The Alumni Bulletin
H. G. SHEDD,
Editor
Published the first of each month, and
entered at the postoflke at Lincoln, Nebr.,
as second-class matter.
SIX MONTHS TWENTY-FIVE CENTS
MARCH 1ST, 1900.
Notice.
There are quite a number of alumni
who have not yet favored us with the
quarter for the Bulletin. You will re
ceive the Bulletin whether you pay
or not, but we are sure that you will
feel better and we certainly shall if
you aid the movement with a small
sum. This is the last call.
Notice.
Instead of the regular Bulletin,
the April number will consist of the
complete Alumni List of the Univer
sity of Nebraska, containing, present
addresses and occupations as far as
the publisher is able to complete them.
There are a few persons concerning
whom we have been unable to find
any information. These are published
in another portion of the Bulletin.
Phi Beta Kappa Initiation.
The Phi Beta Kappa initiation was
held at 10 o'clock last Thursday morn
ing in the parlors of the University
School of Music. The following re
cently elected members were received:
Misses Eva McCune, Grace Rushton,
Laura Stratton, Grace Cook, Eugenie
Mackin and L. E. Aylesworth. The
president, Dean Edgren, gave a short
address of welcome, to which Miss
Mackin responded in behalf of the
new initiates. The annual address by
the president followed, the subject be
ing "Race and Language." Many
members of the society from out of
town were present.
Ex-Chancellor Benton at the
University of Nebraska.
Dr.A. R. Benton, of Irvington, Ind.,
first Chancellor of the University of
Nebraska, gave a very interesting and
instructive address in Chapel Monday
morning. The room was filled to its
utmost capacity, and the appearance
of Dr. Benton was greeted with ap
plause. He spoke in part as follows:
"I deem it a very great pleasure to
stand in this place after a lapse of
thirty years and again look the stu
dents in the face and say a few words
to them. I am not one of those who
think that former times were better
than these. It is generally thought
that 'persons advanced in years are
constantly going back to former times
and thinking that those times were
better than the present time. When I
look into the faces of young people as
I do this morning I look into the fu
ture the past has nothing for me.
"I could relate a great many per
sonal incidents of the early history of
the University, but I wish to spealr in
a more general way. The attendance
at Chapel during the first week was
very small compared with the attend
ance this morning. During the first
week of school there were one hundred
students in attendance. From the
very beginning every class was repre
sented except the Senior Class. At
the enu of the second year we gradu
ated two students, and every year af
ter that we graduated students. The
last year I was here, 1876, we gradu
ated six students. Some of those who
were here then as students have be
come eminent. The attendance now
is over two thousand. What a change
that is in thirty years! And thirty
years is a short time in the life of an
institution."
Speaking of the faculty of those
days Dr. Benton said: ' "I think we
had six or eight members of the fac
alty and one or two assistants. Now
compare that number with what you
have to-day. You have a faculty to
day, many of whom are known in a
national way, whose text-books are
used in other schools and colleges.
"Comparing the early conditions of
this school with the present surroui.x'
ings, shall we not say that the present
infinitely transcends anything we had
in the beginning? Have I not a right
to recognize the development of the
State and of the University? You
have just begun to scratch the surface.
In fifteen or twenty-five years from
this time the population of the state
will double. It will be a great state.
You ought to be proud of your state,
and you ought to be proud of your
University. Wherever you go your
voice should be raised in favor of the
University, upholding its influence and
power."
to the people of Lincoln. The first
.was the cadet organization. A Ne
braska man never sees these boys out
on parade without feeling that they
represent the flower of the life of the
state, and that the University which
has them in training is one cf the
the most precious possessions of the
people. The folks of Lincoln have a
peculiar affection for the boys because
they never forget to be gentlemen and
because they swing ulong the streets
with trim figures and elastic steps.
One of the veal attractions of Lincoln
is the presence of all the college and
university students. They have life
and spirit and youth enough to vital
ize a whole community."
"The boys of the Nebraska dairy
school also received favorable notice.
They represent one of the new devel
opments of the state University. It
is not known to all the peole of Lin
coln that a complete dairy school has
been in operation out at the farm for
some time, and this school is now in
condition to be of tremendous assis
tance in aiding the development of
the dairy interests of the state. The
number of students in line was a sur
prise to even the friends of the school.
If the plans of the regents do not mis
carry several hundred students will be
receiving instruction in agriculture,
dairying, animal husbandry, horticul
ture and similar branches before the
end of another biennium."
The addresses ol the following
alumni are not known at the Univer
sity. Any information as to their
whereabouts sent to H. G. Shcdd, the
University Publisher, will be consid
ered a favor:
The S. U. I.Quill at Iowa City in
the issue of February 3, has the fol
lowing to say:
"We are pleased to note that on
yesterday the senate, committee on
ways and means recommended a five
years continuance of .the tenth of a
mill tax for the University. This con
clusion was reached with unanimity
on the part of the committee and is
proof of the earnest work done for the
institution by President McLean and
others giving their time to the finan
cial interests of the University. The
appropriation passed the senate today
by a vote of forty:two to nothing. Other
needs made known by members of the
legislature were means of providing
adequate accommodations for the li
brary, fireproof quarters for the mu
seum and natural history collections,
and a combined auditorium, armory
and gymnasium to cost from $100,
000 to $125,000."
"In that great bjutternaakers' parade
yesterday there were two, or perhaps
three divisions that appealed strongly
Frank P. Hurd,
Chas. L. Biggs,
Chas. M. Baldwin,
Edward F. Dodd,
Daniel Worth
Francis N. Lam-
bertson
Amos W. Foote,
John M. Zielie,
Mary Alice Lutz,
Chas. W. Meyers,
Clofis L. . Blanser,
William P.Sullivan,
Norman A. Sackctt,
Chas, A. Hale,
Frank W. Kramer,
Wayland Bailey,
Wm. E. Knapp,
Wm. N. Hytten,
Vernon J. Emery,
Lawrence B. Pills
bury, Frederick O, Martin,
Wm. R. Bolding,
Jennings CofTman,
Mahlen A, Kelso,
Joe R. Beardsley,
C. D. Wilber,
Elizabeth Buckncr,
Charles Trumbull,
Clark S. Kathan,
Lester E. Nicholson.
Mr. H. G. Shedd has received a
letter from Dr. F. W. Voos at Bracht,
Rhincland, Germany, an old graduate
of the University of Nebraska, who
holds a diploma from a now extinct
medical college. He says: "I prac
ticed medicine in the Republic of
Mexico until 1895. Since then I have
been in this place, my place of birth.
I practiced medicine in Germany
under an American diploma of The
University, but must say that I had
to fight my case into the higher courts
before my diploma wus recognized.
I have often longed to 'know where
my classmates of the medical college
are at work."