Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-30
TEACHERS IN IOWA
Must Be Market For Talent to
Meet the Demand For
Improvement
TO APPROVE NATIVE TALENT
There Must Also Be Reasonable Pros
pect of Permanent Service for the
Really Worthy in the Opinion of
Professor NichoIson-That "Webb
City Athletic Club"
eclaI to T,mes-R Republican

Special to Times Republican
Des Moines. Dec. SO.yrhe educators
of the state have taken a decided for
ward step in their general campaign
for betterment OF the condition of
teachers in the state of Iowa. There
are upwards of $4,000 of them in the
state and they appear tc be Just wax
Ing up to the fact that they have in
tiuence which If used rightly will COM
mand some attention. The report from
the State Educational Council, which
was adopted, relating 10 the teacher
problem in all Its aspects Is the most
comprehensive and helpful report ever
made in this state. 1t is the culmina-
tion of campaign which has been go
Ing on quietly for a number of years
under the direction OF the state de-
partment of education and the leaders
III the state association of teachers. The
report was complied and presented by
Professor Thomas Nicholson, now of
Mitchell. S. D., but who. had given
much thought to the subject while in
educa tionai work In Iowa. The report
shows that Iowa is not paying the
teachers well, that 1t is far behind
most other states. that the standing OF
the teacher in the community Us not
high, that experienced and trained
teachers are rare, that long tenure of
position Is the exception. and there Is
g remarkable ack OF men teachers In
the professio' Summarizing what Is
necessary to meet the demand for inn
provement the report ssys:
There must be market for talent:
there must be rain!ng-sucoessfu eN-
per.ence which Will bring out and i'm
prove tbis native talent-and then
there Rluss be a reasonable prospect OF
perni.AnSSk service for the really
worthy y The g-ett ufmcutry WIN the
whole teacher problem today Is that
the price offered in the market bears
no possible ratio to the qualificatiG
demanded, and the whims of school
boards and the prejudices OF comlnu-
mites leave the teacher no guarantee
of security. After ten or twelve years
u SSlN4SC many VI ltC tese men eioN
weary and leave the profession. The
transient and temporary nature of
their residence In community inn
poses extraordinary expense. 1t FUR
ther prevents that roofing in COM
munity which gives a permanent so
oial influence such as makes the indi-
v.dual feel that he Is securing lasting
ties"
The movement has resolved Itself
into one for getting batter teachers
and securing broader draining, for
raising the salaries of teachers and for
securing longer tenure of position
and certificates for longer periods. Life
certificates good anywhere in the state,
or possibly in other states. are sug-
gested. Teachers pensions were not
especially favored. but merely men
.ioned. To accomplish what the teach
ers desire it Is proposed that cam
naign be carried on from year to year
of interesting the public in the ed,ica-
tional problem thru public meetings
and otherwise. Some method of Sc nd
ing out to newspapers articles bearing
on the subject is to be provided, either
thru the states educational department
or by committee of the association.
Most of the teachers attending the
state association are immensely pleased
with the report which was adopted
the work of a corps Of earnest edlca-
tors-and they believe that by follow
Ing up the work already we'll started
there will ultimately be vast i'm
provement in the condition OF the
bp oil "a a.
vantage of the people and the state.
The Iowa supreme court will soon
have chance to pass on the regularity
Of the methods of business by which
the Webb City Athletic Club, of Webb
City. Mo-, got some $4,000 from two
residents of Council Bluffs. The case
of Leon Lozier and Ed Moore. both un-
der three year sentences for conspir-
acy to defraud. have been appealed
from Pottawattamie county. The rec
ord reads like a story from yellow
backed novel of the old style. Lozier
has been running foot races many
years. He and Moore went to Charles
Gregory and said they had been cheat
ed at Webb City by bunco game and
here was a scheme up to get theil
money back by thrown race with one
John Grimm. Gregory at first refused
70 have anything to do with it. but
William Barker was brought in and
hey agreed to go to Wsbh City to help
work the scheme. They took with them
lrafts obtained in Council Bluffs for
$780, just to show around and con-
ince the suckers they were rich and
OF to be used at ALL A man named
ihson was 10 furnish the money witt
hich they were to back Lozier agains'
rimm and he did furnish $4,000 cash
pack him in a seventy yards race
here was a crowd at the athlete
lb' arranging for the race ant
,ney was plentiful. Betting wen
yh and fast. Then there was quar-
u over whether Gregory and Barke
I'D really put up all they said the.
id. To avoid an unseemly row amons
ntlemen with diamonds they pu
the drafts they had brought along
1t as evidence of good faith, and
given back in few minutes Whe
e money was counted. But someonS