The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-06-10
Iowa State Agricultural College

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! The college farm is situated one and
one half miles west of Ames Station,
Story county, Iowa, on the line of the
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad,
and also on branch of the Skunk riv-
er, called Squaw Fork. 1t comprises
six hundred and forty acres of land,
about one hundred and forty of which
is timber. Part of the remainder is
gravelly, and part loan. On the whole
| il is a fair tract Of land, one on which
scientihe farming may bs developed to
! good advantage.
The college building is located on an
/ eminence, from which it commands an
J extensive lookout of the country; cost
the State $3.50, 900. It 10 OF brick, five
story, sixty four 10y one hundred and
seventy four feet dimensions, and con-
siderably ornamented in the way OF cor
nices, turret., bow windows, etc. IL is
an imposing structure exter-
! nally, and not less 80 internally, where
visitor finds everything we'll ordered
and scrupulously neat (Which cannot be
said Of all colleges.) The rooms are
we'll furnished, especially those of the
4 Faculty, who ut present all remain In
ing fitted up and filed with all possible
expedition.
Water is forced into the various ap-
partments by means OF windmill on
the premises.
An attempt is be ing made to light the
building with gas, manufactured from
gasoline, with what success have not
learned.
The building is warmed by means Of
u hot air furnace Of the Rutan plan.-
Aside from the college proper is the
farm house for the accommodation Of
tue hired laborers, and a convenient
barn for the stock, with which the farm
is we'll supplied l noticed in partcu-
lar some bulls Of the Devon, Alderney
! and Ayrshire breeds, also n monster
! 1,s00 pounds.
! There are At present about one hun
dred and seventy five students in at
| tendance, of which some forty are girls.
This for \ college of only a few months
existence is an extraordinary number,
and is in great extent owing to the
extreme cheapness OF living. The stu
| dents al! live in the building. The
whole cost Of board and washing il
about three dollars per week, on an av-
erage. Many of the students pay a
: greater part of this by work on the farm.
! All are obliged to work when not on
the sick list) ut least two hours per di-
EN-. and are paid at the rate OF from
three to ten cents per hour, according ia
the quantity and quality. The boys dc
all the field work except teaming, and
the girls do general housework. Every
thing Is carried on as near like a model
farm IA possible. The following sys-
| tenn OF regulating the labor is in vogue
at present: The students are divided
into squads of six each. Each squad
has its captain and lieutenant. These
watch and keep an account of the labor
of their squad, and report the amount
| and character of the same to the Facul-
ty, who record it and make settle
inent at the end ofeach term.
a II seem to manifest Willingness tt
work, and there is great deal of rival
ry betw cen squads as to the amount
thev can perform. The Rules OF Order
in the Dormitory are enforced in the
same manner as the field work is con
Quoted. Students are responsible tc
Captains Of Sections, and they in turn
.tre respons iblc to the Faculty.
At present there is no room for more
the building being filled to its utmost
capacity-but it is proposed to build ad
ditions during the present season, thai
will materially add TO its capacity. by
law each county is permitted to send a
many students here as representatives
to the State Legislature, but now some
counties are more than represented, ana
some not at all. This, however, will be
arranged as soon as possible.
The Faculty are at present four il
in number. President Welch, Professor
Townsend and Foote. A Mrs. Potte1
acts as Preceptress. This is not The
whole number provided for, but the re
maining professorships will soon ho Till
ed by competent men. Ofthese | cal
say but little, except that they come
wei! recommended, and what is better
they enjoy the confidence aud esteem o
their students.
The branches taught are as yet prin
cipally English and Mathematics, but il
Is intended to be a first class scientific
| school AS soon as the classes can bt
formed Most Of :hcstllaents are begin
ners and it will take some time Il
reach the higher branches.
The classics are intended to form NJ
+ regular department by themseives bu
will be taught if desired by u sutficien
number. The institution is as yet III
sufficiently supplied with cabinets, 'nu
r scum and apparatus. n first class set o
engineers instruments has been Oh
taned, but chemical apparatus is al
, most en1fely Wabtliie. iiiS ''ii'iS'
+ cy will be supplied the coming year
, however. A fine collection of preserv
, ed birds, reptiles, and some mammal
indigenous to the State, has been pur
chased Of DR.. Shalcr and placed in tn
4 museum.
The geological cabinet is receiving
many specimens from the State geolos
4ical survey now in progress
But it is in the department OF nine
) ralogy that the college eXcels. The prl
yate collection of Professor A. T.. Foot
numbering over five hundred species
and several thousand specimens, in de
posted here. 1t is truly mapniiicen
collection and is claimed by mineralog
ist TO be the best in the West. A min
; / cralogist might revel here in crystallc
: graphy to his hearts delight. Most c
!. these specimens were collected by Pro-
! Foote himself i'm the lake region and il
! the British possessions.
:. Whether the college will prove pei
l manent success remains to be seen.
has good start and a magnificent en-
; dowment-ever $500,000-a good be
a ginning both Of Faculty and students
+ Tt is situated in the country ont OF reac
: of any debasing influences of towns
I Indeed, by act of Legislature, no !
}. quor Of any description is allow ell to
= retailed within 4 radius Of five miles,
;. But it has the failure Of all its anteceo