October 80, 1P04.
Prestige Brought to Omaha by Its Institutions of Higher Education
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CREIOHTON COLLEGE.
PerCt.
Pupils Out of
Enrol'd. Town. Inat's.
Crslghton University.... m .76 20
TeiKhton Law 30 .. 20
CralKhton Medical .7S W
Omaha Medical.'. 60 .76 3o
Presbyterian Theolog'l. 20 . 96 I 6
Omaha Dental 76 .90 6
Omaha Law 90 .. 26
Neb. Inst, for Deaf 110 .90 16
Brownell Hall 12S .36
Omaha Col. Pharmacy. 60 .90 6
Omaha Bunlnern 300 .60 6
Nebraska Bualne..... 8U .40
Omaha Commercial 36 .60 8
Boylea' Business .860 .90 10
Van Zand t s Shorthand. 60 .. I
HREB thousand students atten.l
Omaha colleges every year. Over
60. per1 cent of the number are
from out of town. This Imposing
array of figures excludes public
school and Includes only those Institutions
whlcb are purely educational In character.
"Were the trade colleges taken Into con
sideration they would increase the figures
materially. The value of the buildings de
voted to educational work are already
enormous. The realm of knowledge tra
versed In these Institutions reaches from
the practical fields of this material age Into
the classical period of ancient philosophy.
But architectural splendor and grand cur
riculum Ja not all. There Is a practical side
from which Omaha derives a material ad
vantage. The figures given cannot convey
a perfect idea of the practical advantages
of the Omaha colleges, for the reason that
few of the students enrolled complete the
full course of study. This Is particularly
true of the commercial colleges, where they
are constantly coming and going. The col
lege, which shows an enrollment of - 300
yuplls today may be able to show an en
rollment of three times that number at the
end of the year.
A course of three months may be enough
to strengthen the weak or rusty parts of
the student's education. For this reason It
has been necessary to strike an average In
showing the yearly attendance at the busi
ness colleges. But whether the student has
three months or a year or whether he has
come from a long distance or a short one,
he has added that much to the commercial
wealth of the city.
The Influence of some of these Institu
tions is as broad as the country. It reaches
to the Atlantic on one side and to the Pa
cific on the other. It extends north as far
as the lakes and south as far as Texas.
The educational standards set are high
enough and shine with sufficient luster to
penetrate almost every state In the union.
They show what Is being done to prepare
the young man for the battle of life and
the conflict of brains. But they are doing
more than merely furnishing the means of
an education. Every local business chan
nel la reaping the benefit.
Valae of fcbool to City.
Estimating the outlay per pupil at $300 a
year It means a grand total of $540,000. The
figures show that the local colleges have a
commercial value as well as an educational
advantage. Viewed from a material stand
point their value must Improve In the eyes
of those who have regarded them simply
In the light of educational factors.
. As factors which are adding to the pres
tige and growth of Omaha and extending
Its Influence abroad It may not be out of
place to make brief mention of the fact
that the local hospitals are playing their
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part. Eome of them are so closely Identi
fied with educational Institutions of the city
that they are almost a part of them. In
them operations are being performed in
connection with the medical colleges that
are giving Omaha an enviable name abroad
and widening its Influence and fame in the
scientific world. Some of the operations in
the larger hospitals have been successfully
accomplished after distinguished operators
In larger cities have regarded them as
hopeless. These accomplishments cannot
be included in the educntlonal horizon, yet
they are In a sense part of It and they
play their part in drawing here strangers
who become students for the time.
Where the Students Come Prom.
Forty per cent of those who enter the
colleges are from Omaha, Council Bluffs
and Omaha suburbs. One of the com
mercial colleges has prepared a list of the
students it has placed with firms in this
city and vicinity. Their combined earning
capacity is $9,000 per week. Some of them
have been rapidly promoted to high posi
tions of trust. The figures show the work
done by only one of the colleges for this
and other communities. If the exact fig
ures could be obtained of the wcrk done
by all the Omaha colleges, they doubtless
would astonish the reader with their mag
nitude. Many of the students are lo.;t track
of after they leave the college. The per
centage of Omaha boys that leave here la
not large, but the numbers who go go away
are counter-balanced by the number who
come here from other places, find lucrative
places and remain. Omaha benefits also
indirectly from those who have gone to en
rich other communities. Some have reached
high positions, and they must be a living
monument to the educational advantages
to be enjoyed In this city.
Influence of the Schools.
Every college In the city la able to point
out students who have reached the coveted
positions of human aspiration. A lawyer
here, a doctor there, a minister, manager
or a legislator, all In the higher levels of
human endeavor where the play of human
ambitions Is Just as keen and the struggle
Is Just as great as it ever was, but the
competition Is not so fierce because there
are not so many of them.
Before the diffusion of the business col
lege, men began their training for a busi
ness life in the counting room. The count
ing room is no longer a training achool.
The habit of beginning this training in the
dormitory and the class room la spread
ing. It takea Just as long to reach ,the
summit, but the climb la easier. Men
formerly boasted of the fact that they had
reached great heights of accomplishment
without an education. Today It Is put In
another way. The educated man has simply
readied a place of distinction in spite of
his shortcomings, but there la no way to
measure the helghta he might have reached
with an education. Education Is like a
powerful glaaa. The stars can be seen with
the naked eye. It Is only the man with
the telescope who can see the worlds be
yond. Education is no longer regarded as
the preparation for life. It la life. It la
never finished. Retrogression begins when
progression stops. There Is no middle place
to stand on. The higher up the broader
the vision. The man on the mountain In
no longer satisfied with the purple and
sliver which washed the peak when he
stood In the valley. He sees greater
OMAHA MEDICAL COLLEGE.
splendors In front and above and then con
tinues to climb.
Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
Number of pupils, 20; percentage from out
of town, 96; number of faculty, 9.
The influence of this institution is far
reaching as the pupils are prepared for the
ministry after leaving college. The insti
tution la still young, but It Is making gains
year by year and Its Influence is broader.In;.
Some of its graduates are already making
a name for themselves and while the pri
mary object is to train men for the work
in the west and though the demand for
young ministers to carry out the work ex
ceeds the supply, some of them have been
called to Influential pulpits In the east.
Omaha Lmw School.
Number of pupils, 60. Number of fac
ulty, 9.
An institution of which comparatively
little la known In the city la the Omaha
Law school, which offe opportunities to
young men whose ambit, us are higher than
their present surroundl.igs. It is open
nights and haa among Its faculty men
whose services command the highest prices,
yet they are devoting time and attention
to this work for little or nothing to as
sist young ' men to reach higher positions
than they are now able to occupy. It is
only a few nights alnce a prominent attor
ney of this city was invited out to spend
the evening at a social gathering of bril
liant spirits. It meant an evening of rare
pleasure, but he excused himself and put
In the evening at the law achool. The
same work on a case where large Inter
ests were involved would have brought
him hundreds of dollars.
Crelshton University.
Pupils, 320. Percentage from out of
town, 75. Number In faculty, 20.
This school has played Its part In Omaha's
past. It occupies an Important position In
Omaha's present and future. Its Influence
must be felt, whether viewed from an edu
cational or a commercial standpoint. The
college Is open to everyone, although in
moral training it leans toward the Catholic
religion. It gives a broad and liberal edu
cation and does a great Oeal of the work
that was left entirely to the larger Institu
tions of learning in daya gone by. It
touches the classical as well as the prac
tical fields In Its curriculum, and takes up
the various branches of engineering. The
college, which has grown from a small be
ginning, has had the assistance of liberal
contributions by wealthy citizens of Omaha,
Count John A. Crelghton being one of its
stauncheat supporters. Special pride is
taken In Its observatory, which is equipped
with a telescope of more than ordinary
power.
Crelshton Medical College.
Number of pupils, 225. Percentage from
out of town, 75. Number in faculty, 60.
Tlfe college la located at the corner of
Fourteenth and Davenport streets and Is
part of the Crelghton university. The cur
riculum Is as severe as that of the eastern
medical colleges. It Is a younger Institu
tion, but it is becoming recognised as one
of the best in the country.
Crcfahton Lsw School.
Number of pupils enrolled, 30; number In
faculty, 20.
This Is one of the youngest In the group
of Institutions which have been aaslsted by
NEW BUILDING NEBRASKA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF.
the wealth of John A. Crelghton, but It al
ready gives promise of becoming one of the
strongest and most Important of the local
educational factors. It has been open only
a few weeks and therefore makes no show
ing as a mngnet for drawing from the ter
ritory outside of Omaha, although It has a
few pupils registered from other cities.
Omaha College of Pharmacy.
. Number of pupils, 60; percentage from
cut of town, 90; number in faculty, 6. '
It is the boast of the management of the
Omaha College of Pharmacy that its grad
uates ore competent to hold a position any
where and that they experience no diffi
culty In passing the state board examina
tions anywhere. It certainly appears to
give the pupil a better show for his money
than some of the eastern pharmaceutical
colleges, which force an Investment of time
and Kioney equal to that demanded In a
medical college. After the graduate leaves
the college ht finds he is on an unequal
footing with those who have taken up. one
of the professions. The v pharmaceutical
course has fitted him to earn a salary. The
professional course, which would have cost
no more, would have been limited In Its
earning capacity only by the ability and en
vironments of the graduate. The Omaha
College of Pharmacy demands only one .
year of hard stuay. The course, is. divided
into two terms of six months each, a course
which appears more In keeping with the
advantages gained by the student.
Omaha Medical College. . .
Number of pupils, 60; percentage from out
of town, 75; number In faculty, 36.
The college Is the medical department of
the University of Nebraska. The theoret
ical studies of the first two college years
are taken at Lincoln and the advanced
courses are taken In this city, where the
clinical and other practical features of the
work can be better demonstrated. The
graduating class last year was kept down
to thirty-two, proving that a high standard
Is demanded of Its graJuates.
Omaha Icntal College.
Number of pupils enrolled, 75; percentage
from out of town, 90.
The college Is the dental department of
the University of Nebraska. The students
are nearly all from out of town and come
here to flmsh the course begun In Lincoln.
Nebraska Institute for the Deaf.
Number of pupils, 180; percentage from
out of town, 90; number In faculty, 15.
The School for the Deaf and Dumb la a
atate Institution and one of the most im
portant of the educational factors In the
city. Unlike the other Institutions of learn
ing which have been numed, it necessarily
draws exclusively from the state. The per
centage of graduates Is not large, as most
of the pupils withdraw from the college
before the full course Is completed and
begin to earn their livelihood. Last
yeur there were' five graduates, the year
before there were only three and the year
before that four graduated. The industrial
department, which Is one of the most Im
portant features of the college, gives the
pupil a practical training in carpenter work,
painting, sewing and other useful lines.
Ilrownll Hall.
Number of pupils, 138; percentage from
out of town, 36; number in faculty, 21.
The keynote of the college Is Individual
ity. The energies are direoted to this end.
The school is divided Into two parts and
the course Is twelve years. The first six
years are devoted to the common school
branches and begin In the kindergarten.
The higher courses are taken up by the
advanced pupils and there Is scarcely a
field In the realm of woman culture that Is
not touched by the college. While the per
centage of out-of-town pupils enrolled at
the present time is only 35 per cent, it has
' been much higher than this and varies with
different years. Pupils ore drawn from a
wide territory and are registered from
points as far away as Saratoga, N. T.,
and Los Angeles, Cal.
Commercial Colleges.
Number of schools, 6; total average at
tendance, 1,500; percentage from out of
town, 66; total number of Instructors, 82.
The business colleges draw more than
one-half of their students from out of
town and their effect upon the local com
mercial situation is appreciable. Some of
the colleges draw patronage from states as
far away as North Dakota, Illinois, Mon
tana and Texas. One of the colleges haa
pupils registered from Ohio and Pennsyl
vania.., .The fact that all the students do
not take a full course of study and tttat
some of them come for a few months only,
' to perfect their education in some partlcu- '
lar line, Increases the difficulty of drawing
a fair average of the pupils turned out by
these colleges In the course of the year.
The matriculates, however, play their part
In' the local commercial field, even though
they are here for a short time only.
Miscellaneous.
Besides the colleges named, Omaha has
two girls'' boarding schools, which draw
soma pupils from outside the olty. They
are conducted under the management of
local Catholic societies. There la a achool
for stammerers in the Woodmen of the
World building, two barber colleges and
other trade colleges. The Toung Men's
Christian association also Is conducting a
night school for the benefit of those who
want to better their condition or who can
not attend school In the daytime. One of
the pupils Is a man over 60 years of age.
He Is an employe of the Swift packing
plant and has been offered a position which
has moved him to brush up on mathematics,
writing and bookkeeping. The school has
many foreigners who are trying to master
English, and it expects to add a law and
other departments, but the pupils are drawn
exclusively from Omaha.
One of the favorite studies In the bualnesa
colleges Is stenography and typewriting.
Both are In demand and the possibilities
of the graduate are broad. There la. In
fact, no limit to the possibilities In the
realm of personal achievement The sten
ographer of today may be the railroad
president of tomorrow. He may become
manager of the firm or even become a
partner. The manager of one of the larg
eat manufacturing concerna died suddenly
recently, iie waa arawing a aajary o. xje,
000 a year.. His stenographer,, a woman,',
who- had bean with him - for twanty-flv -years,
knew all the details of the business.
She had It at her tongue's end and finger
ends. She was given the position her man
ager formerly held. She gets only U,0M
per year. Still, It Is a pretty fair salary
and $12,000 a yer will keep the wolf from
the door and enable her to dress fairly
well and 'have a little pin money besides.
By being economical she could perhaps erven
manage to support a husband.
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PltESDTTETtlAN TUEOI5GICAL SEJIIKATAT
Needed Lessons In Good Manners
VIWIV what I mMnt KVfllint
4 I that It is always Intended to be
I a mmnltmont bv anau.klne' of uiv
one as a "gentleman of the old
school," probably no one knows.
nor would It be easy to define precisely
wlmt the old school waa. Presumably, In
using the term we go back to the time of
silk stockings and knee buckler, when there
was Hme ti cultivate fine manners and
when every gentleman of assured position
had an air, an ease and polish, and an un
varying chivalrous regard and deferenc
for women, as the weaker and dependent
seg. which In our day Is largely absent
This Is rouc! due doubtless to the fact
that we are more hurried than our ances
tor wre, and grow partly out of the
position of Independence women are com
ing In every roapect to assume for them
selves. ,
Recently In New Tork, a conductor re
fused to return the change demanded by
a paasenger and denounced her as a dead
beat and a swindler. She sued for dam
ages, and the supreme court held her en
titled oqly to the change which she could
prove . waa her due. but on appeal to
the court of anneals this decision was
Lit JiDjfaue,
whether individual or corporation, who
employs a bully or a blackguard, is liable '
for the Insult, slanders or wrongful acts
of their employes while in the discharge of
Ihelr duties. If a clerk In any sort of
a store, or an attendant iw an office, or a
hall boy, ahould Insult a customer or a
client or a guest, the person wronged could
bring suit against the employer. This is
simply a proper application of the old doc
trine, respondeat superior, and has been
proved to be a mot salutary check upon
Insolence and -wrongdoing. It, to be sure,
seems a hardship sometimes, that an em
ployer whose ordera have been disobeyed
whin a wrong waa done by hla servant,
should be held reaponalb'e for his acts. -
nd have no recourse against hi in. but It
cannot be doubted that the position taken
by the court Is on the whole a l and
sound one, and will tend to the. Improve
ment of what may be called public man
ners. In the realm of private matters, what
we need la more cotia:ctra(lon for the
feelings, opinions, peculiarities and pref
erences of others, lea aelf-absorption and
head'ong haate, and a considerable Iraven
of the courtesy and ease, not to aay atatell
ness of the often-cited "gentleman of the
old school." Cincinnati Enquirer.
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CRHIQHTON MEDICAL COLLEOH.
Pert Prattle of the Youngsters
XX BRA SKA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF.
310ND MOTHER You will bo 6
Vt " I years old tomorrow, Willie, and
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day treat. Tell me what you
would I'.ke best.
Willie (after thinking earnestly for five
minutes) Bring me a whole box of choco
late creams, mother, and ask Tommy Smith
to come In and watch me eat 'em.
The little girl was describing a foot ball
game.
"There was a lot o' men flehtln' over a
yeller aquush," she suld, "but I don't know
which of 'em got It."
Teacher How pleamint Is Saturday night!
Don't you like Saturday night, Johnny?
Johnny No, mum.
Teacher Why not?
Johnny 'Cause I have to take a baff
then.
At the age of 6, she had Just had her
first experience aa flower girl at a wed
ding and bud thereby accomplished an am
bition of some years' standing.
"Do you know," she said after the cere
mony was over and she had taken off the
dress made for the occasion and put aside
the large banket of flowers that she had
carried so proudly up the aisle, "I would
rather be a flower girl than anything else
at the wedding."
"What! Rather than tho bride?"
"Yes."
"But she Is t lie chief person at a wed
ding." "I know it, but the bride can be a brldo
only once. Tho flower girl cun be flower
girl Just aa often us she Is ahked to bv."
Uary, the searcher nfter information, was
poring over a large book she had seen ber
father reading tho evening before.
"l-h-l-l-o-a-o-p-h-e-r," she spelled labo
riously. Then, after a moment's Internal
struggle, she added: "I'lHiosopher. Whul's
he, Tommy?"
lluu." snortI that prodigy. "Sh'd
think you'd know. Uau who rides a pUUoa-ephcUe."
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