Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-08
1R[ new UNIVERSITY
Regents Of s. q. /. Garry Out Some
Of the New Presidents Recon-
mendations.
Some Of the Proposed Plans Can
Not Be Acted on at
Present.
The Matter Of Salaries a Difficult
One to Adjust-Bicknell's
Comment.
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Special to imes-Republican.
Iowa City, June S.-The regents We're
unable to complete their work of get
ting the university organized 70. the
coming year along its more liberal sup
port, but they made good beginning.
A number of important Improvements
were settled upon. An independent
chair of public speaking was establish
ed, and If the right sort of man can be
found to fill the place. he will be made a
full professor. This has been one of the
most urgent needs of the university, and |
lit will be filled az We'll as it is possible |
to fill it.
Miss Alice Young. of the University
Of Minnesota, was elected to the position
of assistant professor of English and
Dean of Women in the university. She
has had wide experience in university
work and as an executive in public
school work. She has been principal of
schools in Indiana, California and Min
nesota. the last at Duluth. For some
years she has been assistant professor
| in the English department in the Uni
versity Of Minnesota, and since Presi-s
1 dent MacLean left that institution she
Ihas been the executive of the Depart
lment. She will teach early English and
1.-THE English of the Eliza bethan period in
1.-THE university and have joint duties as
| assistant professor and dean of women,
and will receive a salary of $1,000. Miss
4 Call, who has been in the university for
\ fifteen years as IN instructor, was made
professor in the Greek department at a
salary of $500. The regents decided to.
secure man of distinction to be pro-
4 fessor of Greek and Sanscrit and to
make him full professor.
a The Scandinavian languages and lit
i erature also received attention. and
& George 7. Flom, OF Tennessee. Who has
4 had university experience and has the
degree of Phi. d. from Columbia, was
elected to fill the chair. This will be a
popular department.
s For the first time in its history. the
university athletics will be thoroughly
and scientifically organized. DR.. a. "A.
Knipe has ben given all the authority
n that he requires as director OF athletics
and will give his entire time to the
work at a salary of s1,S00.
The salary question is not settled, ex-
cept that the board has decided not to
engage in any general salary raising al
.
justed. and some relatively underpaid
!, men will get a part of what they de-
), serve. but beyond this the regents will
: not go at this time. The whole matter
was put over until the next meeting OF
3 the regents. which will occur July 18th
: In the meantime the salary schedule i:
c being prepared by the heads of the com
= mittees on the various departments
. and will be reported 10 the genera
board at the July meeting.
:, Work on the new collegiate building
:. is progressing very Slowly. The prospec
is that there will be trouble with tn,
contractors. 1t appears that the jol
WAS taken as a speculation by a firm
: that has sub-let nearly all the work ant
= now finds that the bid was low, and al
kinds of difficulties are appearing. Th
; building will certainly not be ready un
4 til next year.
9erhe Colonial DANES prize for tn
:. best phical sketch OF Robert I4u
: cas-. first governor of Iowa, was We
y my Benjamin Boardman. This priz
was open for competition to all the col
= leses of the state. The judges wer
the professors in history ut Cornell
el Grinnell and the state university, SO
y is quite an honor for the university. a
e. Well as for the individual TO have wo
it, Mr.. I5oardman is a Junior and di
ef his worl, under the direction of Pre-
OF fessor B. F. Shambaugh of the depar,
e. ment of government and administra
&c tion in the State University. Anothe
sr important appointment in the nature {
ID a prize is known as the Woods Ha
m appointment, which gives to some st,
on dent, showing excellence in this spe,
ialty. an opportunity to spend the sun
s mer at the Woods Hall laboratories
nd Martha's Vineyard. under the directio
n. Of the United States fisheries depar
as ment. The appontee has access to a
e the laboratories and Il residence for II
ne summer in the government house ;
p this place The appointment was give
ed Ito Hall Augustan Childs, who ".
Nv graduated from the University yeste
day with the degree OF bachelor
on SCIENCE.
ce EFred d. Merritt. who received Il
ok. degree of Phi. D. from the universi
he yesterday, prepared in partial fulfil
I'D ment of the requirements for that d
o gree treatise on the early history
its banking in Iowa. which consists OF
M volume of $50 pages. and is one of t
IS most Important original contributio
on that has been made in recent years
lth Iowa history. DR.. Merritt. who Al
PSI has the degree of Master of Arts. fro
of the university has done thorough
:ht meritorious piece of work. in which
at has given attention TO the econon
ed and political conditions prevailing
81 this formative period. He has been
'ge work several years upon the task a
has gone to the bottom OF it with I
thoroughness of the trained schol
20. He. has left nothing undone. The su
ate ject is finished. The work bears
'at stamp not only of a literary finish a
OF the insight of the born historical
Ing yestigator, but it also has strength a
lr- attractiveness of logical and phi
the sophical analysis. Future students
the Iowa history, as well as those of
nat present day, will be grateful To
~ Merritt for the great sacrifice he I
the made to produce this volume. It
has published as university bulletin.
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