Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-04

other half are envying them. A fat
catcher with sideboards is the only eff
fective backstop for the new ball.
The batters are mistaken when they
say that the spit ball will ruin the
sport Who cares for a home run when
he can see the umpire hit in the neck
by wild pitch every third inning?
The new pitch makes base ball as ex-
citing as football and almost as effee-
tive in reducing the population. The
spit ball is bound to become the ma
tional bird. Let 'er soar.
HOW ABOUT THE SCHOOLMA'Mo
Fremont, Neb., Tribune.]
The Carnegie pension fund Of $1O,-
100000 for educators Who have served
faithfully in carrying the flaming torch
of knowledge and who have come to
their declining years with little to sup
port them is liberal provision for a
class who are self sacrificing in large
degree. Educators are underpaid, as
everybody knows. But If the ironmas-
ter would let his munificence perne-
ate thru the universities and colleges
to the country schoolmam, 1t would
accord with the eternal fitness Of
things. The schoolrna'm who devotes
her life to the humble services of beat
ing the "three Rs into the thick heads
Of the urchins and comes to that period
when the bloom has faded from her
cheeks and her romantic days have
gone and she is destined to rely upon
her own resources, ought to be pro-
vided for, and If Andy Doesn't make
his gifts expansive enough to embrace
her he will have spoiled the harmony
of his schemes.
NERVOUS WRECKS THRU STUDY.
dubuque Times.l
The physicians, at least some of
them, have decided that 60 per cent Of
the pupils in the Sioux City high
school are nervous wrecks. and for the
reason that they are worked too hard
by the teachers. Some put the esti-
mate at 40 per cent and others as low
as 10. The physicians believe the
course is too exacting, that the pupils
should be given more time in which
to complete it and that too much USE
less work in which they are not in
terested is required of them. The
school men are blamed, but they will
probably say that if the evil alleged
exists. the fault is not theirs. They
will say that they have no power to ex-
clude those whose health maybe af-
fected by study, that the responsibility
in this matter is with the pupil her.
SELF the parent and the family physi
clan. Prof. Oscar Lowell Triggs will
say it all goes to show the merit Of his
contention that half the day should be
spent in the open air prosecuting the
study of the sciences and applying the
theories taught in school.
FTNNEGAN IS GOOD "AN1ERICAN."
Manson Democrat.1
Marshalltown Times Republican:
Governor Otero of New Mexico says
that the people of New Mexico will
not approve of any joint statehood
nonsense. They would prefer to re-
main in territory rather than to ac-
cept statehood joined to Arizona. The
people of Arizona feel the same way
about it. However, the rest of the
country is not particularly anxious for
their admission as one state or two.
Perhaps the best thing to do Is to wait
until New Mexico has become suf1i
ciently civilized to elect governor
with an American name.
The latter part of that editorial does
not sound at all well. A man does not
necessarily have to carry an "Ameri-
can" name to be good citizen or an
honorable statesman. If he has to
have real. genuine American name it
would probably be Standing Bear.
Running Elk. Spotted Tail or some
other good, old Indian cognomen Time
was when there was strenuous OBJ
nhionfin,, 10 nnttino into office men