Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-03

ity This is true, but 1t Is not made
plain why he should refuse to support
man merely because he halls from
the same district and in fact from
the same city. Nothing would be more
natural than for Senator Dollivcr to
support Mr. Healy. His fitness for the
position has not been questioned and
the qualifications being at least equal
the Republican can see no reason why
Senator Dolliver should not stand by
Tenth district man.
The Boone attorneys who are ac-
quainted with the candidates for the
federal judgeship generally agree that
they are all competent men and other
naturally supporters OF Mr. Healy.
That he is not railroad attorney Is
urged in his favor by many and 1t Is
probable that the people" would be
better satisfied with him than with
any of the other candidates. Surely
there is no just cause for criticising
Senator DolHver for supporting Mr..
Healy.
FADS IN SCHOOLS.
dubuque Times.
One of the local papers prints an In
terview with former schoolmaster
who Ia for eliminating the fads from
the public schools and putting In night
schools for the young men working In
the factories who now appreciate the
advantages OF the common school edu-
cation OF which they were deprived In
youth or which they voluntarily de-
clined.
The idea of night schools for the
young man has already been accepted
by the board Of education and when
the demand for them shall have been
fully supplied the expenditures OF the
Dubuque district will still be very low
by comparison with expenditures per
capita for public schools In other cities
Of the state. 1t Is wholly unnecessary
to disparage the schools we have now
in order to find an argument In favor
OF evening schools.
Nor should music and drawing be
described as "fads" A fad is passing
fancy, like ping pong. or Tom Johnson,
or some freak method Of teaching read
ing or arithmetic Music and draw
ing are not passing fancies but arts
which considerably ante-date the insti-
tuition of the pubic schools. The pur-
poses Of education are to develop the
character and the powers Of the pupil.
Music and drawing are aids In
In this latter direction. Drawing, be-
sides being of direct and practical value
as manual accomplishment. trains the
perceptions, the powers of observation.
Training In music develops one form
of expression and II 1t We're universal
the social life OF the people would be
improved. Music and drawing in the
public schools have come to stay.
SOME TENACIOUS THINGS.
Zoe Trigg in the Rockford Register
Some Of the common things, and not
ali Of them pests and nuisances either,
are remarkably tenacious of life.
Among the good things, we mention
blue grass, the most insistent and om-
nipresent as well as one of the very
best OF all our grasses. 1t wages
never ending war on all other grasses
and on most Of our weeds 1t comes
no one knows just how and pre-empts
every little spot In the forest where
a bit OF sunlight penetrates. 1t nantes
every roadside and makes velvety every
footpath. 1t will cover the hummocky
bog when drained, and builds little
of turf and creeps up every
craggy hillside wherever can be found
a foothold for any green thing. The
more 1t is pastured and fed off the
thicker 1t becomes and the faster it will
grow. It is first on deck In the snring
and last to give UP to the frosts In the
fall, When 1t seems dead by drought
IT is only resting and asleep. waiting
for the first fall shower to begin busi-
ness again. 1t keeps green and tooth
some under winter SHOWS. II 1t Is turn
ed over by the pillow 1t seems to enjoy
1t and begins to grow t'other side up
with greater disturbance than ever. 1t
is one Of the persistent good things
insect, drought, food, blight and frost
proof
on the other hand. we have some
pests which exhibit the Same charac-
teristics. There is the English spar |
row the common victim Of cats, owls,
traps. poison, guns. hailstorms--a tiny
mite of vitality, with body no bisgerl