Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-11-04
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 4-6, Announced
Headquarters at Slavery.

Des Moines, Oct. 30-A State Pen
sion fund maintained by biennial APP
preparation for the benefit OF the
teachers of Iowa who have taught in
or over, will be asked of the next
legislature by the teachers of the
state in association in Des Moines,
Nov. 4-6.
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 it's teaching force in the public
schools for remainder of life after
they have spent quarter Of a GEN.
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. J. 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. ]. 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
| ISOLATION Friday morning. His sub
ject will be: THE State Association
and School Legislation" His address
| A. Ross Hill of Missouri and Profess
sor Rollin D. Salisbury of Chicago
university on the subject, Theories
of the Origin of che 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 ad-
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.
Tn 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
J. 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
1 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 Nollen, Des Moines; biology,
b. E. Conkin, Des Moines.
The departments and sections will
be held Friday afternoon. The moth
| ers' congress of Iowa meets as an
auxiliary with the teachers associa-
ton. Mrs. Florence Ward of Cedar
Rapids and Mrs. ]. G. Grundy of Des
Moines will have charge Of the pro-
gram.
The annual college reunions and
banquets will be he'd at the different
hotels Friday evening at o'clock.
Corn Show Prizes Grow.
More than $4,000 worth of prizes
have already been offered to the ex-
hibitors in the corr exposition to be
held in the Des Moines Coliseum from
! November 20 to December IL under
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