Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-11
INTEREST N History
Work Of the State Historical Society
Stimulating Interest in
That City.
Iowa Historical Anniversary Cele.
bration Will Be Established
atIoWa City.
Future Work Of the Society Out.
linedAn Ideal Postofice at
Iowa City.
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Special to Times
Des Moines, June 1.-THE State His
torical Society will establish an Iowa
historical anniversary celebration,
which will be the occasion of some no.
table addresses on Iowa history. The
date Of the meeting, which will be held I
at Iowa City, has not been fixed, but it |
will be in the autumn or sometime in
l;currence. The curators of the society
decided at their meeting in Iowa City
last week TO inaugurate this annual
lceiebraticn. Preferably the date would
be the anniversary of the admission of
Iowa into the union, but that comes on
1.-THE 2Sth Of December. a Very inconven- !;
ient time for such a celebration. The
Executive committee of the society,
| which has the matter in charge, will
select some other date made memorable
by some important event in Iowa his
|tory.
New life has been put into the soci-
Iety by some young men and other stu
dents of history who have lately taken
4 hold of it, They secured from the re-
A gents of the State University perma-
3isnent home for the society. 1t will be
\ given ample room in the new coll legiate
building when it is finished next year.
1.-THE regents took formal action at their
A Hast meeting, granting the desired
a rooms and providing that they shall be
4 fitted up for the use of the society. In
ithe meantime plans are being made by
a the curat tors to extend the usefulness of
the organization and secure for it bet
ter attention in the state. A commits.
= tee, composed of Professor Jesse Macy
of Grinnell College, DR.. 8. F. Sham
[ baugh Of the State University and r..
4 w. Mitchell Of Des Aloines. has been
n delegated to prepare plan of organi-
zation that shall introduce the work of
1.-THE society to all the people of the state
: to whom it is likely to be Of interest.
Z Professor Macy goes to Madison. Wis.
Y in q few days, where he will investigate
I the plans OF work that have been So
; successfully carried out in that state
Z The Iowa Historical Society was or
: ganized in 1857 by an act Of the legisla-
4 ture, but 1t has received scant fnancial
: support For fifteen years the society
: Ehas published the Iowa Historical Rec
. lord, quarterly magazine devoted 10
;. iowa history. Numerous historical pub
! Iications have been issued by the soci-
. ETY. the most conspicuous among them
: being the work of DR.. BENJAMIN %
: l3shambaugh, professor of government
and administration in the state llniver-
sity of Iowa These are the founda-
tions of an ambitious and thorough his
4 tory Of the state. He has prepared anc
hpublshed several volumes of these
original contributions tpthe early doc
Sumentary history of the state, particll-
3 larly covering the formation Of the con-
:. stitution.
1t is now the purpose of the curator:
IN to continue the work along these line!
. exclusively. seeking the cooperation o
: the departments of history and polti
ca, science and government and admin
istra. lion in the university. vas
y Eamount of material has been aceumu
y : dated. some of which is valuable am
: : some of which consists of mere curo
Eof little value The manuscripts. libra
). ry. documents. newspaper files, etc
: will be carefully catalcged and boun'
Ito be most available FOR the use of stu
,3i5dsnts. The museum material will b
= eiven IN the university museum an
the state historical department at De
3AIoines. 1t Is; the intention of the cura
N tors to confine the work i'll the futul
,f}t5to original historical investigation.
"a Th. society is governed by q board G
in curators. nine of whom are appoillts.
& BY the governor and nine elected by tl'
,r society at large. DR.. j. l.. Piekard; fol
,d lmer president of the State Tniversit,
nt is president of the society and NJ. "
II Davis, OF Iowa City. is secretary IN
- annual appropriation for a number
- Years has been $1,000 but .he LAST les
~ iislature gave the society in addition
a this $1,000 with which to make certai
a. improvements pay for publishing an
= to keep the rooms open every day Il
or the use of students.
The removal of part of the activlti'
OF Senator j. H. Trewin. of Allamake
m to Cedar Rapids must not be unde
u stood as taking him out of Fourth oil
ed trict politics or out of the senate
al does not intend to remove his residen'
air or family from his present nome
rs. Lansing, at least not for some time
m come. He is chairman of the municip
ed code committee created by the la
Legislature and will of course perfor
his duties in that connection. as It w;
expected he would lend his abilities
=. this task, for which he is especial
we'll qualified. Senator Trewin is OF
'aV of the achieving kind of men. 1t w
oie only question of a short time when
ed would be necessary for him to extei
his activities beyond the limits of
county practice. even tho that practi
,ry was a very extensive one and ran ov
u. into other counties. The senator is
ne. big, powerful man whose reputation
In. trial lawyer and public speaker is {
.ed4 ready established thruout the state.
forming the partnership in Cedar Ra
ids. which will be known as Crissma
Trewin & Holbrook, he simply opens
at headquarters for expansion, which
nd these days is popular thing. 7
M politicians have been figuring tn
arr Senator Trewin would be candida
se. for congress in the Fourth district i