The purpose of the state colleges is the training and instruction of persons in the arts of teaching and managing schools, the principles and practice of the various branches of learning taught in our public schools, and the arts and sciences generally. The Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges shall have power to prescribe, for the state colleges, such courses of instruction as will best fit such persons for teaching and managing the public schools and their instruction in the arts and sciences generally as provided in sections 85-308 and 85-917 to 85-966.
Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 85-308