Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-13

eastern people, and the hearty assur-
ance OF cooperation and help given by
the leading citizens. College work was
suspended for one year for the purpose
of moving and readjustment. There
| was no freshman class until 1861, when
| Professor l.. +. Parker, principal OF
the academy and acting president. sue
ceeded in preparing class of twelve to
enter the college.
| Immediately after the transfer from
Davenport to Grinnell, came the troub-
lous times of the civil war. The up
per classmen went ito the front ana
there was no graduating class AGAIN
till 1865. The contribution OF Iowa COL
lege to the civil war is indicated by the
catalog Of tS65-6 wherein roll is CIV
en- of the students who volunteered.
containing more that seventy names.
Considering the size of the institution
this is a most astonishing contribution.
During the first fifteen years OF the
life of the college there was no nom1nai
president, the senior professor always
acting in that capacity. But in 1863,
Rev. George +. Magoun, d. D., of DAY.
export, was called to the presidency,
Magoun was a man of large mould,
with the culture of Bowdoin and An
dover. and he brought to the young col
lege rare gifts and rare devotion. WIN
the new president there was immed-
lately manifest q stronger enthusiasm.
The college enlarged its endowments
and Increased its faculty, and its schoi-
arship became more comprehensive ana
thorough. It's first large gift came from
Senator Grimes--a section or land'
Welding some $4,000 for scholarship
fund; but Iowa was still poor In purse,
and it was largely eastern money that
built the college.
In the inter-regnum between Presl-
dent Gates resignation, Nov. l, ls0o,
and DR.. Dan f. Bradley's Inauguration
June IL. 1902 the administration of the
college was in the efficient hands OK
Prof. J. H. T. Main, as acting presl-
dent Under his resourceful leader-
ship, the integrity of the policy or the
institution was maintained. ana the
spirit of its general life broadened ana
enriched The establishment OF the OF
flee of dean, by the trustees in lso2, ana
the appointment Of Mr.. Main TO Ill IL,
has preserved to the college his very
valuable services in the administration
and direction of the college life.
Dan +. Bradley. ID. d., the third pres
ident OF Iowa College, took his A. b.
degree at Oberlin, in 1882. and grad
mated in 1885 from Oberlin Divinity
School. Like both his predecessors,
DR.. Bradley comes into college work
from the Congregational ministry. He
,,,tt N,tf uIGnNinfinn
academic affairs. however, having been
acting president of Yankton college 1of
two wears. and served actively on the
board Of trustees Of his alma mater ana
of Oliyet College. In the two years OF
his administration the equipment OF the
college has increased, one new depart
! ment has been added, funds for new
chapel partly raised, and handsome
library building, the gift OF Andrew
Carnegie, is now under way on the
campus.
Iowa College is now on the eve of Its
| 1904 commencement season, ana II can
look back over the almost sixty years
| OF its existence with the assurance that
1t has not been recreant to the Ideals
of it's founders. 1t Is not too much 10
say that the aims Of the original board
Of trustees have been kept constantly
| in view. The growth Of the college mas
been from the inside, in response 10
\ urgent demands and needs. The IN
| crease has consequently been healthy.
| natural and permanent. There has been
lfrom the first ready and just recognl-
ton OF two of the most vital things IN
education, namely, the freedom or
teaching and the individuality OF the
student.
The past history of the college is full
OF inspiration and it is with no slight
degree of courage and confidence that
Iowa College faces the future Of this
| new century.
There are noteworthy names among
| the faculty OF those days, as since,
and 1t was to a rarely large and lib-
| eral atmosphere that the students OF
those early years came.
| Two wears before the close of Pres
ident Magouns administration came
the destructive cyclone OF 's2, sweeping
the campus clear of buildings. The
| cry OF the stricken college for aid ala
not fall on deaf ears; open-handed
giving, east and west. was the order
of the day, and In eighteen months Il
far statelier college had arisen on the
ruins of the old. 1t is significant
fact that the first $1,000 was given by
one of the colleges own graduates, II.
f. Sears, Of Marshalltown. OF the class
OF 10.
| In 1884 President Magoun retired
from the executive office, though he
retained the chair of philosophy to the
end of the decade. For three years
| samuel J. Buck. the senior professor,
did acceptable service as acting pres
| ident.
| In 1887, Rev. George A. Gates,
graduate of Dartsmouth and AndoVer,
who had studied further in Germany.
and was then pastor at Mount Clair,
n. T.. was called to the presidency.
Much of the prestige and power, to
which Iowa College can lay claim to-
day ia due to the stirring, active and
aggressive policy of President Gates.
During the thirteen years of his ad-
ministration the resources OF the col
llege increased from an annual income
OF $4,000 to $4,000: the number OF
graduates more than doubled; the fac
ultv grew from seventeen to thirty