Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-11
President MaCLean Reports State
University Advancing in
Every Department.
Restricted Income From Falling
Interest Rates on Endowment
Retards Growth.
Recommendations Made for Fac
ulty Northumberland
Gifts Are Mentioned.
special to Times-Republican.

Lean, of the University OF Iowa, pre-
scented his annual report to the board OF
regents this morning. 1t shows that the
university is advancing and prospAring
in almost every way. The chief diff
Guilty confronting the regents is to pro-
vide for the prosperity of the university
with the diminished income consequent
on the fall of interest rates on the en-
dowment fund. Of the success of stu
dent activities, President MacLean
says:
at gives me great pleasure to recall
that which you and Iowa have re1olced
in, that the students in their voluntary
activities have gained first place during
this year in intercollegiate debates and
cratorical contests, that they have held
their ground not only as leaders in
friendly rivalry with colleges in the
state but also with the students in the
greatest universities in the midwest
| President MacLean says that his own
object this year has been ito endeavof
to unity the educational forces OF. the
state, not only in the schools, but also in
the communities, that Iowa may have
record for culture equal to her record
for corn, cattle. chickens, congressman
and cabinet officers"
| The only removals of professors to
| take place this year is in the homeo-
pathic college. This college is also the
only college in the university showing
| decrease in students this year and the
| conditions in the college have caused
much thought on the part of the officers
| OF the university. Alumni and friends
of the university have criticised and
passed several resolutions looking to a
change in the college faculty this June.
| Because of these criticisms, Dean Royal
has thought it wise to recommend two
| changes. Professor c. II. Cogswell, of
| Cedar Rapids, professor of Obstetrics
and diseases of women, and Professor
Becker. of Clermont professor of the
theory and practice of medicine, are the
professors to go. Their designations are
already in the hands of the president.
In view of Professor Cogswel's long and
faithful service, Dean Royal recon-
mends that he be made Professor
kEmeritus of his subject.
The attendance at Iowa has been the
same as last year. This is regarded as
an advance, owing to the decrease in
standards, the dropping of in absentia
students in the graduate college. and
the large number of law students who
rushed in last year to graduate before
the raising of the length of the course
to three years. Eighty applicants have
been denied admission to the university
on account of deficient preparation in
the secondary schools, and 147 have
| been admitted on conditions in latin
history and soils geometry. These con-
| ditions have been made up this year sc
that the students will not be condi-
toned when they begin their sophomore
work next fall. The high school inspec-
tor says that he finds as a rule that the
small high schools of the state are at
tempting to do too much for their
teaching force and appliances, hence
much of the poor work found in appl-
cants for admission to the colleges OF
the university. 1t is believed that, work
ing under proper conditions, the small
high school can do as good work fol-
three years as the large one. The uni
versity has issued number of bulletins
containing suggestions to this enc
which have been adopted by many
schools.
The application of the science pro-
fessors of the colleges of liberal arts
has been approved by the president ant
recommendations made for the hitting
of two new laboratories in the basement
of the science building. When the med.
ical college buildings are completed
next year, there will be available much
more room for the science laboratories
The valuable collections of the science
departments have been largely moved
to a store room in the fire proof hall o
liberal arts.
The librarians report 6S,S7S volumes
in the university libraries, 3S,37S o
, which are in the general library.
Gifts have been made to the univer
sity as follows: BY Assistant Professo
f Fl. F. Wickham, a very valuable col
lection of insects collected by himsel
in the United States, Mexico and Can
ada by R. M. Anderson, fine collec
ton of the nests and eggs of waite
birds of the northwest; by III. M. Grit
, fifth, an chronological collection from tn
, Philippines; by Mrs. E. N. Barrett, o
Iowa City, 200 volumes, mostly on thee
logical subjects, from the library of tn
, late Rev. Edward Newton Barrett; b.
Mrs. B. M Failor, of Newton, $50 vol
, umes, mostly medical from the librar.
OF the late DR.. B. X. Failor.
President MacLean says that the i'm
provements made the past year on low;
field show that it Is capable of becom
ing one of the best athletic fields in tn
country. An appropriation is recon
mended for continuing the work on tn
field. the president saying that but 70
the decrease in the income of the uni
: versity the appropriation should b.
three times as large. Beginning will
next September, physical training will
be required of all young women stu
dents of the university in the first TIVE
years of their college courses. Th
upper floor of the old armory has beef
set aside for their use. On recommend
alton of DR.. A. A. Knipe, director o
physical culture, Miss Alice Young, thu
dean of women, has been added to tn
official staff of the department of phys
, zeal training.
The sites for the new medical build
ing have been obtained at cost o
$22,500. President MacLean recon-
mends that if reasonable prices are no
given on lands desired to complete TIT
rev quadrangle in the next two years
{ the state prepare to condemn the land
Miss Alice Young, the dean of Won
en-, reports 425 women attending thu
university, 254 of whom are in the col
j, lege of liberal arts. The dean does no
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