Year: 1864

Inc aooltlou OF another Judge VIII large.
ly increase its working capacity, and will
afford more time for careful and inteli-
gent action.


The absolute necessity for a good Law
Library, to court of last resort, must
be apparent to all. 1t is as unreasonable
to expect learned and correct decisions
from court deprived Of good library,
as it is to expect good and we'll finished
work from mechanic without tools. The
Reports of other States contain the we'll
considered opinions Of their most learn
ed Judges; the elementary works contain
the principles upon which our whole le.
gal system is based, aud to require our
judges to decide cases involving questions
affecting the most vital rights and inter.
ests Of our people, without the opportu.
nifty to consult these fountains of law, is
unreasonable in itself, and tends to reu.
der doubtful and uncertain the priuci.
Piles controlling and protecting these
rights ane interests.


THE STATE UNIVERSITY.


This institution is now in q very -four.
ishing condition. The number Of stu.
dents in attendance, at the present time,
is over three hundred and fifty, and they
come from all parts of the State. The
faculty are devoted to the interests Of
the institution, and it is rapidly becom-
ing, what it was intended to be, On honor
to the State and powerful aid in pro.
noting her highest interests.


I ropou NV f,rror
that provision be made, by law, for =
Military Professorship in the University.
Such professorship will not only popular.
ize the institution, but will impart to our
young men kind of acknowledge, the want
of which has cost US many men aud
much treasure, since the comnen cement
Of the rebellion; and the necessity for
which, in the future, the history of other
nations teaches, may come to US at any
time


The Board Of Education, at their last
session, directed the Trustees of the
University to establish Military Profes-
sorship as soon as the General Assembly
should make the necessary appropriations.
I have placed two hundred stand of arms,
with accoutrements, in the hands of tho
Faculty, aud l earnestly commend tho
matter to your favorable consideration.


The present number of students in
attendance upon the University is great.
er than the capacity of the University
buildings to accommodate; and, with the
prospective increase in numbers, these
buildings will soon be entirely inadequate
to the wants Of the institution, and can
didates for admission must be turned
away for lack of room to receive them.


The former Hall of the House of Rep
resentatives, now used as Chapel, 10
insufficient for the present numbers, add
many are thus excluded from Chapel ser.
vices. A larger Hall is imperatively
needed for Chapel, Commemorate and
all other exercises requiring the as
sembling Of the whole number Of stu
dents.


There are no suitable rooms for tho
Chemical Laboratory. This, to our ag-
ricu1tural State, is, perhaps, the most
important department of our University.
Chemistry is becoming daily more libe.
raj contributor to agricultural knowledge
and success; and the advancement Of
chemical science in our State, through
the State University, should be especial.
y encouraged.


The University will not be complete
until it shall have an Astronomical Oh.
servatory connected with it. This has
already become prominent feature of tho
University of Michigan, and the demands
Of our more Western location will soon
require it Of US. A building may be
erected to answer all these purposes at
much less cost than to provide for them
separately


Our State now stands with the fore.
most of her Sister States in her iotelli-
gent and heroic devotion to the political
institutions of our country. She needs
but to use her advantages to take an
equally high position in science and lit
erature. The people are ready to avail
themselves of the facility furnished, and
only ask that the State shall supply them.
l respectfully urge upon you such action
as shall tend, ultimately, to place the
State University Of Iowa among the FORE
most Of similar institutions in the land


STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.


| call your attention to the report Of
the Curators of the State Historical Sooi-
ETY..


Passing events render the work of
this Society vastly more important than
ever before. We are now making history
with wonderful rapidity, but are making
it in fragmentary manner. Future
ages demand of US that We collect and
preserve these fragments as material from
which full and reliable record of the
great events ofour day may be preserved.
This, with the ordinary work Of the
Society in collecting the early history Of
our State, is more than it can we'll per.
form with the means at its disposal.


No man can be found to devote to it
the necessary time without compensation.
7 recommend an annronriation of Eve