Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-25
THE Ideal Education" In part he

THE IDEAL Education." In part ne !
said:
There are two ideals in education.
One the getting of knowledge as the
end and aim of all school work. The
other character expressed in. terms of
citizenship, a community life. The idea
OF knowledge is the prevailing one
Knock at the door of a college and you
are asked: How much Latin and
mathematics do you know They do |
not ask if you are man worthy OF an
education. but how much do you know.
.sThe world asks what can you do.
No wonder society is filled with IN
scompetents. The course of study, ex-
aminations, promotions. etc, demand
so much Knowledge in such time
Text books are generally dry, con-
l3densed. juiceless statements OF facts.
1 Is the knowledge idea failure? Hear
1.-THE proofs: Children do not love
\ knowledga. They are bought and
4 bribed to study. Methods. devices,
systems of education are all directed
\ to knowledge getting. Not one teachei
| in / 900 is studying the science OF edu-
\ cation The ideal of knowledge getting
| comes down from medieval times BY
| it the few determine the supremacy OF
4 the many.
4 ..trhey doait now in monarehial gov
ernments. We are trying to i develop a
| democracy by the methods OF the afis-s
4 tocracy Thru tyranny in the schools
4 we strive to attain free government
The conservatism of these women is
4 manifested as much in their dress as IN
anything else. Most of them are wo-.
i men of independent means Who are
4 giving their time and money TO TINS
4 work out of pure love and enthusiasm
i for it. They have brought a brilllant
4 display of fashiona Bile gowns TO Des
4 Aloines Most of them have appeared
i in from two to four different gowns
leach day. The president OF the Ma
4 tional Council of Women. Mrs. Frances
Humphrey Gaffney. of New York city,
Il fairly dazzled the Iowa women by the
4 beautysand costliness3 of the gowns she
Il has worn. And there is Very little
q dress reform among these ladies'
4 either. Their forms, as we'll as their
Il gowns are la mode. There is precious
sIglittle independence exhibited among
them in this way. They certainly fol-
Low tha dictates of fashion in every de-
Il tail. sometimes at the expense OF being
y sInade 10 appear dressed In poor taste
Occasionally there IS u strong woman
whose mind lises above these things
j and who has the courage TO stand ou'
!. and be the. mistress Of her own comfort
health and convenience. but they are
rare. One Of them is Professor Mary
!. Roberts Smith. the woman who dellv-
j, erred what was by far the strongest
I most logical and clearest cutsaddresss o
| the congress. Ii was a scholarly, I'm
ished production which made a deer
ard powerful impression upon her au,
!, dience Another strong thinker Is
!, Miss Harriet a, Marsh. Of Detroit
Mich, who Was chairman of the com,
! mittee on resolutions. and who had th'
courage to appear thruout the congress:
! dressed in one black gown. But II was
! noticed that when she spoke the peo
pie listened and her influence was a
. great as that of any other woman IL
: the congress save the much beloved
! president, Mrs. Birney. This sentl
i soul holds in her hands an influence
; which reaches many thousands. goo
and great, and which is@eXerted, Wit
! fine Judgment and boundless love, TO
4 the ACCOMPLISHMENT of a noble purpose