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About The Hesperian / (Lincoln, Neb.) 1885-1899 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 5, 1901)
. : , . : - msmammmmmmmMssmmmmmmmMim S ' -'-"iliiit-'jf.lift1 '' ""' ' " uiM'iMmWmWSmFlMesr W WmVm ItmvmMmmmut"""'"' ' iit.miiiiiinmmn siWw?iJ5ti n3lL Vol. 9-30. No. -20T LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, FEBRUARY 5, lOOl. Five Cents. bUL itafiti i - .. ,ifTiiri'nrtnTttWBBMBliMMi,M8W,a"B"l'w' " JWEgBySW1 P" T" V JJnKSmmSjuammli Z Br"- --' - - " --tur an ; r,M' jicggrtMrrr-Tak lot .,iP-ppr.-w'-i - - sr -? iss. ' h . : f mi. m GROWTH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA v V A New Building for the Physical Labo-atory What It Costs to Educate a Student for One Year in,, the Different Uhiversities- -Interesting Statistics. Tho extraordinary growth of the uni-, vcrslty in tho past two years has pro duccd such an ovjor-crowded coio itlon in all departments that the creation of a now building lias becomo absolutely necessary to relievo tho stress, now ex isting and prqvido'f'or the increase n' the next, iwo . years-. After caretuUy' canvassing the sltuatlbn und tho im mediate needs of tho various depart ments tho faculty by. a unanimous vote recommended that a Physio?.! Labora tory to cost $75,000 shrq(d bo tho next building erected. This is to bo built so as to.nrovido for future growth and also to provide temporary Quarters for tho departments of Meteorology, As tronomy, and Experimental Psycology so as to relieve the congested condition of tho Library and Nebraska1 Hall. Sinco the establishment of the de partment of Physics in 1888-, tho num ber of students, the apparatus, equip ment, otcr, has Increased' soveral fold. In 1888 there were .forty students in tho department and only one in structor. . In addition to Physics he Also had charge of tho Meteorological JServico and Physics in tho experiment 'Station, Astronomy and tho course, in applied electricity. ' Tho department was housed in dif ferent buildings on tho campus, includ ing tho Chemical .Laboratory, The Main Building and Nebraska. JEiall. . This waa Kyqwg -wy--- Intended by tno Regents to bo only a temporary arrangement , and the quarters voro recognized as being en tirely unsulted for laboratory purposes being situated on tho attic and base ment floors. Much difficulty was ex perienced in co-ordinating-thojwcik' efficiently .with tho-iwolloors dividing It. Thp;rop'osal to vacato two stories ir the Main Building was not deemed feasible and it was thought best to wait until a now building properly con structed for laboratory and lecture work could be obtained. Tho guiding principle In tho earlier development was tho belief that the technical side of tho subject should bo developed more rapidly to meet .the urgent needs of students desiring to pursue Applied Electricity and finally resulted in establishing of a finely cqulped engineering laboratory and a separate department. After repeated requests tho department was finally re lieved of the Meteorological Service by tho establishment of the present sta tion' at Lincoln, ahortly afterwards tho astronomical work was also trans ferred to a separate department and the preparatory work in Physics was discontinued. ' During this period of development, tho department proper has shared its resources and energies with ;theso allied, subjects and . tiasjn turnbconfrcquentiytfconvonion?ly ac commodated by tho other, scientific de partments. . . At the first opening of laboratory work thoro woro about 40 students The highest registration slnco then has been 450 which represents all students In allied subjects for wh'lch tho de partment was responsible Including" th'o preparatory. During tho past j'ear the registration in tho subject proper has reached 350 in tho collego courses alone, or 100 per cent moro in these classes than at tho time of the'highest registered .number ref erred to above. TMsTTs-the largesrregisii'txtl2r'h Physics in collego work of any Insti tution west of Cornell University (N. Y.) A comparison of tho numbers and the provisions of some' of tho univer sities will show at onco tho Immediate need of adequate accommodations for this department. Tho University of Ohio with less than half tho number of students has asked for $125,000 for a new" building and the legislature recently passed a bill appropriating $200,000 for tho erec tion of new buildings to provide for tho Physics and Law departments. Tho University of Minnesota with only a third as many students recommended a $75,000 building for Physics while Kansas with also about a ihird as many students has recently built and eqtiipped a Physics building at a cost of $85,000. The smaller neighboring- in stitutions, tho University of Colorado, Colorado College, and "Washington Uni versity have recently completed or are about to erect Laboratories for tho use. I - ..nL 4. l..,..i . V IDUL.tAi! nl iiUip-JJUi l Ut-"icaai7 iJL- A,U) tii, uuaiuib $50,000 to $100,000. Somo of tho other notnblo laboratory .' " ips for Physics built slnco tho creation. ' of this department aro tho .following Chicago University, building alouo $225,000, Columbia University, N. Y $200,000, McGill University, Montreal, $230,000, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, building and equipment, , , $180,000, Brown University, , Prpyi, dencd, $100,000, Amherst College, Physics and. Chemistry, $150,000, Uni. verslly of Pennsylvania , $,200,000, and . Lehigh University, $100,00,0 for bujld- Kttil lng alone. The registration In. Physics, ,, . In tho University of Nebraska exceeds thai; "of any of the abovo mentioned,. Institution. - - . Tho present" floor area in actual ubo is about 13,000 square feet,, and this should bo at least ooubled.Een with , this space several thousand dollars , . worth of valuable apparatus Is stored, in the corridors and hallways, without, suitable protection. Tho, lecture. room Which will only seat 115 students "Is frequently obliged to accommodate, 175,,, . and on cloudy days is frequently be comes so dark in the laboratory that ,, work cannot bo carried on. The following estimates of tho Tost per student,' to tho state for one years education is based upon tlio appropria tions granted to tho various univer sities during tlio past two years' by their state legislatures. For the education of dno student for ono year in the state university it , costs Indiana '.' $211 00 Missouri '. ,1W&iJ..40BI$0 p it. V THE UNIVERSITY'S GROWTH SINCE 1871. , DIAGRAM SHOWING THE TOTAL ENROLLMENT OF STUDENTS. $ 18334)7-. b-?W 1050 tf., . -' .ri889-5k) rir.X npO ?.. ' 1888-89 VI''7 " ' ',1U '; '" . 1887-8 -.- W&Bm 400 ' 1880-87 -4'Af m 1835-80 Wmm '"' m lass-si ...kSmm m 1BRT so ' IfefS 281 1880-81 WtiWwIM J'r5- 1879-80 yU-mf 250 1878-70 W -18 1877-78 rMMffim u 1870-77 H 1875-70 - nwW 2 . .- MM 117 ..'..!'. IM loo - m 123 BIS , . .130 L200 1940 fiiichigam Colorado .,. . . .T. . '. . 152 0i Ohio .:. ......144 00 Iowa ; .'140 00 California ...-..'. '12Y06 Wisconsin ? '....: Ill 00 Minnesota ....'. .'....' 105 00 Illinois 105 00 Kansas . . .-.". . . . '.'. .' 104 00 Nebraska .' .' 77 72 Minnesota asks for an appropriation sufllcient to glvo her $1,055,G$4 to m'det the expenses of the next two y6ara. ThlsJncludes $75,000 'for a now 'physics building, $75,000 for 'a now botany building and $38,000 for other hew buildings. Tho, regents of tho University of Col orado havo asked for an appropriation of.. $50,000 for tho erection of a new library building.' Tho University of Kansas is to havo a now musoum building to cost' $100, 000 and a nov chomlstry building to cost $80,000. 12.1 per cent of tho studonts of Tho University of Nebraska como direct from tho farms of tho state and 47.1 per cent woro born in Nebraska. 1874-75 187374 1872,73 1871-721 Becauso of tho crowded condition of tho shops there is a largo number of students who havo not been ablo to finish their work. Although a few havo had tho opportunity of making up work this week thero will bo many who will havo "inc's" to work off next semester, and so reduce tho working time of the next sepicster's regular students. Tho addition of a number of lathes would reduce tho congestion to a great extent. V s - wtwwjjSoforffiiiwn f'Hi IJUMLH
