Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-07
UNIVERSITY MEMORIAL AT MA.
SON CITY.
IT IS A WORTHY INSTITUTION
Dedicated to the Grand Army of the
Republic for the Education of Young
Men and Women-otfers Many Free
Scholarships.


the Memorial university at Mason
City, dedicated especially to the G. A.
R., which is now in the second year
of its existence.
While this institution is dedicated
especially to the education of the chill
dren of the old soldiers it is not in
any sense confined to them. 1t ex-
tends an invitation to every farmer
boy and girl in this or any other state
to enter the school and get an educa-
ton in any line that he or she may
choose. Although the school is only
in the second year of it's existence it
has already passed through many OF
the hardships that beset new school
and is now upon good financial bas-
is. The faculty is a good one and the
institution is controlled by officers
that have won their mark iii the edu-
cational world.
The School Year.
The school year is divided into four
quarters and students may enter at
any time Boys and girls who cannot
be spared from the farm during the
harvest or seed time can attend the
school during the next two terms,
which begin on November 8 and con-
tinue until April l. Special classes
are arranged for pupils each year and
by this plan of spending six months
on the farm and six months in the
school the full course can soon be COM
pleted Young people who are inter-
ested in academic collegiate, art ora
torical and commercial courses would
do well to write to the Memorial uni
versity for their bulletin giving the
particulars of the courses.
To show the purpose of this insti-
tuition and its close relation to the G.
A. r., and the Sons of Veterans a few
paragraphs clipped from report of
the Grand Army advisory board made
at the annual encampment of the G.
"A. r., at San Francisco Cal, in regard
to the organization and the progress
during the first year of the schools
existence will be of interest.
Incorporated by Sons of Veterans.
I'VE find the Memorial university to
be incorporated under the laws of the
state of Iowa as an educational insti
tuition dedicated to the Grand Army
of the Republic as memorial to the
patriotic men and women of the civil
commander in chief, Sons of Veterans
: u. S. A., at their national command
cry meeting held at Syracuse, N. Y.
September 1900 and was located al
Mason City, Iowa, because of its cen
trail position in the United States and
because of the inducement offered by
the patriotic citizens of that city. The
university is national in its character
1t provides the usual course of instruc
ton, for both sexes. to be found in
other American universities, and ir
addition thereto, special courses il
American history, with a view oi
equipping its students with a thor
ough knowledge of the character anC
value of American political institu
tions. The aim of Memorial univer
sity is to meet in an adequate manner
the requirements made upon it's pupils
for the preparatory commercial OF
college course and equip its students
with knowledge that has a market
able value The studies comprising
the various courses are distributed in
to departments enumerated as fol
lows:
Free Scholarships.
The board of regents in order tt
bring the Grand Army OF the Republi,
and its auxiliary organizations il
close touch with the Memorial univer
sity, has placed at the disposal of TIL,
commander of each department of thu
Grand Army of the Republic and pres
ident OF each department of the Re
lief Corps and Ladies OF the Grand Al
my, scholarship to be awarded b.
such officers to the sons and daughter
sailor of the war of '61 to '65. Thi
scholarship entities the recipien
+ Thereof to three years course in eth
er the academic or college department
of the university. This offer was TAX
en- advantage of last year by a humble
Of the departments and we woul,
earnestly recommend that every de
partment commander endeavor to Civ,
some worthy young man or woman il
his state the advantage of this gener
GUS Offer
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