Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-21
PREPARATORY COURSE
MUST BE FOUR YEARS
Three Years Work Formerly Accepted
Not Found Adequate-Mrs. Rosen
Sends Letter to Negro Who MUIR
dered Her Daushter-some Ancient
Iowa History Unearthed.
,ecial to Times-Republican.


took this action at their meeting last
week just before going out of office. 1t
was not announced at the time but it
is learned on authority that this action
was taken.
Some years ago the state university
was criticised for doing a great deal of
expanding so far as buildings were
concerned but of being at standstill
so far as number of pupils were con-
cerned The board at that time low
cred the standard to admit TO the uni
versity students from three year high
schools. The number of students en-
rolled at once jumped UP. The scheme
seems to have been impractical and
students had to be admitted to a sort
Of sub-frashman classification till they
made up another years work.
The new requirement is for a four
years high school course as required by
the North Central Association OF coll
leges and secondary schools. This
means fifteen units, unit being one
study persued thru a school year The
student must thus do the equivalent of
carrying four studies year for three
years and three studies for one year.
The state board of health proposes to
keep after the question of drinking
cups on passenger trains. The board
has not been able thus far to get the
question solved thru the railroad COM
mission tho that body seems willing to
| do all in its power At the next meet
ing of the board of health July IA to IS
the representatives of the railroads will
be invited in 70 discuss the matter with
The board.
Mrs. Fred Rosen, of ottumwa, has
written a letter TO the state board of
parole protesting that she can not IN
derstand why Junkin should have been
paroled. Junkin it will be remem bered
killed her daughter in at attempt at
rape soon after he was released from
the penitentiary
AS a matter of fact Junkin was never
paroled. He served his sentence and
at its expiration he was released, it be-
ing impossible for the board under the
law to retain him further. His SEN
tence expired Jan. II. 1909 and the
murder Of the Rosen girl of Ottumwa
was committed Feb 3. 1909 Junb:r
is now in the penitentiary awaiting mis-
death sentence fixed for July %. 1910
Protesting that she is unable to un-
derstana how Junkin was paroed, she
says in her letter to the board: will
. you kindly inform me where or how
the vacancy in my heart and home and
the loss financially can be made up?
Kindly read this TO Junkin in view of
his repentance
With the letter was the following
with the request that it also be read
to Junkin:
4 Il sit in my room tonight
And think of her dear, sweet face,
Here, where miss the tender light
"Of her loneliness and grace.
II read her letters over again
. THE letters she wrote last year;
. The faded flowers in the folds remain
! "4As her white hands placed them there
: Little she dreamed when these flow.
. ers she pressed
:, For the heart that loved her so,
+ They'd soon be blooming above he
:. breast,
s "And she in the dark below.
: "But the beat of her holy heart wa
stilled
Ere the voice of its depths coul
: speak,
5, "And the Angel of Death in his ange
: stilled,
e "The rose of life on her cheek.
IS why do I read her letters DER?
" Can they bring her back as of old?
THE hand that traced them can writ
lie no more;
e, THE lips that kissed them are cox
J. Dear heart, we shall meet. when tn
years are past,
= "Under the dawn and dew
"And light will break on my life g
last
When 1 dream in the dark with you
A copy of the session laws of til
Iowa legislature for 1866 came to tt
surface in pile of books and rubbis
AT the state house the other day.
discloses the fact that this age is M
so very far ahead. The legislature
that time appropriated several tho,
sand dollars each year to pay for Il
newspapers for which the membe
subscribed during the session al
among the papers was the Progressi'
Republican. However, 1t didn't seem
be much in favor then for 1t seen
to have had but one subscriber IN Il
senate and one in the house, at
cents each. The Iowa Homestead thu
u got nearly $4,000 and the Register ov
lS2,000.
Some papers published then seem
have gone out Of existence now. The
was the Story County Aegis, the Sur
nit County Beacon. the LaFaye'
journal. the Boy Republican. the N.
Oregon Plaindealer. the Boonsboro A
vocate and some others. Cincinnati a
st. Louis papers were taken but
Chicago papers.
Some of the. county seats at tx
time were Quincy In Adams coun
Extra IN Andubon, Prairievfiie
Bnena Vista Lewis IN Cass, Elhngt
In Hancock, okobo3t ID Dickinson, A
drew il Jackson, Poslis an Palo Al
Melbourn in plymouth. Milton dn T
csas..i;oasiittsasss and Grant n Wright.
In view Of the fact that Major Gt
\ leral Granville nj. Dodge IL now lya
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