Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-28
!, IOWA, FRIDAY. DECEMBER as, 1909

life is of more Importance than prep
aration for death, where activity is of
more Importance than stagnation3 and
deeds than dreams
The only incident that attracted much
attention in the meeting of the general
association was a till between Prof. w.
w. Speer, of Chicago and Prof A. w
Rich. of the State Normal School over
the method of teaching arithmetic, Pro-
fessor sSpcer had given an interesting
demonstration of the method of teach
ing arithmetic by the objective method
now so common in nearly all OF the
sch ools of Iowa, and Fad Illustrated his
address by reference 10 objects used in
lsthis work. and thel Professor Rlcn
Isopensd the discussion With sharp at
tack on the entire ms nod. He declared
that the objective method was all Wrong
land that we must do more studying Of
rules and meInorizine the hard facts of
lthe study. Both gem 3einen We're grant
/ ed extra time to cnrry on the diseussicn
Land the battle ended draw.
At the meeting Of the department. of
Iscounty superintendenis held in the af-
ternoon, Sam ID. Whiting of Johnson
county severely cririeise! President; w
@. Riddell for the Charge made IN his
Iannua address. that county sliperin-
ltendents, issue certificates 10 incompe-
tent teachers. Mr.. Whiting declared
thissto be false. He saiel the difficulty
lis not in the question Of examining
teachers, but in finding teachers to ex-
l.amine.
4 The fifteenth annual meeting of the
4 Iowa Academy of Science was held in
the rooms of the geologic department
ar the state capstol yesterday and an
A interesting sess ion vas held PR sided
over by Professor w III. Norton and
with S. w. Beysr as secretary. The pa
pe1s We're mostly technical and of lit
a tie pubic interest, gbltt a few matters
came !; p that were not beyond, tie APP
: prfciation Of any one. The academy in
Il fiolsed the movement to have the ma
tiona commissioner of standard
q Weights enlarged into q national bu-
reau of standardizing. Prof. ssog
Pammel's papst IN bacterloIogleal
analysis OF water a nd otes an the ma
tive tnistles of Iowa w...s Of general IN
terest. Dr. Hills papst on The oauss
and treatment Of tyDhDid f-ve. WAs
also interesting 4 laIsf By I's1fsss soi
! 6. g. Bates, OF Gee s9iiege, % pNis
:. food legislation developed a lveiy dis
tlicussior. on that sui,jest uua ile aead-
snuy decided UPON taking action hook
"a ing 10 the placing on The Iowa ssatut
, books OF q. law against aeiuitsrasioJ
= and requiring pure faeG. IeNat Is no
aps to the standard of some other tt.te,
tt " ,
eaisafter this in conjunction With commit
tsss from otiier interested bodies i.
Professor Bates. Coz oileeA: p,afesso
Weens, IONA Stata Jfi:vesslty Pro
= lfessor Knight, Coy,ssl Colsge; Mir
: Hendricksun. Iowa College, and MI
4 Kicker, of Burlington. The address o
! Professor " II " Ken. OF Eornejlsf. .,ol
: iege, on The Social Service OF science
= was especially fine. This was taken Ii
. society to an organism. II was show
how science had bssen ever an acceiel
4 ating growth force in social evolution
) E 1t has provided society. he declares
III an adequate means of defense agains
! barbarian perils and againss dsseast
q So notable have been the victories g
NEUROLOGY during the century that W
n may almost l'svpilssy tiis sl's7tt-S CON-
= ing of the time when the nnay dead
# bacillus remaining viii pe fsia as 50
). undescribed species Of baeiilus seisee
Ie tatis. or at least when Only sufftcien
d of disease VIII be left on eaf'th 70 pro
st vide for the speed y an! b#netlceat eS
ic tirpation of the unfit. Science has. Us
II endowed society With tnt energy
4. steam and electricity and new mus
10 cular system in machinery. with 81
ir tenn of trans p6rtation comparable wit
n. the crculatory system of The bod
"a physiologic, and in teiegra ph and tel.
r phone with system which is con
il. pared to the nervous system. The r,
of action was also discussed of the ne
h environment created by science upc
al the social mind, promoting synpath
to land demanding percision and swif
le ness before unknown.
Of
of The college department of the assoc
n College. as. president ana pres idenS NJ
in 6,orrnick. Of Coe College. as sscret AZ.
g. A. members of the executive couns
r. Thomas Nicholson and III. w. Norr
of were selected. The paper by Profess
OF Ansiev. of Iowa state University.
~ English in college developed the ia
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