Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-12-30
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Iowa Teachers.
AT the forty-third annual meeting in
this city of the State Teachers associa-
ton over 1000 teachers were present,
every portion of the state being repre-
sented. Papers on many subjects of in
terest to pedagogues were presented
and discussed. During the session a
special committee composed of Presi-
dent Gates, of Grinnell, Prof. ID. S.
Wright, of the state normal school, and
A. V. Storm, of Storm Lake, was APP
pointed to prepare suitable expression
of the sentiments of the teachers of the
state toward Henry Sabin, the retiring
state superintendent. The committee
reported through President Gates, and
its eulogy was only limited by the ca
pacity of words to express the praise
and appreciation of the teachers. TWAS
long paper, referring to DR.. Sabin's
81 years. work for education in Iowa,
and saying it was happy day for Iowa
schools when he was called from the
superintendency of the Clinton schools
ten years ago to the broader field of the
whole state.
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ed is as follows:
Commencing State Superintendent Sabin
and promising hearty support to his sue
cessor, r. c. Barrett; expressing faith in
the common school system and favoring
raising the standard of requirements for
teachers; demanding liberal support for
the state normal school and declaring for
the county normal institute; commencing
the kindergarten and the manual train
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favoring the renewed efforts to furnish
rural schools with libraries: pledging the
association to the support of rational child
study, and urging upon the legislature to
provide adequate means for the education
Of teachers.
The election of officers for the ensu-
ing year resulted as follows:
President, Amos N. Currier, of the state
university; first vice president, f. E. Will
lard, Marshalltown; second vice president,
Miss Carrie Parker, Spencer; third vice
president, Fl. Beveridge, Glidden secre-
tary, Miss Carrie Goodell, Corydon; treas
urer, Prof. G.. W. Samson, Cedar Falls
members of educational council, S. G.. Dick
Charles City; w. G. Van Ness, Dennison;
member of executive committee, w. G.
Chevalier, Red Oak
The Academy of Sciences elected the
following officers for the ensuing year:
President Prof T. H. Macbride; first
vice president, Prof. b. Fink; second vice
president, Prof. M. f. Arey; secretary
treasurer, Prof. H. Osborn; elective mem
bers of executive committee, Profs. S. w.
Boyer, A. c. Page and w. III. Norton.
Against Saloons.
The state convention of the Iowa
Anti-Saloon league convened in this
city with President Dunshee in the
chair. In his address he said that the
chief obstacle in the way of the sue
cess of prohibition is party prejudice.
In the last election the prohibition party
polled but 2h per cent. of the total
vote. Yet prohibition carried in 1882
by 10000. Continuing, he said:
81 believe there can be no really salts
factory prohibition of the liquor traffic so
long as the question Is in party politics.
The most important work is to harmonic
all elements of the temperance forces and
combine them into one well-organized
united body. We have temperance organi-
cations enough in this state. The league
will be a useless addition to existing or
CARNATIONS unless it succeeds in effecting
federation of all existing temperance
forces"
After reciting the success of the
lCuS NC anu thS
of greater interest in its work, "to place
in official position only such representa-
tives of the people as are known to
be unalterably opposed to legislation
favoring the manufacture and sale OF
liquor" the resolutions adopted urged
the completion of the league by coun-
ties; the appointment of superin-
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hibition constitutional amendment to
the people, either by the legislature or
constitutional process; that deter
mined effort be made to so amend the
mulct law that while it stands on our
statute books it may have no power TO
crowd the saloon upon any county OF
the state except in those where it ex-
lists in defiance of all law.
The report of the secretary showed
81 counties of the state have 674 saloons
and breweries, As counties report no
saloons; of 81 counties not reporting,
10 may be counted in the saloon column
and 10 against it, leaving a majority of
10 counties in the state against the sa-
loon; the income to the state from the
saloons is about 100000. Some coun-
ties report saloons running in oppo-
sition to the mulct law, with no at
tempt on the part of the people of the
state to suppress them. The report
shows that there are SO local leagues
in Iowa and II county leagues. Follow
ing are the officers elected for the en-
suing year:
President, L. s. Coffin. Fort Dodge: vice
presidents, G. H. Sweeney, Belle PLANE:
r. f. Brockway, Iowa City: L. Brookwal
ter, Toledo; secretary Allen Hickey:
treasurer s. A. Merrill; executive CON-
mittee, ]. w. Hill, Fl. B. Bentley, j. H.
Stockman, Des Moines: Prof. Pearson. of
Grinnell; 1. N. McCash, Des Moines; w.
r. Cole, of Mt. Pleasant; Mr.. Bailey, Of
Cedar Rapids, and F. s. Dunshee, Des
Moines.
Are Rural Districts.
Attorney-General Remley has sub
mitted an opinion to State Superintend-
ent Sabin relative to certain points in
the new school law which have not
been very clear. One of the points is
in relation to Independent districts
consisting of unincorporated towns or
villages. The encouragement holds