Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-22

NEEDS OF EDUCATIONAL BOARD
Next Legislature Will be Forced to
Consider the Matter and Make Pro-
vision for Putting the Board of Ed
vocational Examiners on Business
Basis.
to Ttmes-Republican.

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reason of the HAYWARD law and the
rulings of the attorney general as to
the pay for persons who are employed by
the state board but hold other posi-
tons also, will have one good effect-it
will force the next legislature to SER
iously consider the whole matter and
to make provision for putting the board
of educational examiners on business
basis. 1t is very likely also to be the
means of forcing the legislature to take
up and consider the measures being
urged by State Superintendent RIGGS
and other educators to place the mat
ter of issuing teachers certificates on
a better basis. Under the present rul-
ings the board cannot pay a per diem
to members Of the state normal school
faculty or the teachers in other state
educational institutions for work in
making examination Of papers. Mem
bers Of the board will have to do this
routine work, or employ persons not
connected with state institutions. AS a
matter Of fact the method pursued has
been economical and satisfactory. The
ruling will practically prevent Miss
of the state college at Ames
from qualifying as a member OF the
board. for she can get only actual ex-
penses for her work. Now what will
happen will be that the board
shall be given enlarged powers and a
greater appropriation and shall be au-
to employ members Of the COL
lege faculties to assist. But more i'm
portant than this will be the admirable
that will be given to urge
upon the legislature that 1t provide for
having all examination of papers for
educational test made by the state
board and thus secure uniformity
among teachers in the state. To do
this it will be necessary. to give the
state board a sufficient appropriation
so that examiners Of the papers may
be employed to do the work. Naturally
the best examiners are to be found in
the normal departments of the colleges.
An erroneous impression has gone out
that the proposal includes issuing of
certificates to teachers by the state
board but this is not contemplated nor
desired, for the county superintendent
should still retain the right to inquire
and 10 have veto on the certificates.
1t is probable that in the annual adj
dress of the state superintendent deliv-
cred to the state teachers association
next week there will be some pointed
to the needs Of the educa-
tional department and the educational
board. The ruling of the attorney gen.
eral has cleared the atmosphere.
DR.. ]. F. Kennedy, secretary of the
Iowa state board Of health, noted an
Press dispatch of Deem
Der 10. coming thru Indianapolis, which
gave an account Of the purported death
Of six persons in the family of one
James Rankin. near Sidell, ILL.,, the
deaths being due to the eating of
cabbage snakes DR.. Kennedy insti-
tuted an investigation and called the
attention Of the secretary of the Illinois
state board Of health to the case, ask
Ing for information. Today he receiv-
ed report from the Illinois secretary
Including clippings from newspapers
showing what had been done to make
Investigation Of the case. A member
and found that no such family as that
named was ever known In that vicin-
lty and nobody had heard Of cabbage
snakes" Secretary Egan of the Illi-
nois board further reported that every
case Of reported injury to persons
from eating the so-ca1led cabbage
snakes" had been investigated and not
one authentic case had been found.
This corresponds perfectly with the
Investigations made in Iowa on the
same subject where many Of the slen-
der worms have been reported, but all
are found to be harmless
Another soldier Of the revolution has
been found in Iowa, or the grave Of
such soldier. This is the. grave Of
Nathan Winton, who lies buried in Mt.
Gilead cemetery, Salt Creek township,
DAVIS county. Some years ago inves-
tiEarion was made as TO the number Of
sold iers of the revolution who had died
and were buried in Iowa and the names
IF five were found. These are on
bronze tablet in the hall of history in
his city, placed there by the Sons of
The Revolution. Now one or two 9TH
ais have been found. There seems to
be very little doubt that Winton was
soldier of the revolution as related on
The modest slab which marks his grave.
Curator Aldrich will investigate.
A somewhat remarkable statement
vas made by railroad attorney in
his city few days ago in discussing
The proposal of President Roosevelt for
legislation to relieve the shippers from
The discrimination Of the railroads. He
was asked what sort of argument could
be put UP to oppose the president ~
will tell you one thing" he declared,
there will be arguments that will
appeal to different sections of the
country very strongly. We will be
able to show that If freight rates are
made on the same basis all over the
country the farmers of Iowa will have
to take less for their grain for the
rates to the seaboard will have to be
raised We will insist that the proposal
If the president and that OF the western
governors, headed by Cummins, In
wolves application of distance tariff
strictly to interstate business, whereas
under the present system the railroads
make rates for long distances proper
tio1ally cheaper. This kind of argu-