Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-03
.CONN|E FOR REFORMS
Bill introduced at His Request
to Change Names of In
dustrial Schools
PROVIDES MANUAL TRAINING
PROVIDES MANUAL TRAINING
Radical Changes Would Be Made in
the Conduct of the State School for
Boys at EIdora and School for Girls
at MitcheIIville-Would Teach Useful
Trades.
by Ora williamsl
Special 10 Times Republican.

Il
Special TO Times Republican.
Des Moines, March 3.-After all the
newspaper men and most of the sena.
tors We're out of the chamber Wednes-
day Senator Hughes with unanimous
consent introduced a bill the title Of
which reads: can act changing the
names of the Industrial School fol
Boys at Eldora and the Industrial
School for Girls at Mitchellville, pre-
scribing the courses of study at these
institutions and appropriating money
therefor. In fact the bill would make
| very broad improvements in the two
institutions and raise them to a Level
of the best institutions of the kind in
the country. The bill was drafted by
Hon. John Cownie, chairman of the
board OF control, and was introduced by
Senator Hughes at his request The
bill is along Mr.. CoWnies idea of Civ
ing to every girl and boy who enters
these institutions the very best oppor-
tunity possible to make good citizens
by giving them some trade or profess
sion at which they can find employ
ment on leaving the schools. The bill
changes the name of the Eldora school
to the Iowa State Military Academy,
and the school at Mitchellville to the
Iowa State Seminary.
For the courses of instruction at Ell
dora the bill provides in addition to
common school branches military tao
tics, agriculture, horticulture, garden
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West Linn street. Inquire at 104 East
Webster street.
ing. dairying, bricklaying. plastering,
carpenter work, painting, blacksmith
ing, barbering, shoemaking. harness
making, tailoring, plumbing, printing
and binding, steam fitting, steam and
electrical engineering, telegraphy, stem
ography and typewriting, land such
other trades and vocations as are best
adapted to enable the graduates of the
academy to secure honorable and
steady employment at remunerative
wages"
For the seminary at Mitchellville the
bill provides that there shall be taught
in addition to common and high school
branches, housekeeping in its various
departments, including breadmaking,
cooking, diningroom work, washing,
ironing and domestic science, nursing,
dressmaking, stenography, and type
writing, bookkeeping, physical culture,
Horticulture, music, land such other
studies as will best conduce to. the
moral and mental development OF the
students, and prepare them to be self
supporting after graduation, and to
lead upright, useful lives.
The rest of the bill in brief is as fol-
lows: students at both places shall
attend school four hours each day for
five days in the week and ten months
in the year and devote an additional
four hours to learning some trade or
profession; no boy or girl unless they
have parents or relatives able and Will
ing to provide for them can leave the
schools no matter what their age till
thew have made sufficient progress in
some department SO as to insure suit
able employment at remuneratlVe
wages. or if too young to work. must
be provided an approved home' corn
petent dentist must be employed lor
each institutions; all orphans on leaV-
ing the schools or others for whom the
state must provide homes shali pe lui-
nished two suits of wearing appafei'
and furnished transportation 10 the
place of employment and given 20 OF
s5 and must report regularly 10 the
hoard of control; pupils on leaving
must pledge themselves to lead Vlrtu-
ous Industrious and honorable llVes'
ranort to the state agent at the begin
n;pe of each calendar year for at least
two Years or until 81 years old, and IN
case of loss of employment or faliure
TO comply with the agreements, must
ha returned to the schools Till further
employment is found, the guardianship
of the state extending till the age ol
81. an additional appropriation Oh %
a month is made for the military school
.nd $40 q month for the seminary lhe
additional appropriation is to be USED
for tho additional requirements pro-
yided for in the bill.
Mr. Cownie has been giving very
close study to the needs OF the Two
schools and is determined that some
o,,.nges are necessary for the good and
walfare of the boys and girls sent 10
them. Concerning the piil tia, mas
,haen introduced Mr.. Cownie said to-
daV: Il am sure tloe wy
the state at large are totally unfamiliar
with the conditions at Eldora and
Mitchellville. If we are going to give
the BOYS and girls the proper treat
,,,e,,+ there must be a larger alppropria-
tion For instance Section OF THIS
hill prsvides for dentist at the lnssl-
tntions AIT present we have SO little
money that il anything gets wrong
with a pupils tooth the tooth mas TO be
,ro,1lad We haven't enough money to
nav for having them filled. If we could
have dentist for these schools while
the dentist was doing the work one or
more Of the pupils could be learning
dentistry from him.
..The tendency now in all such insti-
tutiops is to get as far away as posi-
hIa from the reformatory idea. There
is stigma attached to any boy or girl
Who goes from the institution as that.
These BOYS and girls that go to
Mitchellyille and Eldora are for the
most part orphans. Seventy-five per
cent of them have no parents and many
of the rest of them would better have
none. They are not vicious and the
training they get at these schools soon
makes them young men and young
women of character Just few days
AGO took some senator's to Mitcnell-
vile We sat on the platform and I
told them YOU are looking into the
faces of the worst girls in the state"
They watched them in the exercises in