Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-07
Iowa Club Women Listen to
Addresses Upon Public
School Reforms
MANUAL TRAINING POPULAR
Labor Commissioners Brigham and
State Superintendent Barrett Deliver
Principal Addresses-Manual Train
ing and Teaching of Domestic
Science in Public Schools Favored.
Special to Times-Repunlican.

Special to- Times Republican.
Des Moines. May THE second day
session of the /. +. w. &. was fully a
lactive as the first. The morning wa
devoted to discussion of public schoc
reforms, the two principal addresses be
ing delivered by Labor Commissions
Brigham on Child Labor in Iowa" an
State Superintendent Barrett on ''Wha
Can Women's Clubs Do to Aid in En-
forcing the Compulsory Education
Lave Other interesting addresse
were:
The Value of the kindergarten il
the Public Schools '-A,nelia Morton
principal of Irving school, Des Moines
Drawing in Public Schcols"-Mis:
Lucy Chapman. supervisor OF drawing
Des Mones schools.
Manual Training in Public Schools
| Professor A. c. Newell, West Des
Moines high school.
Domestic Science in Public Schools
Miss Mary A. Sabin, domestic science
State Agricultural College, Ames.
Margaret Weber, supervisor music in
West Des Mones schools.
Child Labor in Iowa"-Nfr. e. D.
Brigham, commissioner Of labor.
Social Waste of Child Labor'-Miss
Margaret A. Schaffner, department OF
sociology, State University.
What Can Women's Cl:bs Do to Aid
in Enforcing the Compulsory Education
Law? Or. c.. Barrett, state superin-
tendent of public instruction.
Press Session. Talks
1.-THE Club Report'-hlrs. Ada Tins
Klocker. of independence.
.'The Price OF Success"-Mrs. Carrie
NJ. Ogilvie. Des Moines.
Influences OF the Press"--Mrs. Ella
II. Durley, Des Moines.
birds end Bird Lovers'--Dr. Mar
garet " Clark Waterloo.
Arts and Crafts"-Mrs. r. l.. Patch
in, Des Moines. and Mrs. Menza r..
Burke, Oskaloosa.
A Painting Demon tration - MI.
Charles Anterior Cumming.
"An Evening With Ouc Former Pres
idents."
Address, 1.-THE Seed That Grew
Mrs. James G. Berryhill.
Address. why Women Study Art
Mrs. Henry j. Howe. Marshalltown.
Address--Mrs Emma Van Vechten,
Cedar Rapids.
Address, THE Joy of Living
v. D. Hutchison, Ottumwa.
Des Moines, May 7.-Before the state
convention of women's clubs. with up
wards of 800 representatives of the
women's clubs of Iowa present. the
matter of what organized societies OF
women may do and ought to do in the
way of assisting In the education of the
children OF. the state. and the better
nent of social conditions among the
classes, was ably presented by
a number Of men who are active In ed
ucationai and other lines of work. State
Superintendent Barrett presented the
question of compulsory school law as
one which the women of the state
should assist IN supporting 10 their ut
most as one of the means of making
education more general State Labor
Commissioner Brigham presented to thu
a matter which has never at
tracted their attention to any great ex-
against child labor in Iowa.
According to the ninth report of the
bureau of labor statistics" said Mr..
Brigham, there We're reported in 1883
here We're over 1000 children under 1e
ears of age employed in the manufact-
ring and mechanical establishments
'f the state, and the commissioner of
abor In his report for the year 1900 |
tates that in his opinion the returns |
we're very much below the actual num- |
Ter. This represents an increase in the |
asst decade of a per cent, and these |
igures do not include the boys and |
iris employed by department stores
md telegraph and telephone companies.
1any of the number We're as young as |
en- years and in many cases the child |
en- We're employed at hard and labor
Gus work often for the same number
# hours as men. The commissioner
urther reports for 1900 that he took
pecial pains to observe the physical
ondition OF the children he found
working in factories and says. was
with their wan and over
'orked appearance; in many cases they
we're in a rundown condition and SER
Justly WeaheDeu. lie also states Una
n almost every instance the employ
rs Of these children, when first APP
roached with inquiries, indicated very
their own sense of the wrong
one these children by such early en-
loyment, in fact they were under the
that they We're violating the
tate law What was true in 1900 is
rue today and the information / have
ecured in the work of factory inspec-
on has shown that the employment of
hildren is increasing and. in some To-
alities is not equal to the demand.
'"rhe employers who were at first
autious in regard to the employment
children, are now simply keeping
-ithin the bare requirements Of law by
a statement from child or par
Mt that he or she is fourteen years
Id, and If the child is forced by Il
.uant officer to go to school twelve
.eeks, he goes, If not forced, he stays
employed, as there is no
enalty attached to the employer, ana
ne only difference is that the child
IN II, II and 10 years old in 1900 are
ow above fourteen and do not come
nder the restrictions of our new
ompulsory educational law, and may
e legally permitted to continue the
erve and brain racking employment
egun two or three years ago, and no