Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-01-20

the disposal Of the board OF regents. The
body devoted the proceeds OF the first
years tax to the erection and equipment
of a hospital for the medical department.
and the construction OF heating, plant
for the use of the new building and some
others The erection of a collegiate bulld.
ing is to follow, an edifice. such as will
provide for an increased attendance OF ~
or 40 per cent, which is no greater rate 9,, on
gain than that of the past four years. The
| attendance at the institution during tne
| period shows an increase Of II per cent.
over the preceding one, Wniie J., t1 he hu Iast
eight years, and every Indication points
to yet larger proportionate gain mo, OF at at
tendance in the coming y years AIRS last June
which practically destroyed the general IL
brary. wrecked the building that con-
%n na dS m TSe oss IS
at over $4,000. The income or the univer,
sity for its support for the period 4, amounted
| rived from the students in the professional
departments for tuition and fees, and s32,-
24997 from investments. The remainder
was drawn from the state treasury. The
| expenditures for the same period amounted
| to s27O, 26216, of which $104,091.22 was the
cost of the collegiate department.
Agricultural and Mechanical Arts.
During the term 1882, $40 was expended in
| count of the National experiment station
and 74,12S72 in repairs and improvements,
such as were authorized by the general as.
| sembly The last item is the only one that
| was at the expense of the state treasury.
| AS many of the students of this school sus-
tain themselves during their sojourn II In the
| and as school teaching is the resort Of
| large number of the students during the
that a chair of pedagogy be authorized in
| the school. 1t would be a great benefit to
many of the students in the direction indi-
Gated, but it would be of more value to the
their work those who go out toteach
For this chair, for the purchase of resi-
| dence for the president, for improvements
in the college museum and laboratory and
| betterment of the buildings and grounds, the
! board asks that &4.4 be appropriated. The
tract of so acres adjoining the college
| farm which appears to be needed, and 1t
will cost the state nothing, the use for the
being authorized BY the congressional act
| of 1862.
| Normal School.
The Normal school is growing in popu-
| year was 1,44l, gain of over rs per cent. in
| two years. These figures demonstrate the
| magnitude of this educational enterprise of
| the year 1895; yet the demands Of the school
for more room are as urgent as they were
before that structure was built.
of ability and experience. Iowa is too old
as state to have it said of her that so
large a proportion of her teachers is COM
posed of those who are without any pre-
vious experience, and still larger pro-
portion of those who are only a little bet
ter than novices. The Normal school is
this state of affairs. The board asks for
$4,000 for contingent expenses and an an
nual allowance of $4,000 for three years
for new buildings.
Orphans Home.
The term witnessed larger accession to
the Orphans home than any former one
and like nearly all the other institutions
shows greater attendance at the close Of
the term than at any previous period. A
somewhat curious feature of the admiS-
sions is that the number of soldiers or
phans is rather on the increase, while that
of county children remains nearly sta
tionary: Indeed the number of the latter
received during the term of 1SS3-1SS5 was
much larger than during that just closed
During the term which ended June 80, 1885,
there were received 20 soldiers orphans
and rs other children and there remained
at that time So of the former and 2S2 of
the latter. Two years later the board re-
ported 172 soldiers orphans admitted and
SS others and there were left of the former
1888 and 2O2 of the latter. The board ac-
counts for the large increase In the num-
Der or soldiers orphans in the fact that
many sent had previously been admitted
as county children through want of proper
investigation of applicants and preparation
OF papers.
Soldiers Home.
The soldiers home had population June
over the preceding year was 81, II of them
being women, and during the fiscal term
l20, 20 being women. Applications for adj
mission continue to be more than the in
stitution can accommodate. BY way of
relieving the pressure, the board has adopt
ed new rule in reference to admissions of
which will be not to admit those receiving
pensions or SIG or more per month.
The hospital which was provided for by
and was first occupied at the beginnins e of
the, year 1897 The building is a capacfous
and WeL-arranged edifice and appears to
which it is designed. AS in all the better
class Of hospitals in the country, trained
nurses are employed. Here, and indeed
to make comfortable the declining years of
the veterans of the republic
The board asks, for s41,5OO for building
for old people where veterans and their
wives may be cared for.
Charitable Institutions.
The trustees of the Industrial home for
the blind note marked Improvement in the
management of the institution and in the
product manufactured. A demand has
sprung up for this product even in other
states. The board calls attention to the
fact that under the new code all the indi-
gent blind of the state are entitled to ad-
tofore to those of able body and mind. This
being the case, it will be necessary, the
trustees think, that the odations
of the home be greatly increased. The
board asks $4,000 for improvements 1t
deems required.
The improvements contemplated at the
College for the Blind in the action of the
last general assembly have been satisfac-
torily completed and the school is doing a
good work. The trustees ask for $4,000 for
a gymnasium and a sewerage system. The
trustees also ask for $500 for contingent
and repair fund, painting, library and
school apparatus, and furniture and bed
ding. The enrolment is 246.
The School for the Deaf, caring for about
800 mutes, asks for $4,000 to supply needs.
The Institution for Feeble-Minded Chill
dren labored under exceptionally great diff
ficulties during the term. improvements
had been made in accordance with the pro-
visions of the act of the Twenty-siXth gen.
eral assembly at its regular session, and
the institution expected soon to be in con-
dition to do better work than ever before,
when the fire which destroyed the main
building deranged all the plans Of the man
agement. This calamity entailed a loss
of about s125,O00 The action taken at the
extra session has enabled the board to
some extent to overcome the evil brought
upon the institution by the fire. The board
asks for 9,655 for the ensuing period.
The Insane.
The patients treated at the hospitals for