Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-16
ATTENDANCE AT IOWA STATE
COLLEGE TO BREAK FORMER
RECORDS.
NEW STUDENTS NOW
At AMEs NUMBER 1,175
Registration, Including Summer Session
and Winter Short Course Enrolment.
Expected to Reach 5,500-First Gen.
eral C~onvocation Of Student Body
Today,
Special to Times Republican.

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Ames, Sept. 16.-Very nearly 5000
students have already enrolled at Iowa
State College this week, President f
\. Pearson announced his morning in
beginning his annual address of vel
come at the first general ~convocation Of
the student body. Counting the summer
session and winter short course en-
rcllments. the registration will swell TO
$500. The enrolment Of 1.l75 fresh
men breaks all records and the mum
Der of students now at Iowa. state
College stands eighty-three above
what it was at this time last year.
Agriculture leads with an enrolment
of 1900 students. Then follows the
divisions of engineering with more
than $50, home economics with 500, IN
; dustrial science with $50 and veteri-
nary medicine with l2o.
When President Lincoln signed the
bill creating land grant colleges in the
United States he understood the enor-
nous demand of the country for the
services of men scientifically trained
in such schools" said President Pear
son as he dwelt upon the reasons why
the federal and state governments give
millions Of dollars annually to the
work Of these institutions. The con-
~servation Of our natural
presents problems which o traine'
men and women must help to solve
Depletion Of Resources.
President Pearson pointed out the
present enormous depletion Of the ma
.- nF t,ic country A.
cording to statistical reports it Will be
only a little over 100 years until the
visible coal supply in the country IS
exhausted if the present use and waste
is maintained. twenty-five years until
the natural gas supply is exhausted
and thirty years until ali the known
iron mines OF the country are barren.
In some parts of the country we
have. in $50 years. brought the soil TO
a state of unfertilitv that Europeans
have not done in 1000 years" ne said.
Injurious insects, during the growing
season. daily eat a $4,000, 900 breakfast
from our crops and the same for din
ner and supper. Animal diseases in
Iowa alone cause a loss Of $4,000. 900
each month. To deal with the prob
lens involved in checking these wastes
Is one Of the large questions why his
and other colleges like it were estab-
lished and why you are offered the
kind Of an education you have come
here to get"
Urges Rules Of Conduct.
President Pearson also urged three
important rules Of conduct for the
student body. First. to preserve and
develop strength and health by right
living and recreation; second. to be
industrious in study, and. third. 20
take time daily for meditation and 10
give thought to spiritual needs as we'll
as to physical and mental. THAT will
mean health. education. industry and
character" he said. and with these,
success can not be denied you"
At the opening Of the c~onvocation
the veil masters were in charge for a
few minutes calling for the customary
wells and then surprising President
Pearson with this: whats the mat
tor with the babv' She's all right
Who's all right The baby. she is,
she is all right" President Pearson
~Iauehingly promised TO report the
compliment to the individual most in
terested in a couple Of years or so.