Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-03-04
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Il Eowa C0l1eGe~A Mobile DOmatIOn.
i Weiearns that Mf cHa1rs Hsspais, Of Bur
| iington, we'll known and enterprising mannfac
turer, has signi1ed 70 the Trustees Of Iowa Col
lege, through 4 gentleman IN this city, his inten
| ton to make i donation Of fftesn tAcxsand doi-
iurs, 4 few months hence, for the endowment Of
| new professorship in the INSTITUTION. Mr. Hen.
dries object 10 the promotion Of practical science,
and his design contemplates ultimately the full
endowment and estahlishmens Of such school
I ID Io~a College as tie Lawrence Scientific
School Of Howard University" Of which the late
Abbott Ia a~rence was the munincent founder
Other colieges- among the more ancient instr
tntions Of the country such az Yale and Brown
and Dartmouth, have such departments for the
cultivation Of applied and industrial science, and
the younger colleges Of the East are following
their example as fast as possible, Of which Union
College furnishes an admirable instance in the
provision made therefor by President Nott in his
splendid endowment Of $500, 600. But this is
the only instance OF such a foundation in W Wes-
tern College, and the first instance in all the bis
tory of educaron, of snch foundation in 4 col
leciate institution not yet ten years old. How.
ard College was founded in 1888, only eighteen
years after the landing of the pilgrims, Yale and
Brown before the revolution, Union College in
1875. Iowa College, though the frat and oldest
in the State, was not organized by the incotpo-
ration Of trustees till ls46, and was opened
with pupils and one teacher, Prot. Ripley,) in
November 1s4s. isaEff
The first ptofessorship to be established on the
Hendrie foundation is that Of Ciri Engineering
aud Scientific Mechanics. The donor signifies
his intention to add others as the institution re-
quires and his means allow. Deeply Interested
in the advancement of the mechanic arts, in
which he is himselfan example OF admirable pro.
c-s~ L ~ A. -.
the prosperity realized in his pursuits - as prac
ticaf machinist and manufacturer-to their inn
proyement and the elevation of those who en-
gage in them. Probably his own experience as
d railroad contractor upon the Burlington and
Missouri Railroad) suggested the selection Of the.
frst professorship; but no better selection could
have been made for the interest of the commu.
nifty aud the p osperty Of the College. Civil En-.
gineerng is now one of the professions, fast ris
ing in numbers Importance and inhuence-and
one Of special necessity in State so new and so
great as Iowa-where so many railroads and
towns are being built--and tens of thousands OF
farms are to be opened. Another of the new pro.
fessorships will comprise Agricultural Chemistry
the Analysis of Soils, &c.,-subjects of immense
and increasing Importance to the population that
is SO rapidly filing the prairies of Iowa. The
most liberal and popular provisions are contem.
other branches, both by the donor and the trus-
tees of the College-not only for the classes in
the College and the Scientific School, but also to
those engaged in pursuits of practical industry,
who may desire temporarily, and in part, the ad-
vantages Of the institution. Professors OF ac-
scientific eminence will be obtained
for the new chairs, and the whole plan will be |
arranged for the broadest usefulness to the pub 4,
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The gentleman who has made this noble do
nation is not only beneiactor 70 our own city
and its educational interests, but to the whole
State. Such an use Of wealth is as much an hon
Or as it is blessing to human nature. 1t is to |
be hoped that he may live to see all his liberal
plans for Iowa College fully realized. And his
example cannot but be most happy in its inau-
ence upon other citizens Of the State, whose |
views are enlarged and whose wealth is rapidly
increasing Mr.. HENDRIE is a native of Danbury, I
Conn.,, and came to Iowa about dozen years
since without means. By dint of untiring and |
aborious industry, joined to superior mechanic I
Il talent and business energy and capacity, he
has risen to the very 6rst rank among tnanuiac-.
.urers, and accumulated the means OF carrying /
out his generous plaus; and, by his disposal Of |
hem he has also placed himself IN the front rank |
among our public benefactors. Davenport Ga |
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