The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-09-03

them ara gentlemen of reputation in the va
rious departments over which they preside
: and are doubtless amply qualified for thei
positions.
The Faculty, as it now stands, is as fol
lows;
Rev. slas Totten, President, and proges
sor of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy ant
Rhetoric.
Rev. James Lille, Professor of Chemistry
and Natural Philosophy.
Rev. Oliver M. Spencer, Professor OF
Languages.
Nelson r. Leonard, Professor of Mathe-
mates.
Theodore s. Parvin, Curator and Libra.
rian.
ID. Franklin Wells, Principal of the Nor
NAL Department.
BY the new plan Of organization there are
to be SIX departments Of study in the Uni
versity, as follows:
lst. department of Intellectual and
Moral Philosophy and Bellies Letters.
End. department of History and Politi.
cal Economy.
50. A department of Ancient and Modern
Languages.
4th. department. Of Mathematics and
Astronomy.
9Th. department of Natural Philosophy
and Chemistry.
9th. A department of Natural History.
Students can select and pursue the studies
OF such OF the departments as they may see
proper.
There is also regular course Of the usual
college classes, which embraces the entire
course of studies of the several depart
ments. Students who complete the regular
course will be entitled to the degree of
Bachelor of Arts, as will also those who OBJ
tain certificates in the studies of any ten
classes of the several departments.
The report of President Totem, approved
by the Trustees, gives these amongst other
advantages of the system of studies by in
dependent departments over the old college
Glasses:
The advantages of this system over the
class system are, in many respects, obvious.
In the first place, each student can be put in
classes where he can study TO the best ad-
vantage. lie is not put too low in his Ian
guages to suit his mathematics or too high
in his mathematics because be IL better pre-
pared in the languages : for the classes are
independent of each other. In the second |
place, the amount OF study required Of him
can be graduated according to his capacity. |
An average scholar may take one Glass in |
each of three departments. If from dull |
ness~of apprehension or want OF mental dis.
cipline this is more than be can well do, be |
may confne himself to two departments, or
even one. If, on the other hand, he has I
quick parts, and acquires knowledge with |
facility, be may study in four or even FIVE
departments. Thus none need TO be idle, |
and none are tasked beyond their powers;
and if a student is superficial in his knowl. |
edge, Il must be entirely his own fault,
Sd. The attachments of the student, In /
any branch, are not limited to what he NAV /
acquire IN four years, in connection with |
other prescribed duties, bat be can pursue
any science TO any extent he chooses, and /
for any time that may be desirable; thus |
promoting high scholarship in some branches /
OF knowledge, instead of medocrity in all. /
ath. The knowledge that attainment, not I
time, is the standard Of graduation, stimu-
iates to study. 1t is well known to teachers
that one scholar will acquire as much knowl- /
edge IN two years rs another will in four:
and Why should system be adopted which, |
by putting them upon a basis of equality, I
would encourage Incidence in both?
9th. In the organization by departments.
4 m "a EFEN,. q
made to compensate for lower attachments
IN Others, and the scale for graduation be so |
arranged as TO do exact Justice TO all.
The first session of the University com
mences on the third Wednesday of tho cur.
rent month, and candidates for admission
will be examined on Monday and Tuesday
previous to the opening OF the session.
Board, It is said, can be had in Iowa City
at from So to SO per week, and the tuition |
for the entire routine of study amounts TO
$24 per annum.
The great meeting at Indianapolis on the |
18th ult., Is varsusly estimated to have mum.
bered from City thousand to seyenty.fv
thousand people.
There were four different stands occunied
by speakers at the same time, in order to
afford the crowd an opportunity to hear.
The people were addressed by Tom. Cor
win, Frank Blair, Ben. Stanton, Judge Nor.
ton, Caleb Smith, John G. Underwood. John
A. Msttson, Henry S. Lane and Others.
Gov. Bankss Defamation.
Gov, Banks, of Massachusetts, having been
elected President Of the Illinois Central
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