Tuesday, August 1, 1961
Surtimer Nebraskan
Page 3
Contractors Raze Old Nebraska Hall,
Uncover 1888 Cornerstone Treasures
It was the year Civl War
General Sheridan was on his
death-bed; the Republican
National Convention in Chi
cago displayed 3,000 electric
lights; the University of Ne
braska held its 17th annual
commencement exercises;
and James W. Dawes was
the governor of Nebraska.
The year was 1888 the
year the University of Ne
braska laid the cornerstone
of the third building construct
ed on the campus Ne
braska Hall.
Now, 73 years later, the
building is being razed to per
mit future University con
struction. Nebraska Hall housed the
College of Industrial Arts
which offered courses such
as agriculture, horticulture,
botany, .geology, 20ology, en
tomology and civil engineering.
In 1920, the building was
also used for classes in ge
ography and later became the
campus headquarters for the
Military Science Department
and the student army training
corps.
Most recently it housed the
Conservation and Survey Di
vision and a related field of
the U.S. Department of Agri
culture. University business mana
ger Carl Donaldson said the
building's geat age and phy
sical condition made it un
feasible and unecnomical for
further repair and mainten
ance. "The building is unsafe and
has not been suitable as
classroom space for 25
years," he said.
Nebraska HaU was the old
est remaining structure on
the campus. University Hall
and Pharmacy Hall, built
earlier, have previously fal
len to progress.
At the laying of the cor
nerstone, former governor
Robert W. Furnas said, "this
sorely-needed building will be
remembered long for the
practical and scientific in
struction of the industrial
classes and for the teaching
of agriculturally related sub
jects." Many items taken from the
cornerstone last week were
still in excellent condition.
They included:
The 17th Annual Com
mencement program dated
June 14, 1888.
An invitation to the cor
nerstone laying dated June
14, 1888.
By-laws of the Board
of Regents.
Chancellor Irving J.
Manatt's reports to the
Board for 1884 and 1886.
The 8th biennial report
of the Board.
Commencement week
schedule dated June 9-14,
1888.
A University of Nebras
ka catalogue for 1887-88.
A copy of legislative
bill 219, authorizing con
struction of the building.
Four state newspapers:
the Omaha Daily Herald,
the Omaha Republican, the
Daily Nebraska State Jour
nal (Lincoln), and the Daily
State Democrat (Lincoln.)
The 8-page Daily Herald
had a circulation of 5,600 and
a headline informed sports
fans that "Omaha Ball Team
Losing, It Suffers Disgrace
ful Defeat at the Hands of
the (Chicago) Maroons,"
"12-4 the Ugly Score."
The Omaha Republican pro
claimed that "The Republican
is full of news, and it is the
most widely distributed pa
per in Omaha, It is the best
and cleanest family newspa
per in Omaha. Try it."
A want-ad in the Daily
State Democrat read, "I
want a good, heavy spring
wagon to trade for fresh
milk cow; will give big trade
for a good cow." Another ad
vertiser wanted "a good car
riage horse in exchange for
real estate."
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OFF WITH THE OLD-Nebraska Hall, the
third building built on the University cam
pus, is shown here shortly after its com
pletion 73 years ago. The building, which
once housed the College of Industrial Arts,
is now being razed to permit future Uni
versity construction. The ingredients of its
cornerstone, laid in 1888, were uncovered
last week.
NU Enrollment Boom Creates Problem
By Sue Bh-kel
College enrollment is up.
At Nebraska and at colleges
and universities throughout
the nation, students are
streaming in at an all-time
high.
Dr. Floyd W. Hoover, Reg
istrar, says that "we have
every reason to believe that
the freshman enrollment this
fall will increase by more
than 400 students over last
year." Last September 2,502
freshmen entered the Univer
sity. Total University enrollment
next fall is expected to ex
ceed 9,000.
The flood of post-World War
II and Korean GI's has just
about subsided, and the on
slaught of students as a re
sult of the "baby boom" of
1945-1946 has not yet hit.
What then is the reason for
this increase in college en
rollment? According to Dr. Hoover, it
is the "interest factor" which
is at work sending more stu
dents on to a higher educa
tion than ever before. This
factor, which is part of the
so-called cultural explosion in
this country, is merely the
desire of today's Americans
to be well-informed and bet
ter educated.
Parallel Situation
Hoover says that the situ
ation of colleges today is al
most exactly parellel to that
of the high schools of 1910
1920. Before that time, approxi
mately Vs of all students
who completed the eighth
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grade went on to high school.
At the present, of the
high school graduates in this
country go on to college.
They day of the exclusive
system which made a higher
education possible for only
the very wealthy is gone
fcom America, said Hoover.
"Education is now possible,
especially in the Midwest and
Nebraska, for any student
who really wants it."
He said that the human
resource is more important
than any other in the United
States today, and added that
in order to make this re
source continually more pro
ductive, in terms of ideas as
well as goods, we must edu
cate. Problems
However, this educational
boom provides its problems
too, and not the least of
them on the University cam
pus is housing.
Reports of experts predict
ed a heavy flow of students
onto the nation's campuses in
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the years 1957-1959. However,
the students arrived a little
later than predicted, and
thus at over the country, Uni
versity housing departments
have been caught off guard.
At the present, the Univer
sity finds itself in the situa
tion of having had the dorms
filled since the first week in
June, and with between one
and two hundred students on
the waiting list.
According to W. C. Harper,
Directory of University Serv
ices, the dorms last year
were operating with an over
load of students. S e 1 1 e c k
Quadrangle housed approxi
mately sixty above its nor
mal capacity. The'Womens
Residence Halls had twenty
four more students than nor
mal conditions provide for.
Parlors Converted
These students were accom
modated with rooms in the
basements and recreation
rooms of the dorms. The par
lors in Raymond and Love
Halls have been converted
into living areas.
Due to the overcrowded
conditions and the long wait
ing lists for housing, there
will have to be some allow
ances made in the Univer
sity's housing rules, said Har
per. "We can't turn away
students just because we
have no housing for them."
For this reason, the coming
school year will probably see
many students living in pri
vate homes, boarding houses,
and apartments. The Depart
ment of University Services
will help to locate available
housing, but the final deci
sions as to where a student
may live off campus will be
made by the. Deans of Men
and Women.
According to Harper, plans
are being made now for a
new 13-story dorm to be
completed by , 1963. "How
ever," he added, "since none
of the money for housing
comes from state funds, we
can't afford to overbuild right
now."
Film on India
The Far Eastern Institute
will present "Assignment In
dia," a film showing present
day India interpreted by for
mer Ambassador Chester
Bowles, tomorrow at 1 p.m.
in Love Library auditorium.
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Possible Land Purchase
The University of Nebraska
is interested in acquiring
three parceps of property
now owned and occuped by
the Northwestern Metal Com
pany west and north of Me
morial Stadium and has au
thorized negotiations for pos
sible purchase.
University Business Mana
ger Carl Donaldson said the
property committee of the
Board of Regents, headed by
Board President C. E. Swan
son of Lincoln, has directed
him to confer with Leo Hill,
vice president of the North
western company, about the
possible purchase.
Donaldson said acquisition
of the property, involving a
half block and seven lots, is
"desirable and necessary"
for future development of the
Lincoln city campus. He add
ed, however, that the trans
action would be subject to ap
proval by the governor since
the purchase funds would
come from the University's
share of state institutional
building fund money.
The Northwestern property
includes a half block and four
lots fronting on 9th street west
of the stadium and three lots
north of the stadium bor
dered by 10th street on the
west and Avery avenue on the
south.
Donaldson said the property
is desired for use in the long
range development of the Uni
versity campus and that no
construction plans are now in
volved. The University would,
however, use the existing
warehouse' structures for sev
eral years.
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