Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-11-09
HILL Ia. BELL NAMED AS PRES.
iDENT AND Q, e. SMITH OF IN
plANoLA AGAIN CHOSEN AS
SECRETARY BY CONVENTION.
NEW ATTENDANCE
RECORD is MADE
MORE 700 TEACHERS HAVE
ENROLLED AND CAPACITY OF
AUDITORIUM Is TAXED TO
HANDLE CROWD.

Dss Moines, Nov. 6.-The State
Teachers convention this morning
elected the following officers:
President-Hiil M. Bell, Drake uni
Veraity,
First vice president-George H.
kellogg, Upton.
Second vice president-O. P. Bos-
twig. Clinton.
Third Woe president-Miss Mar
garet DoIliver, Morning Side college,
Sioux City.
Secretary-O. e. Smith, Indianola.
TreasureY-George w. Samson. Ce-
Oar Falls.
Executive, ommittee-Maurice Rick
er, Des Moines; Frank L. Smart, Dav-
export; O. P. Benson, superintendent
Wright county.
The attendance at the state teach
ers' meeting In Des Moines this week
outranks anything of its kind as a
state educational meeting ever held
this side of the Mississippi river Last
year the association meeting was con-
6Idered success when it had l,485
in attendance, but the enrolment yes
terday reached over 1000. 1t became
question Of handling so large a
crowd. The auditorium was taxed be-
yond its capacity and several hundred
had to be turned from its doors at the
morning session. Under the ruling of
the executive committee the doors of
the auditorium are closed at the be-
ginning of every speech. This ruling
causes a wrangle among the tardy, but
is appreciated by the audience as
sembled, for the addresses are heard
without the annoyance of late ar
rivals.
Replies to Campbell.
President Charles Edred Shelton of
Simpson college does not agree with
Prof H. G. Campbell of Morningside
college in that athletics is but the adj
vertising department for the college
AT the round table meeting of the col
lege men Professor Campbell took the
college presidents to task for pushing
their athletics for the sole purpose of
advertising their colleges. Yesterday
afternoon at the college department
meeting President Shelton in answer
Ing Professor Campbell. took to
the statements and argued that it was
essential to college life and spirit to
have strong athletic teams
Would Bar Pictures.
Pictures of a drunkard's alleged
Hpoplectic stomach and the alleged
gorging veined heart of the tobacco
smoker should find no place in the
school text book On hygiene says
Supt. ]. E. Marshall of Boone.
School children should not be
frightened into ways Of proper con-
duct commended Superintendent Mar
Shall before the departmental meet
ing Of the superintendent and prin-
cipals yesterday afternoon. The law
that compels the school teachers in
Iowa to devote part Of their time to
describing the physical deterioration
OF vital organs from the use of liquor
and tobacco to the discredit of gen
eral hygenic laws was scorchingly
arranged by Superintendent Mar
shall in his paper.
Authors of school text books are
compelled by law to devote much
space and the teacher is likewise com
PEELED to devote much time trying to
scare the pupil into ways Of proper
conduct by the upholding of horrible
examples of depravity and the recita-
ton of lying half truths concerning
physical deterioration of the vital
organs due to the use of alcohol and
tobacco was his declaration on this
subject.
Notwithstanding the crying needs
OF the hour, the necessity of immed-
late amelioration of existing evils,
Notwithstanding the general apathy Of
the public in many instances, l await
with confidence the near approach of
the time when regular instruction up
on questions of public health as well
as personal hygiene will be impaired
sanely and adequately in our public
SCHOOLS. We cannot hope for the sue
cess OF our propaganda until the entire
community shall have been educated
through the medium Of our schools in
the fundamental principles of sanitary
science. I await the time when every
teacher will be expected and compelled
to possess the knowledge and the
training necessary to impart this in
struction. And as one of the first re-
suits of this training and instruction
anticipate an awakened public con-
pS'ShSS WHICH oudil huOW no rest
these problems have been solved"
Raps Practical Work.
Manual training as it is taught in
the public schools today is nothing
more than applied design" said Dean
James E. Russell of the teachers col
lege of Columbia university, who adj
dressed the evening meeting.
Dean Russell was speaking in favor
of better system of instruction in
these industrial arts. His contention
was that the school children were