Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-28


sued an Official CIRCULAR setting forth
inc aesails ct tfcsa experiments, Which'
includes a report OF a committee OF TINS
! lssocsa tso'i,s endorsing the system and
APPROVING the innings OF committee
o.. enc eaucaltonai council OF Iowa
sNhaen mas strongly Urged the adoption.
OF the plan by al rural BOARDS OF edu-
cation.
The feasibility of the system has
peen demonstrated wherever an earn
est el.ors mas been made, either Y tne
lestabiisflrs!t II strictly furai central
school, as n iSinssYilie o. ana Aadi-
son townsf1ip Lake county, ONO. OF by
/ ssE iafSahs centers already estapilshed,
ne latter seems TO be the most feast
bic p!au. IN my own county there are
laiready seyen centers' villages, towns
| anu cities. Msiicn With two centers adj
laesn 10 our borders, that VIII Win a
| six-rslle raaius, furnish every iarin N
| cerro Gprdc county central schooi
within SIX miles. Less than one-hun-
aIedth part OF the territory VIII pc re-
4 CURED 70 traVe! the maximum ulsl nee.
Ills TAR U suppose tniat nearly an o.
J me rural territory OF Iowa IS as iaNof-
ably situated TO eSistiilS cerisrs4 as y
the county mentioned, because o. rs
comparatively recent settlement and
Developments
ne subject OF drawing as i Z; no"
presented in the average rural scnooi
means practically nothing ~ me en'ia $
education even the course o. study ~
Iowa rural schools disposss OF the SUP
/ leetsiia a half-d9zen INES anu sae Az
GRACE teacner shortens sne press'tsnsa
course ms Monderiui SUBJECT thai
should open the eyes 81 the soui AZ Wei
as body. cultivatsns opsefvatioh, MAI
uat deNteIity, 'ste ieve q inc 'ius: anu
the beautiful. provide the 1000 OF me
sou and slie universal language ~ lfas
ARTS and the sciences, liiumlhala every
4 senoel lesson, Hes hfelesss ana ihssr. of
/ y otuhdsfihsly cls'ostea INTO 'hefsili'is'
i less scraMis.
"A teacher IN our last county meet
Isins said that ne couid not leaeil DRAW
mig m ms dictfaee l'seause ti i,iis =,
objected 70 suca useless stun ~
/ parents Sefaiee nay rave pesii : : - !. ,
one But who viii blame the teacher
i our present conditions aDsoiuteiy ptn-
nipit inteillgent instruction ~ 'fiis SUD
1 Ject. so one assuming lar ihtellissi's's
4 ~ the preparation OF 1he schooi scu'fiSu-
/ ium VIII deny drawing a strong pace
IN the schooi program, az iea'' III tiivse
/ schools where the boys anu slfls ~ "
eyes, hands ana sous seeking euieu l
Must the youth of the yeoinaary OF
EIowa longer await redemption from the
slaNfer, OF past customs
Lei US hope that IN the carly DAYS
slof the twentieth century that we may
be able 10 boast for our proud common
wealth, MISTRESS OF Inc 1000 Harkel5
OF mighty nation that she has inst
Ituted 4 system Of public education that
mas opened The doors TO y thoroughly
we'll balanced system of instruction,
4 fully equipped from the kinaergar ten
to the high school With manual train
ling. physical training. science lAbora-
i tories and library to all her sons and
4 daughters :
PARENTS AND PATRONS.
S. H. NIoxon. of ST. Ansgar. Ia. read
Ian instructive paper this afternoon on
Il parents and Patrons Meetings" He
4 said in part
The problem for the teacher TO solve
1 IS how TO secure The cooperation & the
i home with the teacher Ia the work al
jtfa school. Successful discipline and
lehieicnt instruction can hardly be real
Lied with the home influence antagonis-
tic i have been asked 10 give ny ex-
= psi'ienee With. parents meetings. az
bearing upon the co-opelation q the
j school and the home. found that the
i teachers We're not generally acquainted
with the parents. In cider TO call;vaia
i a bstter aeauaiiltance, and SECURE ep-
Il portunity 10 meet the people, hit RpoIl
the plan Of "A Parents and Patrons
4 Meeting.
A program WAS arranged n advance
4 and invitations, together with the prIn 7
Il led program. We're sent each fanny
lfparents only The meeting was heie
on Friday evening IL the SCHOOL aonse
The high school room vas cfoNaeu e
its utmost capacity More enaf nan 'iie
"A homes Of orr pupils We're fspfsseisss't. ~
sither the fatilef'8 OF slloViiss' y ISL =
the close Of the literary Hrpsisitt -
served a light iuhcn OF coi1ss' eahs any
Lfrliit
Al SUBSEQUENT meetings me re1fssi''
msnt feature was eii1i1teat "isii0as ae'
! tracing from ths apparent aes'Iasss's s
ness of the occasion, me i5ises,as ~
passed our eSleee'atiolls, silu .sit"t
there was not a ialher Q. lapsilst Pr
! lent who ga hol 'ak ny, ps " ~
and cypress tnsif p'eaSl'is ail'l ~
4 optiiisil wa s''
Ii thing