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UN.', a. - i' Op SBft." i.:i:.RY NU 'Gomes Into Own' In 1890's ARCHIVE n a lornrnji U LJ VFUI EJ LZ3 U UU Greeks, 'Barbarians' Duel With Flowers, Football Almost Outlawed By Legislature Vol. 77, No. 66 The 1 Daily Nebraskan Friday, February 28, 1964 rp n uZ3 1 1 " "" m-ff ENROLLMENT UP AGAIN He infer G3 d sir By Mick Rood Senior Staff Writer A record 11,056 spring se mester students are attending the University, which repre sents a 10.8 per cent increase from this time last year. Registrar Floyd Hoover says the enrollment gains are quite general throughout the Uni versity's colleges and are es pecially apparent in Arts and Sciences, up 360; Teachers, up 280; Business Administra tion, up 104; and at the gradu ate level, up 224. "A higher retention rate, prompted by better higl; school preparation in Nebras Line Kills New-Dorm Worker A construction worker was killed and another received extensive burns late yester day afternoon when a crane with which they were in con tact touched a high voltage line. They were working on the new men's dorm at 17th and Vine. Glenn A. Lybarger, 28, of 2335 North 14th, was dead on arrival at the Lincoln Gen eral Hospital. A co-worker De Wayne A. Trumpp, 30, of Manhattan, Kan., received third degree burns on 90 per cent of his body. Both men are employees of Hunter and Lunberg Construction Co. of Manhattan, Kans. The two men were pushing a dirt bucket that was at tached to the large crane when the boom of the crane came in contact with the wire, according to investigat ing officers. The operator of the crane was untouched. "It's a miracle that Trumpp is still alive," said Officer Donald KaMer of the Lincoln Police. "The doctors were amazed at his condition." Trumpp was conscious when police arrived on the scene. He is listed in fair con dition at Lincoln General Hos pital. The voltage of the wire is about 30,000 volts, according to Kahler. "I don't think it was negligence on the part of the construction company or the crane operator that caused the accident," he said. "The crane was stopped and the men were pushing the bucket when the contact came." Both men are married and have children. Officer B. Peterson and Kahler were the investigating officers. On PEfS IftCfcr v.O 'v. f k I. - : : a if i REALLY A BILLBOARD FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE This billboard at 14th and N streets announces the presentation of the 1964 Coed Follies tonight at 8 in Pershing Municipal Auditorium. It wag a Joint effort of Associated Women Studentg (AWS) and Stoncr System. ka, has prompted the enroll ment increase," says Lee Chatfield, Director of Junior Division and Counseling Serv ice. Chatfield said the University is getting a larger proportion I nn m ' A jt)J I n pit 'f 7r7A r I ' Lrv n jj if MEN BEWARE IT'S LEAP YEAR Ladies, Praise Caesar; He Started Leap Year It's leap year, and perhaps the blame falls on Julius Caes ar. Back in 45 or 46 B.C. (scholars aren't sure) Caesar altered the calendar. At this time, the Roman ten month system had shifted January to the summer. The noble emper or then adopted a semblance of our modern calendar. Caesar decreed that every fourth year should have an extra day to compensate for the average solar year which was 365.25 days. The extra day is Hi February, which has 29 days instead of 28 this year. Even Caesar made mistakes and by the sixteenth century, his miscalculation of hours had increased to a ten dav error. Pope Gregory XIII eliminated the extra days and decreed that v e a r s divisible by 100 were not leap years, ih Schools emitioim Hafre of high school seniors from the state. Better high school prep aration in the last few years keeps students in school at the freshman and upperclass man level, according to Chat field. .r , Evidence of increased Ne but years divisible by 400 were. Hence, the next leap year occurring on a centesi mal year will be in 2,000 A.D. The origin of the term "leap year" is obscure. A possible reason is that the day follow ing February 29 "leaps over" a day of the week. Leap year's custom of fe male initiative, nevertheless, was well reinforced by a Scottish law in 1288. The law said women had the right to propose to men. Any man who refused this gentle offer had to pay a maxi mum fine of one pound or else prove he was already married. Western civilization con stantly evolves, a n d a few years later, a similar law was passed in France. By the fif teenth century, Genoa and Florence, Italy had the law in the books. IMP In. info braska enrollment is reflected in that 50 of 100 four-year Re g e n t Scholarship winners came to the University while a year ago only 35 of 100 ac cepted the honor. "The retention rate up to 1962 has been around three per cent higher and seems to be going higher," says Chat field. Quality as well as quantity stems from the high school senior crop. Enrollment in creases compare with high school increases. Chatfield praised the Uni versity's honor system as be inff an added incentive for Ne braska high school's promis ing students to come to Lin coln. He added that studies made by the Junior Division have Droved the nrnfratn's , i o- selection system is accurate. Of the space problems caused by the booming enroll ment figures, Chatfield noted that no new classroom space can even be started until 1967. He said the only way to re lieve the crowded conditions is to increase the number of class hours during the day. "Faculty and students alike are going to meet the prob lem that "work days" may run from 7:30 to 7:30 six days a week," said Chatfield. Chatfield guessed there would be a 3,500 freshman class next year if trends con tinue as they have. He said that the three-to-one ratio fa voring boys at the University was diminishing slowly every year. The enrollment by compon ents are: Total 11,056 up 1,075 from a year ago; men 7,668; women 3,388. Arts & Sciences 2,476 up 360 from a year ago; 1,610 men, 866 women. Teachers 2,086 up 280; men 695; women 1,391. Engineering-Architecture 1,474 up 42; men 1,466; wom en 8. Graduate 1,314 up 120; men 1,043; women 271. Teachers Advanced Profes sional 471 up 104; men 305; women 166. Business Administration 1,119 up 104, men 1,030; wom en 89. Agriculture-Home Econom ics 1,065 up 84; men 704; women 361. Medicine-Nursing 435 down 20; men 309; women 126. Law 159 up 16; all men. Pharmacy 141 up 18; men 116; women 25. Dentistry 131 down 3; all men 52; women 22. Junior Division 74 down 18; 48; women 63. Dates Will Pay For Extra Hour Late Date Night will be held tonight in conjunction with Coed Follies. The Asso ciated Women Students board has ruled that all women stu dents will be granted 2 a.m. hours. For each minute a woman student stays out past 1 a.m. her date must pay one penny. One late minute constitutes an automatic weekend cam pus. No overnights or out-of-towns will be allowed. Spe cial permission will be need ed to go home. Mortar Board is sponsor ing Late Date Night as a money-making project. The money collected will be used to support such projects as the foreign student emergen cy fund, the graduate semi nar, and the scholarship luncheon. Teachers Must Apply Elementary education ma jors who plan to register for student teaching during the first semester 1964-65 will need to make application by April 1. The application forms may be obtained in 202 Teachers College. A. ?& ATHLETIC BUSINESS, 1890-(Above)-This receipt reads "To the treasurer of the Athletic Association: Pay to A. M. Troyer thirty-six dollars $36.00 for foot ball suits." The ancient document was loaned to the DAILY NEBRASKAN by Dr. Robert Manley, assistant professor of history. (Right) Architectural Hall, completed in 1895 was used for many years as the Uni versity Library. Howard Caldwell, a Uni versity professor at that time called it the finest building on campus. By Frank Partsch Senior Staff Writer "If you cannot earn, you can at least learn," said Chancellor James Canfield to the people of depression racked Nebraska in the 1890's, and the people an swered him by supporting the University with an en thusiasm never before ex perienced in the young school's history. During Canfield's admin istration (1891-95), Nebras ka was paralyzed by a se ries of droughts and the worst depression ever ex perienced by the state to that time. Before 1890, en rollment had never been above 500; when Canfield left in 1895, more than 1,500 students attended classes at the University. Canfield, an efficient, dy namic personality, sold the people on t h e value of a practical education. He had had a colorful background, including work as a rail way suj "ntendent, con struction ,snt and lawyer. Canfield understood the people of Nebraska and their legislature, and, through a strong respect which he earned from the legislature, he was able to increase the University ap propriations substantially in spite of the economic condi tions of the state at that time. "During my first three years in office I traveled 8,000 miles through the state of Nebraska," he re marked once, "and during the final year I traveled 8,000 through the corridors of the Capitol building." Dr. Robert Manley, as sistant professor of history, blames his popularity with the legislature, in part, for Canfield's decline in popu larity with the people. "The people began to grow sus picious of his political am bitions." Canfield left the Univer sity in 1895 to become pres dent of the State Univer sity of Ohio and, eventual ly, librarian of Columbia University. The 90's were an era of personalities at the Univer sity. Charles Bessey, p r o fessor of botany, dean of the Industrial College and several times acting chan cellor, was one of the most widely known and respected University faculty members. His work in agricultural research was a major fac tor in winning the states' support for the agricultural program, the Industrial Col lege and the University. In 1886 Bessey established the Botanical Seminar for a few of his advanced stu dents. Guided by the in spiration and knowledge of the beloved professor, the "Bot-Sem" soon became an exclusive educational group on campus. One of the prominent graduates of the ,JBot-Sem" was Roscoe Pound, who la ter entered the College of Law and became the dean of the Harvard Law School. Bessey assumed and ex panded the program of farmers' institutes. Through his work, the University be came a leader in conduct ing local meetings to ex plain techniques of modern agriculture. Beney ad dressed many of the meet ings himself. Lt. John Pershing ar rived in 1891 to take com mand of the military de partment. During his period of duty the University Ca dets no longer criticized the idea of drill; they became 3 ? 6 J so enthusiastic that a vol untary drill organization was formed in 1893. The group was called the Pershing Rifles and is pres ent today in colleges and universities throughout the nation. In addition to his duties in the military department, Pershing taught fencing and mathematics and attended the College of Law. He earned a degree in law in 1893. Pershing's fame, earned during the First World War, somewhat obscures that of one of his succes sors, Col. Stotsenburg. The colonel had been in command at the University only a few months when he was called to command the First Nebraska regiment, in the Spanish-American War. Stotsenburg's spit-and-pol-ish military standards were the exception rather than the rule in the American army during the Spanish American War, and severe criticism echoed from t li e state legislature to Wash ington. After a Washington in vestigation had cleared Stotsenburg of all blame, the regiment was sent to the Philippines. It soon be came evident that the col onel's stern discipline had not been in vain, and his men proved themselves ad mirably. Stotsenburg became a he ro overnight, but did not live long afterwards; he fell in action at the head of the regiment in 1899. A new library building, sorely needed to house the books stored in University Hall, was completed in 1895. The library was built for $110,000, and Howard Cald well, in his book, Education in Nebraska, said, "It is by far the best building on the campus. It is a credit to the state, both architecturally and artistically." Caldwell's use of the word "architecturally" has proved to be somewhat prophetic, because when Love Memorial Library was built many years later, the old library became known as the Architectural Hall, as it is today. During the 90's the Greek houses, banned from the es tablished literary societies, formed their own society, the Philodicean. Rivalry was still very strong be tween the "frats" and the "barbarians or "barbs." A group of coeds from the three sororities, Kappa Al pha Theta, Kappa Kappa Gamma and Delta Gamma, celebrated one Arbor Day by planting a Greek flower bed. The history of Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity (for at that time, the word "sorority" had not yet been used) tells the story. The girls finished the garden and, "replacing the ice cream which the barbs had made off with, proceded to carry out plans for a pic nic." "The next morning all their work had disappeared, of the 200 plants only 50 remained and t h e s e were et in the form U. of N." Although most of the frat barb hostilities were not so violent, the opposing groups carried on a running battle in the student publications. The HESPERIAN STU DENT, whose editor was William Cathcr, had always been barbarian, and the Greeks, in retaliation, r, JKfe 14, founded the NEBRASKAN in 1894. Seven years later the two papers merged, and the DAILY NEBRASKAN was born. The NEBRASKAN was nicknamed "Riley's Rag," after one of its managing editors, Frank "Rag" Riley. The nickname "Rag" has lived to the present day and is an integral part of every student's vocabulary. Ever since the first ap pearance of newspapers at the University, editorial writers had mourned the lack of school spirit. This, coupled with the need for some forms of physical edu cation, brought about a strong demand for some sort of athletic program. The HESPERIAN, in 1874, reported on the state of ath letics at that time: "The sophs and preps do occa sionally, about once a month, take a spurt and muster up enough energy to ,. attempt a game (?) of base ball." "They get most beautiful ly beaten in every attempt by the High School Urchins, or by any other set of school boys who will deign to let themselves be amused." The writer continues that the University is ashamed of the teams, because they have t he audicity to call themselves the "University Nine." The STATE JOURNAL in 1879, after inspecting a new ly arrived shipment of gym nastic and field equipment in the basement of Univer sity Hall, reported that the "young Spartans" will now have exercise which will equip them better for the long hours of study." The ambitious students laid out a mile track in the basement, 65 laps in all, and a "Mr. Dennis" set the record with an impressive time of 8:10. By 1896-97 the mile record had been cut down to 4:57.2 by W .Sawyer. Other rec ords on the track during the 90's were 100 yard dash, 10.5 seconds, 440 yard dash. 55.2 seconds and 880 yard run, 2:10. Football was introduced in the 80's through the influ ence of faculty members from the east. The HES PERIAN was a strong back er of the football team, and, in 1890, after the team had beaten the Omaha YMCA 10-0, the paper said "We be lieve that the football game at Omaha did more to ad vertise the University there than could be accomplished by several hundred dollars expended in any other man ner." The baseball and football teams were immediately successful, and the adminis strati on sheepishly an nounced the addition of an Athletic Department in 1891. Manley says that the Uni versity, in considering the physical education of the students, became an early leader of physical education for both men and women. The football teams of the 90's were strong, but the HESPERIAN moaned, "It seems strange that the foot ball men will not get out and practice as they should when we will probably play the University of Illinois team in less than three weeks on our home ground." With the flying wedge as its backbone and the for ward pass far away in the future as an offensive weap on, football was a different, (Continued on p. 3)