Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-20
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Written for The Times Republican.

Written for tho y mes Republican,.
Several thousand school children, Wis
ised the show during the day, accom-
}rafieii by ths!r Teachers The exhibitors
lslealned with astonishment that some OF
|sthese children did not Know what COW
Was had never before bad the opportu-
Unity of looking AT a :shess u and had never
tefore seen a hog. One teacher With
|seventy eight pupils had her curiosity
i'aroused By their Que stiofls and <exclailla- q
itoi3s of wonder, and on lining them up
lin the speedway. of Dex ter Park ainplli-
i'tLeatei. and polling them she discovered
itEats only eight of the number had ever
/ seen a COW, four oniv had seen sheep
ssnd just tNo had seen a hog. Not one
5ct the class admitted that he had been
/ FEAR The union stock yards.
4 Now the above from the press report
Fin the daily pa pers a fcsv weeks ago was
part of an account OF the IA stock
lsilow in Chicago. several Of the papers
Iliieadlined it, Never SAN a Cow 10
ia of the country j does sf.s5m strange
4 but do We realize that ~ our own
isciools here in Iona ale many children
or laphorically speaking) who never
.:ss,w d COW.
II is many years sim the writer Went
70 school unless ne has dtliiy l,een al
tending an educational iltsti,asion b.
y his fenasisg of papers, ma eaziies and
looks 80 thar What fpl1osss may hs q
Statement at conditions Nxis ting buck in
y Nonnsetieut ard Mass aeii'isetts iarsyi-
sEnus q the VA. OF se rebellion. But
islnee then le has has 'niltssI s.ttenii
lstshcpi IN Iawsi and risii fti.s ei il be
tt.. a
children OYER z years hels n
O. Internationally speaking iigqaes-
+ ic scsusis lslssM more al ~. same aee
( ,nan slasif fathers and mothers did
Whereas ne learned on. letters our
Children are taught words. The writer
Had one child who could read a neS 8
pai,e. fairly We'll before she could sa y
her letters, and the Mrit.s, I.ow doubts
the ability Of any u his offspring Il
Il say heir leitsgs back@ ard. sln accom-
ssislsshnleist ut fatfsei and mother that
] took many Weary days Of their sclloo
isteaeiler 10 i.iapatt But jsist the same
Z, Ne never say, q sce rs. u this. We meyer
II SAN a lump OF soft Goa or a paispf hare
water TIL We came vast 10 seek ON
I fortune. Yall see not only WAS the COW
ssllss ntfbut the teachers told US nothing
Z bout hs,.
\ II would be an interesting session If
81 say, tws nty Of the fatheis and mother,
ef,of Malshalitpwn We're 10 visit i'll a bod,
!, Rorrse ll.-a school building, wheee tn
+ / upils average Y y Is years OF age am
yithpat any pfepara,.on ask Of the pa
Pills ries Of questions Concerning ii,
: asticles II. that room and building Ero
Instance. ask what ink is .nade Of wha
Ills c,'ayon whore from. what is slate
low is 4 blae kbpard made what kind d
weed IS used. Mat is the Black pain
{ laade from, what are the desks made d,
n What r yarn.s.i how different freT
T FAINT. whsr, does the iron III the d. k
Gene from, what's the difference be
esist aist! wrought iron. ard how is sfee
made, that is the material of the par
& What Is paper made Of, iassy many acre
!, Of trees are cut and used 10 fnrn!s Il mi,
terial for sunday issue of a big metro
: politan daily Wnaus a lssI,d pencil ,nad
Eel and how is itsdpne. ASK how glass
ialait and where Getone Of the boys
= tell the whole story about his Tack
:, knife. Then find out how much thes
T. children know about Kerosene. gas an
Il esef.tTlcity, etc Ihese are all COWS,
4, and If some of the big boys ana girl
hnve never seen these cows, don't b
. surprised If one of the teachers has nj
~ seen all Of these COWS :
s. We are wont to mention the in
practscability of the college professor
a poke fun at the Ignorance Of a eeltai
If class of clergymen. this. referring
d mundane affairs, but there are man
~ COWS they nave never seen. VIII,
4, does the average newspaper man kno
y about electricity2 What did Hora.
3 Greeley know about farming While
y rs true in this age Of the world that ar
ne ere, young or old, must make speci
in study of any one thing 10 know all aboi
~ II, still 1t is true that there liz a larl
a amount OF common knowledge tn.
~ every child is entitled to, and a lar,
Fart of this Information can only be 81
= tained In school life. by our teacha
= taking up common, everyday ohjec
ne ard giving short lessons about ther
Is 1T out Of the school BOOKS, but out
re brains that knew something ab5
ey COWS" from practical experience.
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