Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-12

ion, erect cheap, flimsy, insecure build
ings, such as those recently destroyed by
fire. which will afford shelter to some Oh
our rapidly growing departments; but
which will almost Immediately become
sources of expense and risk. and WIZ
grow into burdens instead of relieving
us of some of those under which we
struggle. The needs of the university
are so pressing in so many ways that
we can not look forward to their salts
faction within any reasonable time
without an increase in the amount avail
able for the erection of necessary build
i,,gs. AT present the college of law has
TO adequate provision for lecture rooms
hut is compelled to divide lectures be-
tween two buildings ard adapt ITS
courses and hour df instruction to the
use of rooms in ,.4e liberal arts bulld-
ing which belong to and are useu py
ether colleges.
I'VE must have an armory and assem-
bly hall sufficient to accommodate all
the students and faculties OF the unl-
yersity Then proper development OF the
university from mere assemblase OIL
loosely associated colleges into living
educational organism. WORKING uiilteaiy
and effectively for the highest ana pes.
results along all lines of educational el-
fort. is Impossible without it. There Is
rot a hall in Iowa City which VIII con-
tain one-half of our students ana facui-
RES We have no armory, so necessary
to the proper carrying on Of work III
military drill, no gymnasium in which
can be taken that systematic and super
,snt,
O. every student under our care. me
latter deprivation is great one. we
feel the same responsibility 1or .ne
rhyhical welfare of all our students III
trusted to us by the parents OIL iowa .iia.
Ye feel for their mental Improvements.
This is particularly true in regard 10
cur Young women. Most boys Will hno
some way of getting the physical exer-
else they need, but our girl students are
loft at the mercy of their own incilna-
tions. which are discouraged by the IN
sufficient and totally inadequate gymna-
s:,,u, of the Y. NJ. c. A., the sole proVis-
ion of this kind in Iowa City.
"The museum OF natural history re-
mains at the mercy of the flames in the
third story of Science Hall. The library
is dispersed among dozen rooms OF the
liberal arts building, secure from nre,
hut disorganized and scattered, with our
GENERAL reading room on the fourth floor
of a building without an elevator. ~
seems almost impossible to US that these
conditions should be allowed to continue.
Long before the slow processes OF
one-tenth mill tax would furnish the
necessary funds we ssould be provided
with means to erect a fire-proof build
ing in which could be placed our library
and our museum. Under the operation
Of the present law it will be at least five
years before we can erect such build-
ing and we feel that a proper regard
for the safety of the property OF the
state demands an increase IN the amount
Of our building tax, which will enable
us to house with safety and convenience
these valuable collections which could
probably not be replaced for less thar
sl5o.ooo. For these purposes-we strong
'ly urge the increase of the tax for build
;ngs from one-tenth mill per annum to
two-tenths of mill per annum Tor the
ensuing five years"