Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-04
Regents at Their Session This
Week Will Hear Presidents
Recommendations
Graduate College Will Be Strength.
ened- Necessitates More
Equipment.
Summer School for Six We eks-some
Salaries to Be Increased From
Tuitions.
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State University. Thcregents at their
session this week will listen to the rec
OF President MacLean
which are the result of his first years
work in Iowa. the friends of the uni
versity, and the public in general, are
what is to ne done with the additional
$4,000, given to the university by the
last legislature, than anything else. The
future of the university depends very
largely upon what policy is followed in
the use of this money IT is an increase
of &c 2-3 per cent in the income of the
university from the state, and an in
crease of one-third in its total income
The university will have s201.00O to
spend the coming year. President Mac
Lean has based his estimates for the
year upon an equitable distribution OF
this entire sum. instead of distributing
the extra $4,000.
The demands of the various depart
ments. or branches of university work,
for additional equipment, assistants, IN
structors. fellowships, etc, are sub
mitted to the president, who, after
carefully examining into the merits of
all of them, will recommend to the re-.
gents tomorrow what he thinks should
be allowed to each, and what new work
should be introduced. This is a trying
responsibility. Every member of the
faculty has his own ideas about what
should be done and, Of course, has not
minimized the Importance of his own
work. a meeting of the faculty was
held Friday afternoon, and after the
meeting President MacLean received
every member of the faculty privately
lin turn and heard what he had to say
in support of the recommendations he
had made for the coming year. The
president was bornbarded in this way
by the members of the faculty from 4
O'Clock until 10 O'clock at night contin-
uously. Some of the faculty made a
sufficient impression to enlarge the es-
innate in their favor.
To make the graduate college most
or additions that will be recommended
by President MacLean is the organiza-
ton OF strong graduate college. This
will be separate organization of the
members of the present faculty who
are doing graduate work. The gradu-
and will be organized for the accom-
iplishment of certain definite purposes
Heretofore, the university has given
graduate work only to a limited extent
1t has conferred the masters degree for
| one years course work for about ten
years. This year the degree of doctor
of philosophy will be conferred for tbs
! first time. 1t is given for three years
1 work. and the recipient isFred y. Mer-
| ritt, who is at present principal of the
| public schools III Hampton. Mr. Mer-
Eritt has done some highly deserving
ortginal work In Iowa history as par,
of his preparation for the doctors de-
gree. Graduate work is given in his
4 tory, economics, politics, philosophy
pedagogy, modern languages. mathe'
mates and the sciences. One Of ths
| younger and more active professor;
will be selected To be dean Of the gladu
/ ate college ltis said that il Will b'
Professor l.. G.. Weld, professor o
mathematics.
4 The make the graduate college mos
successful and thoroughly able to com
pete with other universities II will b.
necessary to strengthen the library ant
/ sleuuipment in all departments. and thi
4 viii be done. In the matter of equip
i rnant the university has heen weak
\ During the hard times when the re
1 gents We're compelled Ia practice tn
most rigid economy. the appropriation
4 lmade by the regents for equipmen
!. were very small. Economy could b
5lpructiccd here easier than in othe
places. so Very little money was spen
4 for this purpose and he needs of tn
4 university are very great. The recon
mendatons of the faculty in this re-
5spec1 have been approved almost With
Iout change by President AlacLean. H
+ thinks that it is best To begin there t
z be generous, and he will be very fir
in standing up for these recommenda
& tions. A few assistant professors, som
INSTRUCTORS and fellowships will
Recommended and few entirely ne'
!. departments will be organized. Thes
will be definitely stated in the presl
dents report made to the regents to
morrow. The president will go befor
the regents With definite ideas and rec
lommendaG.nns and With plans CAREFUL
considered and Well supported. He ha
,slnada good Use of the years time
which to measure and study the need
of the university to make II I'LL the dt
mands, not only Of its immediate SUI
porters. and. if you please, of the un
versitv world, but also the broader dt
mands of the people. II Is the pres
ident's ambition to enlarge the usefu
ness of the University to the create.
possible extent, and TO make it appe;
to the people of Iowa as strongly as tt
means at his command can do. 1t is
this respect that the present meeting
i the regents is so$important. 1t is to
) hoped that the strengthening of Il
university that is now being done wi
reduce the number of students who Al
going from Iowa to other states to a
J. tend their universities.
The summer session of the Universal
{ for six weeks, beginning Monday. Ju,
II, will not be a summer school in Il
ordinary understanding of that teri
but it will be a regular session of Il
I university. Instruction will be given
y eleven OF the nineteen departments
the university, and credit will be give
lin the university for work done at III