Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-08

have to work too hard. The pupils DO
not get enough practical work along
the lines that will be of benefit TO
them in after years"
The Superintendents Views.
Superintendent Crane answered MT.
Turner's criticisms in his words
against the advisability of conduct
ing an exhibit, and thought that
great mistake would be made II the
exhibit We're not held. MIR. Crane SAID
that it was a great pleasure TO the
children to have their handiwork eN-
hbited. 1t was not manual training
alone that would be exhibited, put
work in all branches of school Work.
An exhibit of school work was an IN
centive to the children to do better ana
more careful work, and better than an,
it brought the public into a closer re-
lationship with the schools, and that
was what was being strived 1of IN
every public school. The successful
schools were those in which the public
had an interest, and kept in close
touch. He denied that the work or
manual training detracted at all from
other studies, and guaranteed that
only the regular time, devoted to man
ual trainig each day, would be used IN
preparation of the work for the eXhlb-
it, The common branches in school
work were not neglected, the superln-
tendent said, and more work in arith-
metic and geography was being done
today than before he came to the
schools.
Mr.. Crane said that failure TO hold
the annual exhibit would have the eff
1o,Y of the
public interest in the schools. Inc
work of the children in the schools, as
exhibited in the two years. had drawn
immense crowds of patrons, and haa
brought patrons in closer touch with
the schools than had ever been the
case before. 1t was not out of cur
iosity that the patrons visited the
schools, but interest in seeing the WORK
of their children and others. III the
exhibit is not held the superintendent
said that the board would drop out the
only point of contact between the
schools and the public-would cut out
the connecting link-and take away the
incentive of the pupil. The motive OF
the child is to do work to please his
parents and his teacher and you klll
the interest when you stop the 1ncen-
tive. Mr.. Crane offered to satisfy MI.
Turner by taking him into the schools
and seeing Just what was being done
and how it was being done. This was
in answer to Mr.. Turner's claim that
the manual training, or so much OF II,
was detracting from the regular school
work Mr.. Crane also offered to fl
nance the exhibit himself, If necessary,
rather than dispense with 1t.
After the discussion of the question,
Mr. Hull, in order to get a motion be-
fore the house, moved that the exhibit
be dispensed with this year. Mr.. Hull,
Mr.. Turner and Mr.. Church voted aye,
and it was therefore not necessary for
President Click to cast his VOTE
Estimates Recommended.
The finance committee recommended
the estimates for the levies for the diff
ferent funds for the coming year, as
follows: Teachers, $4,000; contingent.
$4,000; school house. $4,000; a total OF
sos, OOO These figures are the same as
last year.
The committee on buildings and
grounds was authorized to select
place to hold the annual election which
takes place on the second Monday in
March.