Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-16

cessity Of training the teacher to
teach. 1t is also accepted as an es-
tablished fact that the capacity of the
present school at Cedar Falls is made
quate to accommodate those who
should and who can take the course.
of instruction now required Nothing
but the disabilities of poverty can be
pleaded in defense of the failure OF the
state to furnish additional facilities.
Iowa can not make this defense, and
confidently predict that the session of
the general assembly just begun Will
not close without supplying a want so
keenly felt
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
The Iowa State College Of Agricul-
ture and Mechanic Arts holds. and
ought to hold, high place in the af-
fections of the people of this state. II
1t ever failed to recognize It's true po-
sition in the societies of learning and
culture. that day has gone by, and 1t
is at the present moment one of the
best complications Of the science OF
agriculture, of the mechanic arts and
of kindred things known to the United
States. Under difficulties which have
not confronted all it's competitors. 1t
has won its way to the front, and now
enjoys a reputation that confers honor
upon it's board of trustees and Its fac
ulty. The science of agriculture and
analogous pursuits have In recent
years received marked impetus The
wonderful progress in the learning
which relates to the farm and the
dairy is doing more, and will do more,
to put money into the pockets of the
farmer, the stock raiser and the dairy
man than any other branch of educa-
tional training. Other forms of study
and research may be curious and inter-
esting, but this form pays Its dividends
in gold. The knowledge, zeal, and de-
yotion Of the present secretary of ag-
riculture, all of which he is employing
with an energy never equalled, will in
my opinion, do more to promote the
material welfare of the people of the
United States than the work OF any
officer of the government, national.
state or municipal; and 1t is our duty
to aid him in his Developments and ex-
periments In every practicable way.
Our agricultural college was never
more favorably circumstanced, and 1t
should, both as to buildings and sup
port, be SO strengthened that it may
have at least an even chance with
other colleges of like character.
STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA.
The established policy, OF this state
concentrates all it's colleges Of higher
learning, save those already mention
ed, In the State University. 1t is. and
ought to be. cherished object Of de-
yotion and admiration. I confess that
while have the deepest solicitude for
the growth and betterment of our Nor
NAL School and Agricultural College,
my affection fingers last and longest
upon the State University. In an ed
vocational way 1t is the monument
which marks the position of the state.
in the world of culture, and around 1t
there should cluster our choicest
memories and our fondest hopes. In
considering 1t we should remember
that 1t is easier to form character than
II is to reform it. and that formative
institutions precede in point of inn
portance reformative institutions.
Government has no higher function
than to prepare rnen and women to
become good citizens. Generosity and
liberality should distinguish the pro-
visions made for the university, and
inasmuch as 1t Is the institution in
tended to represent our appreciation
of education in it's higher and special
lied forms, it should be all that money
can create or genius devise. Iowa is
not poor, and there is no extrava-
gance in any provision which will en-
able the State University to do the
most and the best work of which the
university is capable.
Senators and representatives, ! con-
clude my first utterance as an officer
of the state with the thought often ex-
pressed but never exhausted. 1t is the
quality of our men and women that
has made the republic of the United
States great. powerful and prosperous
Bountiful as providence has been, her
treasures would still be unexplored
and undeveloped had not the manhood
and womanhood of America lowered
above the standard of other nations.
If we would preserve and increase the
honors we already wear we must see
to 1t that no child shall be born with
out hope; no boy or girl mature with
out care, and no man or woman die
without opportunity. Property must
have its protection, but men and wo-
men are worth more than property.
We are appointed to do justice. abso-
lutte, even handed justice. and to the
test of this, the divinest attribute OF
humanity. let us bring every legls-
lative or executive act.