Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-04
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IOWA AND GENERAL:
Mondays Markets by Wire.
Politics in Great Britain.
Killing of Aguinaldo.

session. This school is intended eSpe- |
cially for high school teachers and oth-
ers who desire to brush up q little" in
their special lines of work and VINO are
unable TO find the time TO do SO during
the regular terms. The work will be
especially adapted to meet the require
ments of such persons, and it Will be
thorough and the grade as high as that
done during the regular sessions. This
summer school points to the ultimate
adoption by the university of the SEM
ester plan, under which the university
lis in session regularly the Year around,
and a years work for professor con-
sists Of certain number of weeks. If
he works continuously for several years
he may earn full years vacation on
full pay, instead of getting two OF. three
months year as al present Students
may then nave their choice of attend
ing when ii is most convenient. But
this Is not all of the presidents system.
He proposes to organize the university
upon n more systematic basis from top
to bottom.
While there will be no systematic in
creasing of salaries, some of the in
Eequalities that have existed for several
years will be partly adjusted. and
some of the men Who have been work
ling long and faithfully for the univer-
sitE at heavy sacrifices 10 themselves
lunder the promise of receiving justice
in the future will be given an evidence
| of the good faith OF the regents. The.
salaries paid in the State University of
| Iowa are far below what they are in
1.-THE universities of all the surrounding
states There are plenty of men here
| who have spent from eight TO twelve
! Years preparing for the work which
lthey are now doing who are paid from
$500 to sl,n00 Il year and no more The
salaries of the professors are not upon
| an equality. Several of them were APP
I, pointed when the university was in
4 hard straits and undertook their work
l,upon the promise of being better paid
as soon as the university could afford
Hit. The salaries of some of them have
been gradually increased, but are far
below what they should be. There are
others who have been in the service of
1 the university many years and are rec
1 InsniZed abroad for work they have
liCone as the equals of men in other uni
5Isversities Who are receiving 90 per cent
more salary than they receive. The
4 university has lost, and IS losing now.
4 some of It's, best men by being outbid by
,E5other universities. Many of those who
4 are now here have received several
! such offers. and the regents have ap-
y pealcd to them to stay on the promise
i of doing better by them in the future.
I,rhey have made personal sacrifices in
order to do this. and now the time has
come for the promises to he kept. ii
Il can not all be done at once, but good
4 beginning will be made. These facts
4 have been more or less stated many
4 times before and are pretty well known
i to those who keep informed about the
4 university. There Will be no oiectior
4 in the state to dealing fairly by this
members of the faculty for two rea-
sons: first. it is only simple justice tc
them; and, second. if il is not done
some of these men will feel that 1t Is
virtually a notice to them that they
IA are not wanted. and il is to the interesl
\ Of the universit. to give these menWhal
they deserve. such increases in salary
las are to be made will not affect tht
appropriation made by the last legisla.
= ture. The money will come out of thu
additional tuition that will be received
ION account Of the growth of the uni
Il versity. The aggregate will not amoun
!, to much but it will be an evidence o
good faith and an indication that ;
), more liberal policy has been inaueu
, rated in Iowa and there Will be more o
an inducement for good men to stay II
J the faculty.