Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-26

To-Day. III is the first building in a group,
the like of which the Mississippi valley
has not yet seen and which will be the
pride OF patriotic generations to come.
Most of the building will be built of
native rock, splendid and limitless
uuarries of which abound. and the vast
deposits of clay for the making of he
brick reduces the building material to
n minimum. AS before stated the cam
pus comprises forty acres of land within
the corporate limits on a beautiful knoll
known as Patriots Hill.
Aside from the campus. arrangements
lave already been made for an athletic
Park, rifle range, drill grounds and for
q naval reserve station, q site for which
mas already been secured at Clear Lake,
0 beautiful body of water seven miles
long and four miles wide, situated in
thirty minutes ride from his city.
The buildings will be of massive and.
durable character. but the grouping will
be artistic and the Individual arcnitec-
ture ornate. The general plan of the
compus faces north. toward the city.
The main entrance is at the north side.
leading to the administration building
on one sid and the general offices of the
SOtS VI v ! uliS VI! llie OIIleT, Tor t0lS
will ultimately be the headquarters of
the grand ercampment. From the invit-
ing and triumpha1 arch will be a wide
avenue leading to the library and chap
el, which is to be located in the middle
of the campus and vii, be the most con-
s~picuously monumental building in the
group. The library will be in the shape
OF a Greek cross, with the chapel in
the rear. Directly back of the library at
the center of the west side will be the
museum resembling the Parthenon at
Athens. Perhaps no feature of the in
%stitution will be of greater Interest than
this, to theg general public and many
rare n invaluable relics of the war
have already been rendered and are
awaiting shipment. AT the center of the
east side will be the large college build
ings on the north of this the smaller col-
lege buildings and the depression on
the south beautified by a conservatory
and flower gardens. The Mason City
building, which is to have the corner
stone laid June &c will find it's place in
this group. 1t will contain twenty
large class rooms. numerous offices. lab
ratorles. library and assembly room. 1t
Will be 155xs0, three stories high and
built in the most modern and improved
manner of Mason City material with
tile roof and with the latest accessories
In the a of heating n Ventilation.
In fact all these buildings Will be the
finest of their kind in the west ard a
credit to the great institution which
they will house. Where the funds are
to originate will be q matter of interest.
They Will first come from the camps of
the Sons of Veterans. A Lincoln day
pledge has already been circulated
which binds the signer to give one dol
lar for ten consecutive years to the en-
dowment fund OF the university. 1t has
been estimated that if one-half of the
Sons of Veterans will sign his pledge
that from that source alone more than
Is, 1000. 900 can be raised. The Grand
Army and the Woman's Relief Corps
have pledged their ORGANIZATIONS TO the
erection of buildings and much grand
army property already accumulated will
be b~equeathed to the institution. besides
the many individual gifts from the
membership for there are many wealthy
members in this organization
The founders contemplate a great UNI
iversity. second to none in America, and
the greatest soldier memorial in the