Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-29
CONVENTION IS OVER.
Iowa Teachers Meeting Closes
After Pleasant and Profit
able Sessions.
President seerley Criticises the
Teachers Lack ofSocialLiie
.-=Barrett's Address.
Work Of the Schools Of Iowa
Summed Ups The Army


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| vention OF the Iowa state ieachers AS
sccation ended pleasantly. The more
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profit and helpiulness mad no cause lor
4 other than good feelings toward each
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KING vas ss'iice's liofspusai'ess' a'siio u
Inecessty there was much of pleasure
flor an who attended. The educators of
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.osii's ana WHINE. hes coiiie ~ t1'sse
annual meetings TO learn. They dis
agree on many questions and each one
Ehas her own veiw on what is best in this
Tor that particular line of educational
I work, but they exchange views freely
/ and all are gamers thereby. President
Seerley. oI the State Normal School, in
His address on the closing day of the
Convention seemed to strike home to
many of the teachers, but no one dared
Rsay he vas unjust or unfair in his criti-
c.sm of the teacher as class. Presi-s
dent Seerley spoke plainly of the teach
scr,s life and indicated that he thought
Iii was too often the case that the pro-
3fession became everything and the
TEACHER ceased 10 be man or woman.
1 This is the reason that teachers have a
reputation for beng unsociable and
Ecritical TO fault-fnding The teacher
needs TO emphasize the manly gifts, the
i1nanly aecomplisl ulents the manly
Characteristic and the manly spirit and
reject the conven tionalisn of the voca-
ltlon as permanently detrimental to
growth and sefsveloprss nj. 4 s necessary
/ 70 rise above the sessatiye conditions Of
the dwarfsrg environment and live IN q
/ broader, purer and noble' atmosphere,
4 thus avoiding the bad types that are so
/. eainMonlys DEVELOPED by quiescent
4 submission 70 the pressure and the de
/ siands OF a special aliing- few Of
4 tnese typical Kinds OF degeneration are
hei'e enumerated with the sublime hope
ira chose who hear and those who read
y may nay oe rescued from a fate that IS be-
i reatfl thelr personal Importance as men
i5and their inalvicual promise. as actors
! IN the worls,ss work The kindly words
Iof President Seerley severe tho thsv
seemed TO 2 few, We're Well lssceivea.
And YET, to Judge BY the tea hers who
t.athered I this nleetirlg, no criticism
i,cnliid be passed on teachers as class
becatse of too much sionalissn.
They not only became students, but they
thoroughly enjoyed the cornpanionsllip
OF each Other. IN the few days they were
shsre. Iowa teachers are rot OF the sour
ard Grabbed Kind. II one may judge from
the re rsse1tatives Of the profession
who annually visit the conventions.
The summing up OF the work Of the
schools Was done nicely by Professor r
iC Barrett. in his annual address TO the
lassaciation. He referred to the growth
ini schools in Iowa, 10 thu fact tslas in.
lls5n we had in Ipwa 522s school houses
/ and oh public schools taught by 79e
teachers and attended by 24soS pupils,
ard that the teachers We're paid but s2o-
.0Ng5 from the school fund and slS.sG5 from
private purses There were then two
colleges taught by four teachers and at
tended ny 100 pupils Our expenditures
for public schools now amount to So
loee.0o0. We have .22ai school rooms ard
| L. SCI different buildings. We have 2S-
| so teachers and Is, ,9o6 are necessary to
keep the schools in operation Citizens
lGs Iowa plan for he education of nearly
lthree-q quarters of a million youth, or but
little less than one-third OF our entire
population. He spoke Of the library
| i,royement, Of the advance made in all
directions and really painted a glowirg
picture Of the Iowa public schools
\ President Hughes. oil Tabor College. il,
I lis address on the Iowa high schools
also showed what wonderful progress s
being made III Iowa in the DEVELOPMENT
OF what ne called the colleges of the lpeo-
Iple. His words. coming as they did from
| a college man deeply Impressed the as
sociation with the value of the Iowa
Ifigh schools. President MacLean. of the
State University. in his address men
toned another phase of educational
work as Illustrating the Iowa education
ii creed. The peculiar glory of Iowa's
educational deeds, he said. appears in.
her magnificent provision for rsr lnfor
Here she has never been parsimonious
end her purely educational work under
the able management of the board of
control is Of high rank in the Soldiers
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