Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-26
Many Radical Departures to Be
Considered by School Law
Commission Next Year
TUITION CHARGES POSSIBLE
Plan to Make High Schools Self sus-
tanning Because Poor Do Not At
tend-state Aid Also Suggested
Changes in Courses of Study to Be
Considered.
necla1 to rimes-Kenuhllcan.

Special to Times-K Republican.
Des Mpines, Aug. 26.-What VIII bt
done with the high schools? is one Of
the big questions that will come be.
FORE the school law code commission
when it meets some time next year
The question of high school manage
ment has been allowed to drift so fal
as LAWS concerned, is the claim OF
many prominent educators. For years
1.-the high schools have really been
turned over to the colleges and they
are run with the one idea that the high
school is intended to at a boy or girl
to enter college whereas the greater
per cent of the boys and girls never
get beyond the high schools. Further
more the high schools now are charged
with being the school for the rich
mans children. while the poor man
high school.
One of the propositions that will
come before the code commission will
be the proposition to provide tut
ton fee to the students of the high
schools on the theory that it is the
rich and not the poor that attend and
that the burden should not be borne by
taxation alike when the poor boy does
not attend
Another proposition is state aid Of
high schools and a considerable change
in the course of study and methods of
teaching.
Still another idea that may be
worked out as an experiment for the
the idea of diversified high schools.
This is the idea of Professor Riddle,
superintendent of the Des Moines
schools. Nothing can be done on that
idea for some time because of the tam
gle in which the schools here now find
themselves. With the consolidation Of
all the territory inside the city LINKS
into one school district instead OF
thirty, the city discovers for the first
time that 1t has quite a large number
of high schools in full working order.
1t will therefore be comparatively
easy matter to maize these schools di-,
versified Professor Riddle is under
stood to entertain an admiration for
the school systems of foreign coun-
tries where different high schools are
maintained In one city, one for those
who expect to enter college. Others
for the poor mans children where bus
mess educations are given along with
the regular course of high school work
and still others where trades are
taught.
The proposition to enact law re-
curing that, county treasurers place
the county funds on interest is finding
support in idaho where most of the
county treasurers' Offices Of the state
are self supporting, because of the In
forest paid on the deposits of county
funds.
B. z. Allen, for p1any years leading
banker Of Des Moines, is accused Of
being implicated in the recently ex-
posed California timber land frauds by
Lincoln Steffens In the September
OF the American Magazine.
Mr.. Aliens bank formerly occupied
the Register and Leader building which
he then owned. In 1875 he was forced
to the wall by the failure Of a big
financial Institution in Chicago.
Shortly afterwards he went to Los
Angeles for his health, and was APP
pointed to the office of forest superin-
tendent. 1t was while holding this POI
,ition that it said he allowed the gov
eminent to be defrauded out of huge
tracts of valuable timber lands.