Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-02
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l-ynnville, Dec IA correspondent of
the Chicago Record says:
johnson county there are thirty
lone saloons and twenty If them arr IN
4 loSYa g ity. Iowa City Il the lio.4Aof t:sa
state university 81 lesa 'ni So
! question has always bt !. rgvss..sst4i.
reation to- the colies 3.
4 nave refused To patreni2a Tire i'sst .sft 4
! as Tong as Iowa Giti i;
permits them 70 run. asi the psgllsh
tlofists have aired tsepisisstissrl ii III
ptnefit Of the Legislature u pse.e,;i 4
organizations for the col .e,,&
saloons Were pcrmitted /,
4 stoEe's throw of the casss9 u
Of this agitation a movea. las
started TO apply to the st ,.,3s
ME saills8ruie that has bssa aiea
4 the state aariculural co,,sa IL.
4 thfee miles Of the college e;a.
of she legislators propose To asp,.res
! the assembly this winter b8i wlsio
wili stop the liquor business wsi.
/ three miles Of the state u,aiversity 81;
1 rus u this is done L VIII Gri"a II
/ saloons out Of Iowa City aNoet TO-. b
eause the town Il built around Go cos
/ ls5s
Senle Of US who are not p-o}ssti.i0s
4 lists cprcfer 10 be tissignatsslt';g as i
lsanse Pc pe), Mill favor REALISATION
4 .ag q ihroe milo @iufit.n Any el
4 fanliliar5 Nith student life at IoAa
1 knows that the closa prpXnlity q ti
4 beer saloons in Iowa City IS n c9rst.
source Of Temptation for the sad NJ.
! t0sindulge III what is niildiy cgllGG eos
iNivisiisns. In other words, the bae
Ifoofn Of many az these places IL 81 ei'e
4 the studsmts lave n good Tine ,fse
| aise seems to be snal,llosi universal i:s
Idifferenee IN the part ef the najoafty 4,
the citizens Of Iowa City TO do ;,isgtliiIIss
1 70 clnse these hail holes or to lessen ihe
/ number of4them 50 sofle8of us. n9t prs
| hibjtionists. are not anxious 10 build u
/ q state university surrounded by such
| Influences.
$50
a timely editorial in the Chicago
4 Tribune is on COMPULSORY education in
iowa teachers viii endeavor to Sc
cure the enactment of a conpulsiry ed
4 ucation law by the present legislature.
! The leader Of the movement is Supe.rin-
tendent n z. Kraft. who has iss,ied an
/ 0pen letter, in which he asserts that
1 Iowa is fast losing her place as one of
/ the leading states in lack Of illiteracy.
4 The state superintendent's report OF 1905
gives thenutnbar of children between, tl5,.
ages Of ; and u as T2T 456 of whom the
4 number enrolled in tho schools is. as ST..
or about fourth less. The average
sldaily attendance is only 37D.s45. in,licat-
| ing that one half of the children of the
/ state do not attend school daily Those
4 who favor the adoption Of a compIIlsory
4 Education law assert that II has sue
1 ceeded in the thirty-o,le states that
! have placed such legislation on their
l|sstatlte hooks and Mr. X atz ;nsists
that the small percentage of illiterae,.
/ in Nebrasisa and Wyoming can be az
cifi,ed elirectly + a co,nnulsnry edua.tion
There can he no doubt that st.,,is,ics
.I'sustain his assertion. and that the sup
gestion can be opposed only on the
ground III interference With individual
liberty"
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i Reparts come from tho localities
4 where tha country schnol houses WIN
from one 10 q DOZEN scholars have been
hui into a combine and The scholars
now in suah ocalities ,,e niclsed mn az
hired con,-eya,ces a,,d ,al.ap 10 !. scboo,
Ihouse where ono teacher does the for
p much hh more n aasf Fl e y cement