Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-20
NECESSARY IO SPELL?
Some of the Teachers of the
State Sadly Proficient in the
Matter of Orthography
SOME SHINING EXAMPLES
ne SHINING xAMPLEs
Only 20 Per Cent Of Words Spelled
Correctly in One Examination-some
Educators Urging Return to Old
Fashioned Spelling Schools, Others
Say That System is No E,etter.


is 1t necessary that they should know
how to SPELL This is a question OF
some grave Importance with the state
board Of educational examiners and
with leading educators of the state,
Recently a number Of teachers from
one county failed to pass an exam
ination just because they didn't know
how to spell. Furthermore n of the
leading educators Of the state recently
wrote q letter deploring the fact that
teachers do not know how to spell and
said he thought that by some training
in spelling the teachers of Iowa would
be greatly "b-e-n-i-f-i-t-e.d."
In the case of the teachers from one
county who failed to pass the examin-
alton because OF their spelling. the
board called for the papers to see what
the matter The words We're such
as are used every day in the use of the
English language, but only about 20
per cent Of the words We're spelled cor
rectly. What shall we do about it?
say the educators. Will the introduce
ton of the old fashion spelling schools
OF u fathers days be of any benefit?
In a recent copy of Midland schools,
the official organ of the State Teach
ers' Association, 1t is %recounted that in
n county 9, series Of questions We're
asked to test the knowledge of the
teachers on general educational mat
tiers. There We're Sc sets Of answers
returned. Not one Of them knew who
vas president OF the State Teachers
Association; 81 said the state univers-
ity was at Iowa City; Z said Des
Moines, 4 Cedar Rapids, l Cornell, and
s didn't know; 70 answered they didn't
know who was president Of the state
university i said Storms, I Riggs, l
Winship, 8 McClain, / Satin. 2 Ensign.
/ Mcbride, l Shelton, l Ross; ~ knew
that the state normal was at Cedar
Falls, 4 said Cedar Rapids, 1 Ames, 2
l Sioux City and s con-
fessed they didn't know; 10 said Seer
ley was president of the state normal,
43 said they didn't Know, / said Hus-
sey; So knew that the agricultural coll
lege was at Ames, but only IL knew
that Storms was president, and 81 con-
they didn't know; 81 knew that
Riggs is state superintendent. Only 40
knew that the letters N. Z. A. stood for
National Educational Association.
There We're n confessed they didn't
know who was United States commits
OF education, and the rest di-
videds their votes between Harris, Win
cl;~.E ID n S~r>,k ,o5 Ct,roroor.E trglSlrs$
know who his predecessor was. Few
could name the reading circle books
for the year.
Railroad Commissioner N. S. Ket-
chum has issued an ultimatum. He
proposes that the people who live be-
tween Des Moines and Sibley on the
line Of the Minneapolis & st. Louis
here to Gowrie and the Rock ISL
and from Gowrie to Sibley shall no
longer put up with the peculiar ar
rangement which exists between the
two railroad companies.
This arrangement prevents the Rock
Island trains from stopping between
Des Moines and Gowrie, going and
The result is great inconven-
iences to the travelling public. Mr..
says, and he told Vice Pres
ident L. F. Day Of the Minneapolis &
st. Louis, in q letter written q few
days ago, that the board Of railroad
commissioners was investigating the
subject and the troubles complained Of
would have to cease.
Complaints have been received by
the board from many sources and from
most of the towns between Des Moines
and Sibley.
The track used by the two railroad
between Des Moines and
Gowrie is owned by the Minneapolis
& st. Louis. That company did not
the Rock Island to compete with
it's business between Gowrie and Des
Moines and when 1t leased that COM
pany the right to use the tracks it was
with the condition that the trains not
stop at points between the two cities.
The result is q peculiarly involved
system of Inconvenience to the travel
ing public. For instance, a, man at
Perry may want to 90 to Sibley. A
direct line of railroad runs from Perry
to Sibley. But he must either come to
Des Moines and take q Rock Island
train back thru Perry to Sibley or he
must take q Minneapolis & st. Louis
train to Gowrie and change cars there.
But, unfortunately, IT he attempts
this he is lost, for he Will have to stay
in Gowrie a whole day.
80
w. o. Payne, editor of the Nevada
Representative, urged the nomination
Of Fairbanks Of Indiana for president
the Grant club last night.
Mr.. Payne's address was critical of
the progressive policies Of recent years
and the administration of President
Roosevelt. He ,%eloquently eulogized
President Mckinley and compared
Vice President Fairbanks to him. He
reviewed events Of the past six years
and drew the conclusion that the time
Is ripe for the brakes.
He discussed the tariff, the currency
and financial troubles, the agitation
FOR adequate public control of corpor-
the wave of popular insistence
hat sort of thing and closed with
the Endorsement Of Vice President
Much Of the text of the
speech will be found on page four Of
his mornings paper.
Napoleon Lodge Elections.
to Republican.
Mapleton. Dec. COLLECTION of Off