Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-29
AMONG |RE TEACHERS
Disposition to Demand Less Work
and More Social Intercourse at
Association Meetings.
Some Sections Decide to Limit Num-
Der of Papers to Two Next
Year.
Annual Address of State superin
tendent Barrett the Feature To-
day Bowen's Paper.

day Bowen's Paper.
Special to Times Republican.
Dies Moinss. Dec. 29.-1here is a dis
position among the teachers to Go less
work in the annual meetings of the as
sociation. They find they have too many
papers and too long ones. The demand
is Tor more time for social intercourse,
private consultation and a general good
time The teachers do not have time to
assimilate such quantities of mental
| food as are spread before them at this
annual gathering, and they have not
! the appetite for so much Of it, either.
alton do not attend many of the meet
| ings, picking cut q little here and there
| that specially interests them and letting
| the rest go. The norma. ard secondary
| section adopted a resolution limiting the
number of papers to Two next year, and
| that suggestion and others of similar
! character will doubtless have its indu-
| encc upon the general association and
| the formation of next years program by
the executive committee.
State Superintendent Richard G. Bar
/ rett presented to the general association
| this morning one of the ablest addresses
| he has ever delivered and one that de-
screws to stand Nell when compared
with other similar addresses. The Ed
ucation of Youth for the Twentieth Cen
tury'' was his subject. and he began
| With a review of the progress and de-
yelopment of education in the past 100
| years. In urging attention 10 some mod
| ern needs, Mr.. Barrett has shown that
| he sees with a broad vision, not confined
| to narrow limits but taking in the
! whole range of educational work. That
Inc understands his subject and realizes
4 the weight of the responsibility resting
| upon him and the system of which he is
1 the head there can be no doubt. MIR.
/ Barrett, in short, is filling the bill in the
Thigh place which he occupies. 1t Is to be
4 hoped that ne will be given the power
to make his office efficient in the way of
3tissuing the documents and other season
4 able and helpful publications, which are
4 issued in great profusion in other states
land We're always published by the Iowa
4 department of education until the eX-
ecutive council and the attorney gem
4 cral conceived the idea that it should
| not be done-that the Law was not quite
clear on it. though it had been done for
many years.
Superintendent Barrett said in part:
4 The twentieth century education
viii deal moro with the practical than
the theoretical. 1t Will not attempt 10
4 graduate from our schools men and
women Of affairs capable of rightly de-
Itermining all perplexing problems; but
1t Will deal more with the concrete and
4 less with the abstract. Teaching will
be confined less to text books and more
TO those subjects which directly affect
the person taught. Pupils will as they
4 come to maturity learn more of the
actualities il not less of the localities.
The education of children in the
next century will embrace more OF in
! dustrial features. With Bacon, we are
beginning TO realize that Education is
the cultivation OF a just and Legitimate
familiarity betwiNt the mind and
/ things. That comprehensive maxim
An idle brain is rhe devils work
shop. expresses only a partial truth.
The brain is active and if not we'll em-
4 ployed or occupied with thoughts
which elevate Will be occupied with
! Thoughts which debase. ultimately
making impure the fountains of life
land wrecking the individual.
Manual training is one of the latest
j children of the nineteenth century. but
/ it is-destined to prove one of the best
The education of women, the devel-
sl8opnent of colleges of medicine law
4 theology oratory. pharmacy, dentistry
4 business and journalism are among the
subjects which have attracted public
i attention during the century. and with
increasing interest Will continue to dc
E so in the next.
During the century we have learned
i that education is not limited, but that
/ it is progressive and belongs to the
/ whole span of life. Like politics and
religion, it continues to grow when the
! daily lessons of youth are ended.
st has been learned that there is a
possible man and an actual man. The
first is found in the colleges and
/ schools of a lower order. while the lat
ter is the product of the university
we have learned that the creates,
successes as a rule are those who are
by special preparation fitted to do some
scientific work we'll. We have partially
|.learned to honor the man who knows
his business or profession we'll, nc
matter how humble
Thorough scholarship and broad
couture are each year demanded OF
teachers by the public. School boards
are constantly seeking for those who
are masters of the subjects they teach
4 and who can present the same indie
pendently of text books All agencies
engaged in the preparation of teachers
are unable to meet the demand for
i those possessing qualifications of the
highest order
The teacher Of the twentieth century
must pc sess still greater integrity
Young people see the trickster succeed
the demagogue mislead, the swindlei
4 enjoying ill-gotten wealth, the scoun-
drel enjoying social position. and MOI
infrequently do they gain the impress
sion that their methods are approved
by teachers and other good citizens. a
learned man without integrity is dan
gerous. The very life of the republic
4 will in future years be menaced unless
men OF integrity are produced.