Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-28
ENTHUSIASM REIaNs IN loWA,s
STATE EDUCATIONAL IN
sTITuTloN.
NJ &C LEANS REPORT
Head Of Iowa City school Tells Re,
gents That Present Conditions and
Outlook for Future Are Excellent
Extracts from His Observations.

Iowa City, Sept 27-(speciaD-
enthusiasm, prosperity and JOY
reign supreme in the university of
Iowa.
E President MacLean, In his biennial
report to the regents today said
among other things:
'"The last year OF the bfennium has
been the banner year In the history
OF the university. There were 1,760
students, without duplication, 1877
more than the preceding year.
The general enthusiasm concern
Ing the institution is encouraging.
We are gaining in prominence, as
we'll as in numbers, is shown by in
crease in the numbers of students
from foreign coutries In Iowa we
continue to draw from every county
in the state, and have wider range
of place of birth (ffty-seyen different
states and foreign countries as
against forty-eight)
The children of farmers are 1888 in
number, a noteworthy increase. All
occupations from aborers to minis.
ters, are well represented.
There is a steady increase of
graduates of colleges and universi.
ties in Iowa, 257 as against lit in
the preceding biennium, while the
number not graduates has slightly
fallen. This shows sound condition
in the volunteer colleges. 1t is clear
that the raising of standards Is Civ.
ing us better prepared students.
Morals Show Improvement.
GAS regards morals and charac.
ters, the students seem more earnest
every year, and the percentage of
members from the churches has in.
creased from 1922 in the last bien.
mum to 1,.Q5--an, increase Of 10 per
cent above the average The Catho.
lie students percentage OF increase
is 33 1-3 per cent.
4 Three new buildings have been
opened; walls Of two others are ris
ing; dam is being built, and the
report Of the landscape architects
opens vision Of the future, confirm
Ing the wisdom of the present.
"The gratifying visible changes in
the university are but reflections OF
the genuin, university spirit and co
operation, and of Improvement In
equipment, courses Of study and
methods Of work. The university note
as contradistinguished from that oi
the colleges, SO much emphasized In
recent years by President Hadley
President Eliot and others, is still
dominant.
| MacLean's Ideal.
"our ideal includes laboratories
for research and for the supply Of
| 10 a1,ir,o 1I
clinic laboratories and group Of
hospitals under the control of the
teaching institution, as other collabo
rative relationships between courses
in medical school and the other col
leges in the university, as well as ir
the different courses in single pro
fesslonal college.
"The cost to the university per stu
dent is among the lowest in the
country"
President MacLean concludes with
a plea for increased salaries for in
adequately rewarded professors G
great worth.
y. Athletics Lose Money.
4 Henry G. Walker, manager of tht
Iowa football eleven for last year, re
Il pOILSu Ol Tue uudHCldl statute o
athletics for the year, today. HI
showed a net gain of nearly $4,000
in football, but other forms Of athletics
ate up most of the profits. With al
available assets considered, the as
sociation is several hundred dollar,
lin the hole"
Iowa Wins Game.
Coe and Iowa clashed on the Hawk
eye football field Tuesday afternoon
The Iowans won, by score of 27 to 0
The university men outplaying ant
outgeneraling the visitors at ever,
point, smashed the Coe line almost a
will. and made the runs Of 10 to 1!
yards regularly. The line bucking O
Capt. MCGOWAN and Germany" Sch
vim, and the end runs of Murphy
White and Strait. all of Iowa wer,
features. The Hawkeye team look
like a winner.
: vEToE5 PETITION.