual courtroom.
The board also selects the fllriffec
for the competition, makes the
ruies, and serves as a general ad
ministrator of the court.
Nebraska's moot court rm.
sidered to be one of Jthe best .
terns in operation. All first year
law students must enter the fall
round which is a practice session
Each team prepares a brief for the !
case assigned to the team and
presents it in the moot court. Three
senior law students judge both the
brief and the oral presentation.
Actual competition for freshmen
law students begins in the spring.
All freshmen participate in this
round also and the winners of the
round advance to the second year
fall rounds. This elimination con
tinues until only two teams re
main in the competition by the
fourth year. These teams argue
their case in the Nebraska Su
preme Court Ch? -fiber befora three
Nebraska Supreme Court Judges.
Since 1954 Nebraska has also en
tered a team of three outstanding
students in the National Moot Court
Competition. In its first year in
the contest Nebraska defeated
schools such as Yale and Harvard
to both win the contest and the
highest individual sneaker' rat
ing, a record of which any school
can be proud.