St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1861-01-24
Goutational.
From the Iowa City state Raporte
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY.

The State University of Iowa, located
at Iowa City, has met with few ami
madvcrsions from two or three gen
tlenen connected with the press of
this State. The opposition which we
have noticed, has been, without cx-
ception, captious, if not ill-natured-
founded, confesscdly, in idle rumors.
No fault has been found with the loca-
tion-with the course of study adopt
cd-with the convenience and adapt
edness Of the University Buildings
with the ability of the Faculty. "Thc
PRESIDENT screams Rosencrans, ais
firc-cater." and a few other light
headed Legislators thereupon infer that
he cannot be a fit officer And from
this has sprung up the little but an
noying opposition the institution has
met with AS it is altogether unrea-
sonable, we do not propose to spend
time in combating it, but will here
state few facts in regard to the
University which may disabusc the
minds of any who have been mislcd.
The Trustees arc these
Hon. Thos. II. Benton, Pottawato-
mie county.
Hon. II. D. Downcy, Johnson county.
Hon. NJ. L. Fisher. Clayton county.
l.. F. Parker, Esq. .,Powesheik county.
c. Pomeroy, Esq. Boone county
Rev. c. D. Waters, Muscatnc county.
l.. NJ. Griffith, Esq, Polk county.
The most Of these men are we'll
known all over the State as expert
enced educational men. Their very
names arc a guaranty that the Uni.
versity will be made us efficient as
energy and ability can make it,
The following is the Faculty:
Rev. Silas Totten. ID. d., l.. l.. d.,
President and Professor of Neral
and Intellectual Philosophy and
Rhetoric.
Rev. James Lille, NJ. d, u. D., Profcs.
sor Of Chemistry and Natural Phi
losophy.
Rev. Oliver Spencer, 4. NJ, Professor
of Languages.
Nelson K, Leonard, NJ. A., Professor
of Mathematics and Astronomy.
Theodore ). Parvin, Esq, Curator and |
Librarian.
D. Franklin Wells, A. B.. Principal of
the Normal Department.
Not one member of the faculty but |
is cmmincntly qualified for his partic-
u!ar position.
To see that the course of study |
adopted is thorough it need only to be |
with that of any other simi.
lar institution in the country. 1t will
compare favorabl y with that of Yale
or Harvard, and that is saying enough.
The library is not, as yet, very ex-
tensive, but the books are we'll select,
ed. The standard historians, poets,
and essayists are here,
as are the choicest scientific works.
With the fund appropriated for this
purpose an excellent library can be
had. That such a one will be pro-
cured no one can doubt who has seen
how judiciously $500 have been ex-
pended in this way.
The apparatus with which to illus
trate the sciences is admirable in cv-
cry department We looked through
the different rooms, a few days ago,
and we were most agreeably Y surpris-
ed to find the apparatus so complete.
In astronomy Except as to the tele-
scope now on the way y in chemis-
try in natural philosophy, all the
usual experiments can bc shown; while
it is we'll known, the cabinet of gcolo-
gical and mineralogical specimens is
much more than usually extensive.
What more can be said Of any other
in the west, that is not a
half century old?
The Normal Department, under the
charge Of Prof Wells, is prospering
finely, now having in attendance near
ly 100 students. 1t has not been at
tackled, and cannot be, with the least
show of reason. But praiseworthy as
it is, in its important department of
it is not more so than the |
University, in its department
We understand that arrangements
will be made soon whereby every
county in the State will be entitled to |
send four students to the University. |
free of tuition--a plan which would |
amount, in practice, to virtual abo-
lition OF tuition. In that case, We
trust to see the University enrol very
speedily upon its catalogue a long
muster-roll of names" of Jealous,
industrious young men.