Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-11-04
COLLEGE HEADS OBJECT
pRExlEs OF STATE INSTITUTIONS
PROTEST AGAINST HIGHER
sTANpARDlzATloN
BOARD OF EDUCATION PLAN
MEETS STRONG oPPoslTloN
SeerIsy Seeks to Pacify lndisn ant Pres
idents-Rural Agricultural Schools
Meet Strong Opposition From Prssi-
dent Bell and Other Prominent Edu.
Gators Assembled at State Meeting.

dent Bell and Other Prominent Edu.
Gators Assembled at State Meeting.
pes Noines Nov. 4.-The college
presidents of Iowa are one voice in
protest against the decision of the
state board of educational examines
to classify all OF the colleges of the
state upon higher standardizatio ton
basis
Yesterday afternoon IL the meeting
OF the college presidents at the West
Des Moines nigh school. the discussion
on this subject waxed long and warm.
When adjournment came the subject
had not been thrashed out 10 the sa'ls-
faction of both sides. To bring the
subject more directly before the meet
ing OF the college presidents inns a.
ternoon in the same place cofnthl'-
tee. OF " hich President Willis t. fal
sons Of Parsons College al Falrheio
is CHAIRMAN. was appointed to make
for adjustment,
New College Standards.
These colleges are TO be placed unoei
n ue,r standard in January by decision
az the state board of educational exam
liners. The college presidents do ho'
object TO the standard set for the COZ
leges and the division of the colleges
into rn,. three classes, but they 90 o.
ice, To the length of time gwen 'he''i
nv the board to qualify for the ne"
standard requirements set py the
board. - -
The meeting this afternoon VIII De
HEIGHTENED IN interest by the fact tilae
President r. W. Cooper OF Upper Iowa
University is TO give an address A.
which he Will denounce the action u
the board President Cooper was tiie
leader in the opposition faction yester-
day afternoon.
SeerIey Peaeemaker.
President Homer H Seerley OF th':
Iowa Teachers College al Cedar FANS
ana member of the educational board
a-4empted 10 pour oil on the troubled
waters. but his oil caught fire. Presi-
den- Seerley explained 10 the irate col
leg. presidents that the board was
working only 10 improve the colleges
and TO make it impossible for lurld col
iese secretaries TO travel over the state
securing students on Impossible prom
;ses OF educational advantages in GER
tain educational institutions me Nsl
of colleges and their place in classl-
fcation is 10 be known only TO the
board. saws President Seerley, ana not
given 20 the public 10 discredlt any col
lege The student body, on the olneF
hand. may protect itself by finding out
from the college standing of any OF the
educational institutions in the state.
Agricultural Schools Opposed.
President Hill NJ. Bell. Of Drake Cnl-
versity. presider, of the Iowa State
Teachers Association. in mis- annual
message 10 the association last even
ing al its opening session AT the Colise-
UNI. uneuuivocally allied himself with
those educators who are fighting the
effort being made for the establish
,nent OF sectional agricultural schools
in Iowa.
The effort 10 ablish four or five
district agricultural schools is mis-
take" emphatically declared President
Bell in the course OF his address.
They could not adequately meet the
demands of our youth for Industrial
training" he continued. They tend TO
make the farming community Pc
culiar people. They deny TO the farm
ers' sons and daughters the cultural
training enjoyed by their brothers and
sisters in the town high schools.
such schools would deprive many OF
the youth attending of home compan-
ionship and parental oversight. They
would most certainly operate 10 delay
the introduction of vocational in the
local high schools Finally TO provide
competent teachers of Industrial train
iy
recnt..r,@ ndeti that the state subsidize
both colleges and high schools literally
80 that a supply may he furnished
quickly and AZ minimum Of cost to
the state
Discouraeins.
an discouraging the establishment OF
the district agricultural schools,
would not wish to be interpreted as OPP
posed to the development of the col
ieges now maintained by the state.
am convinced that the state has not
spent too much on any of its educa-
tional institutions even as compared
with the amount we spend on our COM
mon schools. and furthermore l am
convinced that not a fraction Of the
amount annually wasted on the COM
mon schools has been misspent on the
tax supported colleges. SO I would
urge that we spend more rather than
less on our tax supported colleges and
put them in a position TO do still
greater work. We admit that the type
of Industrial training desired for our
youth. is not now offered in any of our
state schools and probably never should
be. Their contribution TO industrial
education will consist principally In
furnishing competent teachers to give