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The Omaha Sunday B PABT TWO EDITORIAL PAGES ONE TO TWELVE EE PA.iV TWO SOCIETY PAGES Ottil TO T.VjdLVE VOL. XLT1-NO. 47. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 11, WU. SINULK roPY FIVtt CENTS University of Omaha Destined to Be Great Institution SAT. In the fall cf 1008 the University I UiyXk fM(MTf BbS''' I . I following spring those behind the I MfiLSGY SSS'''. t 5Nff5f V I tL-J movement started out with the idea I 0r f&HtiR v yflHHBlVS. A I S of ralsine a large endowment fundi A jiJPSSWSMBfefc. bS. Jy -aflHRlfetVfeX j&a. I tMaJ before opening the school. This 1 T l A, flBhX jF iHk T I p.au, However, was- abandoned and in the fall of 1909 the university opened its doors with an en rollment of twenty-seven young men and women, which has since increased to more than 100. -June C,of the original number who Btarted four years v ago. eleven will be graduated and given their de grees. AH who are connected with tho University of Omaha are confident of its success and none more so than Rev. D. E. Jenkins, its president, and one of the men who were instrumental in Its conception and subsequent growth, ho feeling certain that hero in Omaha can bo bullded up one of the great educational institutions of the country, and that the time is not far distant when it will come to be recognized as a power for good. The university, by all within the city of Omaha, is recognized as an Omaha institution, the trustees being practically all Omaha men and as follows: C. S. Hnyward. Dr. J. H. Vanco, John F. Flack, David Cole, Dr. D. C. Dryant, Dr. S. K. Spaulding, D. W. Merrow, A. A. Lamoreaux, Judge Howard Kennedy, W. T. Graham, Rev. P. T. Rouse, k. Rev. J. BalBbury, Paul H. Kuhns, O. C. Redick, Rev. E. H. Jenks, Joseph Barker, Rev. E. H. Curry, Fred R. Dufrene, Dr. W. S. Gibbs. Nathan E. Adams, Bishop G. A. Beecher, Rev. W. H. Kerns, Rev. T. J. Mackay, A. W. Carpenter, A. C. Busk, Dr. J. P. Lord, F. D. Wead, E. U. Graff, Charles B. Anderaon, Arthur Wells. John L. McCague, Alvln Johnson, Rev. Mr. McBride, C. Vincent, Rev. D. E. Jenkins. and a number of others, equally well known. Want to Make It Best These men are all Imbued with the feeling that the University of Omaha must ,forge ahead and become one of tho best schools, not only in the west, but In the entire country. They regard the University of Cincinnati as more nearly than any other institution fulfilling the ideal for which they are laboring to actualize here, whore the young men and women may aecuro a higher education at actual cost. These men who are giving time and money in an effort to build up tho University of Omaha unhesitatingly contend that now thero Is no ques tion but that if Omaha will do Its share in tho way , of helping, wealthy institutions here' and elsewhere will come to their assistance. They point to Omaha as tho most advantageous place in the west for building up an Institution of learn ing adapted to meet the civic needs. The promoters of the Omaha school go even farther and say that the University of Omaha rep resents what is unquestionably a moat significant and distinctive trend in education, namely, that of building up an institution for the special purpose of servlug municipal needs. The city problem of today, they contend, Is centralization, the time hav ing passed for the founding of institutions of learn ing in secluded places, away from the masses and their needs; the modern university is no longer a mere place for learning and no longer a place for leisure investigation or for an exclusive culture. Modern education is humanitarian in Its aims, for it goes to the masses, realizing that the masses of young men and women in any large center are debarred from higher education unless it Is brought tc them through a 5-cent street car fare, the time having come when it Is Impossible to lift the yoi' .s humanity of any great centjr of population and crrrv it away to some other center of population in the state or In any other state. Soon after deciding that the University of Omaha was to become a fact and a pormaneut fixture in Omaha, the trustees purchased the Rel- lck property at Twenty-fourth and Evans streets, in the center of the residence portion on the north side of tho city, a little more than two miles from the heart of tho business district, where all of tho great mercantile establishments are located. For this property they paid $30,000. Tho Redick man sion sits back from the street In a grove of largo maple trees and contains fifteen rooms. Slnco tho purchase of this property a' fireproof building, mod ern in every respect, has been erected at a cost of $25,000, and is known as tho John Jacobs Memorial gymnasium. The erection of this build ing was made posslblo by tho gift of Mrs. M. O. Maul, mother of the late John Jncobs. To tho University of Omaha sho deeded twenty acres of valuable land in tho west part of the city, with a provision that it could be Bold and the proceeds devoted to paying the cost of tho erection of a building on the university campus. This has been done. In the two buildings the work of the university is carried on,' both being fully equipped with mod ern apparatus. University in Fullest Sense The University of Omaha is a university in every sense of tho word, operating all departments recognized in the curriculum of the standard col- ALAN 1$0OrtILD leges and universities of the highest standing In the United States. Tho work dono 1b fully accred-. lted by all of tho colleges and universities every'? whore, both east and west, north and south'. During tho last year tho state superintendent of public Instruction or Nebraska has officially au thorized tho University of Omaha to grant flret grade stato teachers' certificates and on tho samo basis as the University of Nebraska, and these cer tificates recently have been made valid as city state certificates. As a result of this a graduato from tho University of Omaha secures a cortlflcuto of as high a grade as can bo given in tho state. This year, of tho oven young women being graduated from tho University of Omaha, six havo prepnred themselves for teaching and, along with their bachelor, degrees, will rocolvo teachers' cer tificates of tho highest grade. Of the six young women, two havo already acco'pted oxcollent posi tions In high schools In tho state. Miss Clara llendrlckson will teach In tho high schools of Goi don, and Miss Zella Beeho takes tho princlpalshlp of tho Gretna High school, whore she will teach Gorman. Of tho other young women graduating two or throe, if they deBlre to teach, will probably go into .tho Omaha cchools as thoy have already been of fered positions, tho Board of Education being fully satisfied with their qualifications. Thus, tho University of Omaha offers a most excellent opportunity for young women who dn Blro to follow teaching as a profession. In tho Institution thoy aro given tho regular college work and tho normal training at no additional cost and at the same time being practically assured a posi tion upon graduation. KIi-Nt (irudiiHtlng Clans While tho first graduating class of the Uni versity of Omaha will complete tho work on Juno 0, two students havo been previously graduated during tho four years that the university has been in existence. Harry Joromo entered with an exceaa of credits and was graduatod in 1911. Ho is now registrar of the university. Miss Claudia Galloway, now teaching in the Omaha Bcnools, had three years of college work. Sho attondod tho unlverBlty and at tho end of one year secured her degree. The class of eleven students to bo graduatod June 5, and who was Zella Beobe, Oladys Solomon, Clara Hendrlcksen, Pansy Williams, Ferno Nlcoles, Katherlno Mathles, Helen Hansen, Goorgo Parish, Stanton Salisbury, Mobane Ramsey and Georgo Perclval, all except RamBey, are graduates of tho Omaha High school and all entered tho university the first day that It opened Its doors. The outlook for a larger attendance next year Is very encouraging, due in a measure to the fact that, tho work of the Omaha Institution Is ac cepted by state unlveraarles evorywhero and by other colloges as equivalent to their own. Within tho last couplo of years tho University of Omaha has added a musical department, whero both local and Instrumental music Is taught by the best instructors who can bo procured. This Is proving a strong attraction and is drawing a num ber of students who desire to specialize in this line. With the male students of the university, athletics has been ono of the strong cards, though they have not been worked to the dotrlmont of the regular university studies. There Is a foot ball eleven, a strong base ball team and a basket ball team. Credits for dally and regular term work are necessary for a student to get Into athletics, and ns a result, A thero woro any dull ones, thin would spur them on to do tholr best work In tho Bchool. Tho law department is ono of tho Important features and Is looked upon as ono of tho beat schools of its kind In tho west. In 1897 the Omaha School of Law waB incorporated and one year ago It boenmo affiliated with tho university; Hlnco then having boon 'under tho samo general management, but with a spparato and competent corps of Instructors. It is a night school, tho teach ers and lecturers bolng tho best attornoys of thf Omaha Bar association! Thero !b a regular four year course, graduates receiving tho degree o( . bachelor of laws. Tho requirements for admlBBlon to the law department aro very rigid, applicants being re quired to present diplomas from somo university, college, normal school, academy, or accredited high Bchool. Parties .holding stato or county flrefc Krado certificates may enter. Otherwise, they must take an examination and give satisfactory ovldencc of possessing the equivalent to such preparation at Ib afforded by tho completion of a high school course. As to the finances of tho university, while an endowment fund' has never been secured, by thf gifts nnd contributions sufficient, money has beea. eccurod to meet all current .expenses and maintain the school for several yours to come. However In the near future a campaign that will have tat its purpose the raising of $1,Q00,060 for an en dowment -purposo will be inaugurated. Personnel of Ita Faculty Tho faculty of the University of Omaha k considered exceptionally Btrong and is made up of tho following educators, Boveral of whom are peo ple recognized as being among the best in the country: Danlol E. Jenicins, prosiaont ana proiessor o philoBophy and logic. f Walter N. Halsey, processor' of Latin and pedagogy. F. H. Currens, professor of chemistry and bacteriology. Edna F. Sweeley, professor of French language and literature. Vera C. Fink, professor of German language and literature. F. P. Ramsey, professor of ethics and sacred literature. E. H. Orchard, professor of mathematics and mechanical drawing. , Margaret Guthrie, professor of English lan guago and literature. Marie Stephens, professor of household eco nomlcs. Solma Anderson, professor of Greek and litera ture AugUBta Knight, Instructor In fine arts. Dr. F. W. Mlllener, lecturer on electricity. Rabbi Frederick Cohn, lecturer on modern philosophical trends. Rov. A. W. Clark, lecturer on care of home less children. James A. Leavltt, lecturer on care of ths criminal. Judge Howard Kennedy and "Attorneys John G. Kruger, Frank V. Lawson, Charles G. McDon ald, C. J. Southard. E. M. Wellmau.'H. A. Whipple, John W. Battln, II. 8. Byrne, M. O. Cunningham. Charleu E. Foster, Charles L. Frlttcher, Charles W. Hallor, E. O. Hodder and Alvln Johnson, lec turers In tho law department. Beginning June 1 and continuing until Au gust H, u summer Bchool of the University ot Omaha will bo conducted with the regular facultr and a. number of special Instructors. The prlnclpU purpose of tho school Is to enable persons to add to tholr proficiency and so fit themselves for higher positions in tho teaching profession. Reci tations will all be during the morning hours, tear ing the afternoons free for study and recreation