Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-03
SCHOOL OFFICIALS
NEW IO JOBS
County School superintendent
Who Take Office Next Week
New to the Work
.FlrTY-slx BEGIN FIRST TERMS
Average Compensation of Teachers Has
rea.ed-EnroIlment in the Schools
Decreased Compared to Last Year,
When High Mark Was Reached
Russe Case Up.

6u8S0 case Up.
Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines, Jan. 3.-More than half
OF the county superintendents OF
schools in Iowa who were elected at
the last election and will take office
next Monday, are new to the office
There will be, in fact, fifty-six new
superintendents in Office next week.
provided some Of them do not get
cheated out of their dues as is threat
. ened in Polk and some other counties.
have served less than a year, and the
average of the entire bunch is less
than two years. The superintendent in
Monona county is credited with five
years experience, as also the one in
Humboldt county, while the superinten-
dents in Mills and Winnebago have
each had four years experience. OF the
superintendents who will go into Office
next Monday twenty-nine are women.
The large number of new county super
intendents is credited to the fact that
the democrats at the recent election
took advantage of the bolt and slipped
in larger number of county officials
than for many years. But the disincli-
nation of the democrats to place wom-
en- on their county tickets accounts for
the fact that there are fewer women
just been shown in the Iowa education-
al directory issued by State Superin-
tendent Riggs.
The compensation of Iowa teachers is
gradually on the rise, as shown by the
returns to- the state superintendent 9
office There were 1850 teachers e.n-s
ployed in 1905 in Iowa schools. The
average compensation per month for
male teachers was $63.97 and for fe-
male teachers $4341. This computa-
ton is on the basis recommended by
the National bureau'o of education, that
of dividing the total amount paid
teachers by the total months taught,
male and female all together. Under
the old system of computation, a lit
tie different, the averages would be
for 1906 $49.77 and $4,000. The aver
age for 1905 on this 7old basis was
$4S.62 and $36.06, and going back to
1902, the average was 1896 and $30.17.
BY any computation, therefore, 1t ap-
years that Iowa teachers are being paid
better than they were before the agi-
60 frN
an increase in the pay of teachers. 1t
does appear that the difference be-
tween the pay Of male teachers and the
pay of female teachers is becoming
greater all the time. The total amount
paid to teachers in Iowa last year was
$6,S43,781 This is nearly million
dollars more than five years ago.
In the matter of school attendance it
is shown by these latest available sta
tistics that under the compulsory at
tendance law there is not as wide diff
ference between enrolment and attend
ance as formerly. The total enrolment
in Iowa public schools for the year
was 549,449, and the net enrolment
53O.939 Four years ago the total en-
rollment was 560,173. Last year the
average daily attendance was $3.50.
the greatest on record, but four years
previously, with a much larger total
enrolment the average attendance
was 374,1O3.
The number of volumes in the school
libraries is increasing rapidly, the to-
tai now being SS1,39S. There are 5,91o
sehoolhouses reported as having flags,
a. decrease in the number Only l26
new school houses were erected last
wear. The tai number of schools
closed by reason of transportation and
consolidation is a. and the amount
Maid for transportation is $11,717.l9.
The nroblem before the members OF
the Tippecanoe Club, that OF what to
do with the Tippecanoe banner and
fag has been passed up to Chairman
Frank p. Woods, Of the republican
state committee. 1t is recalled that the
offer was in part by the republican
committee. or at least that committee
indorsed and furthered the movement.
The members of the club are divided
as to what they should do, some OF
them desiring to make an award on
the basis of the county that came near
est to having the same majority as
before: others desiring that no award
he made at ALL Inasmuch as the re-
publican state committee was taken
into the game. it has been referred to
Chairman Woods, who is now in Cal
ifornia.
The Busse murder case is having
another round this week. Unless Gov
ernor Cummins interferes there will be
a hanging next week, January II hav-
ing been set as the date. But A. E.
Dawson of Waverly. attorney for
Busse is still confident that his client
will not be hanged He recognizes.
however. that his appeal of this week
will probably be the last chance. and it
lis near the end Of the case. It can be
said for Mr.. Dawson that, aside from
mis- perfectly proper desire to do all
that is possible for his client, his whole