Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-16
NEW RULES ADOPTED
Board OF Educational Examiners
to Recognize Value of Pro.
fessional Study.
Teaching Experience No Longer
Required to Secure a State
Certificate.
Sentiment Generally Opposed to
an Extra Session OF the
Legislature.
special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times-Republica
Des Moines, May 16.-The board of
educational examiners did not finish it's
work at the meetings held this week,
because some of the members had to
leave yesterday. A meeting may be
held tomorrow to close up the work.
What work was done is of substantial
interest to the educators of the state,
This relates chiefly to the matter of Is
suing certificates to teachers and to the
preparation for teaching. The rules
nave not been completely formulated
yet, but the board agreed substantially
upon applying the modified law as to
state certificates by allowing graduates
of the full college course who have had
at laast year of professional study in
| either the junior or senior year Of the
college to enter for examination for the
state certificate. Under the present law
these graduates of colleges, no matter
how much study directly for teaching
they may have had, could not secure
state certificates, because they must
teaching. Under the new law the years
professional study is the equivalent of
experience. In the matter of the "ac-
credited high schools" or academic
work in preparing for teachers, the
board has not yet prepared its rules In
full, but it is practically agreed that the
graduates Of these secondary norma!
schools must have, as a minimum.
study which is equivalent to about
three years work. including about
twenty branches. The exact order of
arrangement of these studies has not
been fixed. When these schools have
prepared courses in accordance with
this plan, their students will be admit
ted to examination for two-year state
certificate. 1t is possible that this GER
ificate will be limited in its application,
that is, that the holders thereof may
not be able to teach in high schools.
But this. it is pointed out, would be an
unfair discrimination, for county SUI
perintendent issues a two-year certifi-
cate good in any school, and as a mat,
ter of fact there are teachers in \ the
high schools who have nothing but
third class certificate. So this limita-
ton may not be insisted on. Members
of the board of educational examiners
express themselves as much pleased
with the large attendance of the coll
lege and academy men, and the good
spirit shown. 1t argues that they are
making an earnest effort to do some
thing to help the teachers of the state
end that the law will be put into opera
ton in a friendly way. The board of
examiners admitted to the spring ex-
aminations about fifty who desire state
certificates.
Lieut.. Gov John Herriott, who still
lives in Des Moines but is out at Stu
art attending to his large business in
terests practically all the time, says he
has not given much consideration to the
question of an extra session OF the leg
islatura at this time. But am con-
vinced,' he says, that there ought to
be some provision in the laws for just |
such emergencies without the calling of |
the legislature together. l tried to get |
it into the code of 1877 that under cer-
tain circumstances the executive coun-
ell could appropriate money and If nee
essary raise money for the use OF the
state by issuing bonds and borrowing.
believed then and believe now it would
be the right way to have this thing
done"
would you regard that as perfectly
safe?" was asked.
Certainly l would. 1t would be pret-
ty difficult to get an executive council
of four men in Iowa without at least
one man on the board who desired to
do exactly what is right. There would
never be any danger from such an exer-
else of power"
Senator Dowell, of this county, who
could, attend an extra session without
any trouble at all. is decidedly opposed
to an extra session of the legislature to
for the deaf school. He
believes that it would be not supported
by the people and might cause trouble.
when called in special ses-
sion seldom confine themselves to that
for which they are called, and when
they wander off to other subjects they
are likely to get into deep water
The Iowa railroad commissioners
have already had occasion to put into
use some part of the new law which
places interurban electric railways un-
der the same control as steam railroads.
The Polk interurban railway which is
headed for Nevada and Eldora and else
where has had occasion to call on the
to decide in regard to 4
crossing north of Des Moines. !
one G. McClelland, farmer, had made
arrangements with regard I
% a right of way for the interurban
over his land but was not satisfied with ]
What was proposed as to highway
'rossings and both he and Mr. Polk APP {
oealed to the commissioners to say
What should be done. Accordingly the
have visited the farm
md will make an order in regard TO the :
'rossng. The Polk interurban will be
completed this year. The right of way /
las been secured and much of the grad r
ng done. 1t will start due north from O
)es Moines and after going few miles T
viii turn eastward, crossing the Iowa
calls line in the northeastern part of +
he county, where a town is to be built. O
No work has been done as yet on any
If the proposed interurban lines in 9TH
r directions from Des Moines and 1T is
generally believed no work will be done
his year. c
James Wilson, of Adair county, one n