Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-16
Anti-Ring Faction In North
eastern Iowa Teachers AS
ISOLATION Meet Surprise
STOUT APPOINTS COMMITTEE
To Select Officers for Coming Year
Simply Presidents Duty, Not An At
tempt to Thwart instructions of Last
Years session-Fisht Comes Up in
Morning Business Meeting.

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Mason City. Oct. 16.-President John
f. Stout. of the Northwestern Iowa
Teachers Association, followed the
precedent of the former presidents ac-
cording to the constitution. and APP
pointed the nominating committee for
officers for the coming year. This was
an unexpected move to the so-called
anti-ring faction and there was a
| lively debate in the business meeting
| today. Last year considerable feeling
was stirred up at the Cedar Fails meet
/ ing by the accusation that there was a
| ring" of certain school men, new book
men. who were debating the nomina-
| tons of the associations and that the
| Upper Iowa University was getting all
! the honors of the association. In the
| list of nine presidents selected In the
ten years Of the association, only three
| have been students of the Upper Iowa
University, but the fellows who have
been left out have found popular
shibbeleth in the cry of ring and
hence last year q committee was APP
pointed to revise the constitution and
instead of putting the nominating COM
mittee in the hands OF the president,
have each of the various sections
choose their own member of the nom
mating committee. The committee was
instructed to bring in such amend
ments to the constitution and also to
name what sections should form the as
al, tan, ", n,>a fap Of
tons now; new one of physical cu-
turists having been added the last year
and the musical section a Few years
ago. The president, however, must act
under the present constitution. aud SO
last night, after having delivered his
annual address, proceeded TO announce
the members of the nominating COM
mittee which took the anti-ring men
off their feet. 1t was looked upon at
first as an attempt TO thwart the in
structions OF last years session, but 1t
was soon seen that the president only
did what he was duty bound to do. and
so the fight came up In the business
session OF the morning. There was
formerly triangle i'll the association
which did manipulate things and they
had their own regency untrammeled for
six years. The triangle consisted OF
f. j. Sessions, superintendent of the
Waterloo schools; @. j. Laylander, SUI
perintendent of the Cedar Falls
schools, and S. II. Sheakley. superin-
tendent of the Waverly schools- They
formed the association and naturally
desired to see 1t a great success and 50,
as a game OF politics, planned each
year to see that good officers were
chosen Men who had been working
for years in the public school work but
had not been recognized they would
haul from their hiding places
and give them honor
When Prof Sheakley went to Des
Moines as superintendent of the pub
lie schools there and Professor Lay
lander went to the book company he
now represents the triumvirate was
dissolved and the three men smiled as
they thought of the innocent game
they had played and recounted with
pleasure the able and efficient officiary I
OF all departments and the splendid |
programs of the executive committees |
which they had practically named. The
program of last evening which opened |
the session was up to the usual stand |!
ard President Tucker, of the Memo-
rial University, made a gracious adj
dress of welcome, which was responded |
to by Superintendent Adj
ans, of Fayette, who was one of the
prominent candidates for the repub
lican nomination for state superintend |
ent at the last state convention. Presi- |
dent Stout delivered a wel-tempered |
and scholarly address and the Mime
singers Male Glee Club of the State |
Normal School rendered an excellent |
and entertaining program. F. j. SEES |
sions. who has charge Of the Iowa |
school exhibit of the st. Louis exposi- |
ton, presented the matter of Iowas |
purpose and 1owa's duty in the coming
exhibit and created great enthusiasm
The teachers and faculty OF the Memo
rial University rendered reception to
the visiting teachers. following at the
Commercial Hall. Today was taken up
with addresses by Superintendent
Ford of Webster City, superintendent
J. J. Mcconnell of Cedar Rapids. Ed
win Earle Sparks of Chicago and by |
the various sectional programs To-
night the feature of the meeting is the
address of Charles Emory Smith Of the
Phlladelphla Press.
Anti Revisionists Win.
The anti-revisionists of the constitll- |
ton of the constitution won out today |
by recommitting the report of the CONF |
mittee and President Stout's committee |
on nominations will report tonight.
A sensation was sprung In the bust |
ness meeting this morning when |
Treasurer Irish, of Dubuque, made his
He was asked to read vouchers
for bills paid and 1t was found that the |
Cedar Falls committee had q. KID bills |
for frappe served at the reception ten
dered by the faculty of the Normal |
School, for high school orchestra flow
ers and even rent of frappe bowls |
items always before found by the local |
committee from the local entertain
ment fund The member of the State |
Normal faculty declared there must be
a mistake. for they had been assessed |
for the reception which they rendered |
and had paid their assessments Neith- |
er member OF the Cedar Falls commit I
tee of last year was present to explain I
and the matter was referred to the ar-
ditory committee. The Cedar Falls way, I
the teachers claim. is an entirely new
method of entertaining and an expla-
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