DAILY NEBRASKA
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Students in the University Col
lege of Engineering will have no
worries in finding a job, because
the demand for competent a n
qualifed engineers is at its great
est peak at the present time, and
there is no prospect that the regis-
iration in colleges ot engineering
will supply industry with sufficient
manpower for several years. Since
the demand exceeds the supply in
all fields of engineering, the stu
dent should select the field which
satisfies his own personal inter
ests and ability to succeed.
If one has no high school defi
ciencies and rates high in place
ment tests, he can earn a degree
in Agricultural Engineering in
eight semesters. Chemical Engin
eering will require an extra sum
mer school session, and a degree
in Architecture requires a ten-se
mester course.
However, if a student works
Ag College
Features
Varied Fields
On the busy but peaceful Agri
culture .Campus of the University,
6tudents can learn how to feed
cattle, which grasses to grow
where, or how to cook and sew
and at the same time they can
take courses in English, physical
education, political science, and so
on.
On Ag Campus there is an Ag
Student Union, an Ag edition of
the Nebraskan, and an Ag branch
of the University of Nebraska
Builders. On this campus students
can learn how to rope a steer
or feed a chicken.
Founded la I860
The College of Agriculture was
founded in I860 when the Uni
versity was - established by the
State Legislature under an act
providing for such a college. In
1872 the Regents ordered the col
lege to be opened.
Students here may do research
for teaching. On graduating from
the College of Agriculture one re
ceives . a Bachelor of Science in
Agriculture or Home Economics
degree after successfully complet
ing four years of work.
In home economics, courses are
offered in food and nutrition, child
care and development, clothing
and textiles, institutional manage
ment, dietetics, economics, and
housing and equipment.
Recently becoming a field full
of opportunities is a combination
of home economics and journalism,
Publications demand nutrition and
fashion experts and advisers.
Students Select
Courses in physical and biolog
ical sciences, English, and the
arts are required. Students select
sequences that prepare them for
the occupation they desire to en
ter. . "
The Agriculture Experiment Sta
tion is a branch of the College of
Agriculture and is a research or
fact-finding bureau. It serves the
families of Nebraska, a val
uable service in a primarily agri
cultural state, as well as numer
ous industries that are closely re
lated to agriculture.
The function of taking new facts
and methods developed at the Ex
periment Station to the farm peo
ple is carried out by another
branch of Ag College the Exten
sion Service. This is a state
agency and there are extension
agents throughout the state. In
formation gathered in research
laboratories in other states is also
extended to the farm people by
the Extension Service.
more than ten or twelve hours per
week, if he has high school defi
on the -mathematics or English
iciencies, if he does not score high
placement tests, or if he wishes to
earn a commission Id the armed
forces, he usually plans to take an
extra semester to complete his" de
gree. Deficiencies can be made uo
by taking special, non-credit cours
es.
Engineering College has three
honoraries for its students. These
are Sigma Tau, Pi Tau Sigma,
and Eta Kappa Nu.
Sigma Tau is a national honorary
engineering society that was found
ed at the University of Nebraska
in 1904. Selection to membership
is made from junior and senior
students on the basis of scholarship
and other qualifications indicating
future promise in - the field.
The Pi Chapter of Pi Tau Sig
ma was installed at Nebraska in
1938. This is a national honorary
society whose membership is lim
ited to junior and senior mechanical
engineering students. Election to
membership is based upon high
-scholastic standing and personal
ity characteristics as judged by
taculty and fellow students.
In 1949, Eta Kappa Nu installed
its Beta Psi Chapter at the Uni
versity of Nebraska. It is a na
tional honorary open only to elec
trical engineering students, and
membership is based on high schol
astic standing and personal char
acteristics.
The publication of the Engineer
ing College is the Nebraska Blue
print Magazine. Members of the
college edit this magazine which
contains articles of interest to as
piring engineers in all phases of
the field. It features a humor
page and stories concerning the
activities of the University's Col
lege" of Engineering. The Blue
print office is the first floor of
Stout Hall.
Every spring the college pre
sents Engineering Week, or "E
Week." This year the week was
climaxed by a banquet for all en
gineering' students.- Members of
the different schools engineering
plan and present displays which
are open to the public during E
Week.
Such displays include features
on modern electronics, television,
etc. E Week displays are open
during the day and in the evening.
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THE OLD PHARMACY BUILDING faces its last days on the campu
pending the erecting of a new, modern Pharmacy Hall.
Locate
NU Med Colleae
d in Omaha
The University's College of Medi
cine, which has operated in Oma
ha since 1902, had an enrollment
last season of 34C medics, 85 new
students and a full and part-time
staff of 209. The entire four-year-
course has been given in Omaha
since 1913.
In order to enter the College of
Medicine, a student must have at
least three years of college work,
or 90 semester hours in an ac
credited college. For the first two
years of study, the med student at
tends lectures and labs and learns
the basic fundamentals of his chos
en career.
As a junior and senior, he has
his first opportunity to observe the
effects of disease, the treatment
and the subsequent progress of in
dividual patients. His chance to
apply his gathered knowledge
comes in the following two years of
internship.
The young med student who re-
Dent Students Practice
Drilling in Andrews Hall
Nebraska's College of Dentistry
is fully approved by the Council on
Dental Education of the American
Dental Association and is a mem
ber of the American Association
of Dental schools.
Admission to the College is on
selective basis. The choosing
of the number admitted is based on
the quality of the applicant's work
in liberal arts college, his charac
ter, his personality and his apti
tude for and interest n the study
of dentistry. ,
In recent years, a large per
centage of applicants for the Col-
ege necessitates presenting a pre-
dental program that will provide
This enables the student to com
plete bis specific pre -dental re
quirements within a two-year pe
riod and if he desires, submit his
application to the College of Dent
istry at the end of that time. Re
quirements include 60 semester
hours exclusive of physical educa
tion and military science. AU stu
dents are required to take the ap
titude tests if applying for admittance.
After receiving a notke of ac
ceptance for admission, the stu
dent Is required to make a de
posit of $25 which will be applied
as part payment of tuition' for
the following academic session. It
will be forfeited if he fails to reg
ister for that session.
Each student who enrolls in the
College of Dentistry pays a fee
of $355 each semester which cov
ers the major school expenses for
that period.
All required textbooks, dental
instruments and materials are
loaned for the student's use during
his four-year dental training.
Upon completion of the dental
course and the conferring of the
D.D.S. degree, all textbooks and
instruments then become the prop
erty of the student.
An honor society of the Dental
College is Omicron Kappa Up
silon. Alpha Alpha chapter was
chartered at the University of Ne
braska in May, 1929. Election to
this honor society is based upon
scholarship, conduct and date gath
ered by the faculty and recorded
on a character analysis chart.
Degrees that may be received
from the Dental College are Doc
tor of Dental Surgery, Bachelor
of Science In Dentistry, and Doc
tor of Dental Surgery Bachelor of
Arts of Bachelor of Science, and
Doctor of Dental Surgery Master
of Science la Dentistry.
ceives his degree from the College
of Medicine will leave behind him
four years of intensive medical
study. However, he will be direct
ing the information and experience
gleaned from these four years to
ward four more years of post-graduate
preparation.
The degree of Doctor of Medi
cine is granted only under the fol
lowing conditions: 1. The candi
date must be at least 21 years of
age. 2. He must possess a good
moral reputation. 3. He must have
complied with ail the requirements
9i admission. 4. He must have pur
sued the study of medicine for at
least four years and must have
passed all required courses and
examinations of the College of
medicine. The last two years of
work must have been taken in res
idence. 5. He must hare written an
acceptable paper on an examina
tion posed by the Examination
Committee at the end of the senior
year, 6. He must have written and
presented an acceptable, typed sen
ior thesis. 7. He must have dis
charged all indebtedness to the
University of Nebraska.
The University College of Medi
cine is growing with the addition
of a new, $25 million medical cen
ter. This center will include nine
buildings when completed. Part of
these buildings will be financed by
the University and the rest by pri
vate firms. This building program
will put the University's medica
facilities on a par with those of
other leading schools in the Mid
west.
The degree of Doctor of Medi
cine cum laude may be conferred
upon a student who has made
high scolastic record and who, in
addition, has in the course of his
medical studies performed some
original research that has been
published or is in preparation for
publication. Such a student must
be recommended by the depart
ment in which the original work
was done. Usually he must stand in
the upper 10 per cent of his class.
Alpha Omega Alpha is a medi
cal college honorary society in
which membership is based upon
scholarship and moral qualifica
tions. Elections are made from
the students who have completed
nine or more quarter of the four
year medical curriculum and are
made by unanimous vote of the
active members of the chapter.
Not more than one-sixth of any
class may be elected to member
ship, j
Nurses' Work
Requires
4-Year Study
The University pf Nebraska
School of Nursing is situated on
the College of Medicine campus,
located in a residential section of
Omaha. The campus covers ap
proximately a four-block area and
includes the two-wing University
Hospital, two large laboratory
buildings and Conkling Hall, the
student nurses' residence. Chil
dren's Memorial Hospital and the
Child Saving Institute adjoin the
campus.
. The School of Nursing offers to
qualified candidates a four-year
program leading to the degree of
Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
This program replaces the three
year program and provides gradu
ates with a Diploma in Nursing
as well as the Bachelor of Science
degree.
The first year of the degree pro
gram may be taken at the Univer
sity where the freshman courses
are geared to the entrance re
quirements of the School of Nurs
ing. During this time students will
learn to study on a collegiate level
and make the necessary adjust
ments. Self-confidence and mature judg
ment gained through the basic col
lege courses during the freshman
year will lay the foundation on
which to build the professional
nurse during the next three years
at the University School of Nurs
ing. Since the October of 1917 the
University of Nebraska School of
Nursing has been doing its part in.
providing professional training for
modern counter-parts of Florence
Nightengale, Clara Barton, Edith
Cavel, and the countless others
who have contributed their lives
toward developing nursing from its
early characterization as a house
hold art to the very pinnacle of
professionalism upon which it
stands today.
Grading System
Reveals Standing
The grading system at the Uni
versity of Nebraska is somewhat
different from the grading systems
used by most high schools. Instead
of the conventional one through
five, or its equivalent, "A" through
"F" systems, the University has
set up its grading system on a one
through nine basis.
The following chart represents
the percentage and its equivalent
grade according to the one through
nine system of grading:
I 85 100
8 90 95
7 ...85 90
I 80 85
5 75 80
4 70 75
i 65 70
I 60 65
1 Falling
Another aid to students which the
University provides is scholastic
reports or "down slips" which are
issued twice during the semester.
Those persons receiving "down
slips" at the end of the four or ten
weeks period are required to go to
their instructors and find out why
the '"down sdip" lead was given
and what can be done to rectify
it.
If the "down slip" Is not re
moved, 8 p.m. study hours are
levied so that additional time may
be given the subject causing the
trouble. In this way, students with
low grades are notified in time to
correct the situation.
A student desiring to graduate
from the University of Nebraska
roust have maintained an over-all
four average, or above, for four
years.
