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The Nebraskan-Hesperian
A COriPARlSON.
How the University of Nebraska Compares with Other State Institutions.
An Interesting Letter from Ex-Chancellor flacLcan.
940-942 P Street.
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A comparison of statistics concern
ing various state universities in the
saino class with Nebraska, reveals
somo very Interesting facts. Compared
with tho Universities of California,
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Mich
igan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin,
Nebraska ranks lowest in tho cost of
buildings (?442,000) and Wisconsin
ranks highest ($1,382,000). Nebraska
is lowest in tho amount received an
nually trom the stato with only two
exceptions and all but four havo a
smaller number of students to bo pro
vided for. Of these four at least threo
have departments of medicine, phar
macy, dontlstry, mines, etc., which Ne
braska has not. Two universities
alone havo a smaller teaching force
and the average rate of salary paid is
as low in Tho University of Nebraska
as in any of the other institutions with
possibly two exceptions.
Tho per capita cost argument is a
populnr and often a delusive ono for es
timating tho elllclency of an education
al institution. For example, taking
the figures as they stand for Nebraska
and dividing tho stato aid by tho num
bor of students tho per capita cost re
sult is $77.72. But tho law school and
tho school of lino arts arc practically
self-supporting. Therefore tho 242
students in theso schools should be,
for tho present purpose, deducted from
the total attendance for tho last year,
reducing tho figures to 19C7. Dividing
tho revenue from tho stato by this
latter number gives the per capita rate
$87.29. This Is exact if it bo assumed
that tho entire tax levied in tho ono
year is collected and becomes avail
able a condition which Is never quite
realized. Tho per capita' cost to the
state as thus calculated is as nearly
correct as it could bo stated under ex
isting conditions.
Other interesting deductions favor
able to tho University of Nebraska are
to bo drawn from a careful study of
statistics. Tho relative size of tho uni
versity library is noticeable among tho
younger institutions. Tho struggle of
tho university to meet tho demands of
the stato with moderate material equip
ment and wltn only a small addition
to tho teaching force is very clearly
shown. A littlo study of theso figures
alone must convince any ono that tho
needs of tho university are great and
that the requests of tho regents are
both conservative and justifiable if tho
University of Nobraska is to hold Its
place in tho educational movement of
tho timo and successfully meet tho
wants of tho pcoplo of tho stato.
Tho following statement of tho con
dltton and equipment of tho Stato Uni
versity of Iowa is interesting as com
pared with conditions existing at tho
University of Nebraska:
It is difficult to comparo tho two uni
versities though both aro stato and, In
an especial sonso, tho peoples' univer
sities. Iowa la of a dlfforent typo trom
Nobraska. It was founded in 1847
and thoroforo has not only a longer
history but much moro of tho impress
of tho classical conditions of tho
earllor colleges. Tho present genera
tion in Iowa havo not tho remotest
iraco of a preparatory department,
which was abolished in '78. It is,
therefore, rolatlvoly easy to maintain
tho high standards of admission. Tho
institution has no schools like the
school of agriculture, or of mechanic
artii, or of music, and therefore, with
the exception of tho small collcgo of
pharmacy, all students are of at least
colleglato grade, inasmuch as-tho pro
fessional colleges require nothing less
than a high school education. The
prominence of the professional colleges
Is especially noticcablo to ono from
Nobraska. There is a complete group,
namely: Cho Collego of Law, of Medl-
cne, of Homoeopathic Medicine, of Den
tistry and of Pharmacy. There Is a
great department consisting of tho
University Hospitals, furnishing ma
terial for clinics and admirable Infirm
aries for students who may fall sick.
The crown of tho University is a Grad
uate College of about 150 students,
formally established last year and In
a most nourishing condition. The Col
lege has just been admitted to tho Fed
eration of Graduate Colleges. Tho Col
lego of Liberal Arts covers, with tho
exception of Agriculturo and Mechanic
Arts, the courses in tho Collego of
Science, Litoraturo and Arts and tho
Industrial Collego of Nebraska. The
Collego of Agriculturo and Mechanic
Arts is located at Ames. In compar
ing the enrollment of Nebraska and
Iowa, one should add together the en
rollments of theso two Institutions.
Probably this year tho enrollment in
the university would be 1,600 and at
Ames 900. Tho last legislature extend
ed tho one-tenth of a mill tax for
building purposes for the university
and gavo another one-tenth mill for
building purposes at Ames. Tho per
manent appropriations for tho univer
sity were increased by $50,0u0 a year,
so that tho total permanent income of
tho university, apart from tho Agri
cultural College, will not be less than
$225,000. The increase in income was
used this year by tho regents in adding
somo thirty-thrco to the Instructional
staff, making a total of 130 in the facul
ties, and in strengthening tho equip
ments in tho scientific and professional
departments and in tho libraries. A
MC.000 modern central stono heating
plant and a $200,000 rcnaissanco stono
hall of Liberal Arts aro just being
completed. Tho last leglslatuio, with
out lobbying and with practical una
nimity, save them just what they
nsked. This will not bo legislative
year in Iowa.
PRESIDENT MAC LEAN'S OPINION.
President MacLean of the State Uni
versity of Iowa, formerly of tho Unl
vorsity of Nobraska, In writing to the
manajror of tho Nobraskan-Hesperian,
speaks as follows:
"You wish mo to stato what Ne
braska neod3 most of all in my opinion.
I can reply briefly, and positively,
though I do not know what your Chan
cellor and Regents aro planning. Ne
braska needs just what those men, who
havo advantage of all tho light that
comos from sitting at tho contor of
things, ask of tho legislature I be
lieve thoy aro honest men and will
not inflate their requests. Tho next
groat need is that tho faculties and
students and public-spirited citizens,
should loyally rconforco whatovor it
has bcon decidod to ask. In ono partic
ular it must bo considered Iowa has
tho advantage over Nebraska. Sho has
5,529 alumni In every prolesslon and
walk of llfo. Tho majority of them aro
In Iowa nud with unstinted loyalty
they sustain tholr alma mater before
tho legislature and nssist the young
graduates who come out from tho uni
versity. Wlnhlng Nebraska continued pros
perity, bcllcvo mo,
Sincerely yours,
. ' , George E, -MacLonn." ,
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Blumni Department
Orlando Toft, law '97, visited tho
Sigma Alpha Epsllon boys last Tuesday.
Earnest Wlggenhorn visited his fra
ternity brothers at tho Phi Kappa Psl
houso on Sunday.
Don. J. Adams '00, was a university
visitor last Saturday. Ho Is omployed
In tho department of Internal revenue
at Omaha.
Herman Miller, who "posted" In
chemistry Inst year, has returned to
take up work In assaying. For tho
past eight months ho has been auditor
for tho Oxnard Construction Company
at Caro, Mich.
W. W. Wolf '98 has returned from a
Rochester, Michigan, sugar factory,
whoro ho has bcon for tho past year
as chief chemist. Ho is taking up
work In tho mechanical department.
W. L. WoBtormnnn '94, who was a
follow in Latin at tho university for
two years, will take hs doctors degree
at tho University of Berlin noxt year.
Ho plans to spend his spring vacation
of five weeks In studying excavations
in Greece in connection with his work
In archaeology.
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