Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-25
Many District. Have Only Five orlsix
Months of School Per Year, Hence
Teachers Seek Other Professions
State Superintendent Complies Sta
tistics on the Question.
Special 10 Times Republican.

sometimes as long as ten months. The
compensation in the city is greater per
month than in the country, but it is
anticipated by leading educators that
if it We're not for the fact that there
is nine and ten months school in the
cities the shortage OF teachers there
would be nearly as great as in the
country. # the cities had but five or
six months school, unless the wages,
wore correspondingly Increased the
teachers would seek other professions
or get married.
u Statistics on the length of the school
year in Iowa are not very valuable be-
cause Of the method in obtaining the
average. Heretofore it has been the
custom to add together the number of
months the various public schools OF
the state are open and divide that by
the total number of schools. Ordinar-i
lily that would seem to be the way to
get the average. but when it is ex-
planned that the school with but five
months usually has but four or five
pupils while the school with ten
months is in the city where there are
sometimes 1000 to 1000 pupils, it is.
at once apparent that if the statistics
are to shoWsSthe length of school there
is available to the children of the state
the larger number Of children enrolled
in the ten months schools must be.
taken into consideration in getting the
average.
The statistics for 1906 were cons
aputed by the tie superintendent
office on the new idea Of allowing for
the number Of children enrolled but
all the other years the average was,
based on the old idea. The figures
showing the number Of days Of school
offered are as follows: In 1897, 1872
days; 1885, 1872; 1899, 159; 1900, $50;
1901, 100; 1902, 100; 1903. 1907 1904,
;161; 1895, 100; 1906, TO. The difference
in the figures is at once apparent. Un-,
der the old means of computing the
statistics there. 4. We're X about eight
months school counting twenty days
(school days) to the month. Under
the new method there IS shown to be
eight and a half months.
y The cities of Iowa that have more
than nine months school with the num-
Der Of months school Of each are as
follows: Burlington. az; Calmar.
81; Charlotte 10; Charter Oak, 9R;;
Clinton, 91s; Davenport, 10; DEBORAH,
95a; Dubuque. 10; Dyersville, 10;
Granville, 10; Gutenberg, 10; Hospers,
10; Iowa City, 91s;; Key
stone, ii 1o;l Lawler, s1s Ly-l
ons s1s; Marengo 911s;;. McGregor,
n ~ q
911s; ossian, e1a; Ottumwa, az; Par
kersburg. az; Sioux Center ~; Sioux
City az; Stockton, 10; Waukon, s1s;
woodbine, 10. Since those statistics
were issued Marshalltown has length
ened to 91k.
While helping to solve the teacher
problem the longer school year also
relieves the pupils of the strain I'M
der which they have been put and
avoids examining, it is argued.
.
The war department. at Washington
has notified the adjutant general of
the state that 1T will buy 1895 Of the
$40 acres which the state has selected
for National Guard camp ground,
north of the city, at $12, 422.55.
s. About S. an acre additional will be
paid by the state for it's half OF the
property Options have been secured
on the whole tract. The deal will be
closed sometime this simmer. Pos
session can be gained March l. In the
meantime the state is holding the 100
acre camp ground so1Itaaof the city,
against an offer Of 32s.000.
It will be possible for the state to put
s25, 900 into improvements on the new
camp grounds and rifle range. The
line dividing the tracts Is the section
lire SO that the title to each specific.
description will be in the owner. That
is, the state and nation will not be in
partnership in the ownership Of the
land,
All but IS acres Of this land lies in
an elbow of the river north on the
Granger line. The IS acres is con-.
nected with high bluff across the
river from the. main range and camp
of the target for the rifle practice.
Adjutant General Thrift yesterday
received official notice from the. war
department that the government will
furnish all of the troops and equip
ment arranged for by General Thrift
and General Bell at Leavenworth for
the maneuvers in August. near Des
Moines.
Having definite information on the
subject, he will now inform the COM
nercial organizations Of the city, so
that the maneuvers may be features
and advertised. More than 5000
troops will be mobilized here for the
n,aneuvers. Iowa will furnish the in
fantry and the general government will
furnish the rest.
In addition to the artillery, cavalry
and signal corps, the government will
furnish an entire hospital corps and
equipment for the maneuvers, COM
manded by one of the surgeons from
Fort Leavenworth.
Official announcement was promul7
gated yesterday to fill the membership
of the governors staff. in preparation
for the maneuvers. The members of
it will be as follows:
Adjutant general-w H. Thrift Of
Dubuque.
Assistant adjutant general Guy E..