Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-20

| dOWment, because tne lfuslees are ZIG
| financiers of the school. And, besides,
the endowment for the college was
promised by Mr.. Palmer before the
| former president resigned, and, like
wise, before the acting president was
selected to be the leader of the schooe.
WHY then should the honors be given
to him that deserves them not?
1t reminds me of my grandparents
talking of schuyler and Gates in the
war of the revolution; how Schuyler
planned and schemed to Guido the Eng
lish, but because he was a little slow
! in his progress, because he did not
make the Roadway that was desired, he
was superseded by Gates, who had no
| more knowledge of the tactics of war
| than had his mother. But, by Schuy-
Ier's shrewd management, the results
of his work brought victory to the
Americans, but the victory came while
Gates was in command thus Gates re-
ceived all the glory; but his northern
laurels turned to southern willows ere
| long
| l leave it to you whether I have
reason for seeing a likeness in the IL
| lustration. l have not been permitted
| 10 alleI1Q Sldle conference loI SGNeIttl
years, but, in all the reports which
receive, l cannot detect an increase in
| the number of students, that really
ought to be very visible, owing to the
endowment from which the school has
| been able to draw The former admin
| istration was required to solicit money
| from patrons of the school, as we'll avs
non patrons, in order to carry on the
school work And yet, the number OF
| students enrolled at that time. was
| far greater than it has been ever in
the present administration.
| In my old catalogs of the college, as
1 look them over. I notice that the en-
rollment is from fifteen to twenty more
in each years average. than 1t is in
any of the later catalogs. However,
the number of recent editions is very
small. Why is this? Why have catst-
logs not been issued each year. show
ing the progress that the school is
making? This simply shows wherein
| the writer of the other article was in
error, in that the school is not so fav-
orably conditioned, except in the mat
| ter Of endowment. and that was in its
embryo when the schools executive
was shifted.
If the school is to prosper, as it
should; if the principles of our be-
| loved church are to be maintained; II
we are going to be able to gather the
golden grain from our tedious sowing,
| the next administrator must be man
that has deep love for the western
| cause of the Christian denomination
and man that has the ability and de-
| termination to make the future of the
school one repeated evidenced of success
! If this is done. we need not worry that
| our toilings will have been for nought
| Men have stood by the school in times
of trouble. and they will continue 'o
| to do If the misty cloud of prejudice
is broken away for them to see once
more that the foundations of the work
are still standing, and not entirely
crumbled as is thought to be by mary,
Then let us all who are interested
help break the cloud. and thus let the
sunlight of prosperity shine with glor-
ious radiance upon the institution that
we love so dearly. May reason reign
C. C. NETTLES.
L