Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-27
FARMERS DRY IN
THE LEGISLATURE
Judge Deemer and Others APP
pear and Plead For Agricul-
tural High School
WANT MONEY FOR RED OAK
Professor Kennedy, Of Amss, Tells
Law Makers of School. in Europe
Bill to Change Methods of Eleetins
State Fair Directors as Good a. Dead
Doctors Fight optomesry Bill.
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Special to TImeS-RepupllcaH.
Des Moines, Feb. 27.--It was farmers
day in the legislature and joint COM
mittee meeting in the senate chamber
came near being equivalent to joint
session. for most of the members OF
both houses listened for an hour and
|half to Judge Deemer and others.
".rhe purpose of education is to At
the child for his life environment and
to make him industrially strong"
SO declared Judge Deemer Of the SUI
preme court In the course OF an elo-
auent appeal for the bill to make a
beginning in the work OF organizing
agricultural high schools by an appro-
priationsfor such School at Red Oak.
tt was an impressive event. The Judge
was deeply in earnest. Many visitors
were present. Governor Cummins,
Lieutenant Governor tsarst, President
Storms, Professors Holden and Ken
nedy, Judge Mcpherson and others lis
tened with attention.
Judge DeeIiler declaredyfo the mem
I.bers that no matter what other bust
ness they might have before them
they could not have any business that
lis so important as this, not for this
year and next, but for all time. He
declared our present school system
does not fulfill the mission for which it
was established. Our educational sys-
TEN has not kept pace with our indus
trial and commercial development.
When you send your boy to the town
high school are You educating him for
the farm or away from the farm? Are
You preparing the boy for his life work
and environment We have too many
doctors too many lawyers perhaps not
enough misunderstanding we need In
Iowa is more. farmers and better ones.
The Judge pleaded for the peoples
institution OF higher education the
The average age at which children
leave school is 10: those who go thru
the high school are but per cent,
those who go thru college a much
smaller number. Every child has a
craving for knowledge 1t is our duty
to give him the opportunity to develop
tilat winch Is IN MIN.
The agricultural high school Is no
new thing. Germany has more than
80 such schools, Denmark has As, Rus
STA 40, and Japan established II. Wis
consin has just established three and
will have another Minnesota has the
finest in the world: Georgia has pro-
yided for one In each congressional
district: Alabama has nine now in OPP
Grafton: Kansas found 1t necessary to
establish a state manual training nor
NAL school
A letter was read from Secretary
Wilson showing the greatest interest
in the movement and expressing a
hope that the Red Oak bill should pass.
Professor W. J. Kennedy, OF Ames,
spoke briefly, telling what is being
done in Europe, from his personal OBJ
servations.
The bill to create a board for the
examination and licensing of opticians
and to recognize the science and prO-
fession of optometry Ii being opposed
by the doctors Of the state; tho as a
matter of fact a number Of good doc
tors and dentists thaWe Joined with
the opticians in petitioniag for the
passage of the bill The state assoc
citation of opticianslsis at work on the
measure. Today q delegation from
the state university. representing the
medical school there, appeared before
the committee and protested against
the bill. It is represented that the
doctors Of the state also study the eye
and are able to treat eye diseases, and
this measure would give some standing
to persons who are not educated in
medical matters. The bill, however, ex-s
pressly forbids the opticians from us
ing drugs in the treatment of eyes.
ssss
The bill to change the method of
electing directors Of the state fair SO
they will be elected by districts in
stead OF by the state at large in the
agricultural convention, is said to be
as good as dead. The movement came
from Mitchell county where a local
agricultural society sent out circu-
lars asking all other local societies to
insist upon the change. There has
practically been no response to this re-
quest and the movement is showing no
life,
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The code revision commission con-
sists Of Warren, DeWolf, Durham,
Weeks, Swift and Hacker. This COM
mission will have general charge of
the preparation and printing of the
new code supplement which will con-
tain all the laws of the former code
supplement and the six following ses-
sions include the present one. c. N.
Jepson, Of Sioux City, will at once
commence on the work of editing the
matter, SO that as soon as the session
is ended he can complete the revision
by adding the changes made at the
present session.
The state contemplates the purchase
of three lots opposite the street from
the state capitol for $4,000. They ad-
join the present heating plant and state
warehouse and are occupied by I'M
slightly buildings. The state will need
the land for additions and the belief
of some members is that the purchase
should be made now before perman-
ent buildings are placed on these lots.
Death Of Mrs. Phoebe Ashford.
Special to Times-Republican
Nevada, Feb 17.-Mrs. Phoebe Ash
mt