Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-19
SALARIES TOO HIGH
Committee Appointed to Visit the
State Normal Does Not Recommend
the Increase in Salary List Request
ed = President seerIey Answers
Criticisms.

Des Moines, Jan. 19.-The committee
of the legislature appointed to visit the
State Normal School of Cedar Falls
concurs in the criticism as to salaries
commission which investigated the
| board of control idea. Upon investi-
CATION the committee will say in its
report, which will be filed in both
houses of the assembly today, I'VE find
that the salaries paid at sthe normal
school are higher than those paid at
the other state Institutions" The COM
mittee finds its impossible to recon-
mend the additional $4,000 asked for
salaries for the institution. The COM
mittee, however, believes that the
buildings asked for are needed and I'M
! qualifedly indorses the millage tax
/ continuance for five years only, being
of the opinion it should then cease.
The committee asked President Seer
ley for statement relative to the crit
| cism of the management of the school
in the state board of control COM
mission report, and furnished an ex-
tended statement in defense of the in
stitution.
Course of Study.
Relative to the course of study,
President Seerley calls attention to the
fact that the first course was laid out
in 1876, and that many of the broader
| fields We're covered by it, including
navigation, English classics, chemistry,
mental science. civil liberty, calculus,
etc.
>The first board of trustees adopted
two, three and four year courses, and
conferred all of the degrees now con-
ferred. a standard unchanged for thir-
ty years.
Common schools, as included in the
act, the trustees have construed to
mean the public schools and the course
of study has been construed on that
basis. 1T does seem,' says President
Seerley, that thirty years of approval
and Endorsement should be sufficient to
protect the management from the crit
cism of having made recent expensive
notifications
Legislature Responsible.
Manual training, domestic science,
kindergartening and physical training
have not been introduced with report
to the legislature and governor. Taxi
denny costs the school nothing extra.
The work in elocution and its divisions
has been conducted since 1876. and
the normal school was d pioneer in this
field. No subject is taught that is not
needed by the teachers in some de-
partments of public school work. The
so-called elementary branches are
taught by experts.
With respect to increase in expenses,
President Seerley calls attention to the
admitted fact that his institution has
never done any lobbying and that it's
needs have been presented to the leg
islature in reports on which the legis-
lature acted Whatever has been
granted in buildings and support was
the work of the legislature The ex
animation of the expenses made neces-
sary for the support and development
of the institution came from legislative
action. And this action was only TAX
en- after a public presentation of the
needs Of the institution.
Departments Defended.
The training school, which takes So
900 in salaries for the current year, is
warmly defended, as the institution is
INTENDED 10 lfd4u ds wen as iisli oel
teachers. Limitation to instruction
would lower the standard.
The wisdom of the compulsory phys
ical training, which requires $4,000 adj
ditional salaries and which necessarily
does not increase attendance, is de-
Tended The departments of manual!
training, domestic science and kinder
gardening have recently been added by
the authority of the legislature, and
as yet have not added largely to the
attendance The summer school is also
defended.
EIEcrloN AT MAolIokErA.