Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-07-16

+ Received, That committee Of three b.
appointed BY u Council. 70 confer viii
the County Judge Of Scott county in regard
ts 49, nass~s spd = Prssent him WITH Z
copy Of the foregoing preamble and resolu
tions, and that said committee oct and re
port the result ~ sooa ~ psacticable to ths
City Council .
Respectfully sab0itted,
JOHN FORREST, Com.
Bowling. Sears. lie Claire.
CommuniAtiea Of G. L Nickolls to lei
rooms to city. for city Offices. was laid on
table.
Mr. Aagoun, Of committee Of Trustees o.
Iowa College by permission read . eommu
nieaion on the opening Of Main sst. and
Aid. Sears moved that . committee Of thrss
be appointed on Communication.
MEMORIAL
To He HoSoa. TINE AAYos AND ALpuaAKS o,
rag CnY oS DAVENPORT
The Trustess Of love- College address you
il rdpsss - msaaers Of eosnnoa interest e
the city, and the.Institution in the charge Of
which they have been placed by its bsnev.
olent founders.
A Seminary oflearning. like Iowa Col
lege, is founded by the donations Of gener
GUS men for the benefit Of the community
It is designed. neither to promote or to hin
der the private interests Of any one, but for
the public good. Iowa College Was thus
founded for the State. by self sacrificing and
|philanthropic persons in this snd other
states. Ithas received little from the city,
which was deemed the most central loca-
ton; 1t has brought much to it. and done
much for it Necessarily, the place where
such an institution is located, receives the
largest share Of its benefits. The plan of
the College contemplates an endowment Of
four or five hundred thousand dollars, near
ly one-fifth Of which has already been Sc
cured. Of this, only some 1890 has been
contributed by the citizens Of Davenport
eatside ofthe Trustees and Faculty. The
Trustees and Faculty have given to found
the College. four or five times that amount
The College furnishes education at one-fifth
Of it's actual cost it will. ere long, if not in
|jured, and benevolence from aborad contin-
ues to flow to it, and students from abroad
resort hither, disburse her some $40 900 or
$50. 900 per annum. AL this wilhelm cir
cumstances when it most needs helping
hand, even its current expenses are largely
supplied by the generosity Of non residents
We submit. as the guardians in trust, Of an
interest 80 public snd misunderstanding
no private interest in it more than other
citizens Of lowa-that it can be allowed to
pursue its plans for beneftting the city and
State without interruption, should public
policy require it.
One thing essential to such an. institution
is spseiousand quiet grounds. For ..purpos
es of study, it is absolutely indispensable
that they should be out Of the noise and
dust Of great thoroughfares, while conv eni
emily accessible from them. Such loca
tion, it was thought, had been found be-
tween the streets leading into the Dubuque
and Upton roads. Every parent who has
children to educate must appreciate the de.
sirsbleness Of such grounds for college
To divide them by = common street. is to
ruin them for the purpose intended. In
any intelligent community where the inter
ests Of education and of youth can thus be
cherished and protected, even with some
sacrifice ofbusiness interests, it is consider
ed duty. No Community stands well
among others who act otherwise. In cite,
more populous than our own-College and
University grounds, Of larger extent than
those Of Iowa College, interrupt important
streets. Yale College has Park Of nine
scres;about the size Of ours, lying directly a
cross ourtst. Almost any considerable Of
legs is similarly situated. 1t is impossible
to build up an institution NEAR a city lik e
this, without crossing the course of streets
which some private interest will seek to
open. So ordinary public parks,
which are held less sacred. being for
health and pleasure, than those Of CHART
able in't'seti0ns We.
The most important and crowded city,
shoroughfare in this country, Broadway n. Y.
is so interrupted by Union park. The city
Of Davenport already furnishes an instance
Of private corporation, blocking up val
liable public street.-the grounds Of the NJ.
4 n r r. Co, lying directly across Farm
nam IT. We are confident the people do
not wish distinction made in favor Of a
corporation for pecuniary proft-useful as
it is-snd against charitable and literary
institution And we are still more conf
dent that al the interests involved may be
adjusted, and oil parties, public and private,
see their way to harmonious and advan-
t44eeus settlement ofthe whole matter.
The injury to the grounds BY extending
Main street would be irreparable. The
Trssses have slresdy eheesfully and unso-
licited cut of from all sides of the grounds
for stsestA dsvetiag the property thus &C.
parated from the park to the public. The
original ten acres-deemed BY some too
smsll-have been thus reduced to nine. II
is now proposed 70 take about an acre more
from the middle Of the tract, Remembering
and running the grounds This, would take
sway the site for . Library and Chapel
building-always central-as well Is the
best for Scientific Lecture Room and Il.
boratory, 10 ssy nothing Of the loss Of area.
The plan always has been to build an Or.
aemeetai buidpgof different form from the
tesedt one. for Library and Chapel. to
stand At the head Of Main street, and snoth.
e Hike the present building near to Brady.
The Tsusases are disposed to deal with
the people Of the city, through you, their
ppeessntativss n the spirit a. IN snlieh.
tened and generous policy. 1t becomes
both parties, acting y they do, for the flu .
ture as we'll - the present, snd acting for
the public Id the brosdest sense. It .ecoris
With the spizit in which the College took
its origin, - scientific and literary char
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