Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-01-23


at S27, 200. The income for the two
years ending June 80, 1878, was
$l22,O4l.29; which includes the APP
preparations of the l4th general as
sembly. The actual income from
July lst to October lst. l873,- was
Sc, ,45s 60, and the estimate for the
next nine months, which will bring
the institution to the close of anoth-
er fiscal year, is S23,l50. The as
sets of the university are 1922, Psi
81; Of which s2o2, ,s2l.53 represents
the working or productive capital
of the institution. The expenses
from June 81, 1871, to October lst,
1873, were slO3,4l5.93. An insti-
tuition growing as this is, not only
in the confidence of the people, but
in the number of students, and the
constant enlargement Of its enter
prises, will necessarily more and
more require the fostering care of
the State in order to furnish accom-
modations to its new departments,
its new professors, and the students
that overflow its crowded apart
ments. To-day, more than ever be-
fore, those who are proud of the ca
reer of this institution, and who
deeply appreciate its possibilities
for usefulness, by elcvating the in
tcllectual standard in our state, and
charging the domain of scholarship
are tempted to knock at the doors of
your Legislative halls for additional
appropriations. New avenues, re-
quiring extraordinary expenditures
are constantly presenting them
selves to the board of regents, and
they have no other alternative than
to frankly lay the necessities of the
institution, with their own views,
before the General Assembly.
The University needs study
hall; cabinet Of natural science;
larger accommodations for the aca.
demical and professional depart
ments; a wood house; and house
for the janitor. The law-school
should have separate apartments ;
the medical department., now locat :
ed in building formerly used Tor
another purpose, would be greatly
improved and it's usefulness tacili-
tated if given the apartments adapt
ed to its work. With great means
at their command, the regents could
devise methods which would large
ly increase the power of the institu-
ton for good. The dentists OF
Iowa, through their state associa-
ton, are moving with the hope and
purpose of securing recognition in
the university by the establishment
of one or moro chairs in connection
with the medical department., in or
der to promote the usefulness and
efficiency of their specially, and to
fix standard of qualifications for
its practitioners. The benefcent re-
suits of this profession have come
to be SO appreciated throughout the
country that the value of such de-
partment will hardly be controvert-
ed; and yet the regents have not
felt that they had the means at their
disposal, or the authority, to give
encouragement to the petitioners.
Permit me to suggest for your
consideration, whether it would no,
be well to fix an annual standing ap'
preparation for this institution. Pla.
cling fixed sum and determinate
amount at the disposal OF the board
Of regents, to be applied as they
might regard as for the best inter
ests of the university, would remove
the necessity for their coming tc
each general assembly to ask fol
the aid which has absolutely become
a necessity in carrying forward the
school; and it would put the re-
gents upon their responsibility as
citizens and officers, inspiring then
to so husband and expend the trus
as in the greatest degree to promote
the welfare of the university.
THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
The report of the Iowa State Ag
ricultural College shows that the
usefulness and success OF collegi-
ate institution embodying in its cur
riculum the industrial idea, so tal
as Iowa is concerned, is no longer
an experiment.. The Presidents re-
port is full and satisfactory upor
the question of harmonizing mental
and manual labor. Reading his re
port has but strengthened my OWL
long entertained opinion, that those
studies which will prepare the
young for active industrial pursuits
possess every element as mental dis
cirlinarians for producing wei
rounded and cultivated manhood
This college having now graduated
two classes, the members of which
have taken rank with the students
of any other college in the country
it's character and it's management
need no further Endorsement in the
way of theory.
The land agent, Mr.. Bassett, has
been authorized to lease lands fol
ten years from January 1st, 1872
The number of acres Of lands un
leased November, 1871, was 1851
since which time 1851 have beer
leased, and $500 acres have beer
forfeited; making q total of 22,76a
acres of Unbiased lands at date Of
report.
An appropriation of $4,000 is
asked for to carry forward a neces
sary enlargement of the institution
in order to meet it, growing wants
1t seems to me this institution
should be dealt with literally by
this general assembly. The public
mind is alive to an unprecedented
degree to the future of the farmer
Agriculture and its interests are be-
ing pushed to the front with vigo'
and persistency which promise Q
wide and permanent increase ir
pow er and influence. AS the farm
er reaches out for more rights, the
first consideration should be the
means Of educating his sons and
daughters in those branches Of q
higher education which will prepare
them for useful and successful lives
In this view, he cannot afford to
neglect to foster an institution