Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-02
ANNUAL HARVEST EXCURSIONS
BRING. MANY VISITORS TO
COLLEGE CITY.
AND CARROLL
LAUD GREATNESS OF SCHOOL
Senator Credits Farm With Maintain.
ing viaor Of Raoe-Parade Of 1.-Two
stock an Interesting Feature-An-
other Large Crowd Present Today
Work Of the College Inspected.
Special to. Times Republican.

Special to- Times Republican.
Ames, Oct. 2.-"There is more brain |
to the square inch among the students
who come to this college than can be
declared Senator Cummins to the as
sembled students at the state college
Friday afternoon.
Il am fully convinced" he said. that
We're 1T not for the steady stream of
strength and virtue that flows from the
farms into our cities there to maintain
the vigor of the race we should long
ago have entered upon our decline as
nation. The students OF the Iowa
Agricultural College are mainly from
the farms. They have grown up in
the free air and amid the healthful and
moral surroundings of the rural COM
munity, hence 1t is that the student
body of this institution ranks highest
among our people"
Senator Cummins talked but briefly
mplmenting the college and it's work
and declaring that while others might
boast or claim supremacy in one
thing or another, 1t was conceded that
the Iowa college has no superior in the
great work of fitting the young men
and women for the making of ideal
homes. The senator said he had at
tended every one of these harvest
gatherings in the past eight years, and
would continue to do so as long as he
could get meal at college prepared
by the girls of the domestic science de-
partment. He spoke of the great pro-
gress that had been made of the build
ings and Of the constant need OF more
room. He predicted the time would
never come when the college would
not really need more than it could pos
sibly get, or in other words it's necessi-
ties would always outrun it's resources
The senator was applauded heartily.
Governor Speaks Too.
| Governor Carroll also spoke earnestly
of the work OF the college and related
a litpe of wllttt ID being done and what
the college can do in leadership. He
was especially impressed with the
thought that the college could do much
in preparing for good roads in Iowa.
| president Storms in welcoming the
visitors to the college spoke OF the
work of various departments and how
the college had expanded, of the new
buildings and new equipment, of the
laboratories and farm and machinery
and how that there is now a faculty OF
OF 26O or more Instructors. He referred
Ito the 1880 students now enrolled and
the expectation Of 1000 very soon.
oil s,l,, ~
nished music.
5000 Witness Exercises.
A crowd of 5000 persons assembled
ION the campus for the annual harvest
home picnic and excursion, not as large
as the day would have warranted, but
still it would take large crowd to
! make a showing on the campus. The
college was at its best The trees are
just taking on their finest colors. the
grass is green. the buildings are clean
and classes are hard at work. The ma
tority of the visitors were from the
farms. For two years the annual ex-
cursions were abandoned because of
lack OF rates but this year an effort
was made to have them revived. With
a half rate the success would have
been immense.
Parties OF visitors headed by mem
bers of the faculty made thorough in
spection Of the entire college. The new
agricultural hall Is just occupied In it
are housed the animal husbandry de-
partment. horticulture. forestry. and
similar departments The agricultural
library is located here. A splendid as
sembly room that will seat 900 is pro-
vided in this building. 1t would have
been almost Impossible to have started
the year we'll but for the completion OF
the new building. The central building
and the new mechanical engineering
hall are also we'll filed. Many visitor.
went out to the dairy and poultry farm
and others strolled thru the barns.
Parade of Livestock.
The most interesting feature Of tn,
. day was the parade OF the live stock
l headed by the cadet band, all the col.
lege fine stock being in line. Next t.
this was the show of farm crops II
the stock barn. which had been con.
verified into q miniature exposition hall
This was crowded all day by the cage
inQuirers who wanted to know al
about Iowa farm crops and here fount
answer to all questions.
An interesting event of the day wa
that Of stump blasting on the farm
representatives of a powder house hav
ing charge Of this work.
Today another similar excursion
event took place, farmers from differ
ent sections of the state coming to tn
college No better weather could hav
been selected for The events, and II /
expected that hereafter there will be
harvest excursion each year.
Following that the class foothal