Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-12-04
Agricultural College
It's worIxin US.

It's Workings.
The Agricultural College OF this
State is an enterprise i'm which every
citizen is interested. To make il a
success has been the work and aim OF
our best agricultural men for the past
ten years, and none have labored
more faithfully than Peter Melendy.
The success thus far places it beyond
an experiment. We shall keep our
readers posted so far az we may be
able regardingits workings.
The Iowa Homestead, of Nov. q,
contains an editorial correspondence,
from which we clip the following:
AtzP. NJ. the captains of the COM
panies make their reports to the
President. These reports show the
working Of each squad through an
swers to the following questions:
Has your company been OH duty
this p. NJ?
What was your duty?
The question is then put as to each
member of the squad separately,
whether or not full time was made,
and the work well aad eheerfully
done. 49,.
Were the tools all returned in good
order?
The answers were uniformly favor
able to the industrious and orderly
habits of the boys. In very few in
stances pupil was reported as hav-
ing made short time, and was cred
tied upon the books accordingly.
These companies are now reduced
down to six i'm each company, inclu-
ding the captain, aud books are being
prepared and so arranged and ruled
rs to show the name of each member
in a given squad, the day of the
week and month upon which given
piece of work is done, the time made
by each member, the cost of the la
Dor, ard the field, or department to
which this work is chargeable.
At $50 A. NJ, the bell in the Col
lege tower rings the warming to make
ready for breakfast.
The students are expected to rise
in season to put their rooms in order
for morning inspection. Break fast
call at o'clock. The dining hall is
large, cheerful room in the base
ment, mainly above ground. The
table furniture is good, the provisions
well selected and well cooked. The
whole air of the dining room, and all
that Is therein, would pass we'll In q
first class hotel of a city of 10000 in
habitants, yet economy is studied by
selecting good material and passing
thus through the hands of good
cooks. Ifan institution of this kind
requires q good President, which no
one will deny, then does it require a
good cook as well. All take seats at
the table orderly, quietly, after the
blessing is invoked, no haste. This
family circle shows the opposite of
boorishness. An admirable EASY OBJ
servance of well ordered rules, OBJ
served with military precision, but
apparently not under irksome re-
straint. Young men have learned
half the art of enjoying life when
| they have learned these Jhkngs.
After break fast Prof. Foote inspeets
the rooms of the students, making u
careful note of the condition of each,
reporting the result of this inspec-
tion to the President. The occupants
of such rooms as are not found in
good order, are called upon to remain
| in the lecture room at the close of
morning prayers, whereupon they
are kindly admOnished to do better
In the future.
Following the morning dcvotions,
the reading of u chapter and prayer,
(by one of the Protessors,) the regu-
lar Rotations and lectures of the day
commence.
Ten and one half o'clock Sunday
a. NJ, finds some forty students in
| the lecture room organized as n Bible
| class, under the instruction of DIR.
| Townsend.
An hour and half was occupied,
mainly 10y an informal lecture by the
Professor, upon the origin of the diff
| ferent versions of the Bible, the in
fluenees that had called out these sew
eral interpretations, and the differen-
ces in the same. The lecturer stated
that he had seen i'm the British mu-
scum the manuscript copy of the BIZ
BILE, from which all editions of the
book in use by protestants originated.
This manuscript has been on exhibit
ton since the time of King Charles,
and is preserved with great care
Many very happy illustrations,
touching the subject OF hoiy writ
were introduced, ingenius. always
| timely. and our visit was for the OBJ
ject of studying the workings of the
institution both during the week and
on the Sabbath. We noted carefully
the effect upon the minds of the pu-
! pills. The absolute absence of any
noise or restiveness, and the complete
attention ELECTED during the entire
hour and half, must have been
gratifying to the leader of the class
in the highest degree. The 0ppor-
tunity was given for inquiries from
members of the class upon the par
ticular subject of the lesson for the
day.
AT 3 p. NJ, the bell calls to servi-
ces in the chapel. The services con-
sist of music upon The organ by Miss
Townsend, accompanied in singing
by three of the lady, and two of the
male pupils, assisted by DIR. Town
send. I'd. Reading from the Bible
and prayer by Prof. WEIGH. Sd. "A
discourse by Prof Jones upon the
life of Christ. This contained many
happy illusions to the humble origin,
the innate piety, kindness and wis
dom of the Saviour. This discourse
was listened to with marked atten.
ton.