Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-11
INAUGURATION EXERCISES OPEN
TODAY AT IOWA CITY TO
CONTINUE TWO DAYS.
INAUGURATION PROPER
SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY
Educators From Various Parts Of tho
Country at Iowa City to Take Part
in, Proeram-Dr. Walter A. Jessup
Becomes Fifteenth President Of Uni
versity-Goyernor to Review Troops.
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Iowa City, May ll.-Inauguration
exercises at Iowa university opened to-
day and will continue turnout Satur-
day. Educators of prominence from
far and near came to Iowa City by the
score, Thursday night and this morn
ing, to participate in the exercises
either as orators or auditors.
DR. Walter A. Jessup the fifteenth
head Of the University Of Iowa, whose
formal induction into office is TO
make the closing days of the current
week of historic interest at S. U. /. and
in Iowa City. has been serving in real
ity since Sept. /, 1916 when he sue
ceeded Dr. Thomas II. Macbride. who
is now president emeritus, after
twenty mine years of service in the
university.
President Jessup. a native OF R1ch-
mond, Ind, was graduated from Earl
ham College in 1908, and was dean OF
the University Of Indiana college or
education from 1911 until he came
hitler as head of the department or
education, in 1912 He became dean
of the college of education when it was
organized Prior to filling his Indiana
deanship, he was a graduate student
at Columbia three years, and was a
school superintendent.
AS an educator, writer. lecturer, and
worker he is known from coast to
coast.
Discuss Fundamental Education.
ole a
dismissed today.
The program at the Inauguration eX-
ercises this afternoon will embrace a
symposium dealing with the 1t'unda-
mental ideas of Education in Iowa
President Homer H. SECRECY. of the
Iowa State Teachers College, Cedar
Falls, and President J. Fl. T. Main,
of Grinnel College. discussed the
phase, THE Fundamental Idea OF
Higher Education in Iowa Eva May
Fleming, president Of the Iowa State
Teachers Association. considered The
Fundamental Idea Of Common School
Education in Iowa" and Superintend-
ent Frank L. Smart, OF the Davenport
schools, treated The Fundamental
Idea of High School Education in
Iowa"
Inaugural Ceremony Saturday.
The inaugural proper, comes tomor-
row afternoon. following great pa
rade, and to be followed by a review
of the cadet re giment by Governor w
l.. Harding who, earlier in the day
will offer greetings for the state
Many state Institutions of learning fan
aud near will send presidents to Offer
greetings ..S
President Seerleys Address.
Higher education as a function OF
state direction and development be-
came part Of the common school sys-
tenn because democracy realized that
the training Of the people for service
to the commonwealth was a problem OF
liberty and initiative that could not
be properly solved without state au
thoritative organization and admin
istration,'' President Seerley said.
He then explained how our present
system Of higher education has deVe!-
oped. how it now shows those charac-
teristlcs Of organization, deputization
and supervision that are aspects in the
development and control of all great
world undertakings
The fundamental ideas controlling
state higher education in this coun-
try, he said are "to serve the Ameri-
can people with acceptable satisfac-
ton, to win the common masses to a
work that is largely beyond their eX-
perience, to gain esteem and approVa
for business integrity and capability
to secure the support Of those who
make the laws and decide tne re sources
to be expended, to inspire the youth TO
sacrifice and to excel for the benefit
of the commonwealth, to lead to honor
and to victory for character and for
eternal life"