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Tuesday, June 20, 1967
Only Those
Will Re mem
By Susan Leonard Anderson
The following was written
for a University of Nebras
ka School of Journalism
depth reporting class.
University High School is
now a memory. This school
year marked the last year
of its e x i s t e n c e as one
of Lincoln's secondary
schools.
The building will still be
there the classrooms will
remain for the use of the
great numbers of Universi
' ty students who are already
crowding the other build
ings on campus.
But the great red and
white and blue TUTOR em
blem will probably be tak
en down, and the lockers
lining the halls may well go
unused. And University
High School, rich in history
and laboratory for student
teachers, will exist only in
the minds of those who have
studied and learned there.
Uni High is a paradox. It
is not only a high school,
but a department of t h e
University of Nebras
ka Teachers College, a
demonstration school In
which student teachers
may gain experience.
According to Dr. Bert Al
frey, last principal of Uni,
the closing of the school is
both an administrative and
legislative decision.
Realism Desired
"There is a current trend
all over the United States
to handle student teaching
programs through the pub
lic schools," he said, "be
cause those schools offer a
more realistic situation for
the student teacher."
Dr. Alfrey explained that
University High and other
laboratory schools do n o t
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"On the whole," he said,
"our students are better
pupils, and as for the cul
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extremes, well, they just
don't apply here."
Dr. Alfrey further ex
plained that the legislature
has passed a resolution
stating that all demonstra
tion schools on college cam
puses must be phased out
by 1967.
The majority of the pu
pils attending University
High School this last year
will be relocated at East
High School, now under
construction. And the su
pervisors of the Various de
partments will remain in
their capacities as em
ployees of the Teachers Col
lege. "The Teachers College
will move into this build
ing," he said. "Next year,
the 'departments of Secon
dary Education, Elemen
tary Education and Indus
trial Arts will occupy the
building," he said. In the
future, he explained, edu
cators envision another fa
cility, built on to the origi
nal building.
Fifty-Nine Years
University High School
has existed since 1908. It
was first established as
Teachers College High
School and occupied the
basement of the Temple
building on the university
campus.
During the first year of
operation, the school, also
called Teachers College
High, could accommodate
only 50 students in the
nineth and tenth grades.
The next year the eleventh
grade and 30 more students
were added. In the third
year, the twelfth grade was
added and the enrollment
jumped to 120. In that year.
Temple High School be
came an accredited four
year high school.
Class size varied from 25
to 50 students. Youngsters
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attending the school were
selected on the basis of aca
demic record and good
character. A majority of
the pupils were from. Lin
coln. Some rural students
were able to enroll in t h e
school, and obtain certifi
cates issued by the states
waiving their tuition.
Students were required
to have an average of at
least 70 per cent ir order to
receive credit for a course.
Report cards were issued
four times a year.
In 1912, football and bas
ketball teams were organ
ized. There was no full
time athletic director, and
the boys used the universi
ty gymnasium for practice
and scheduled games. The
classification standards at
that time put Temple High
in C 1 a s s J. In 1920, the
school won the State Bas
ketball Tournament.
Activities Increase
Many students partici
pated in debate. In 1918, the
school organized debate
teams and joined the Ne
braska High School Debat
ing League.
Other activities included
a yearly senior class play
and YMCA and YWCA
clubs.
The school sponsored a
few parties, but as a 1919
bulletin states, "The more
extreme phases of social
amusement are left for the
individual parents to di
rect . . ."
The subject matter was
varied. Students had their
choice of such subjects as
agriculture, botany, com
mercial arts, science, Eng
lish, foreign languages, his
tory and math. Miss Anna
Tibbets was the first prin
cipal of the school. She was
replaced in 1911 by Charles
W. Taylor. After Taylor
came William Henry Steph
enson Morton.
The basement facilities in
the Temple Building soon
proved too small, and were
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compounded by inadequate
lighting and ventilation.
And so, in 1920, the school
was moved to the newly
constructed Teachers Col
lege Building. It occupied
the first three floors of the
building. The new facilities
boasted three science labor
atories, a commercial arts
department and a library,
as well as supervisors' of
fices and larger class
rooms. Pupils Attracted
The additional classroom
space attracted more pupils
and the enrollment soon in
creased to 200.
The new facilities also
afforded more opportunity
for extracurricular activi
ties. The old YWCA became
the girl Reserves in 1928. In
1947, the club was reor
ganized and given the name
of Y-Teens.
In 1929, the pupils pre
sented the first in a series
of annual operettas. Other
musically-inclined students
were offered experience in
an orchestra, glee clubs
and a chorus. In 1947, a
boys quartet and girls' oc
tette were formed, as well
as a marching band.
Miss Gertrude McEachen
established a Girls Pep
Club in 1940. Members
cheered at basketball
games and sponsored money-making
projects.
The present TUTOR
yearbook evolved from the
old school newspaper, the
Nebraskanette, established
in 1937. Staff memDers oe
gan publishing annual edi
tions and a senior edition in
the spring. In 1954, these
editions were replaced by a
yearbook. The paper con
tinued to be published two
times a month.
Class plays became a
tradition. In 1940, students
interested in dramatic:: or
ganized the Black Friars
Club, which put on p I a y s
and skits.
Society Founded
Dr. Norman F. Thorpe
became principal of the
school in 1952, and in 1953,
he organized a Student
Council. Two years later
the Teachers High Chapter
of the National Honor So
ciety was founded. During
this period, Teachers High
also began sending repre
sentatives to County Gov
ernment Day and Girls and
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Sports were also an in
tegral part of the Teachers
High program. Until 1929,
the school maintained both
a football and basketball
team. TC gridders with
drew from competitive
football because of the lack
of adequate facilities. Bas
ketball became the major
sport and a baseball team
existed urnil 1947.
Athletes also went out for
the track team, formed in
1953, a wrestling team and
gymnastics team, orga-
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nized in 1952 and 1955 re
spectively. The school's first regular
coach was Dale Snook, who
began his coaching duties
in 1948 and coached the
TUTORS in their final bas
ketball game last Febru
ary. Coach Snook's 1951
team won the District Bas
k e t b a 1 1 Championship.
Three years later, the TC
High team won the Class B
Championship.
The roster of Teachers
High School included col
lege preparatory courses,
normal training, and a gen
eral program of study for
those students desiring fu
ture education or careers.
In the fall of 1955. Teach
ers College High School
moved into a new building
at 14th and Vine Streets.
The new structure provided
facilities for a junior high
as well as a high school.
The organization of the
school remained the same,
with certified teachers and
administrators supervising
the various departments
and university seniors
teaching the classes.
Three Principals
During its existence. Uni
versity High School was to
have three principals. Dr.
Thorpe served until 1963. In
that year, Dr. Alan Seagren
was appointed to the posi
tion. He was succeeded by
Dr. Bert Alfrey, who
served as principal for the
final school year.
Students attending Uni
versity High were selected
on much the same basis as
those first pupils attending
Temple High. They were
accepted on their academ
ic records.
But the academic atmos
phere was much different
than the one maintained in
the old Temple Building
school. A new innovation
was guidance classes. These
classes met once a week
with the purpose of helping
each student select h i s
program of academic sub
jects. And the students had a
much larger academic
choice than their predeces
sors at Temple and Teach
ers College high schools.
Courses were offered in art,
business, English, foreign
languages, homemaking,
math, music, natural sci
ences, physical education,
social studies and speech
fundamentals.
The expanded program
was enriched by the new
facilities. The science de
partment boasted a d a r k
room for experiments and
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mcnt was equipped with
metal, auto mechanics and
woodworking shops.
An audio visual center
provided the teachers with
projectors, tape recorders
and record players.
Extracurricular activities
were in abundance at Uni.
The Student Council contin
ued to be the governing
body for the pupils.
Through the years. Student
Council members main
t a i n e d such traditional
events as Sweatshirt Day
and the annual spring pic
nic. Awards Won
The TUTOR marching
band and chorus provided
experience for those inter
ested in music. Uni bands
men won awards at the
State Marching Festival for
eight consecutive years.
An annual operetta became
a much-anticipated event.
Both boys and girls were
given ample opportunity to
participate in activities that
paralleled their interests.
Girls' activities included
Pep Club, cheerleading, Y
Teens, Future Homemakers
of America and Girls' Ath
letic Association. For boys,
it was the U-Club, Science
Club and work in the audio
visual department.
There were coed activi
ties too. International Club,
future business Leaders of
America and County Gov
ernment Day enjoyed strong
support from the students.
The yearbook, newspaper
and participation in speech
contests kept students busy
year 'round.
Sports, of course, played
an integral part in the
school's program. In 1957,
the TUTORS claimed the
District Tournament title in
basketball. Nineteen sixty
five was another good year
as the TUTORS won the
District and State Cham
pionships. But now, the classes, ac
tivities, and sports frsi
combined to make up Uni
versity High School are
over. Former students re
turning to the Uni building
next year will have to use
their Imaginations to con
jure up an image of the
old high school. The faces
will be different, and so
will many aspects of the
building.
A young coed standing in
front of the great TUTOR
emblem that hangs in the
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activities area said, "I hope
they'll give the emblem to
the Historical Society or
something. I hope they
wont just put it in a base
ment where no one will
ever see it again. I worry
about that."
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"Century of Stars," is being
featured throughout the sum
mer months in Ralph Mueller
Planetarium in the University
of Nebraska State Museum.
The viewer is taken back
a century to observe the spec
tacular astronomical happen
ings throughout this period
in the clear night sky of the
Great Plains, says Curator
Allan Griesemer.
Star lore of the Plains In
dians lend its mythical as
pect to the show while spe
cial projectors are used to
simulate the astronomical
phenomena that left impres
sions on the history of Ne
braska, Griesemer said.
Daily weekday shoe's are
given at 2:45 p.m. and other
show times are 8 p.m. on
Wednesday. 2:30 and 3:45
p.m. on Saturday, Sundays
and holidays.
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Forages will be exam
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points of view by national
ly prominent exoc ts at the
third National Grassland
Field Dav, according to Dr.
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Kehr. a U.S. Department
of Agriculture research
agronomist at the Universi
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of the speaking program at
the field day.
The Field Day, co-sponsored
by the University of
Nebraska and the American
Forage and Grassland Coun
cil, will be held at the Uni
versity Field Laboratory at
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July 12 speakers will be
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the University of Illinois
College of Agriculture, and
Dr. A. A. Hanson, chief of
the Forage and Range Re
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Research Service, Crops Re
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Beltsville, Maryland.
Bentley's subject will be
"The Present and Future
Role of High Quality For
ages in the Eastern Great
Plains and Western Corn
Belt."
Hanson will speak on
"Breeding and Management
of Forage Crops in the East
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July 13 speakers will be
Dr. Charles Leinweber,
head of the Department of
Science at Texas A & M
University, and Everett L.
Butler, general supervisor
of merchandising, Farm
Equipment Division, Inter
national Harvester Com
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be "Management of Range,
Forage and Livestock in the
Great Plains," and Butler
will speak on "Mechanized
Forage Handling."
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