Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-06
Believed That Good Teachers
Will Be Benefited in Finan-
cial Way By Plan
CERTIFICATES MEAN SOMETHING
School Directors Enabled to Determine
Qualifications Before Trial and Bet
ter Salaries Result = Conditions
Will Be Improved and Teachers At
tracted.
,ecial to Times Republican.


has been full of educa tors for the
past couple of months since county
superintendents and others from every
| section of the state have been here
to read the examination papers taken
, during the last two examinations I'M
, der the state law, and there is fire.
teachers certificate will result in
raising the wages of teachers SO that
better ability will be attracted and
retained in the teaching profe ssion.
AT the state conventions of the
! teachers association and at all teach
ers' gatherings for some years the
question OF adequate compensation
has been uppermost and 1t mas been
generally admitted that because of
the low wages teachers have been
leaving the profession of their choice
to find more remunerative employment
at other work.
1t is now the claim that because of
the uniform grading of the teachers
| certificates over the State directors can
Gates the efficiency of the teacher. AS
result the best teachers will get good
wages. 1t is claimed, and during the
| recent examinations it was frequently
told, that in many counties the Gus
| tom in past years with county super
| intendents has been to mark up the
grades where there We're not enough
! teachers
| For instance, if a count! superin-
tendent found that of the applicants
| for teachers certificates not enough
| had passed to fill the schools, he would
| direct his assistants to add 10 to 20
per cent to the grades of all the low
| scoring teachers, thus arbitrarily Civ
| ing them q passing grade. The grade
| was an injustice to the teachers who
stood high and to the teachers given
| the grade as we'll and when the direc-
| tors after hiring such teacher found
by experience the facts as TO ability
| the directors We're disappointed and
refused to pay salaries based on tue
certificate markings. Under the uni
form plan the grades are relative and
are a guide to the question of liking
Salaries. Educators who have been
watching the progress of events are
| therefore hoping and expecting that it
will result in an increase in salaries
and reports from number of coun-
ties already indicate that it is having
that result.
Il can think of but one objection to
the $29,0oo,ooO fine for the Standard
Oil Company" said Governor Cum
Il t-o1 hn
after two or three weeks vacation
That is that a penitentiary sentence
could not have been pronounced, in
stead, under the law. 1t would have
had Il better effect than the money
penalty, had it been possible to render
a judgment for time restraining the
guilty persons of their liberty. But
since that could not be done, it is well
that the maximum fine was imposed.
1t should be notice to rebaters that
their unlawful practices must cease.
Governor Cummins has made about
twenty speeches on the lecture plat
form since he has been gone, and will
close the season with eight or ten
more He will be in the city all of the
week, except Friday, probably. With
his staff he will inspect the armies
enga ged in the military maneuvers
north of the city sometime the latter
part of the week.
Secretary Of State Hayward, who re-
turned from week spent at Daven-
port, said that the, people there are
talking of the Des Moines plan in a
way that indicates a disposition to try
it on. He was the recipient of many
inquiries as to the details of the plan,
the Des Moines campaign recently, and
his own opinion as to the proposition.
Davenport like Cedar Rapids, is dis
posed to try the plan without waiting
for Des Moines to give it trial next
year. The people in each city are said
to be convinced that a change would
be good thing and are almost pre-
pared to take up the reform system
of municipal government.