Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-30
1RE TEACHERS MEETING.
National Educational Association to
Be Held at Charleston, $. G.,
July 7.l3.
Governor Shaw Has Three Commits
sions to Appoint-some Of the
Possibilities.
A Circus as a State Fair Attraction
inducements to Campers
Night Attractions.

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Des Moines. May 30.--State superin-
.tendent Barrett is preparing to send
out a circular letter to Iowa teachers
concerning the next meeting of the
National Educational Association,
which is to be held in Charleston, S. G..
July 7-l3. The first idea that will sug-
gest Itself to the northern teacher
when this announcement is made is
that it will be frightfully hot in
Charleston at this time of the year.
That is the chief objection that will I
have to be overcome in getting teach
ers to attend this meeting. A little in
lsvestigation, however, shows that the /
Temperature and climate of Charleston
| in July are not SO disagreeable as
imight be supposed. The National Edu-
cational Association in recent years |
has been held in Los Angeles, Denver,
Boston and Washington. The compar-
lison of temperature of these cities and |
liCharleston for the first fifteen days of |
/, July, 1899. shows that Charleston was
midway among the five. The averages
| in temperature were as follows: Los
/ Angeles $50, Denver 1916, Charleston
S4.7, Boston $50 Washington s5.9. These |
records are furnished by the United
Estates weather bureau at Washington.
| The program of the meeting is of the
thigh character usually put out by the
National Educational Association.
President Beardshear of the Agricul-
Itural College of Iowa, appears twice on
4 the program He gives an address be-
fore the general association on The
\ Influence of Poetry in Education, one
of three addresses under the general
5|head of Some Relations of Literature
4 to Education, In the department of
higher education President Beardshear
4 has IL paper on The Function Of the
Land Grant College in American Edu-s
4 cation.
President Beardshear is also the
i manager for Iowa for the purpose -
Interesting the teachers of the state in
the association. He is assisted in this
4 work by the following assistant man-
4 ayers: F. L. Douglas, of Des Moines:
i H. e. Kratz. of Sioux City: o. j. Lay
4 lander. of Cedar Falls; A. ". Storm, of.
4 Cherokee: w. j. Sampson. of l3uring
A ton, and j. f. Williamson. of Fairfiass.
Il Any of the SO gentlemen VIII be glad 70.
furnish Information to any teacher who
q wants TO Know about the convention
and how to reach it. The railway fal.
4 will be $3.50 from Chicago fo,; the.
round trip. The route viii be thru pic
4 suresaue mountain scenery much of the
5Isway and the trip sbe an Interesting
one. Iowa has always sent large
delegation to this convention and
!, Iloubtless many will go this year, bear
Ing in mind that the sea breeze makes
n .l;cba.ieston much cooler than inland
,l3cities of the same latitude.
A bill providing for instruction in
+ INNING engineering in the agricultural
{ colleges has passed the United States
. senate and is pending in the house.
would be a strong addition TO the agri-
i, cultural colleges if they could be pro-
,JFyided with the means TO take up this
1 work. which comes within their legiti-
& mate field as schools Of technology.
. President Beardshear was called 70
Washington a few days ago for consul
: tation ia resarti 10 tiitf bill aud also On
: business connected Ii the Indian
g commission, of which he is member
: There is great rejoicing among the
dairy people of Iowa over the victory
: that was Won this week in the commit
i. tfas on agriculture in the house Of rep
s Iresentatiyes which has reported tc
/, pass the bill fixing n tax of 10 cents 9
i Ipound on leonargarine. This was Sc
o cured very largely thru the influence ~
:. the Iowa members and against the in
s ldustrous opposition OF the chairman
Z of the committee. who is friendly to this
Z oeomargarine interests. The bill
: howeyer. is not certain to pass. Since
y tt is now 81 late, but il has been dem,
II onstrated that majority of the mem,
T. hers OF congress want it passed. 81
d those who are looking after the bill il
g Washington report that there is NJ
q question but it will be passed at TIL,
: short session.
Governor Shaw returned today from
I Chicago. where he has been attending
the Methodist general conference. o
(which he was member. He was chair
q man of the most important committee
: in the conference. the committee oi
: Book Concern, which furnishes the lif
~ blood for many of the activities o: tn
= Methodist denomination. The goyerno
has three commissions to appoint ant
7e they will be named in a few days
These are the Veterinary commission Q
:, three members. which is to exhmin
. candidates for certificates TO practic
as veterinarians; the ballot commission
of three members. one of whom mus
be democrat. which is to pass upo
s. the merits of the various voting ma
a chimes which are to be submitted fo
r use in Iowa, and the Pan-America
lie exposition commission of five member
lie for which the legislature made provis
ion on the last day of the session. Sen
n ator Hubbard secured the passage q
'l- the resolution providing for the an
Sc pointment of five commissioners I
es represent the state at the Buffalo ex
"a position, said commissioners to serv
" without compensation or expense al
lowances of any kind. At the reqnes
of the governor of New York the gov
en- ernor will appoint two vice president
a. from Iowa for this exposition. Thet
IL has been comparatively little gossi
~ concerning any Of these appointment
sh Mrs. E. II. Belden. of Sioux City, an
Mrs. J. x. Macomber. Of Des Nome