Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-30
DR.. MACLEAN Is lNAUGURATED
Former Dean of Nebraska's Unfver-
sity Becomes President of
Iowas School.

IOWA CITY, Sept. 29.-(Special Tele-
gram. )-Thousands of people gathered upon
the university campus at noon today to at
tend the ceremonies connected with the in
PRODUCTION into office of DR.. George e. Mac
Lean, late dean of the Nebraska university.
He was formally inaugurated president OF
the Iowa State university amid the cheers OF
a great throng. Never before in the state
has there been gathered 80 large and lmpos-
ing an audience. Among notable persons
present were the State Board of Regents,
Governor Shaw. Attorney General Remley,
President King Of Mount Vernon, President
Northrup of Minnesota and President Harper
of the University Of Chicago.
The exercises began at l o'clock with
parade formed on Iowa avenue. 1t was
headed by the university band and followed
by the university battalion, the faculty In
order Of seniority, the presidents and ex-
presidents, deans of departments, visiting
presidents, board of regents and officers OF
the university.
When the parade arrived at the campus
the assemblage was called to order. Ex-
President Pickard delivered the invocation.
Directly following Governor Shaw stepped
forward and proceeded to address DR.. Mac
Lean and induct him into office. The gov
ernor had no sooner concluded than President
MacLean bowed his acknowledgment to the
honor conferred and began delivering his
address, the subject Of which was Iowa
and the New University"
Among other things President MacLean in
his inaugural said:
"Were l to consult my own wishes,
should come among you quietly, asking to
be judged by the work / hope to do. l
trust that / may in time be able to prove
my fitness for the position to which / have
the honor to be called, but l have less con-
fidence in my ability to say anything that
has not been better said by others.
~ make my own these words uttered
twelve years years ago at his inauguration
by President Schaeffer One year ago,
amidst the pageantry of this glorious autum-
nal month, significant OF the fruits Of his
faithful labors as president and of the ripe
ness Of his well-rounded life, the university
and citizens, with saddened hearts, laid to
rest the first president to die in office. May
the university be sanctified by his death as
it was ennobled by his life. Others have
sown, and we have entered into their
labors."
He made reference to the first celebration
on that historic spot three score years ago,
one Fourth of July, when the pioneers ded-
icated the site for the capitol of the year.
old territory, since consecrated by the pro-
fessow and patriots who had gone forth from
its halls.
President MacLean reviewed in some detail
the history of the state and university, and
said:
THE state and the university-as the very
initials, s. u. l., standing for the legal title,
indicate-seem more closely related than
even in other state universities. 1t is the
state that has given us the goodly old uni
versity. and that gives the promise for the
new university, toward which with longing
hearts and hope we turn this day."
In conclusion he said:
Let us all, with fraternal spirit, each
one in his place consecrated to service in
stead OF ambition and self, on this day
transcendent in the annals of American his
tory for its welcome to Dewey-let US all
welcome new era of expansion, one sup
ported by all partes-the era of educational
expansion in Iowa"
On behalf of the alumni Mr. Remley de-
livered the congratulatory address He was
followed by President King of Cornell col
lege, representing the sister colleges. Then
came President NorthTup of the State uni
verify of Minnesota, who congratulated Iowa
and her people upon the excellence of Its
choice for the head of it's chief educational
institution. President Harper of Chicago
was the last speaker. after which there was
singing of humn.
This evening from TO 10 reception was
held in honor OF the president under the
auspices of the faculty and local alumni asso-
citation.