Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-10-24
An Interesting Discussion Re-
lative to Support Of Church
Schools Expected
MEETING TO BE At orrumwA
Central University at PeIIa Wants to
Divide With Des Moines College,
But Latter Claims the Lions Share
The Library Meeting at Fort
Dodge Important.
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Des Moines, Oct. 24.-There will b..
an interesting time at Ottumwa this
week at the annual state association Of
the Baptist church. 1t has been pro-
posed to form sort of association of
all the Baptist churches Of the STATE
for educational work and this is to be
stiffly resisted by an element of the
denomination. The idea is an old one
as many denominations have such or
ganiza tion within the state organiza-
ton. The state Is then Systematically
covered in the matter of soliciting
funds to support educational work ana
this money is then divided among the
institutions Of the denomination in the
state by the officers OF the organization
as they think best and as the demands
Of the institutions appeal to thern.
There are two educational institutions
in the state, one at Pella called Central
University, and one in this city ard
known as Des Moines College. The
Central University people are said to
favor the organization but the Des
Moines College people oppose it and it
is predicted very lively and animated
debate at the state association meeting
over the matter. Des Moines College
people claim that the Pella institution
ought In fact to be an academy ald
feeder to Des Moines College, ana
ought not to attempt collegiate course
Of instruction. They claim that the
anxiety of Central University to
get the organization and the
division OF the donations to
educational work are due to the fact
that Des Moines College is in the lead
In the state and is being supported lib
ergally Just now, while Central Is losing
out. They claim In other words that II
is a scheme of Central to get half Of
the donations to educational purposes
from the Baptists of the state. when
they couldn't get that amount any oth-
er way. The Central people claim, OF
course, that it is a move in the direc-
ton Of progress and enlightened en-
deavor and is the only proper course
for the denomination to take and that
their institution is one of the oldest in
the state and has just as much right
to rise to the dignity Of a college as has
the Des Moines institution.
John DeMar, who will represent
Davis county in the next legislature
as the successor to Representative
Prevo. will in one way be one Of the
most distinguished men in the legis'la-
tive body. He is said to be fully six
feet and half tall and will thus tower
above the Hon. John Herriott, lieuten-
ant governor. There lis probably not
another man in the state employe that
is his equal in height He is not large
other ways in proportion, but is rssth-
er slender, weighing only about 200
pounds.
Governor Cuanmirrs will speak in st.
Paul Thursday evening before the
Roosevelt Club and for luncheon the
same day will be the guest of the
Comm mercial Club oes hat city.
The Iowa library commission is pre-
pairing to make quite a showing at
Fort Dodge Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday of this week at the convention
Of the Iowa Library Association. The
commission has been endeavoring since
it's organization to make itself useful
to the libraries of the state as we'll as
to the individuals and women's clubs
and to this end it publishes the QUAR-
terly of the Iowa library commission
and generally stands in readiness to
give and has always given a great deal
of assistance to the libraries of the
state in various ways The commission
has employed Miss Alice Tyler, who
is an expert in every phase of library
work At the coming convention the
commission will make display of the
facilities of the commission for giving
this assistance.
Col. AL Swain, United States con-
sui at Sou champion, England. has
sent to State Labor Commissioner E.
D. Brigham a clipping from the Lon
don Morning Post, in which a staff
correspondent of that paper travelling
in Germany tells of the manner in
which the German workingman lives
The article is very interesting as show
ing the difference not only in the man
ner Of living of the German working
men and the English but also those of
this country The article first deals
with the drink of the German artisan,
which is shown to be pale beer bus
absolutely pure. The writer claims
that the Germans allow beer to be
sold everywhere and anywhere and all
lows the saloon keeper to keep open
half the night with slack supervision,
but the quality of the beer is inspected
most rigidly and any infringement OF
the purity is punished instanter. The
cheapest grade is white and is about
as mild as lemonade and can be had
for a penny goblet. The color gets
deeper as the price increases, but
whatever the price the stuff is pure
beer and even any carelessness or
poor workmanship in it's manu-
facture is punished by not allowing
the beer to be sold. When it
comes to The diet the writer claims