THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
LINCOLN a. NEBRASKA
February 15, 1962
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EDITORIAL
Thursday, February 15, 1962
A Note to Nebraskans .
University of Nebraska Week'
Proclaimed by Top Officials
. . . Gage, Hardin Discuss Letters
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UNCOLN 8, NEBRASKA
February 15 1962
Ninety-three years ago this February 15, Nebraska's brand-new legislature
rushed into law Senate File 86 which began:
"Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska,
That there shall be established in this State an institution under the name
and style of, 'The University of Nebraska'.
"Section 2. The object of such institution shall be to afford to the
inhabitants of this State, the means of acquiring a thorough knowledge
of the various branches of literature, science and the arts."
Since that, the beginning, the University of Nebraska has, among many
other things, offered educational opportunity to some 100,000 resident students,
conferred 65,000 degrees, and progressed from a lonely building on raw prairie
to one of the ranking institutions of higher education in mid-America.
Even at its founding, the University of Nebraska was committed to an ex
panding philosophy of education which had been given form in 1862 when Presi
dent Lincoln signed the Morrill Act, a federal law giving substantial grants of
public land for the support of public universities and colleges whose programs
included instruction in agriculture, the "mechanic arts," and military training.
.This year of 1962 happens to be the Centennial of the founding of the
Morrill Act or Land-Grant educational program. There are now 68 Land -Grant
institutions. Together they compose only 5 percent of the total number of
American institutions of higher learning, but they serve almost 20 percent of the
collegiate enrollment. They grant nearly 40 percent of the doctoral degrees,
train almost half of the regular and reserve officers for the armed forces, and
through their research and service programs continue to contribute most signifi
cantly to America's scholastic, scientific, and technological advance. They
also provide a valuable educational pattern for the new nations of the world.
Perhaps there is no adequate way to congratulate a University on the
occasion of its 93rd birthday, but at least we can pause to take pride in its
accomplishment and to appreciate the richness of its heritage. "We can also
consider our own responsibility for insuring the continued success of this
University through personal support and loyalty. The excellence of the 93
year record merits no less
Sincerely,
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ford M. Hardin
Chancellor
It Is my distinct privilege, . as President
of the Student Council of the University of
Nebraska,- to acknowledge the significant procla
cation mads by the Honorable Prank B. Morrison,
Governor of Nebraska, on behalf of the students
of the University. By proclaiming this next,
week as "University of Nebraska Usek", Governor
Jlorrison has paid a gracious compliment to
Nebraska's distinguished University and has
again reiterated the high level of trust and
esteem in which the people of Nebraska hold
this institution. .It is encouraging to the
student to know that his college is respected
and praised for its meritorious contributions
to the welfare of the state and not rebuked by
the state's leaders for its well-intentioned
efforts
This should be a time of celebration "at
the University; "it should also be a time of
introspection, of cental note-taking for the
future. The student should be proud of his
University's honorable past and should be
Jealous of its promising future. For these
ends the student should become aware of and
"cultivate an interest in the progress and the
problems of his University. Then as the stu
dent emerges as a leader in, hopefully, a
llebraska community, he should raise bis voice
for those programs and policies most desirable
for-the University and, over the years, most
desirable for Nebraska.
The future -of the state 'rests with its
educated youth. Let this coming week be a
tribute to these young people who must forge a
modern society in Nebraska, a task tantamount
to the one faced by their ancestors but a cen
tury ago. Let the "University of Nebraska
yesk" be accepted in all quarters as a recog
nition of the Universitys achievements and
as incentive for the furtherment of its
programs.
Sincerely,
Stephen J Gage, President
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VHEHEAS , the University of Nebraska is celebrating
its 93rd birthday on Thursday, February 1S
1962, and
tfHXE2AS, the University of Nebraska has long been
recognized as an asset of extensive .value
to the City of Lincoln in every phase of
its development and activity, . and
there is a continued need for hlgser c&icatioa
not only in the City of Lincoln but throurfaesS
the world around us, and
WHFREAS, the University of Nebraska has contributed
outstanding: leadership to the adainistratlcu
of our cities, states and nation,
SW, THEREFORE , I, D. L. Tyrrell, Acting iSayey of t&a
City of Lincoln, Nebraska, do hereby proclaim
the week of February 15 through February SXM
1962 as 9
UEIVXRSITr CP 22E2ASKA ES
in the City of Lincoln, Nebraska,
the continued support of not only the citizens
of Lincoln but the people throughput the state
II VITISSS HEREOF I have hereunto set cy hand si&csslzzL
the seal of Lincoln, Nebraska to be &f fixed-tfcia
13th day of February, 1962.
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