Nfc'vz. University Bulletins Series IV, Nfl^y^ iff Hi wmmn op u m The University of Nebraska The Schools of Agriculture, Sugar Industry, Mechanic Arts, Domestic Science, art, and Music Special Collegiate Courses The University Bulletins are issued every six iveeks, at least six numbers in each collegiate year. Entered at the post office at Lincoln, Nebraska, as second-class matter. LINCOLN The University Press June, 1899 \/ CALENDAR 1899 September 12, T.— 15, F., Undergraduate examinations and reg- F istration September 16, S., Annual opening address by the Chancellor November 23, Th.-24, F., Thanksgiving recess December 12, T., Regular meeting of the Board of Regents December 22, F., First day of Christmas holidays 1900 January 2, T., Last day of Christmas holidays t 'I 92 M-26 F Final examinations of first semester and January 22, M. 26, * ., m examinations for entrance to the sec- ond semester January 29, M., Second semester begins February 15, Th., Charter Day y Session of University Council Regular meeting of Board of Regents Fourth Midwinter Commencement April 13, F.— 16, M., Easter recess Auril 18 T., Regular meeting of Board of Regents June 2, B., Final recommendation by Faculties for degrees COMMENCEMENT WEEK June 3, Sun., 8 P. M., Baccalaureate sermon June 4, M., Annual address before the College of Lav, June 5, T., Clas^ay ^ ^.^ rf Board of Eegents 8 p. m., Commencement concert June 6.W., Alumni Day reun;ons di 2PM Phi Beta Kappa oration and banquet 3 r m! Annual business meetings of the alumm of the various Colleges Vofnrp 4 P.M., Fifth annual report of the Chancellor before the alumni of all Colleges 8 * - *£? Se^ rhV Ar^anfthe SSS- trial College June 7, ^,Tw» r ^^i— S^o,,, ora- .rMirLunXetTnlannuirsession of the Unive, sitv Council q p m Chancellor's reception 9 P. M.', College of Law: Annual reun.on and ban- quet THE SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE THE FACULTY ^Geoege Edwin MacLean, LL. D., Chancellor Albeet E. Davisson, A. B., Director T. Lyttleton Lyon, B. S. A., Associate Professor of Agriculture Hudson H. Nicholson, A. M., Professor of Chemistry Chables E. Bessey, LL. D., Professor of Botany Clabk F. Ansley, A. B., Professor of English DeWitt B. Bbace, Ph. D., Professor of Physics Elleby W. Davis, Ph. D., Professor of Mathematics Lawrence Bbunee, B. S., Professor of Entomology Albert T. Petebs, D. V. Si, Investigator dn Animal Diseases W. G. Langwobthy Taylob, LL. B., Professor of Economic Sci- ence 0. V. P. Stout, C. E., Professor of Agricultural Engineering Chables K. Eichabds, M. M. E., Professor of Practical Mechanics Rollins A. Emeeson, B. Sc, Assistant Professor of Horticulture Geobge H. Mobse, B. E. E., Instructor in Drawing STATUS The School of Agriculture is a secondary technical school. The technical instruction offered is in subjects pertaining to farming. This instruction is identical with that given in the Winter Course in Agriculture. In ad- dition are pursued certain general educational studies of high school grade. OBJECT The course is designed to train young men and women for greater usefulness on the farm. It also furnishes a Eesigned. 4 The University of Nebraska preparation which will enable the student, at the com- pletion of the course, to enter the Technical Agricul- tural Group in the University. REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION The school is open to young men and women of six teen years of age, or over, who are not otherwise regis- tered in the University, and who pass successfully an examination upon the following subjects: Arithmetic, Grammar, Geography, United States History, Physiol- ogy, Reading, Spelling, Writing. Examination upon these subjects will be of the same character as those ordinarily presented for entrance to the ninth grade of the public schools. THE SCHOOL CALENDAR The school year is divided into a fall, winter, and spring term of fourteen, twelve, and ten weeks respect- ively. The School calendar otherwise is the same as that of the University. First term opens Saturday, Sep- tember 16, Second term Tuesday, January 2, Third term Saturday, March 24. COURSE OF STUDY I. 1 2 3 Mathematics 5 Mathematics 5 Mathematics 5 English 5 English 3 English 5 Botany 5 "Soils 3 Botany 5 "Drawing. ... 1 Dairying 3 "Drawing 1 * Shop-work 2 " Farm accounts 2 * Shop-work 2 — "Injurious insects. . . 1 18 "Plant pests 1 18 18 The School of Agriculture l Mathematics 5 English 3 Chemistry 2 Physics 3 Entomology 2 * Drawing 1 * Shop-work 2 18 II. 2 Mathematics 5 English 3 Chemistry 2 * Horticulture 3 * Stock-breeding. .. . 2 * Stock-feeding, .... 3 18 III. 3 Mathematics 5 English 3 Chemistry 2 Physics 3 Entomology 2 * Drawing 1 * Shop- work 2 18 Mathematics 5 Language (Lat. El.) 5 History 5 * Drawing 1 * Shop-work 2 18 Mathematics 5 Language (Lat. El.) 5 * Diseases of Ani- mals 3 * Field crops 3 * Agricultural Me- chanics 1 * Agricultural En- gineering 1 Mathematics 5 Language (Lat. El.) 5 History 5 * Drawing 1 * Shop-work 2 18 18 * Subjects marked with a star may be omitted by women and replaced by an equivalent amount of work in domestic science. SYNOPSES OF COUESES Soils, Plants, and theie Relation Origin of soils. Physical composition of soils. What a physical analysis of soil shows. Relation of physical structure to moisture. Capillarity. Forms in which water exist in soils. Movement of water in soils. Methods for conservation of soil moisture. Chemical composition of soils. Explanation of chemical analysis. What a chemical analysis shows. Avail- able plant food. Nitrification. Effect of tillage on the soil. Composition of the air. Composition of plants. Relation of plants to the air and soil. Leguminous plants. Effect of tillage on the plant. Barn-yafa manure and commercial fertilizers. G The University of Nebraska In this course the nature and condition of soils will be studied particularly with regard to their relation to fertility and moist- ure. The effect of tillage upon the soil, and thus indirectly upon the plant, will be explained, and likewise the effect of cultiva- tion. The methods of soil treatment for the conservation of moisture will be dwelt upon at length. The object is to make the student understand the possibilities of the soil, and by means of such an understanding be led to practice an intelligent treatment, adapting himself to the con- ditions of, drought or excessive moisture, as the case may be. A true appreciation of the value of the use of farm-yard manure, and its rational use, is also aimed at. Commercial fertilizers, such as have been shown by experiment to be profitably used in this state, will be treated of. Animal Husbandry stock feeding Composition and digestibility of feeding stuffs. Laws of nutri- tion. Feeding standards. Compounding of rations. Feed- ing for growth, fattening, milk, etc. Effect of food on the quality of meat, milk, and butter. Preservation and prepa- ration of fodders. BREEDS AND BREEDING OF STOCK Short history of the different breeds. Characteristics of the dif- ferent breeds. Judging by means of score card. Heredity, atavism, prepotency, variation, in-breeding, line-breeding, etc. The aim of this work is to enable the student to use to the best advantage the feeding stuffs at his disposal and to make of him, should he possess the natural qualifications, a successful breeder and judge of stock. Farm Accounts A system of bookkeeping which, while being simple, yet enables the farmer to tell just what his profit or loss may have been in any partcular line of his business. Practice in the different foftns of business operations, as draw- ing up notes, contracts, etc. Talks on the different kinds of The School of Agriculture 7 negotiable paper, and the various forms of endorsement and their effect, business forms and correspondence. Farm Dairying Practice in the use of several makes of hand separators, and in the deep setting of milk. Careful instruction in the han- dling and ripening of cream, and in churning, washing, salting, working, printing, coloring, judging, and packing of butter. Practice in the manipulation of the Babcock test, in testing whole milk, skimmed milk, buttermilk, and cream, and in the detection of wastes and adulterations. Diseases of Farm Animals and Their Treatment External diseases. Internal diseases. Infectious diseases. The lectures on animal diseases are designed particularly for the stock raiser, being of such a nature as to be readily under- stood by those who have not had any previous training in that line. The symptoms of all the commoner diseases of farm ani- mals and treatment of minor diseases are carefully studied, and this is supplemented with such practice as the town and sur- rounding country affords. Special attention is given to the pre- vention of diseases in stock. Chemistry Study of the commonly occurring elements and their principal compounds. Lectures, recitations, and laboratory. Household Economics food, its nature and preparation a. Nutritive values and principal constituents of food in general. &. Special study of typical foods with reference to — 1. Food value. 2. Methods of testing for adulteration. 3. Best and most economical methods of preparation of food material for table use. Food to be studied as above: Water — Simple methods for de- tecting impurities; methods of purifying water. Milk. 5 The University of Nebraska Bread. Yeast. Baking powders — What constitutes a good powder; how to prepare the same. Meats. Vegetables. Canned fruits. Beverages. Condiments. CLEANING — MECHANICAL AND CHEMICAL Use of chemicals in the kitchen and laundry. How to make cleaning easier by applying chemical principles in the clean- ing of clothes, furniture, woodwork, dishes, silverware, etc. How to soften water. Study of the composition, value, and use of soaps, washing powders, polishing powders, bluing, etc. GENERAL CARE OF THE HOUSE FROM A SANITARY POINT OF VIEW Ventilation, necessity of pure air and sunlight. Plumbing. Ee- lation of outhouses to wells. Disinfectants, what they are and how to use them in health and sickness. Horticulture Fruit growing and vegetable gardening. A brief discussion of the most important fruits and vegetables of the state with special reference to practical methods of culture, including means of overcoming insects and other enemies. Political Economy The object of this course is to present, in their simplest form, the most salient economic facts. No attempt will be made to draw theoretical inferences nor to provoke theoretical investiga- tions. The purpose of instruction will have been accomplished if the student shall have acquired a large store of historical in- formation which will in the future tend to give direction and steadiness to his views and utterances as an American citizen. ENGLISH ECONOMIC HISTORY This includes among others, the following topics: Physical and industrial conditions. Guilds and the apprentice sj'stem. Domestic manufacture. Trading companies and the colonial system. The industrial revolution. The factory system. Trade unions. Labor and capital. The old and the new ag- riculture. Wages and poor relief. Money, credit, and finance. The School of Agriculture 9 ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES Industrial and agricultural conditions. Foreign commerce and tariff. Internal commerce and transportation. Financial history. Coinage and currency. Labor organizations and movements. English a. Reading from classic authors, mainly prose, three hours a week. Work is so arranged as to bring the pupil into con- tact with as much good literature as possible, to the end that he may become familiar with clear, strong English style. 1). English Composition, with the essentials of Grammar and Rhetoric, two hours a week. The purpose of this work is to give readiness and correctness in the use of the language. West's English Grammar for beginners is recommended as a text in Grammar and what Rhetoric is given will not re- quire a text. Agricultural Engineering and Hydraulics Farm survey with chain. Drainage leveling. Topographical survey for irrigation or landscape gardening. Measurement and division of water. Application to crops. Minor irriga- tion structures. Agricultural Mechanics Draft of vehicles and field implements in fields, on poor roads, on good roads. Wind wheels and pumps. Strength of timber, ventilation of buildings. Bearing power of soils as founda- tions. Elementary study of heat, as related to warming- and ventilation, protection against freezing*, economic genera- tion and use. Botany The elementary study of the structure and physiology of plants, followed by a more careful study of selected types of plants. Especial emphasis will be laid upon the study of those plants which are of interest to us either because of their usefulness in everyday life, or on account of their harmfulness, as in the case of the parasitic and saprophytic fungi. A commodious laboratory has been fitted up with tables, com- 10 The University of Nebraska pound microscopes, glassware, and other apparatus, and ma- terial for study, sufficient for the immediate uses of the students, while in emergencies additional apparatus and ma- terial from the large laboratories and collections of the De- partment of Botany in the Univeristy may be drawn upon, Plant Pests A course of lectures and readings on the common weeds and other harmful plants which infest Nebraska farms and gardens, illustrated by specimens of the plants themselves and their seeds. Agricultural Zoology Brief account of Anatomy of Animals. Development in the higher forms. Sterility, fertility, monsters, etc. Eelations to breeding. Animals helpful to the farmer, excluding those called domestic animals. Habits, enemies, protection. Injurious animals — Suppression, particularly parasites, and epi- demics. Prevention. Meat inspection. Raising pure meat. All of the topics will be treated in a simple way without tech- nical terms, etc., with the aim that the student may acqure a correct idea of the relation of the various animals to his success. Carpentry and Blacksmithing The care and use of carpenters' tools, and the methods of con- structing various forms of joints, splices, dovetails, and panels. FORGE WORK A short course of exercises showing the methods of drawing, upsetting, bending, welding, and tempering. EXPENSES Tuition is free. The matriculation fee is five dollars, payable to the Treasurer of the University at the begin- ning of the first year only. A deposit of four dollars is required at the beginning of each year to cover breakage, loss of tools, and waste of material. At the end of the year the balance of this deposit is returned to the stu- dent. The School of Agriculture 11 Books and other incidentals for the entire year will cost about eight dollars. In a private family table board may be obtained for $2.25 to $2.50 per week. iSonie of the students' clubs give board as low as $2.00 per week. Room rent varies from $2.00 to $3.00 and upward per month. THE WINTER COURSE IN AGRICULTURE The Winter Course in Agriculture will begin January 2, 1900, and continue for eleven weeks. The course is designed to meet the demand for simple and practical instruction in Agriculture. It will occupy but a short time, and that at a season of the year when farm work is least pressing. The course continues through two win- ters. Xo examinations for entrance are required, but appli- cants will be expected to have a good knowledge of the primary English brandies as taught in the district schools, and must be at least sixteen years of age. In preparing the course of instruction the object has beeu to make it as practicable as possible, to give the student something that will be of value to him when he returns to the farm. The instruction is given by means of lectures and actual practice. The practice, however, as will be seen below, is not in the work of the farm with which every farmer is familiar, but in operations requir- ing skill and knowledge, and which are not ordinarily acquired on the farm. The methods of instruction are adapted to students of all ages, those taking the work during the last term varying from sixteen to forty-five years of age. As was 12 The University of Nebraska to be expected, those having had the most practical ex- perience seemed to receive the greatest benefit from the instruction. The instruction offered is as follows: Soils and crops. Diseases of farm animals. Breeding of live stock. Feeding of live stock. Farm dairying. Horticulture. Agricultural engineering and hydraulics. Carpentry or blacksmithing. Insects injurious to crops. Plant pests. Farm accounts. The libraries, museums, and other accessories to the University will be available to the student in the Winter Course. The Agricultural Students' Club meets weekly during the session of the Winter Course. The Club is organized for the discussion of subjects pertaining to Agriculture and personal culture. There is a registration fee of one dollar; books, dairy suits, etc., will cost about three dollars. There is also a deposit of one dollar required to cover breakage in the carpenter and forge shops. Table board ranges from two to two dollars and a half per week. Rent of furnished room varies from fifty cents to one dollar per week. The probable cost to each student will be about as fol- lows: Boom rent, 11 weeks at 75c $8 25 Table board, 11 weeks at $2.25 24 75 Books, etc 3 00 Shop deposit 1 00 Kegistration fee = 1 Q(> $38 00 Students will register Tuesday, January 2, 1900. The term closes March 16, 1900. The Sugar School 13 THE SUGAR SCHOOL THE FACULTY ^George Edwin MacLean, LL. D., Chancellor Hudson H. Nicholson, A. M., Director and Professor of Chem- istry Morgan Brooks, M. E., Professor of Electrical 'and Steam En- gineering T. L. Lyon, B. S. A., Associate Professor of Agriculture Charles E. Eichards, M. M. E., Professor of Mechanical Engi- neering in charge of the Department of Practical Mechanics Oscar V. P. Stout, C. E., Professor of Civil Engineering DeWitt B. Brace, Ph. D., Professor of Physics Eobert S. Hiltner, B. Sc, Assistant Chemist This school is open to young men of sixteen years of age or over who, in the opinion of those in charge of the school, have had the requisite training for properly car- rying on the work. The ninth annual session will open at the University in September, 1899. The objects olf the school are to give instruction in the best methods of sugar beet culture and in the details of factory methods of sugar making. Especial attention will be given to the chemical cou- trol of sugar factory operations. Applicants for registration must matriculate as stu- dents in the University (that is, pay the fee of five dollars, "^Resigned. 14 The University of Nebraska which will entitle them to take this and other special work in the instruction for a period of four years), and make the usual deposit for breakage and other labora- tory expenses. The latter will not exceed six dollars for the entire course. It has been thought best to expand the curriculum of the Sugar School somewhat and to open its course to students at the beginning of the University year instead of in the middle of the year as heretofore. The school will be in session during the manufactur- ing season and classes will have the opportunity of visit- ing the sugar factories while in operation, and the large beet farms during harvest time. COUESES OF INSTRUCTION FIRST SEMESTER 1. Elementary Chemistry as applied in the sugar factory. Three hours. Specific directions for the analysis of the fol- lowing substances: Sugar beets, sugar, syrup, masse-cuite, molasses, thin juice, diffusion juice, sweet water, calcium saccharate, strontium saccharate, press cake, bone-black, exhausted cossetts, carbonation gas. 3. Technology of Sugar Manufacture. One hour. Beet silos. Hydraulic beet carrier. Washing machine for beets. Weighing and slicing the beets. Diffusion process. Beet refuse and its utilization. Purifying of juice. Lime kiln. Preparation of lime milk. Lime milk pump. Carbonic acid washer. Carbonic acid pump. Mixer for lime milk and juice. Double carbonation. Automatic juice pump. Filter press. Washing of lime cakes. Mechanical filtration, Bone-black filtration. Reviving the bone-black. Washing machine. Acidifying the bone-black. Roasting the bone- black. Evaporation. Double, triple, quadruple effects. Air pump, wet and dry. Condenser for wet air pump. Con- The Sugar School 15 denser for dry air pump. Vacuum pan. Mixer for masse- cuite. Centrifug-als. Sugar conveyor and elevator. Granu- lator. Molasses and its utilization. 5. Mechanical drawing'. Two hours. Copy drawing, freehand; machine sketching; lines and shading; tracing and blue printing. 7. Shop Work. Course 1. Three hours. a. Bench work in wood: A systematic course of exercises showing the use of the different carpenters' tools, and the method of constructing various forms of splices, dovetails, joints, panels, etc. 1). Wood turning: A systematic course of exercises showing'' the method of cutting square shoulders, turning plain and compound curves, chucking, etc. 9. Sugar Beet Culture. One hour. History of the culture of the sugar beet. Effect upon general agriculture of sugar beet culture. Varieties of the sugar beet. Composition and structure of the beet plant. Soils. Fertilization of the soil. Position of the beet crop in the system of crop rotation. Preparation of the soil. Planting the seed. Cultivation. Harvesting. Preservation of the beet root. Seed produc- tion. Insect enemies and diseases of the beet. Feeding value of sugar beets, and of sug^ar factory residue. 11. English. Five hours. a. Reading from classic authors, mainly prose. Three hours a week. 6. English composition, with the essentials of grammar and rhetoric. Two hours a week. 15, Steam and Electrical Machinery. (Course 21 in department of Electrical Engineering.) Two hours. Lectures on the .elementary theory of the steam engine, elementary treat- ment of the forms of engines, valve mechanisms, indicator practice and engine economy, forms of boilers, boiler set- tings, care and management of boilers, fuels, accessory steam apparatus. The gas engine. Elementary theory of the dynamo, electric lighting and power, electric distribu- tion and wiring, water power, power transmission by gears, belts, ropes, etc. 16 The University of Nebraska SECOND SEMESTER 2. Continuation of Course 1. Three hours. Special attention to methods of anaylses of cane sugars in presence of dextrose and raffinose. Methods of analyses of water, limestone, coal and coke, etc. 4. Physics. Two hours. Special attention is given to optical instruments. Light. Polarization of light. Polariscopes. Care and management of polariscopes in the sugar house. 6. Continuation of Course 5. Two hours. 8. Shop Work. Course 2. Three hours. a. Pattern-making: The construction of various forms of patterns, core boxes, etc. &. Foundry work: Bench and floor moulding, core-making, and casting in iron and brass. 10. Laboratory practice in Engineering. Two hours. 12. Irrigation Engineering. Two hours. Grades, cross-sections, and capacity of canals. Surveys. Designs of structures. Sources of water supply. Analysis of hydrographic data. Nebraska streams. [Return and seepage waters. Irriga- tion by pumping. Organization. Administration. Legal and economic principles. 16. Continuation of Course 15. Two hours. (Course 22 in de- partment of Electrical Engineering.) The School of Mechanic Arts 17 THE SCHOOL OF MECHANIC ARTS A TWO-YEARS COURSE FACULTY ^George Edwin MacLean, LI/. D., Chancellor Charles Euss Eichards, M. M. E., Director, Professor of Me- chanical Engineering and Practical Mechanics Clark F. Ansley, A. B., Professor of English DeWitt B. Brace, Ph. D., Professor of Physics Morgan Brooks, M. E., Professor of Electrical Engineering Ellery W. Davis, Ph. D., Professor of Mathematics Hudson H. Nicholson, A. M., Professor of Chernistry- Carl C. Engberg, Ph. D., Instructor in Mathematics David Hawksworth, B. Sc, Instructor in Mechanical Drawing Anna E. Davis, Instructor in English Eobert E. Moritz, Ph. M., Instructor in Mathematics C. H. Morse, Instructor in Machine Design and Electrical En- gineering William W. Votaw, Instructor in Practical Mechanics GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS The School of Mechanic Arts meets a demand for in- struction in practical mechanical work. The shops and laboratories of the University of Nebraska are made available by this school to young men from the common or district schools. There are many young men having neither the time nor the money to complete a collegiate course at the University, who will here 'find an oppor- *Eesigned. 2 18 The University of Nebraska tunity of securing a practical education, fitting them for some useful place in life. Primarily, the School of Mechanic Arts is intended for those young men who expect to enter some one of the mechanical trades, and who desire a scientific basis for this later work, although it is hoped that in many cases the stimulus given by the school will be such that a colle- giate course in one of the engineering groups will be pur- sued. The school is in no sense a trade school, although the principles of some of the more important mechanical trades are taught. The student obtains a better concep- tion of the relative importance of the different mechani- cal operations, and he is enabled to determine what particular branch of mechanical work he can most suc- cessfully pursue. THE SCHOOL YEAR The School year coincides with the University year, which embraces thirty-eight weeks, beginning September 12th, 1899, and closing the 'first week in June, 1900. It is especially desirable that students report promptly at the beginning of the school year, as it will be found dif- ficult to do the advanced work until the back work has been made up. REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION The school is open to young men of sixteen years of age, or over, who are not otherwise registered in the Uni- versity, and who, in the opinion of those in charge of the school, have had the requisite training for properly car- The School of Mechanic Arts 19 rying od the work. The applicant should understand arithmetic and elementary English grammar. Candidates for admission will be required to present a certificate of good character. Students who enter after the beginning of the semester will be required to take examinations, at the discretion of the heads of the de- partments in which work is taken. It is impossible for students to enter this school at the beginning of the sec- ond semester. SCHEDULE OF COURSES OF INSTRUCTION FIKST YEAR First Semester Mathematics, A 5 hours English, A 5 " Lectures on Mechanical Practice (Mech. Eng., 19) 2 " Mechanical Drawing* (M. D., 9) • 2 Shop Work* (Mech. Eng., 1) 3 " a. Lectures &. Bench Work in Wood c. Wood Turning d. Molding Second Semester Mathematics, B 5 hours English, B . 5 Lectures on Mechanical Practice (Mech. Eng., 14) 2 " Mechanical Drawing (M. D., 10) 2 " Shop Work (Mech. Eng., 2) 3 '«■ a. Pattern-making , &. Foundry Work SECOND YEAR ? """ First Semester Mathematics, C 4 hours Theme Writing (English, C) 1 hour * Three hours' work in the shops or drawing room count for one hour credit in the schedule. 20 The University of Nebraska Physics 3 hoiirs Lectures on Mechanical Practice (Mech. Eng., 21) 2 Lectures on Steam Machinery (Mech. Eng., 23) 2 Mechanical Drawing (Mech. Dr., 11) 2 Shop Work (Mech. Eng., 3) 4 a. Forging in Iron and Steel b. Filing, Chipping, and Scraping Second Semester Mathematics, D 5 hours Theme Writing (English, D) 1 hour Physics 3 h ™ rs Lectures on Electrical Machinery (Elec. Eng.) 2 Machine De^gn (Mech. Dr., 12) 2 Shop Work 5 a. Filing and Fitting b. Machine Work in Metals DESCRIPTION OF COURSES OF INSTRUCTION MATHEMATICS Many of the practical problems which must be solved in the shop would be exceedingly difficult without a knowledge of mathematics, hence the mathematics given in this course is planned especially for the mechanic, with reference to its appli- cation to mechanical work. The course includes a brief review of arithmetic; tables as labor savers; curve plotting by tables; exponential and logarithmic tables, and the slide rule; computa- tation by logarithms; mensuration, with a sketch of its geomet- ric foundation; use of formulae in computation; graphical meth- ods in computation; trigonometric functions and their use; equations of the first, second, and third degree; geometric mean- ings and graphic solutions; solution by tables; differentiation and integration, with their geometric and mechanical signifi- cance; use of tables of integrals, geometric integration, me- chanical integrators. ENGLISH The ability to speak and write correct English readily should be looked upon as part of the training of every educated man. For the mechanic, it has a practical value as well, since it will The School of Mechanic Arts 21 enable him to occupy positions for which, without such ability, he would be unfit. The purpose of the instruction in English, as in other subjects taught in the School, is to give the student the greatest amount of practical training. PHYSICS The laws of motion, of heat, of electricity, and of light have a very direct bearing upon mechanical design and construction. A knowledge of the various physical phenomena is of the great- est value to the mechanic, being of direct assistance in the solu- tion of many of the practical problems that will be presented to him. During the second year, three hours per week for the first semester and five hours for the second semester, including reci- tations and lectures with demonstrations, will be devoted to a course in general elementary physics. CHEMISTRY If the student expects to engage in some particular line of mechanical work, where a knowledge of chemistry will be use- ful, he may substitute chemistry for physics in the second year of the course. This substitution will be allowed only when sufficient reasons for such a change are presented. In general, the course in physics will be the most valuable to students in the school. MECHANICAL PRACTICE During the first year and a half of the course, two lectures a week are given on Mechanical Practice. They run parallel with the work in the shop, and are intended in part to give a better knowledge of the work done therein, and at the same time to discuss those things which the intelligent mechanic must know, but which do not necessarily form a part of his practical shop work. These lectures include a discussion of the standards of length; the form and action of carpenters' and turners' tools; the physical properties of timber; simple framed structures, floors, roofs, etc.; plans, specifications, and esti- mates; the metallurgy of iron and steel; the forms and con- struction of patterns and core-boxes; molding and foundry practice; wood-working machinery; forging tools and ma- chinery; files; machine work in metals; and general metal- working machinery. 22 The University of Nebraska STEAM AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY A number of the more important engineering problems of peculiar interest to the mechanic, who may be called upon to build, repair, or run engines, dynamos, boilers, or other appa- ratus for the generation or transmission of power, will be dis- cussed in the lectures on steam and electrical machinery, in- cluding the elementary theory of the steam engine, forms of engines, valve mechanism, indicator practice and engine economy; forms of boilers, boiler settings, care and manage- ment of boilers; fuels; accessory steam machinery; the gas en- gine; elementary theory of the dynamo; electric lighting; elec- tric railways; electrical distribution and wiring; water power; power transmission by gears, belts, ropes, electricity, etc. MECHANICAL DRAWING All mechanical construction is done from mechanical draw- ings, which to the mechanic should represent clearly the ideas of the designer. It is therefore necessary that the skilled me- chanic be capable of interpreting drawings so that he may easily reproduce in wood or iron the things therein represented. Six hours each week throughout the course are devoted to mechani- cal drawings, and the student is then not only rendered capable of interpreting drawings, but he will have acquired the skill and ability to make them himself. The instruction includes the care and use of the drawing instruments, drawing from copy, machine sketching, detail drawing, tracing and blue printing, line shading, tinting, drawing from dictation, gears, parts of machines, etc. SHOP WORK The work in the shops is eminently practical, the instruction in each branch being given by a systematic course of exercises, showing the use of the different tools and the methods of me- chanical construction. After the completion of any given set of exercises, the principles there learned will be applied in the construction of some complete piece of work. Since the work is solely for construction, and there is as little repetition as pos- sible, rapidity of execution is not expected or desired. The principles of tool use and mechanical construction are taught, but great dexterity and rapidity of execution, which result from The School of Mechanic Arts 23 long practice, can only be obtained by outside work. The work done is as follows: Bench Work in Wood. — A systematic course of exercises show- ing the use of the different carpenters' tools, and the methods of constructing various forms of splices, dovetails, joints, panels, etc. Nine hours' work each week for one-half of the first semes- ter of the first year. Wood Turning. — A systematic course of exercises showing the methods of turning plain cylinders, cutting square shoul- ders, turning plain and compound curves, chucking, etc. Nine hours' work each week for one-half of the first semester of the first year. Pattern-Making. — The construction of various forms of pat- terns, core-boxes, etc., for parts of machines. Nine hours each week during the second semester of the first year. Foundry Work. — Bench and floor molding, core-making, and casting in iron and brass. Taken in connection with the course in pattern-making. Forging in Iron and Steel. — A systematic course of exercises in drawing, up-setting, bending, welding, and tempering. Ap- plications of the above in the construction of more elaborate finished pieces of work. Nine hours each week during the first semester of the second year. Filing, Chipping, and Scraping.— The use of the cold chisel, the file, and the scraper. Exercises in chipping straight and grooved surfaces; surface and round filing; polishing, and the construction of surface plates. Three hours each week during the whole of the second year. Machine Work in Metals.— Plain and taper turning, boring, thread cutting, drilling, planing, milling, and polishing; the construction of taps, dies, drills, reamers, and complete ma- chines; practice in lining up shafting, etc. Fifteen hours each week during the second semester of the second year. OTHEE PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION During the second year of the course, each student will be given practice in the care and management of the power boilers, the steam engines, and the various dynamo-electric machines, together with indicator practice, valve setting, and engine and boiler tests. 24 The University of Nebraska FACILITIES FOR INSTRUCTION The Wood Shop contains twenty^five carpenters' benches, each equipped with a quick-action vise, and a complete set of carpenters' tools; sixteen ten-inch swing speed lathes, each equipped with two sets of turning tools; one large pattern-makers' lathe; one double re- volving cross-cut and rip saw; one scroll saw; one uni- versal trimmer; two grindstones; and numerous special small tools. The Forge Shop is equipped with twenty-four station- ary forges with a like number of anvils and sets of small tools. The smoke is removed and the blast supplied to the forges by a seventy-inch, double ended fan. This shop also contains a hand forge; a tempering furnace; a hand punch and shear; and benches with blacksmiths' vises. The Foundry contains eighteen molders' benches, with a like number of sets of molders' tools for bench and floor molding; a twenty -four-inch cupola furnace; a core oven; and the necessary ladles, flasks, etc. The Machine Shop is not yet fully equipped. At the present time it contains ten machinists' benches, each equipped with a vise and set of small tools for vise work in metals, a twenty-six-inch, back geared and power feed drill press; a sixteeri-inch shaper; a fourteen-inch screw-cutting engine lathe; and a wet and dry emery grinder. The Engineering Laboratories contain a number of steam engines, boilers, dynamos, motors, etc., together with various instruments for testing the same. The School of Mechanic Arts 25 The Drawing-room is a large, well-lighted room, lo- cated in the second story of the Library Building. It contains fifty-four drawing tables, and a large number of drawing boards. All paper and drafting instruments are supplied by the student. Technical Library. — There are on file in the depart- ment libraries a number of the leading engineering jour- nals, together with a number of reference books, bound volumes of engineering papers, and proceedings of en- gineering societies. The student will also have free ac- cess to all the books and papers in the general library. EXPENSES Tuition is free. The matriculation fee is $5.00, pay- able to the Treasurer of the University at the beginning of the first year only. A deposit of $5.00 is required at the beginning of each year, to cover breakage and loss of tools, and waste of material. At the end of the year the balance of this deposit is returned to the student. Upon entering the school, the student must provide himself with a set of drafting instruments, costing about $10.00, and books, apparel for work in the shops, and in- cidentals, costing about $3.00. Books and other inciden- tals for the entire year will cost about $5.00. In a private family table board may be obtained for $2.25 or $2.50 per week. Some of the students' clubs give board as low as $2.00 per week. Room rent varies from $2.00 to $3.00 per month, and upward. The first year in the school will probably cost about as follows, exclusive of clothing, washing, and other in- cidentals: 26 The University of Nebraska Matriculation fee $5 00 Drafting- instruments 10 00 Books, etc 5 00 Waste of material and loss of tools (estimated) 2 00 Table board, 38 weeks at $2 76 00 Eoom rent, 9 months at $2.50 22 50 Total $ 120 50 The expenses of the second year will be reduced $ 15.00 by the first two items. In some cases it is possible for students to secure employment during their spare time, and thus slightly reduce the above expenses. The School of Domestic Science 27 THE SCHOOL OF DOMESTIC SCIENCE. A TWO-YEARS COURSE THE FACULTY *George Edwin MacLean, LL. D., Chancellor Rosa Bottton, A. M., Director Charles E. Bessey, LL. D., Professor of Botany C. F. Ansley, A. B., Professor of English DeWitt B. Brace, Ph. D., Professor of Physics Ellery W. Davis, Ph. D., Professor of Mathematics Hudson H. Nicholson, A. M., Professor of Chemistry Charles E. Bessey, Ph. D., Professor of Botany Lawrence Bruner, B. Sc, Professor of Entomology William W. Hastings, Ph. D., Professor of Hygiene Anne L. Barr, Instructor in Physical Training E. E. Moritz, A. M., Instructor in Mathematics Clyde B. Cooper, A. B., Instructor in English George H. Morse, Instructor in Drawing , Instructor in Domestic Science Primarily, the School of Domestic Science is intended for those young women who wish to prepare themselves to perform skillfully and intelligently those duties in the home which sooner or later come to almost every woman. The school is in no sense simply a cooking school. The work is not merely mechanical, but educational in the truest sense of the word. The student will be trained to think as well as to do, and will come to realize the fact * Eesigned. 28 The University of Nebraska that the changes which take place in the cookery of food materials are as truly dependent upon scientific princi- ples as are the changes ordinarily studied in scientific laboratories. The school year coincides with the University year, which embraces thirty-eight weeks, beginning September 12 and closing the first week in June. Students should report promptly at the beginning of the school year. REQUIREMENTS BX)R ADMISSION The school is open to young women of sixteen years of age, or over, who, in the opinion of those in charge of the school, have had the requisite training for properly carry- ing on the work. The applicant should understand arith- metic and elementary English grammar. SCHEDULE OF COURSES OF INSTRUCTION IN SCHOOL OF' DOMESTIC SCIENCE FIRST YEAR First Semester Mathematics 5 hours. English 5 Chemistry ~ Hygiene v & Physical training 1 hour Domestic Science 2 hours- 17 Second Semester Mathematics 5 hours- English 5 Chemistry 2 Botany ~ Physical training 1 hour Domestic Science 2 hours- 17 " The School of Domestic Science 29 SECOND YEAR First Semester Mathematics 4 hours Theme writing- * nour Physics 3 hours Drawing 2 Entomology 2 Chemistry of food 2 Domestic Science 2 nours 16 " Second Semester Mathematics 5 nours Theme writing 1 nour Physics 3 hours Drawing ft Bacteriology 2 Home sanitation 2 Domestic Scienc| 6 17 " DESCRIPTION OF COURSES OF INSTRUCTION MATHEMATICS The mathematics given in this course is planned with refer- ence to its -application to practical work. The course includes a brief review of arithmetic, tables as labor savers; curve plot- ting by tables; logarithmic tables, and the slide rule; compu- tation by logarithms; mensuration, with a sketch of its geo- metric foundation; use of formulae in computation; graphical methods in computation; trigonometric functions and their use; equations of the first, second, and third degree; geometric mean- ings and graphic solutions; solution by tables. ENGLISH During the first year the instruction will include reading from classic authors, mainly prose, three hours each week, and Eng- lish composition with the essentials of grammar and rhetoric, two hours each week. The second year, one theme each week 30 The University of Nebraska will be required, the subject to be assigned by the instructor in English. PHYSICS Th laws of motion, of heat, of electricity, and of light have a very direct bearing upon the preparation of food and the sani- tary arrangements of the home. A knowledge of the various physical phenonmena is of the greatest value to the home- keeper, being of direct (assistance in the solution of many of the practical problems that will be presented to her. During the second year, three hours each week, including recitations, and lectures with demonstrations, will be devoted to a course in general elementary physics. CHEMISTRY Very many of the operations performed in the preparation of food and in the general care of the home are chemical in their nature. For this reason a study of general chemistry forms a very important part of household science. During the first year the commonly occurring elements and their compounds are studied. The first semester of the second year is devoted to a study of the chemistry of foods and their cookery; methods of detecting adulterations, etc. The second semester, the study of the chemistry of cleaning is taken up, together with home sanitation, which includes plumbing, ven- tilation, disinfection, etc. Lectures, recitations, and laboratory practice during entire course. FREEHAND DRAWING This work serves not only to train the hand to faithfully re- produce that which the eye perceives, but also to develop an appreciation of that which is beautiful in art and nature. Be- sides the drawing, some work in painting and wood-carving will be undertaken in this course. Lectures will be given on the harmony of color and how to use one's means, be they large or small, to the best advantage in making home beautiful. BIOLOGY Household science necessarily includes a study of biology The School of Domestic Science 31 because of the intimate relation existing between life and food. A knowledge of plant and animal life in many of its lower forms is indispensable to her who would intelligently prepare and pre- serve food. Two hours of botany will be given the second se- mester of the first year. During the second year instruction will be given in entomology two hours the first semester and in bacteriology two hours the second semester. DOMESTIC SCIENCE The aim is to make the entire work in this course educational; to train the mind, and develop character in the kitchen as well as in the laboratory. Special attention is directed to the funda- mental principles of. cookery and their application in the prepa- ration of individual dishes. Practical work is done in cooking in a kitchen laboratory. Special attention is given to the most economical methods of cooking, as well as to those methods which shall render food most nutritious, palatable, and at- tractive. PHYSICAL TKAINING AND HYGIENE Every woman should have a knowledge of the wonderful mechanism of the human body and know how to take proper care of it. She needs also definite, systematic physical training. These needs are supplied by the Physical Training Department of the University. The members of the School of Domestic Sci- ence are given work in the regular classes in Hygiene and Phys- ical Training in the University. EXPENSES Tuition is free. The matriculation fee is $5.00, pay- able to the Treasurer of the University at the beginning of the first year only. A deposit of six dollars is required in chemistry at the beginning of each year to cover breakage of apparatus, and waste of material. At the end of the year the balance of this deposit is returned to the student. In domestic science a five-dollar deposit is required to cover the cost of food materials used. No 32 The University of Nebraska balance is returned from this deposit. Books and other incidentals for the year will cost about ten dollars. In a private family table board may be obtained for $2.25 to $3.00 per week. Some of the students' clubs give board as low as $2.00 per week. Room rent varies from $2.50 to $4.00 per month and upwards. The School of Art 33 THE SCHOOL OF ART DIRECTOR , MRS. HENRIETTA M. BROCK The University School of Fine Arts occupies rooms on the second floor of the Library Building. Besides the class rooms, which are well lighted, attractive, and completely equipped with easels, frames, and casts, there is a fireproof gallery 60x70 feet, where art exhibitions and receptions are held during the school term. The an- nual winter exhibition of paintings by leading Amer- ican and foreign artists and other minor exhibitions find an excellent setting in this beautiful room. It is lighted by large skylights during t'he day and by two hundred electric lights in the evening. The school offers courses in drawing, painting, sculp- ture, and wood-carving. The 'School of Drawing and Painting is divided into four classes or sections, through each of which the student must pass in succession to at- tain the next higher one. I. ELEMENTARY Drawing' from geometrical solids, still-life, and antique frag- ments, in outline, and light and shade. IT. INTERMEDIATE Same, more advanced. Pen and ink. Perspective. III. ANTIQUE Heads and figures from cast. Still-life in colors. IV. LIFE Costume; life class. Work in wood-carving and china, painting can be carried at any time during the course. Work in etching can be carried by students in Hie life class only. 3 34 The University of Nebraska Promotion from class to class is made through exam- inations held the first of every month. At these exam- inations each student is expected to hand in examples of the month's work for inspection. At each of these ex- aminations the inspection committee will select the best of the work to be hung upon the wall. From these will be selected the work for the final examination. A course of lectures on art topics will be given during the winter. TUITION FEES One lesson per week $10 per semester Two lessons per week • • $18 per semester Three lessons per week, with use of studio daily $25 per semester Special terms for china fainting. CHINA PAINTING Instruction will be given in figure painting on porce- lain. Flower painting from nature. Enamels, conventional and all branches in decorative work. An evening class will be conducted Tuesday evening of each week. This will be a class in design and prepara- tory work. The class in painting will meet on the afternoons of Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 1 tfO to 4:30. TUITION FEES One lessen per week «» P 6r semester _ , i $2?) per semester Two lessons per week rv ' Three lessons per week $33 per semester Special arrangements made with persons desiring to take less than a semester's instruction. The Affiliated School of Music 35 THE AFFILIATED SCHOOL OF MUSIC THE FACULTY Willard Kimball, Oberlin; Leipzig; private pupil of Dr. Oscar Paul Director; Harmony, Pipe-Organ Henry Purmort Eames, private pupil Madam Schumann and James Ivwast Pianoforte John Kandolph, Cincinnati College of Music; New England Conservatory of Music Voice, General Theory August Hagenow, Leipzig Conservatory of Music Violin, Instructor University Orchestra Emily Metcalf Perkins, Iowa College Pianoforte Mrs. Will Owen Jones, New England Conservatory of Music Pianoforte Mrs. Marion Treat Taylor Voice Winifred Hearn Assistant Instructor in Voice and Harmony Eugenia Getner Assistant Instructor in Voice Earle Wehn Cornet, Leader University Cadet Band Lillie Eiche Violoncello Henry S. Wells Clarinet John S. Woods Mandolin, Guitar, Banjo 36 The University of Nebraska Edward L. Mo lick Practical Pianoforte Tuning Martha Masse Practice Clavier Mary Kettering Practice Clavier Nellie Cave Assistant Instructor in Pianoforte Mae Biltgen Secretary Affiliated with the University is the School of Music offering courses thalt are intended to give those who complete them the highest degree of proficiency. While is is impossible to specify the exact course for each indi- vidual, the following may be taken as fairly typical. The work indicated, or its equivalent, must be carried by all candidates for graduation. Students may take any one or more of the courses out- lined, either in classes or privately. But the candidate for graduation must pursue three courses, viz., the com- plete course in the science of music (including sight-sing- ing, harmony, counterpoint, orchestration, history and theory of music); in instrumental music, either piano- forte, pipe-organ, violin, or voice; and one elective course. This requirement is made in order to secure to one who seeks a diploma from the University such mastery of the principles and practice of musical art as will enable the graduate to secure and maintain an honored position in the best academies and colleges; to guard against a nar- row and one-sided view of the subject, and to develop a The Affiliated School of Music 37 broad and generous musicianship which does not over- estimate the value of virtuosity alone. COURSES TO GRADUATION I. Theory of Music: Text-book and lectures, twice each week for one year. II. Sight -singing-: Work in elementary University chorus, once each week for one year. III. Elementary harmony: Notation, terminology, formation of chords, modulation; text-book, lectures, composition, and practice, twice each week for one year. This course must be preceded by Course II. IV. Advanced harmony: Suspension, harmonizing melodies, with canti firmi in the different voices, enharmonics, figuration, four-to-eight-part writing-, study of form, counterpoint, twice each week for one year. V. Piano, Pipe-Org-am, Violin, or Voice: Twice each week throug-hout the course. PIANOFORTE The course includes the systematic study of technical exercises for the development of the muscles of the hand and arm, the complete control of which is absolutely es- sential to a skillful interpretation of any composition of merit. In this work the Virgil Practice Clavier will be used for many who contemplate a thorough course and who need the strengthening of the muscles of hand and arm. This is the only toneless instrument that is a com- plete substitute for the piano for all practice. By its use the extensor or lifting muscles are developed, and a pure legato touch is secured. It has already achieved such astonishing results that many advanced players and art- ists are availing themselves of its use. (58 The University of Nebraska Throughout the course, etudes of various degrees of difficulty and adapted to the individual needs of the stu- dent will be given in connection with studies and exer- cises designed to bring about a close relationship be- tween the physical and intellectual faculties. The works of the classic and romantic composers, both ancient and modern, will be studied according to the ^taste, inclina- tion, and physical powers of the student. More advanced and graduate students will have the opportunity of play- ing with instructors in duos, trios, and quartettes. All students are required to sustain satisfactory ex- aminations before passing to the next higher grade. This prescribed course requires about five years of the regular student of average ability; presuming practically no knowledge of the instrument when entering the School of Music, and also presuming some natural talent and considerable maturity of character and self-disci- pline. Students not candidates for graduation may have the usual conservatory privilege of electing work freely, ac- cording to ability and preparation. VOICE DEVELOPMENT The production of a pure, resonant, and musical tone is only the result of patient and intelligent study; and the natural and easy control of the singing voice is ob- tained only by the correct use of the breath and the vocal organs. The study of neither the so-called Italian or Ger- man methods can produce 'the desired results, unaided by the careful and discriminating judgment of an in- The Affiliated School of Music 39 structor of wide experience, and one who has sufficient knowledge of physical conditions as to understand the proper relation and use of all the muscles involved (the diaphragm, the pectorals, costal, intercostal, and dorsal), and who knows how to focus and place the voice without contracting the throat or other muscles. Satisfactory re- sults can only be secured by great skill on the part of the instructor, and wise discrimination on the part of the student. Solfeggi and other vocal exercises from emi- nent voice-builders will be employed, together with Eng- lish, German, French, and Italian songs and ballads, leading up to the oratorio and the opera. Pupils thus become practical singers, and this acquaintance with the best vocal works prepares them for the oratorio and the operatic stage. This course requires three years. VIOLIN, VIOLA, VIOLONCELLO Probably no other instruments require so much patient and unremitting toil in their mastery as those above mentioned; and none are so well adapted for the expres- sion of all shades of musical feeling or so nearly resem- ble the human voice with all its possibilities of tone-col- oring. The courses offered for the viola and 'cello are as com- . prehensive and thorough as those of other departments. The course for the viola requires only about two terms, the pursuance of which will greatly increase the useful- ness of the violinist. The violoncello and double bass may be studied in courses corresponding to the general plan of other stringed instruments. 40 The University of Nebraska There will be an ensemble class in this department with weekly rehearsals, and those who are sufficiently advanced will be admitted to the University orchestra— a training field invaluable 'to the student for signt read- ing and in developing a musician-taste. THE ORGAN This department is under the personal supervision of the Director. This greatest and most complete of all musical instruments, not yet fully appreciated, has no comparison for grandeur and variety of effect, and is fast becoming a popular concert instrument. As an aux- iliary to church worship, no instrument or combination of instruments approaches it. Students cannot profitably take up the study of this instrument until they have acquired a good technique in the study of the pianoforte. The course includes Rinck's School, Buck's phrasing studies, pedal studies by Volckmar, lessons in interlude playing, modulation and registration, sonatas of Merkel and Mendelssohn, and the best compositions of French, German, and English writers. A two-manual pedal organ is at the service of stu- dents. It is sufficiently large to display the principles of organ playing and arrangements for the use of larger organs may be made. The magnificent organ which was on exhibition at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition, and which was manufac- tured by the M. P. Moeller Organ Company, of Hagers- town, Md., has been presented to the University by 'the % The Affiliated School of Music 41 generosity of its alumni, and is now temporarily located in Grant Memorial Hall. This organ is a thoroughly modern instrument, having three manuals, forty-five stops, radiating pedals, pneu- matic action, and composition pedals, it is architectu- rally beautiful and is without doubt one of the finest in- struments in the west. WIND INSTRUMENTS Competent instructors are provided for those desir- ing to study the clarinet, flute, cornet, and band instru- ments. These may be taken as electives by those pursu- ing the regular course. Guitar, mandolin, and banjo are taught by special in- structors. In view of the increasing interest in these beautiful, though minor, instruments no pains will be spared to secure to the student the highest accomplish- ment possible. PIANO TUNING This is a field insufficiently covered, and presents to young women as well as young men an opportunity to gain useful knowledge which is in constant demand, es- pecially in the West where tuners are few and their abil- ity in many cases far below the demands of the public. Taken in connection with history of the piano, with harmony, sight reading, and practical work with all keyed instruments, piano tuning may be pursued in a more scientific manner than at a factory, where, at the end of a tedious apprenticeship, no knowledge has been acquired of different manufactures, of its history and 42 The University of Nebraska relative importance, nor of the collateral and indispensa- ble knowledge of sight reading. The course covers one year and will include a regular course of sight reading (vocal), setting temperament, and other principles and practice of tuning, four terms of harmony and history, construction of the different methods of stringing and mechanism, reed organ tuning, voicing, and regulating. Students cannot be admitted to this course for less than one year, and no student will be admitted who can- not readily distinguish different degrees of pitch. LECTURES Among the free advantages is a course of lectures upon musical topics by instructors of the School of Music and the University. Attendance upon this course will be required from all regular students. CONCERTS During the school year a number of concerts will be given, viz: The Choral series: University chorus and soloists in oratorio; Artists' series: Performers from abroad and the faculty; Chamber-music series: String trios, quartettes, and quintettes; semi-public soirees by instructors and pupils; weekly recitals by pupils for the acquirement of self-possession. UNIVERSITY WORK For students in regular University courses the studies of piano, voice culture, violin, or organ, together with the science of music, are made elective. See page Students of the School may be matriculated as stu- The Affiliated School of Music 43 dents of the University, without examination, upon the payment of the usual fee of five dollars. This will en- title them to free instruction in all University courses which they are prepared to enter, and will give them all library, laboratory, and gymnasium privileges of Uni- versity students. This is one of the most striking feat- ures of the School. It thus combines with music train- ing, sound general education to the student, at very slight additional expense. ADVANTAGES The advantages in connection with University privi- leges are too numerous to mention here. The following, however, are worthy of notice: Sight-reading, chorus classes; lectures on history and other topics relating to music; orchestral practice; ensemble classes, prima vista reading piano classes. These, taken in connection with gymnasium, art privileges, use of libraries and reading room, are invaluable advantages which can only be fully appreciated by those who have been obliged to pay extra for them in other schools. FEES Tuition varies with 'the instructors. A complete schedule of fees will be sent on application. 44 The University of Nebraska SPECIAL COLLEGIATE COURSES TEACHERS' COURSE REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION This course may be elected by juniors and seniors pursuing regular courses in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and the Industrial College. It is also open for all graduates of the advanced course of the State Normal School who have had at least one year's experience in teaching ; to all graduates of the state high schools, accredited by the University, who have had at least two years' experience in teaching, and to others who can satisfy the heads of the depart- ments concerned that they are sufficiently qualified to pursue the work with credit and with profit. AIM The aim of the course is to offer an opportunity to all those regular students who intend to enter the pro- fession of teaching, and who wish, during their col- lege course, by special and professional study, to prepare for positions of supervision and teaching in departments of higher education. It also offers an opportunity to a large body of quali- fied teachers who wish to increase their efficiency by a more extended scholarship and a more thorough study Special Collegiate Courses 45 of educational problems in which they are particularly interested. REQUIREMENTS The course covers two years' work, or a total of thir- teen University courses, to be divided as follows: a. Special Knowledge. The completion of work amounting normally to five University courses in a sub- ject or group of closely allied subjects which the student expects to teach; the ultimate decision as to the group of subjects and the student's proficiency resting with the head of the department most directly concerned. The above work will include some instruction by the department with reference to the teaching of these sub- jects in the secondary schools. o. Professional Knowledge. The completion of work in pedagogy amounting 'to two and two-fifths courses, and of work in psychology amounting to one and one- fifth courses; the courses to be designated by the heads of the departments concerned. c. General Knowledge. Additional work sufficient to represent four and two-fifths courses (exclusive of the work representing special or professional knowledge) to be elected by the student from the departments of the University, under the advice of the head of the depart- ment of pedagogy and the head of the department with whom the student is taking his special work. The University Teachers' Certificate will be granted to such graduates of the University as have satisfac- torily completed all the requirements of the Teachers' 46 The University of Nebraska Course as outlined above, and have shown such marked proficiency in the special and professional subjects as to justify the Faculty in recommending them for the profession of teaching. Students not graduates of the University completing this course will receive a statement of the fact, and be given proper credit for the work towards a degree. The University Teachers' Certificate is recognized by the proper authorities in a number of states as sufficient evidence upon which to gran't a teacher's li- cense without further examination. Under section 10 (4792) of the school law of Nebraska as amended in 180.7 the State Superintendent of Public Instruction is au- thorized to grant State Teachers' Certificates to such graduates of the University as have complied with the above requirements. The law reads as follows: "That all graduates of the University of Nebraska, holding the degree of Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science, and in addition thereto certificates authorized by the Board of Eegents showing that such graduates have completed the courses of in- struction prescribed by the Eegents and Faculty of said Uni- versity for the special training and instruction of teachers, shall be accredited as qualified teachers within the meaning of the school law of this state; and all such graduates shall have equal privileges, upon equal conditions, with graduates from any and all other educational institutions within this state, under the school law thereof. Said certificates are hereby declared to be valid as certificates of the first grade, to teach in public schools in the State of Nebraska, for a period of three years from their date. "After three years of actual teaching, the certificates of the graduates of the University of Nebraska, mentioned in section Special Collegiate Courses 47 one of this Act, shall be countersigned by the State Superin- tendent of Public Instruction upon satisfactory evidence that the service of the applicant has been successful and such coun- tersignature shall make such certificates permanent; provided, that said countersignature may be canceled and its legal effect annulled by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, upon sat- isfactory evidence of disqualification; provided further, that such certificates shall be subject to the provisions for lapsing set forth in section four, subdivision IX., of the school laws." COURSE PREPARATORY TO LAW AND JOUR- NALISM REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION Applicants for admission to this course must meet the requirements for admission to the regular under- graduate courses. The course presumes much more maturity and special preparation than is expected in those entering the lower classes of the University, and students should consult the heads of the departments concerned before regis- tering for the work. FIRST YEAE FIRST SEMESTER American History, 3: 1785-1829 3 hours English, 1 ~ English, 3 2 English Literature, 5: General English Literature 3 or Science : (Elective) 3 Political Science, 1: Elementary Political Economy 3 Political Science, 15: English Economic History 3 48 The University of Nebraska SECOND SEMESTER American History, 4: 1S29-1865 3 hours English, 2 and 4 4 English Literature, 6: Continuation of Course 5 3 or Science: (Elective) Continuation of work of first semes- ter 2 " Political Science, 14 3 Political Science, 16: Economic History of the United States - 3 SECOND YEAK FIRST SEMESTER American History, 9: Constitutional History 3 hours American History, 11: Constitutional Law 3 English, 11: Public Speaking (Law) 2 or English, 15: Journalism (Journalism) 2 Philosophy, 3 : Logic 3 Political Science, 5: Financial History of the United States 3 Political Science, 9: Municipal Government 3 SECOND SEMESTER American History, 10 ' 3 hours. American History, 12 3 English: Continuation of work of first semester 2 or 3 Philosophy, 4 2 Political Science, 10: Money, Banking, and Bimetallism .. 3 Political Science, 12 : Taxation 3 COURSE PREPARATORY TO MEDICINE REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION Applicants for admission to this course must pass satisfactory examinations in elementary English gram- mar, including spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and Special Collegiate Courses 49 pronunciation; arithmetic,- algebra complete, plane ge- ometry; descriptive and physical geography; elemen- tary United States history; elementary Latin and twenty-nine chapters of the first book of Caesar; and elementary botany, chemistry, and physics. Some medical colleges in the country require a col- lege degree 'for entrance, while in all the medical col- leges the requirements are being steadily raised, and all students who can are advised to take the full college course (Industrial College Group 3) electing the sub- jects specified below. Nevertheless, there are some students to whom, for various rasons, the full college course is an impossi- bility. To such students this course offers that part of college training which is of great technical value, and which is most immediately connected with the subse- quent work of the medical school. The work outlined is in large part that which is included in the general study of the first year in the best schools. Students who are registered in regular groups of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, or the In- dustrial College can elect this work and, in such case, it is advisable to distribute the work of the two years out- lined below over the four years of the college course, so far as possible. FIRST YEAR FIRST SEMESTER Botany, 2: Structural and Physiological, continued 3 hours Chemistry, 1: Study of the Metallic Elements 2 English, 1: Rhetoric and English Composition 2 Hygiene, 1 " 50 The University of Nebraska Physics, 1: Mechanics, Sound, and Heat. Zoology, 1: General elementary course.. Zoology, 3: General Physiology SECOND SEMESTER Botany, 2: Structural and Physiological, continued 3 hours Chemistry, 2: Study of the Metallic Elements, con- tinued 2 English, 2: Rhetoric and English Composition, con- tinued 2 Physics, 2: Mechanics, Sound, and Heat, continued 3 Zoology, 2: General elementary course, continued 3 Zoology, 8a : Osteology 2 Zoology, 4: General Physiology, continued 2 SECOND YEAR / FIRST SEMESTER Botany, 19: Pharmaceutical Botany 2 hours Chemistry, 3 : Organic Chemistry 3 Philosophy, 1 : Introductory Course in Psychology 3 Physics, 3: Experimental Physics; continuation of Courses 1 and 2 2 Zoology, 5: Invertebrate Morphology 4 Zoology, 9 : Normal Histology 2 Zoology, 13 : Neurology 2 SECOND SEMESTER Botany, 20: Pharmaceutical, continued 2 hours Chemistry, 4: Organic Chemistry, continued 3 Philosophy, 2: Introductory Course in Psychology, con- tinued 3 Physics, 4: Experimental Physics, continued 2 Zoology, 8: Comparative Anatomy of the Vertebrates. . .4 Zoology, 10: Vertebrate Embryology 2 Zoology, 14: Neurology 2 Students completing this course will receive certifi- cates of their proficiency, and by special arrangement are admitted (without preliminary or entrance examina- Special Collegiate Courses 51 lions) to the third year and second course of lectures of the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery; to the second rear in the Boston University School of Medi- cine, the Medical School of the University of Pennsyl- vania, Omaha Medical College, Creighton Medical Col- lege, Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital of Chicago, and the Northwestern Medical School (Chi- cago Medical College); and to the first year in the St. Louis Medical College, and the Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Michigan. THE PREPARATORY MEDICAL SOCIETY This society was organized for the encouragement of a medical school in the University at some future 'time, and for the sake of placing in some united relationship with the other student bodies of the University, those students in the Course Preparatory to Medicine. COURSE IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION This course may be elected by second, third, and fourth years pursuing regular courses in the College of Lit- erature, Science, and the Arts, and the Industrial Col- lege. Students expecting later to elect this course should follow the suggested order of University Courses out- lined for the General Scientific Group. This course is open also to graduates of other colleges, to all graduates of the advanced course of the State Normal School, and, under special circumstances, to a limited number of un- biassed students. The course is designed to meet the need of students 52 The University of Nebraska who wish to prepare for the work of Physical Director in? colleges, secondary schools, Young Men's Christian As- sociations, and Young Women's Christian Associations. It is intended also to prepare teachers designing Phys- ical Training as an accessory subjedt to their equipment for preparatory schools and public schools,. including high, grammar, and primary school grades. So rapid is the advance of the latent and best views of public edu- cation in Nebraska that a very few years should make Physical Education a necessary part of the preparation, of every well-trained teacher. Students preparing for physical work in Y. M. C. A.s and Y. W. C. A.'s will find it possible to obtain most of the accessory training in the English Bible in special courses at the University. Association technique may be obtained by spending a half year at Association fitting schools. REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION For those students who are candidates for a college de- gree and who desire a regular certificate for a course in Physical Education, the four years' work should be dis- tributed as follows: for the first year the courses out- lined for that year in the General Scientific Group; for the second, third, and fourth years the required work of the General Scientific Group, with two exceptions, zo- ology Courses 1, 2, 3, and 4, are to be substituted for botany and geology required in this group. Electives are to be applied each year to the special and professional work outlined below under the Course in Phvsical Education. Special Collegiate Courses 53 COUESE IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION SECOND YEAR First Semester Hygiene, 1 2 nours % Physical Education-Theory, la: Measurements and Charts 1 n ° ur Physical Education-Practice, 13: Hygienic Gymnastics .. 1 Physical Education-Practice, 19: Special Athletic Train- ing ^ 5 hours Second Semester Physical Education-Theory, 2: Course 1, continued 1 hour Physical Education-Practice, 14: Continuation of Course 1 1 " Physical Education-Practice, 20: Continuation of Course 19 1 Zoology, 8a: Comparative Osteology 2 hours 5 hours THIRD YEAR First Semester Physical Education-Theory, 3: Physiology of Bodily Exercise 3 k ° urs Physical Education-Theory, 5: Physical Diagnosis 2 Physical Education-Practice, 15: Educational Gymnas- tics JLhour 6 hours Second Semester Physical Education-Theory, 6: Prescription of Exercise. 2 hours Physical Education-Theory, 10: Kinesiology ...3 Physical Education-Practice, 16: Educational Gymnas- tics ^ hour 6 hours FOURTH YEAR First Semester Physical Education-Theory, 3a: Training 1 hour 54 The University of Nebraska Physical Education-Theory, 9: Methods and Equipment, 2 hours. Physical Education-Theory, 11: History of Physical Education 3 « Physical Education-Practice, 17: Leader's Practice 1 hour * 7 hours Second Semester Pedagogy, 8: Educational Psychology 2 hours Physical Education-Theory, 4: Emergencies 1 hour Physical Education-Theory, 12: Anthropometry 3 hours Physical Education-Practice, 18: Leader's Practice l hour 7 hours Young women will substitute Course 7 for Military Drill and Course 8 for Physical Education-Practice Courses 19 and 20. Students not taking college degrees or holding such from institutions of equal rank, who are permitted to take the courses in Physical Education, will complete the work prescribed below. Such unclassed students will be required to take the following preparation for this course: Chemistry, 1 and 2 4.5 Courses. English, 1 and 2 4.5 " Physics, 1 and 2 6.5 « Military Drill, 1 and 2 2-5 Total 31 . PRESCRIBED WORK IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR UN- CLASSED STUDENTS FIRST YEAR First Semester English, — .: (second year) 3 hours Hygiene, 1: Natural, Public, and Personal 2 M Physical Education-Theory, la: Measurements and Charts ! hour Special Collegiate Courses 53 Physical Theory, 3: Physiology of Bodily Exercise 3 hours Physical Practice, 13: Hygienic Gymnastics 1 hour Physical Practice, 19: Special Athletic Training 1 Zoology, 1: Introductory Course 3 hours Zoology, 3 : Physiology 2 16 " Second Semester Drill, — : Military (second year) 1 hour English, — : (second year) 3 hours Physical Education-Theory, 2: Measurements and Charts , 1 hour Physical Theory, 10: Kinesiology 3 hours Physical Education-Practice, 14: Hygienic Gymnastics, continued 1 nour Physical Practice, 20: Special Athletic Training, contin- ued ^ Zoology, 2: Introductory Course, continued 3 hours Zoology, 4: Physiology, continued 2 Zoology, 8a: Osteology 2 17 " SECOND YEAR First Semester Philosophy, 1: General Psychology 3 hours Physical Education-Theory, 5: Physical Diagnosis 2 Physical Education-Theory, 3a: Training 1 hour Physical Education-Theory, 9: Methods and Equipment. 2 hours Physical Education-Theory, 11: History and Philosophy of Physical Education 3 Physical Education-Practice, 15: Educational Gymnas- tics 1 hour Physical Education-Practice, 17: Leader's Practice 1 Zoology, 11 : Mammalian Anatomy 3 hours 16 " Second Semester Pedagogy, 8: Educational Psychology 2 hours Philosophy, — : Physiological Psychology 3 Physical Training-Theory, 6: Prescription of Exercise... 2 3 0112 105878133 56 The University of Nebraska Physical Training-Theory, 4: Emergencies 1 hour Physical Training-Theory, 12: Anthropometry 3 hours Physical Training-Practice, 16: Educational Gymnas- tics, continued 1 hour Physical Training-Practice, 18: Leader's Practice, con- tinued 1 hour Zoology, 12: Mammalian Anatomy, continued 3 hours 16 " A University certificate of the completion of this course in Physical Education will be granted to gradu- ates of the University who have satisfied all the require- ments of the above courses and whose faithful work in general, special, and professional subjects proclaim them worthy to receive from the faculty such a recommenda- tion. Graduates from other Universities, and Colleges of equal rank with The University of Nebraska will receive a like certificate upon the same terms as graduates of this institution. Students not graduates of the University or of institu- tions of equal rank who complete this course will receive a statement to that effect and be given credit for the work towards a degree.