Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-15
IOWA 5 N[N N|)RMALS
Question Of Better Advantages For
Training Iowa Teachers Re-
ceives Much Attention.
Superintendent sheakley, Of Des
Moines, Points Out States Def
ciencies in This Regard.
Other States Have From -Four to
Twelve Training Schools
Capital Comment.

Special to Times es-Republican
Des Moines, Jan. 15.-"rhe most inn
portant question relating to education
in Iowa, which will come before theSI
state legislature this winter said SUI
perintendent sheakley, of Des Moines.
lis the establishment Of additional state
normal schools. The schools Of our
state are suffering from lack of we'll
prepared teachers. This is especially
true OF the rural schools. More than so
per cent OF the entire enrolment in the
public schools Is found in the ungraded
schools A very large proportion Of nor
NAL school graduates is absorbed by the
schools in the cities. and the bright
teachers who iiave had a partial course
in the normal school work their Way i'm
to the graded schools az fast as possible,
isc that the country schools are mainly
left TO novices without any special
training. We must look for relief from
I these conditions 70 the normal schools,
lthe ayowed purpose Of which is the pro-
/ Ifossional preparation of teachers The
state has 10 higher duty than TO provide
FLOR the education of teachers; this is
matter of preservation Normal
schools should be established in sulii-
lcient numbers 10 meet the requirements
/ of the schools. Other states have far
lexcesded Iowa in the matter Of state
normal schools. Massachusetts, has ten
noIra schools, Pennsylvania thirteen.
New York eleven. Minnesota ti'5e, Wis
I 3consin six. Illinois -four, While Iowa.
lpeeloss iowa. has but one. Ii every
+ teacher in our state Will unite III the ef-
fort to obtain more normal schools sue
cess viii follow. The educators Of the
3state 90 not Insist ON any location: in
fact they care little for ths details of q
bill. providing the Legislature viii es-s
x tabIish ore or more additional state
normal schools. Tpen the urgent need
4 of at least one normal school ] think We
are all united, ard rs 10 the details on
location and management, they may
well be left toaouy legislators.
q Senator I.erluel R. Bolter. of Harrison
Ecoun;g, occupies a position of great dis
tinction. for he has served more yes IS
in the iegislature of his state than any
bother man. so far as known. in the
United States His services began ii The
eleventh generals assembly. H,e was
Z Ielected to the housa in 1865 and served
In the eleventh fifteenth. sixteenth, sew
enteenth and tNentieth. He was elected
Il TO the senate from Harrison and Shelby
bcounties in 1S35 and served in the twen-
ty-first and tWenty-sscaRd In his next
& term Immediately following this, he
Represented tire senatorial district COM
posed Of Harrison, Crawford and Me-
mona counties, and serveti in the TWEEN
kty-third and twenty-fourth general as
senlblies. In 1885 he was defeated by the
Republican nominee, Rudolph Lehfeldt
! of l'raw awford county. but in 1891 was
|. again reelected. and IS now serving il
the second session of that term. He has
lived in iowa since 1863, and has been 9
prominentSand successful lawyer as wei
ms politician. Several times he has beer
! nominated for other Offices by his party
having beer. the democratic candidate
!. for congress in 1876, and i'll 1856 WI.
Nominated for supreme Judge During
a large part of his legislative career as
has been the representative of district:
I having u normal republican majority
Senator Bolter is a fine Old gentleman
of the old school ard eyelyb0ds like
him His ability has ai@aNs been Zee
!, Hpenized aid respected by the majority
I. He is nov the chairman of the demo
cratic joint legislative caucus.
The regulation ri the disease Of III
bsreuiesis viii be considered by this les
islatuye, and something VIII have 10 b
; done to protect tlle interests of all con
cerned as much as passibie. Governe
s'haw has advised tnat Al dairy hero
: should be tested for tuberculosis, an
that the diseased animals should be de
-stspyed and Tire OK ilrts, % ss'ina eH Htel.'
= Gompensatei for tile loss of their prop
city in the interest of the public healtf
There is great diffe. sHce of oplilie
among stock mon, and even among sci
G eEtfsts. az TO the value OF the tubercu
: lin test Auiinals when haNe reacted o
e His TEST, that is. have beer shown by
e 10 be afflicted with Tuberculosis. haV
: been slaughtered aud the carcass
found to be 50 free froni the disease ths
they would pass the government mea
y inspsctior. This has aroused a GOO
Z deal Of opposition 10 the test Piem
IS nent cattle nlen, aiMens them jon
ie Cownie, have denied its accuracy an
IT reliability. and have declared that a
animal healthy enough 10 pass the so'
e!nment examination VAS good eilpue
for all purposes. The question seems
Z, pe where To draw the line betNee
N hs2lthy and unhealthy animals Fro
$, charles +. Gartiss. of the State Agr
ie cultural College. says there IS gre
Of going too far with the tcs
4 ard in destroying too much prope2t
e. but he admits hat 1t Will be very diff
Il cult to say just when and at what stai
is OF Tie disease the animal should be d
III stroyed. Massachusetts. he sa,'s. h
expended more than s2oo0c0 in destro
ing cattle said TO be afflicted with t
barculois and has not accomplish
ne the object sought that is. the extern
he nation OF the aiaease Professor Cart
x says that scientific experimentation h
to not demonstrated ccnclusivoly that I
ne berculcsis is communicated to the h
" man body through milk from cows tn
IS. have the disease, or even to calves sue
en- ing such COWS. Still. he is not Will
to say that the disease may not be
communicated. The bcs. iafernati
obtainable indicates that the whole su
y: ject is still in an experimental state, a
A. that it will be long time probably /
fore it can be definitely and certain