Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-09
WILL OPEN WEDNESDAY
National Memorial University TO
Receive Students for the
First Time Wednesday.
Project Once Regarded as Eph.
emeral-ls Now a Great
Reality.
Dedication Of Building Post.
poned Until Roosevelt
Can Attend.
Special to Times-Republican.


Mason City, Sept. g. Tomorro"
Memorial University will open its doors
for the reception of the first students.
What has been a dream TO some and an
utter impcssibility to others will have
its first contamination tomorrow. What
its future will be depends entirely upon
the loyalty and enterprise of the Sons
of Veterans. Two years ago, when the
contest was waged at Syracuse for the
location of the university and Mason
City won, it was not thought possible
to open the institution for perhaps four
years, but the patriotic citizens Oh the
city which never does things by halves
fulfilled their obligations by insisting
On rushing the construction of the first
collegiate building and with its COM
pletion this summer it was considered
the best thing for the institution 10
open the school at once and in an aca-
demic way at least prepare the way Tor
larger things. Wednesday, Sept. ~, is
the day for the opening of the college
and it will be memorable one. II was
hoped that President Roosevelt could
be present to dedicate the first building
at it's opening, but that interesting GER
emory will be postponed till he can
come, for it is the intention that every
building on the college campus snail De
dedicated by some president of the
United States to make every building
national and historical.
The building first erected and to be
opened tomorrow is a worthy model Tor
the rest which are to follow. 1t is OF
slightly Greek architectural design. built
of native sandstone. beautiful and
durable building stone found in great
abundance in quarries close to the city,
is 1856 feet long, seventy six feet wide
and three stories, with sub basement.
There are thirty-seven rooms IN all
class rooms, offices for the members OF
the faculty, fine assembly hall capa-
Bile of seating 500 students at chapel
exercise or at the various entertain
ments. and equipped with the most
modern school furniture and the latest
devices for heating and ventllatng
For the present the university Will
be run as a military academy and until
the larger design has been successfully
reached. The academic course Will be
a three-year course and Will NJ STU
dents for the collegiate course When II
is established. The course Is very thor
ough and the curriculum with the fac
ulty thus far chosen is not be eXcelled
in any of the great eastern schools. Be
sides the academic course a conserva-
tory of music will be opened, with the
best instructors in the west, a college OF
American history with Hon. James Os-
car Pierce, of Minneapolis. as dean.
college of dentistry, commercial school,
preparatory medical school. college OF
liberal arts and the battalion. The ca
Diet uniform. instead of being grey as
at other schools. will be OF union blue.
at the request of the Grand Army en-
at It's last meeting. The
doors will open the first day to fifty
students, which will be doubled by the
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