Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-25
Varsity Students Show Appre-
citation of Legislators Efforts
to Get Appropriation
GIVE soLoNs RousINe WELCOME
Visitors From Des Moines to State Uni
versity Enthusiastic Over the Days
Events-storm of Protest Over the
Threatened Removal Of the College of
Engineering to Ames.

Special TO Times Republican.
Iowa CITY. March 25.-The business
men of the city and the students and
faculty of the State University of Iowa
accorded the state legislature a re-
ception in the university city yester-
day which will long be remembered. 1t
was holiday in all of the colleges and
the business houses of the city as well.
4 crowd of 5000 people met the law
makers train at the Rock Island depot
and the long length of Clinton street,
UP which the procession marched, was
decorated with flags. 1t had rained
since early morning and the streets
were covered with water, but this
seemed to make no difference to the
gay crowd which filed them.
AS the long procession, led by the
band, turned up Clinton between the
ranks of the collegians. massed by
classes on either side of the road, cheer
after cheer greeted them, and those
| who We're known to the students re-
| ceived especial notice. Among the law
makers Weeks, the member of the leg
islative committee which investigated
the university's need this winter. and
who afterwards brought in the minori-
! ty report giving the State University
| what it asked for. walked with several
OF his friends. For time he was not
recognized. but when he was cheers
Ilouder than the rest. the varsity yell
with his name at end. echoed from the
roadside. Who's all right" roared
one mass of collegians. Weeks Weeks.
Weeks answered the other side of the
road.
who stands for love-"
Weeks, Weeks, Weeks"
who gets anything he wants?'
| Weeks, Weeks, Weeks
A short distance behind him followed
Jones, another member of the same
committee, who headed the report Civ
Ing Iowa university $4,000 in place Of
| the 100000 asked. AS he passed the
crowd he. too, was recognized.
| Whats the matter with Jones?a
reared the yellmaster
"A--w-.
| And for the few moments that passed
| the Hon. Mr.. Jones heard more of his
past life with varied comments than
might be told in long summer day
With long cries for Weeks echoing in
| his ears he passed with the procession
on to the hall in the liberal arts build
| ing.
| No class in the long procession at
tracted more attention than the mem
| bers of the college of engineering, who,
wearing their class hat and following
their huge banner, shouted the yells
| that they had prepared for the occa-
sion.
.Hoo-Ra Hoo-Rah!
Iowa!
| Anes? No!
Iowa."
The threatened removal of the coll
| lege of engineering from the State Uni
yersty to the Agricultural College at
| Ames has raised such storm of pro-
| test as the originators of the plan had
never dreamed of. During the last three
I days petition has been circulated by
| the members of the college among the
| business men of the city and the stu
dents of the university asking that the
college of engineering be left at the
State University. 1t was reported last
night that there had been over 5000
signers and that the petition would be
presented to the legislature either
while they were here or shortly after
they had returned to Des Moines
| In the office of the st. James hotel
| Representative DeLano was talking to
an engineering student from his dis
| trict about the threatened removal TO
Ames.
Now look at this thing in a rea som
able manner he said smiling, why
shouldn't you wish to go to A.mes.
Many people say that they have the
better school there, tho may not agree
with them, but I cannot understand
why you should be SO set against it,"
! There are just three hundred reas-
ons why +, personally, do not wish for
a change" said the engineer quietly"
| but 1t will be only necessary for me to
| tell you one of these. am a sophmore
| this year. and next year | will have
| five hours elective and in my senior
| year will have ten hours elective. Now
| why should l wish to move to Ames
and in these extra hours learn how to
| feed pigs or clean out a stable. l in
tend to be an engineer, and SO l pass
on the farmer"
| DeLano's genial laugh at this
| speech, told the ANXIOUS engineer that
| he had made one more convert to the
state university big appropriation"
| idea.
A northern Iowa law maker with a
crowd of ladies behind him. was show
| ing them over the new medical build
ing. which at the present time is near
| ing completion. On the first floor the
building seemed to be deserted and
they passed on up the winding stairs
to the rooms ON the second floor The
sound of people talking attracted them
to the farther end of the hall They
pushed thru the half open door before
they fairly knew where they We're.
The ladies were the first to realize
where they We're and with half sup
presse screams and Very white faces
they rushed into the hall again follow
ed by the laughing legislator. As they
hurried down the hall to the stairs, the
medical students In the room which
they had left heard one OF the women
say:
"Of course you knew that that was
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