Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-01-10

Principal Maurice Kicker Of Des
Moines and County Supt. Fred Mahan,
nah of Mason City.
treasurer G. w. Samson of Cedar
Rapids aud Secretary c. R. ScYoggis
OF Des Foines hold their ofiicAs for
another year. and consequently no
nominations were made for these two
positions
Miss Abbott is the third woman
to serve as president of the associa,
ton. She il decidedly popular among
the teachers, and her selection will
give general satisfaction.
TX The State Teachers association
this year is the record breaker fof
the association. For the first time
In history the enrolment has
reached 1887. Last year it came to
LAS, which was then the record
breaker year. The certificates thil
year We're made non-transferable and
no buttons issued, so that this mum.
Der means the actual number Of
teachers In attendance. Des Moinea
furnished EGG of the teachers enrolled,
Want superintendeney AppoIntlve..
In face of the allegation that the
county superintendent do not wish
1t themselves, the State Teachsrs'
association decided that the once q
county superintendent should be taken
out OF politics and made appointive
rather than elective. Even IL the
county superintendent do not wish
to legislate themselves out Of politics
the state association, by it's indotas,
ment of resolution assian.
ed the Initiative to having that ofIel
removed SO far as possible from pNN
tics by further legislation.
Before adjournment the association
adopted number of resolutions al
the report of the committee on reso.
lutions embracing all of the points
adopted separately by the association.
and were:
That the best interests OF the
schools OF Iowa demand that teachers.
Institutes be supported at public ex,
pense and not by a system of fees
as at present, and that teachers re-
celve their regular wages for attend;
ance at such institutes.
That since we believe any division
of our educational resources would
prove serious detriment to thd
cause of secondary education in our
state, we are opposed to the estab.
lishment at the present time Of sep
arate technical high schools in Iowa
out of state funds.
Ihat we recommend the enact,
ment OF a law providing for mini.
mum wage for teachers and for an
increase in this wage graded accord,
ing to the teachers experience, sue,
cess and scholarship.
That we recommend amendment
to the present truancy law as fol.
lows:
To make compulsory the employ.
ment OF truant officer by the board
OF directors of every school corpora,
ton. =,
That we declare ourselves in favor
OF making the county superintendency
an appointive instead of an elective
Office.
Resolved, by the state Teachers
association. that we heartily approve
the present law for the certifcatfon
OF teachers. as wise In its conception
and as tending to raise the education.
al standard of our state; that we also
commend the efforts of our state de.
partment and our educational board
OF examiners to give the law a wise.
effective and reasonable interpreta,
tfon."
Governor for Better High Schools.
Governor Cummins declared for bet.
ter high schools in his address at the
normal banquet in Shrine temple. He
said that the courses in the high
schools should be so arranged as to
provide for the final training of the
young instead of being mere pre-
paratory school,
The governor said that the Iowa
schools are better than those in any
other state In the country. He espec.
Tally praised the rural schools Of the
state, but stated that they should ba
fewer, that each one might have q
larger attendance, thus making It pos
sible to give to pupils the best pos-
sible attention. Governor Cummiha
said that the rural teachers Of Iowa
are not paid enough, but In order to
increase their salaries the school
houses should be fewer and of better
grade. IS
The governor closed his speech by
asking the normalites to stand BY the
state certificate law, which has recent.
" caused some trouble among the
educators Of the state
Thirty Thousand Scholars.
Deputy County Auditor H. B. Erase
has completed the semi-annual appor.
tionment of the temporary school fund
among the several school district OF
the county. The report shows that
there are 3O,6S4 pupils in the city
and county and at 80 cents each thare
will be $24,547,20 spent by the coun6
for their education during the n6x1
six months
The old West Des MONIES indepspA
ent district leads In the number III
pupils with 1902 and the lpborfl6u,
ment gives the district 8l3G1iHN
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