Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-31
APPROPRIATION
NOT SUFFICIENT
To Install Heating Plant In
tended For Iowa State Col
lege Building at Ames
PROGRESS is VERY GRATIFYING

SenICdI 6u1tOtuS at sssS SS'OSS
Be occupied This FalI--Reports Of
Fraternity and Anti-Fraternity
Feeling Greatly Exaggerated.
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, March 31.-J. G. Hun
gerford, of Carroll, president of the
board of trustees of the state college
at Ames, was in the city yesterday and
today. Mr.. Hungerford believes now
that the central building at the coll
lege will be completed in time to be
occupied at the opening of the college
fhis fall. The contract called for the
| building to be completed and ready
for occupancy by September i, but
the work progressed so slowly that
there were grave fears that the work
would not be done.> The early spring
this year, however, allowed the work.
men to get at the building early and
| the progress made is very gratifying.
Mr.. Hungerford says the trustees nave
! discovered that the appropriation by
| the legislature for the heating plant
| will not be sufficient to put in plant
big enough to heat all the buildings as
| was intended. The buildings are all
supplied with heating plants except the
new building and this if occupied next
| fall must be supplied with heat The
| radiators and pipes are in the pulld-
| ing. There is proposition to put UP
| the central heating plant building and
| build as many of the tunnels as the
appropriation will allow and put in
couple of boilers sufficient to heat the
! new building. This work would be
| done this summer and the completion
| OF the other tunnels and installation of
the other boilers would depend on an
additional appropriation from the leg
I tislature.
Mr.. Hungerford states that there has
| beer gross exaGgeration in regard to
| the fraternity and anti-fraternity feel
| ing at Ames. The residence for the
president of the college was erected on
the campus OF the college in order
that it might be sort OF social center
for the entire university life. 1t is
impossible to entertain all of the l,50O
students at the presidents home at
one time, and the plan has been fol-
lowed by President and Mrs. Storms
of entertaining groups of students.
Clubs and societies of young women
have been entertained and the literary
and debating societies have been en-
tertained The Greek letter fraterni-
%ortoi, q the
same as any of the rest of the socie-
ties with no thought of any discrim-
ination, and Mr.. Hungerford states
that it was so considered by the col
leee students with the exception OF
few. II think there were a few who
boycotted chapel" said Mr.. Hunger
ford, "but not nearly to the extent that
has been represented in some of the
newspaper accounts of the matter 1t
is held that in state educational IN
stitution student has right to be-
long to Greek letter fraternity just
as much as he has to join literary
society and the president has the same
right to entertain both societies.
Mr. Hungerford is following with
considerable interest the discussion OF
board of control for state educational
institutions and thinks there are really
but two questions to be investigated
in the controversy that are vital. These
are the question of expenditures and
the question of whether or not courses
Of study are duplicated. AS to the
latter Mr.. Hungerford thinks there
must of necessity be more or less dup
lilication.
Last December it was prophesied
in this column that this year would
be discussion of political questions
rather than a discussion of candidates.
This prophesy was made in the last
letter written for the T.-R. by Mr..
Ora Williams who was considered one
of the most able newspaper men the
state ever knew. That his prophecy
is coming true is shown by the devel-
opment of events. This has been the
first year in which there was no state
election and as in every year past
there has been an effort on the part Of
the newspapers at least to pick the
man who would eventually become the
candidate for some political office In
practically every instance the men
suggested have sooner or later turned
out to be out of the running. There
are really only two avowed candidates
of the dozens that have been suggest
ed. These are Herriott for governor
and Julian Richards for secretary of
state.
On the other hand there are some
important political questions which are
every day coming more and more into
prominence for discussion just as Mr..
Williams predicted. The primary cleo
tion law and the anti-railroad pass
laws which the governor has referred
to in many Of his public speeches. are
ne.ns Ciscussc1 more ana mo~c and bid
ftir to become tn" a'ost conspicuous is
svcs before TIE legislature next win
,e. II nliFh., he Sc TOO that there
is every probability that 2 strong meas
ure against lo5bs 81 - liable to he
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to- The, wiz o. coarse. be introduce
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