Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-11-09
PENSION TEACHERS
Fund Certain to Be Asked of the
Next Legislature.
PROGRAM FOR CONVENTION
Topics for Lectures at State Meeting
in Des Moines Auditorium, No
vember as, Announced
Headquarters at Savery.

Des Moines. Oct. So-A State Pen
sion fund maintained by biennial ap
propriation for the benefit of the
teachers of Iowa who have taught in
the public schools twenty-five years
or over, will be asked of the next
legislature by the teachers of the
state in association in Des Moines,
Nov. As.
BY ruling of the association, sub
jects that affect the welfare of the
teachers and mean legislative enact
ments, must first pass the considera-
ton of the educational council of the
association twice before coming be-
fore the assembled body for final
adoption. This was done at the edu-
cational council meeting last year.
The plan was adopted unanimously
by the council on second years con-
sideration and now comes to final
adoption at the state meeting. That
this plan will be adopted is without
doubt. The teachers believe it is now
public policy for the state to recon-
pense its teaching force in the public
schools for remainder of life after
they have spent quarter of cen
fury in moulding the states citizen
ship. W. H. Bender of Cedar Falls,
will bring this subject up again in the
educational council which meets the
day previous to the annual meeting.
Another subject that may reach con-
clusion will be state jurisdiction over
medical inspection of the public
schools ]. C. King of Boone will have
charge of this school inspection dis
cussion.
The official program for the associa-
ton has been issued by the execu-
tive committee. The official headquar-
ters will be the Slavery hotel and the
general association sessions will be
held in the Auditorium. The program
for the general association opens
Thursday evening with the annual
address of the president, E. j. H.
Beard of Newton. He will be followed
by Dr. Frank Crane of Chicago. The
superintendent of public instruction
gives his annual address to the as
sociation Friday morning. His sub
ject will be: The State Association
and School Legislation" His address
will be followed by that of President
A. Ross Hill of Missouri and Profess
sor Rollin D. Salisbury of Chicago
university on the subject, Theories
of the Origin of the Earth" Friday
evening, Dean James e. Russell of the
Teachers college of Columbia uni
versity will give the address on the
subject, School Training Through
Handiwork and Headwork." On Sat
urday morning Dean Charles H. Judd
of the school of education of the Uni
versity of Chicago will give an adj
dress on Scientific Study of Educa-
ton" He will be followed by Miss
Jane Brownlee of New York, subject
not announced A. S. Draper, educa-
tional commissioner for New York
state, will give an address on the
subject, Public Morals and Public
Schools" The business meeting OF
the association will be held all Of
Saturday afternoon, that the ques-
lions of a pension fund and medical
inspection of schools may be given
entire attention and some policy
adopted for legislative enactment.
TIL Ground table of the association
will be held Thursday afternoon in
the class rooms of the West Des
Moines High school. The college de.
partment will be in charge of Dean
]. P. Stephenson of Des Moines col.
lege. 1t is this department this year
that names the president. The de-
partments and chairman are as fol
lows: County superintendent and
principals, W. E. Cramer, Red Oak;
intermediate and grammar, o. w
Hunt, Sioux City; primary, Miss Fan
ME Foster, Sioux City; English, Miss
Ellen NJ. Geyer, Iowa City; Mathe
mates, A. w. Merrill, Des Moines;
Latin, Louise Smith, Cedar Rapids;
German, Charles Bundy, Wilson; his
tory and civics, President Charles
Eldred Shelton, Indianola; manual
training, R. c. Kelly, Sioux City;
drawing, Miss Clara A. Wilson, Des
Moines; physical education, Otto
Wendelburg. Des Moines; physics, L
Begeman, Cedar Falls; chemistry
Sarah Nolen, Des Moines; biology
B. E. Conkin, Des Moines.
The departments and sections viii
be held Friday afternoon. The moth
ers' congress of Iowa meets as al
auxiliary with the teachers associa
ton. Mrs. Florence Ward of Ceda
Rapids and Mrs. j. G. Grundy of De
Moines will have charge of the pre-
gram.
The annual college reunions an
banquets will be held at the differen
hotels Friday evening at . O'Clock
Corn Show Prizes Grow.
More than $4,000 worth of prize
have already been offered to the e1
hibitors in the corn exposition to b
held in the Des Moines Coliseum fro1
November 80 to December II unde
the auspices of the Iowa Corn Grow
ers' association.
Certificate Is Issued.
State Auditor Rleakly has issued
certificate to the Income Protectio
Accident association giving that cor
pany power to transact business
Iowa.
State Fair Nets Neat Sum.
The financial statement of the d
partment OF agriculture covering tn
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