Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-28
WARN TEACHERS
SUPERINTENDENT RlDDELL OF DIES
MONIES OPPOSED TO EDUcA-
TIoNAL BILL
Iowa State Teachers Association Now
in Convention in Des Moines-Many
Things of Importance to Come Be-
fore the Weeks Meeting.
From TUESDAYS Daily.

from TUESDAYS DAILY.
The teachers of Iowa will have
something to say about the proposed
single board of control for the state
educational institutions At the meet
ing of the Iowa State Teachers asso-
citation in Des Moines this week much
Importance will be given to this sub
jects 1t is predicted that the attitude
of the teachers toward the measure
will be eXpressedI in resolution adj
dressed to the state legislature.
The teachers association will be
the first organization to express an
opinion of the report which the legis
lative commission will present. The
question is of great interest to all
school and college men. Their rec
concentrations may have considerable
weight with the legislature.
The recent official announcement of
the commission that it would recon-
mend the single board of control has
set the teachers thinking, and many
had already formed pronounced opin-
ions on the sroject. Others are only
waiting for the general discussion of
| the measure at the coming convention
before making up their minds. Super
| intendent w. o. Riddell of the West
Des Moines district is convinced that
the approval by the legislature of the
commissioners report would be mis-
take.
Mr.. Riddell bases his opposition to
| the single board not on the abstract
idea, which he pronounces a good one,
but on the likelihood of the member
ships on the board falling into the
hands of politicians who would not be
| fitted for the discharge of the duties
in manner that would best serve the
cause of education in the state. He
believes the law would be not only un-
desirable, but really dangerous.
High School Inspection.
Among the other matters which will
interest the teachers at the state con
vention are a change in the present
method of high school inspection for
the benefit of the colleges, the atti-
! tude which should be taken toward
high school fraternities; and greater
stringency in the conduct of high
school athletics.
The report of the committee on high
school inspection, which met last week
at Cedar Rapids, will preciptate dis
cussion which may lead to definite &C
ton on the part of the state associa
/ ton. The committee adopted report
proposing mutual inspection on the
part of both the high schools and the
colleges, such inspection to be volbn
4 tary.! 1t was deemed that there was
as much need of the high schools be
ing informed regarding advantages of
fered by the colleges as vice versa
The inspection controversy is an old
4 1,I,f tho ropfua1 yricitotinr i6no ie
entirely new and it may point the way
out of the difficulty. At present high
school inspection is conducted by q
member of the state university facul
4 ty. The other colleges of the state
accept his report, but these institu
tons, many of them. feel that the pre-
undue advantage.
I. Fights May Not Come.
When a big convention comes along
}. fights are often feared that neve. ma
! terialize. That may be the way will
difficulties which it is feared may BIZ
encountered in the effort to provide
for greater stringency in the conduc
of high school athletics. Last yea
the Iowa High School Athletic associ
alton was broadened SO as to include
the smaller high schools. Previous1.
only about twenty of tho larger
schools had been members A split is
now feared. Many of the large
schools are now in favor of more rigit
, regulations in regard to eligibility o
, players, involving scholastic require
ments, etc. which it is anticipated
many of the smaller schools will b
, unwilling to adopt. The result may b.
two distinct set of rules for the large
| and smaller schools. Action may b.
taken regarding the brutal features o
| football, but there has been little pre-
| liminary talk of it.
) The convention opened today AM
: will remain in session the rest of tn
+ week.