Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-25
NEEDS MORE TEACHERS
Iowa State College at Ames Has
Grown Beyond Present Force
Of Instr uctOrs
HANDICAPPED BY LACK OF FUNDS
Additional Force Can Not Be Employed
Until Appropriation is Increased
Instructors Receiving, Offers of Po-
sitions Elsewhere at Advanced Sal
aries-Recent Improvements.
Special to Times-Repuolican.

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.Ames, May 25.-The finance and fac
ulty committees of the board of trus-
| tees of Iowa State College have just
| closed a strenuous and most interest
ing session. The growth in attendance
at the college and the additional
courses offered in the various depart
ments have made the demands for adj
ditional instruction force imperative.
According to the presidents report
the work of the year just closing has
been the most successful in the his
tory of the institution. The courses of
study have been thoroughly revised dur
! ing the year. The sequence of studies
| in the natural sciences, as the basis of
all technical work, has been more con-
sistently developed.
Among the promotions recommended
and acted favorably upon are the fol-
lowing: Professor S. w. Boyer is
made vice dean of the division of en-
cheering; Associate Professor NJ. L..
Bowman is made professor of farm
crops; Assistant Professor NJ. P. Cleg-
horn is made associate professor of
mechanical engineering; Assistant Pro-
fessor r. E. Buchanan is made asso-
ciate professor of general bacteriology;
Assistant Professor Elizabeth Maclean
is made associate professor in English
and literature; Associate Professor
Maria Roberts is made vice dean of the
Junior college; Acting Librarian Caro-
Ign Grimsby Is made reference libra
rian; Instructor ]. e. Brindley is made
assistant professor in economic SCI
ence; Miss Winifred Tilden is made
physical directress of women; Miss
Sybill Lentner is made assistant pro-
lessor of public speaking; Miss Eliza
beth Moore, Miss Julia Vaulx and Miss
Dora Tompkins are made assistant
professors in English; Mr.. NJ. /. Evin-
ger is made assistant professor in civil
engineering; Mr.. II. g. Bell and Mr.. B.
w. Crossley are made assistant profess
sors in farm crops: and Mr.. II. c.
Pierce is made assistant professor In
animal husbandry, in charge of poultry
department.
Additional Instructors Needed.
The board found themselves unable
to meet the demands for additional in
structors and for deserved promotions
in point of salaries from the various
departments. In number Of in
stances in the institution the board
recognize the fact that men are staying
with the college and its work at very
considerable financial sacrifice. In
number Of cases definite offers in COM
mercial positions and in other institu-
tons have been refused that would
have meant considerably larger salar-
les. 1t is doubtful if any institution
commands a deeper devotion and 10y
atty than I. S. c., and yet it is grave
question whether such sacrifices ought
to be indefinitely required or expected.
Five to eight thousand dollars added
to the present resources of the coll
lege at Ames would immensely relieve
the situation at this time.
Recent improvements.
Under the capable. practical manage
ment Of Professor Mckay, the dairy
department, representing the manufac-
turing side of dairy instruction and in
vestigation, is materially lessening the
net cost Of the department to the col
lege fund by It's commercial output.
The butter of the college creamery
commands a premium in the local
market and in New York City.
Under Mr. Pierce's supervision the