Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-11-01
New Plan Of Teachers Exami-
nations For Certificates is
Fair to All
THE FIRST YEAR PROVES i
Comparatively Few Failed to Pass Elk.
anninations During Twelve Months
Of Its operation--state Architect
Leibbe Prevents Novel Plan for
Meeting Runs on Banks.
Special te Times Republican.


tiiicate law was given in the circular
issued yesterday by the state super
intendent. The fact that there were
26,1SS applicants for teachers certin-
Gates during the year ending Oct. !,
1907. the first year Of the new law,
ard that there We're 102 more failures
To PASS the examinations than during
the preceding twelve months, is con-
si,iered in itself as q defense OF the
new law 1t has been the claim OF
those who opposed the law. particular
ly of Mrs. Huegle, of Polk county,
and others, that the new law was re-
sponsible for hundreds of failures to
pass the examinations and that many
competent teachers were deprived un-
Justly Of certificates. There, We're A.
S44 failures during the last twelve
months under the new law and 4.742
during the twelve months preceding
that. under the old law
The circular issued by Professor
Riggs is a Justification of the new state
law. It contains eight pages and goes
infinitely into details regarding the
working Of the new law for the first
twelve months. The circular was
mailed today to the county superin-
tendents. prominent educators and
newspapers of the state. 1t attempts
to analyse the situation as to the
shortage of teachers and make an ex-
PLANTATION. In the first place 1t IS
charged that the shortage ct teachers
has been growing slightly greater each
year for the past five years and that
this shortage was growing greater each
year before the new law went into eff
feet. One year ago October !, there
were 1873 schools that remained closed
because of a lack OF teachers. This
year on October / 1t Is shown by the
circular published by superintendent
Riggs there were 421 schools remained
closed for want Of teachers. but it is
shown that there We're 412 unemployed
teachers in the state and that III Of
there We're ready to accept positions
to teach if the wages We're sufficient
and II arrangements were made for
them to board
1t is thus claimed by Professor
Riggs that the reason the schools re-
main closed is because the directors
do not pay high enough wages and
that for this reason persons holding
state certificates seek employment In
other lines OF activity or remain idle.
privilege they have since their fa-
theirs and brothers are making so much
money and crops are so good.
The information on which the circu-
lar. is issued was obtained from the
reports of the county superintendent
in answer to questions asked by Pro-
fessor Riggs. IT is shown that the con-
ditions of the school teachers are i'm
proving under the new conditions. In
the first place the reports from the
county superintendent show that So
per cent OF the schools Of the state
are paying the teachers higher wages
than they did last year: that most of
the districts in fifty-six Of the coun-
ties are now employing the teachers
by the year instead Of by the term, and
that in every county more districts
are employing by the year than for
merly.
From the information furnished by
the county superintendent, Prof.
Riggs says in the circular that the
wages Of teachers have not kept pace
with the increased cost Of living and
the increased wages paid in other lines
Of employment and these are the real
reasons why there is shortage of
teachers and not the new certificate
law which had but 102 more failures to
pass than under the old system and
which gave certificates to quite as
many teachers as the old system.
The county superintendent were
asked to give their reasons for the
shortage Of teachers ami their answers
classified were:
I. Better salaries paid I'm other lines
OF employment that employ for the full
year and do not require as great ex-
pense in preparation.
2. General prosperity and easy cir
cumstances Of farmers and others re-
lieving young women from the neces-
sity of teaching.
8. Better salaries offered teachers In
western states.
4. Low estimate placed upon the
value OF education by the people.
5. Increased opportunities for en-
ployment, many more doors being open
to young men and young women than
formerly.
State Architect Leibbe has proven
his resourcefulness by inventing a
scheme to prevent or at least to retard
runs on banks. He claims that no one
wants his money when he finds that he
can get it and that the scheme to
stop or prevent a run is easier than
drawing plans for house. He won
ders that no banker has discovered It
before.
He would, thru clearing house asso-
Citations, have understandings so that
Immediately there Is run started on
bank and people get panicy instead
Of paying out cash to the persons in
the run the bank pay checks on the
other banks. For instance, II run
is started on Bank A the cashier gives
the first man who comes a check on
Bank E. The next man who demands
his money gets a check on Bank C
and the next check on Bank D and
so on. When he has written checks
on all the banks he starts in again
at Bank B. When the man
who demands his money gets a check
on Bank 3 he goes over and presents
it, The cashier at Bank B asks him
If he wants the money or wishes to
make deposit, assuring him that the
check Is good and that he can have