Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-02
STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS
WILL NOT REcLAsslFv COL
IEGEs OF IOWA.
PROTEST OF SCHOOL HEADS
NEEDED By THE BOARD
Some Of the Requirements to Be
Raised-eoard Will Submit Complete
Inform alton For Aid Of Prospective
students-colIese Presidents cha|-
iensed Right Of Board to Act.

Special to Tim s-Republican
Des Moines, Dec. BY reason of the
Disbursements of the college men them
selves the plan of classifying colleges
of the state according to fixed stand
ards will probably be wholly ADAM
doned.
The state board Of educational ex-
The board, however, will fix a stand
ard of COLLEGE work for recognition in
the matter os receiving state dip .omas
and certificates to teach. Under this
authority and upon the request IF the
colleges the board classified colleges ac-
the faculty, extent of library and labor
atory, hours of teaching and standards
required for entrance. The college men
wanted this because it would help them
in raising the standards of their own
colleges and because it would give them
good arguments for securing students.
Some time ago the board raised the
standards, or rather fixed a time when
the colleges must all come up to the
standards fixed.
Now the heads Of the weaker COZ
leses have been protesting about the
matter vigorously Several Of these
are new men in the work in Iowa and
have not understood what had pre-
ceded this action. They say they have
been Disseminated against They all
want to be in the highest class. and
because they are not all entitled to that
position they feel aggrieved One OF
the board members said last night
about the quarrel:
1.-The upshot will be that the whole
scheme of classification of the colleges
and fixing standards will be abandoned.
1t was done as a matter of favor to
the college men in the first place. 1t
has been a good thing for. them. but
it is doubtful if the board had any
authority to make the classification.
But it has been such an annoyance that
the board will be disposed TO cut 1t all
out and let the colleges have their own
way"
The board. however. will fix stand
ard for recognition in the matter OF
certification and this will be showed
I'D the highest notch so that some Of
the colleges Will probably have diff
Guilty in meeting the requirements.
The information that the railroads
have decided upon raising the long maui
rates across the continent rather than
to submit to a reduction in the shorter
rates to interior points. is taken by
those who represent the Iowa Shippers
to indicate that it Is believed by the
railroad managers they have practical
ly no case OF resistance to the de-
mands of the shippers. The case car
ried to washington and before the
interstate commerce commission pH
Assistant Attorney General Lyon on
behalf Of the shippers of Interior Iowa
points, under the long and short haul
clause, affects practically every ship
Ding point between the two oceans. II
the long and short haul clause is work.
able and enforceable It is commended that
all these rates must come down. The
fact that the railroads have suggested
raising the rates for the long distance
shows that they appreciate the force OF
the arguments presented. and the Iowa
shippers are confident that they will
win great victory if the commission
ever gets to a decision.
Des Moines is going to be pretty we'll
represented at Washington at least
during a part of the winter. 1t will
have two United States senator's there.
and it is supposed that Captain Hull
will run over from his Virginia farm
home for a short time. Judge Prouty.
who is congresslnan-ele will also
spend a little time in Washington. All
of them live actually or nominally In
Des Moines.
The more the figures of the recent