Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-13

cal Science, Usage.
Wilson, Evelyn E.-German and Lat
In, Grinnell.
Winsett. clifford v.-Mathematics and
Physics, Grinnell.
Wylie, John NJ History and Political
Science, Grinnell.
MAC LEAN TO THE GRADUATES.
Delivers tho Address Before Grndu.
atfng Class ut GrinnellC College.
Special to Tlmes-Republican
Grinnell, June 13.-President George
%. MacLean, of the State University,
.altho delayed by railroad wreck.
drove from Malcolm, arriving an hour
late, and delivered the address before
the graduating class this morning. His
subject; was The Possibilities Of Iowa
Colleges and Their State Univesity,'
After the address occurred the presen-
tation of diplomas, which practically
closes the commencement exercises for
this year. President MacLean,s adj
dress in full is as follows:
When the distinguished English
statesman and author who has shown
an appreciation of the United States.
Mr. Bryce, visited this college, he eX-
claimed, referring to another great his
torian, oh. that my friend Freeman
We're here; he would build an altar and
make sacrifice" The speaker, by a
species of apostolic succession has been
prepared to worship with joy before
the altar. He has had hands laid on him
by certain pious founders and benefac-s
tors of the college; Samuel NVilliston, of
Massachusetts, the donor of the largest
gift: Deacon Carter, of Waterbury,,
Conn, father of President Carter of
Williams College, who gave a 1.-THE of all
he possessed to endow your chair of
Greek There was DR.. Leonard Bacon,
who in the old South church of Andover
gave the young adventures of the An
dover Band their apostolic charge; and.
the Rev. Julius A. Reed, who preached
the first sermon before the Iowa State
congregational Association. the first to
be organized west of New York, the as
sociate Of Father Turner, who thought
the best time to teach a state, as we'll
as a child, is its infancy. Asa graduate
from Yale Divinity School. can not
forget that its students as early as 1881
formed an association to lest ablist up-
on a firm basis college for the future
state Of Iowa.. As sons Of New Eng
lland we car but adapt to Grirnell from
lsNirgil's Eclogue the words of Tityrus
l3corcerning Rome:
But this3city has raised her head
among other cities az much az the cy-
presses used among the slender shrub
berry
A glorious present falls into the pro-
cession of a grand past as the privilege
T is given the speaker, an adopted anS
4 loyal SON of Iowa. to bear sincere greet
iings from the State University of Iowa
Ito Iowa College. Our Athens and Rome
Hhave a belle alliance.
| AT this sad ard in some sense critical
time for the college, when an able and
well-beloved president is about to lay
down his Office. we ask, What of the
ltuture?' We believe it is as secure
as the past. to the best traditions of
(which 1t will be true. As Iowa College
iilas aver lived to itself, but has been
1 a leader living unsslfishly for others, we
1 can but put our topic In the plural,
The Possibilities Of Iowa Colleges anc
| Their State University.
IONA HOMES THE PROMISE Or
GREAT POSSIBILITIES FOR
1 THE COLLEGES.
4 The possibilities of these colleges may,
be measured only by the possibilities of
Iowa. The heredity, the environment.
1.-the faith of our Iowa homes give prom
ise of the highest standards
Where live again, around the western
hearth
The homely old virtues of the north:
/ Where the blithe housewife rises with
the day,
And we'll paid labor counts its task a
play,
And grateful tokens Of the Bible free.
And the free gospel OF humanity.
!. OF diverse sscts and differing names the
1 shrines,
One in their faith whate'er their out
ward signs.
Like varying strophes OF the same
sweet hymn
From many a parties swell or rivers
A thousand church spires sanctify the
i OF the calm Sabbath, with the sign OF
4 prayer.
The pivotal position of the state and
Its great resources, that have caused II
to be named the central Kingdom" dc
/ not need to be enlarged upon as fur.
Inishing a basis for the future financial
support Of the colleges.
4 HISTORY.
The history of education in the state
is full of encouragement, as one WOULD
Eexpect, when cold state document like
i the constitution has provision for the
promotion of intellectual, scientific
4 moral and agricultural Improvement.
The pioneers seemed to be as busy ir
4 promoting institutions Of learning as
they We're in locating townsites. Be.
tween 1883 and 1850, according to Pro-
fessor Parker, fifty collegiate institu.
tons were established. It matters little
that only two of them still survive un.
4 der the same name. The purposes were
high. and time has taught the value OF
i concentration and Of investment In in.
stitutions that can be permanent.
The spirit Of the times can be caugh
by an extract from quaint volume Of
1856 entitled the Iowa Handbook: Grin.
nell, now two years Of age, is thriv,
ing town settled by. q colony from Ney
York. They have a Peoples College
Iinstitution OF learning founded by thi;
lcolony. Their public school buildint
cost q, 900. Iowa City is the most west,
lern city in railroad connection with the
the east. The town was laid out in 1899
and in 1910 the inhabitants were $50
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