Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-02-06
GIVEN A WARM WELCOME
LEGISLATURE ROYALTY REcEiv.
ED AT THE STATE NORMAL.
Dedicatory Exercises Held In the Az.
ditorium of the New Main
Buildinq,


Building.
Cedar Falls, Jan. 31-Nearly 900
members Of the legislative party yes
terday attended the dedicatory exer.
cises of the new building Of the state
normal school. Upon the arrival OF
the train at Cedar Falls the legislators
were given an enthusiastic reception.
They were met at the depot by the
mayor. city council and large crowd
of citizens, and accorded hearty and
sincere welcome. A merry throng of
school children carrying flags and
flowers formed an interesting part of
the procession. The lawmakers then
filled the street cars which were wait
ing for them and were taken to the
normal school. Here a formal recep-
tion was rendered the visitors by
President Seerley and the members of
the normal faculty. and Immediately
following 1t came the dinner in the
big dining hall of the normal school.
q banquet which could aardly have
been surpassed in excellence.
About 3 p. m. the guests began to
assemble in the large auditorium OF
the new building. which by the time
the exercises commenced was packed
with people. AS the members of the
general assembly entered the room,
they were greeted with cheers and the
waving of colors. The governor. lieu.
tenant governor. speaker of the house,
state superintendent and the leading
members OF the legislature, whose po-
sitions on committees gave them q
special relation to the school, were
given special yells in which their
names formed prominent part. On
the stage were seated, besides mem.
bers of the glee clubs, Governor Cum.
Minis, Lieutenant Governor Herriott,
Speaker Eaton, State Superintendent
Barrett. Secretary of State Martin.
and several members of the faculty.
State Superintendent Barrett, presi
dent OF the board of trustees, pre-.
sided. Addresses were delivered by
Superintendent Barrett. President
Seerley and Governor Cummins.
The new main building which is be.
ing dedicated by various exercises
this week is a handsome and up-to.
date structure. Its exterior walls are
faced with Bedford stone and notified
pressed brick, and its design Is in the
iNh1ioSdhNO ots IL udo
of 229 feet and inches, and a depth
in the center of 146 feet. Under the
auditorium, in the basement, Is the
mems gymnasium, 70 by rs feet. On
all floors in addition to the auditorium
there are fifty class rooms, recitation
rooms and offices, and six large So
ciety halls. The main entrance has
three flights Of stone steps, passing
under a handsome portico. In a san.
i.ary way the building is considered
perfect. The building has three diff.
ferent divisions, the north and south
wings and the central section. On
the first and second floors in the north
wing are the primary and grammar
grades of the training department,
while the south wing is entirely given
over to class rooms for the normal
department, twenty In number. The
six society halls. which are Of com.
modious size, are located on the third
floor, four over the auditorium and
two over the training department.
The new building was made possible
by the Twenty-eighth general assem-
bly, when 1t appropriated 100000 for
the purpose Of an additional building
at Cedar Falls.