Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-11
GYMNASIUM BUILDING.
Iowa City to Have $3.50. 900.
Structure For a Gym" and
Assembly Hall
SOME OTHER NEW BUILDINGS
Six Months After the Commencement
of the Gymnasium, Work Will Like
Iy Be Begun on the New Library
and Museum Buildine-Provision for
School of Applied Sciences.

C1ueQ upon Dy tne DOdTu VI IeSeiltS Jeise
lprior to adjournment, after an ll-night
session. The full board was in session
for two days, but the members and the
president of the university refused to
speak until today.
President MacLean said today: The
new plan Of the board of regents to hold
the annual meeting. and take action on
the presidents budget in April instead
of at the June meeting, has proved
great success. The meeting just closed
has been on of the busiest, With the
most work actually accomplished, of
any board meeting in years. In fact,
it was one OF the significant meetings
in the history Of the university
President MacLean's annual budget
was submitted to the board. The total
amount OF appropriations asked by him
for the university for the coming year
amounted to $4,000. This amount was
practically allowed, with slight scaling
in various departments.
The most important action taken by
the board was the decision reached in
regard to the erection of new buildings
for Iowa university. The students are
especially hilarious over the result OF
the meeting, for the long sought gym
nasium is now an assured fact The
board had weighty question to decide,
the ACCESSIBILITY of erecting gymnas-
| l,1, b,,H tho ret
library and museum building. Both are
needed and equally sought after by the
various friends of the university. The
friends of athletics feared that the de-
partments of science would be success
full in securing the first building, but
the board decided otherwise.
On Thursday Governor Cummins ad-
dressed the university assembly and the
small auditorium in the hall of liberal
arts accommodated scarcely half the
students who wished to attend. 1t is
said this forceful demonstration of the
need of an assembly hall sufficiently
large to accommodate the students de-
cided doubling regents, and thus action
was taken for a gym" and assem-
bly, building.
The combined gym and assembly fal
will be commenced next year, 1t is
stated. and completed in 1905. The
building will cost between S125,OOO and
$150,000, will be of stone, perfectly fire
proof, and the architecture will be in
keeping with the magnificent hall of IL
beral arts. The site contemplated will
be on the side hill back of the liberal
arts hail. on the southwest corner of the
campus. The location is ideal, the
gym opening on the west, but q block
from Iowa field, the proposed entrance
of the assembly hall on the east being
close to the principal hotel of the
city.
Six months after the commencement
of the gymnasium it is proposed to
commence work on the new library and
museum building. This will be built
for the permanent home of either the
one or the other, but the two will be
housed therein until another building is
erected II it is decided that 1t shall
be the permanent library the location
will be the northeast corner of the
campus, east of the present hall of sci
enoe. II 1t is to be the permanent mus
cum building, it will be located on the
northwest corner of the campus, back
of the college of dentistry. This build
ing will also be of stone and fire
proof.
The combined cost of the gymnasium
building and the library museum
building will be about 100000. This
amount will be created by the one
fifth mill tax of the state legislature
during the next four years. The sum
reaches s115,000 and the thought of it's
expenditure for the two new buildings
meets the approval of the entire board.
The board discussed the possible
erection of the other buildings A build
ing for the college of engineering will
be the next erected, and after that it
is contemplated to erect a structure
for the college of law, and then use
the old capitol building exclusively as
an administration building.
The board took formal action on the.
resignation of DIR. A. A. knipe. phys
icai director at Iowa, and accepted the
same.
Another important step taken by the
board was the provision for a school of
applied sciences at Iowa University.
President MacLean in his recommen-
dations TO the board stated that the
development of mining and electrical
provision u year ago, should be the
starting point for u recommendation
that I urge as one of the most inn
portant possible" The following res
olution relative thereto was adopted:
"Resolved, That we establish Il school
of applied sciences in connection with
the hall of liberal arts: that there be a.
director of the school, and that Profess
sor L. G. Weld. dean of the graduate
college, be appointed said director, and
further that he report to the board on
a plan in detail for said school at the
June meeting of the board
Another important feature of the
board meeting was the provision for
the purchase of land desired by the uni
yersity in the future. The board has
81 kindly feeling toward the people of
Iowa City. but certain property owners
when they heard that the university
desired certain property, suddenly real
liked it was worth twice its actual value.
The regents do not propose to be bled
land a general resolution providing for
1.-The future purchase of land was adopt
ed. A resolution introduced by Carroll
| Wright was adopted, whereby the
building committee is empowered to
procure either by negotiation or con-
demnation such property as may be
desired by the university and report
at the June meeting.
The board purchased a plat Of land