Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-08
HEAcHERa' INSTITUTES IN IOWA
oN-ToeoooAN SLIDE TO
oBecURETY.
NEW-lAyvsTAkEs AWAY
PART oE,sREvENuEs
snsufsioisnt Support 10 ct 10 Conduct
NovnaIs-lsuai Department Of State
Has Hugo Task in Transiatins School
looislAtion Of Last General Assembly
Other News Of the State.
'pecial to Times-Repub1ican.

Special to Tim
Des Moines, June Spiritually the
county teachers normal institute Is on
the tobogsar and Is doomed to disap-
pear entirely from Iowa
This is the opinion Of school men
who are studying some OF the provfs-
ions OF the new laws About month
ago the state board OF educational ex-
aminers at a session held here for the
purpose OF considering the new legisla-
ton put it up to the attorney general
TO translate into understandable Eng
fish the school legislation of the Thir-
ty-fourth general assembly. His force
has been at work on it ever since. 1t
Is the biggest task OF the season in
that line.
One thing appears certain, however.
that under the new law the funds for
the maintenance Of the county normal
institute are going to be scarce AT
present there Is an examination fee
and a registration fee and an enroll
ment fee and thus the institute fund ts
Kept up pretty well. About all that is
left for the hereafter is the fee for ex-
animation Of those seeking certificates,
and only half Of this goes into the in
stitute fund.
l.. Now Fee Demanded.
There#is a, new fee, however. Of 81
for anyone who desires a certificate
or to teach in the county" and one Of
the questions put up to the attorney
general by the educational department
is to decide what this means, when 1t
Is to be collected, etc. 1t may be that
this Is in effect an institute enrolment
tee, bat II so the Burlington lawyer
who wrote the bill left it SO delightful
ily indefinite that nobody can ever de-
termine just what was meant.
With the institute fund reduced to
the minimum and provision for high
school normal work it is intended that
after time the normal institute shall
fall entirely into disuse; and this will
be the effect Of the new legislation.
/, Another Obscure Clause.
: Another clause of the law that needs
4 diagram is that which says in effect
that those who get life certificates
shall have had five years continuous
experience, threSs, Of which shall imme-
diately precede the time Of applica-
ton. OF course II the five are continu-
Gus all Ave will be Immediately pre-
ceaing the time of application.
An anomaly left In the law is that
to secure a two-year certificate. now
practically obsolete, a Zee of 81 Is ex-
acted, but for three-year certificate
a fee OF 81 only Is exacted.
On a par with this is middle
caused by the fact that the legislature
amended a. certain section OF the school
law and before the session closed re-
.peaieG tbs same section entire and
tried to make a substitute which In Its
present form Is meaningless.
An these matters the state educa-
tionL department has asked the legal
department to straighten out; but It Is
certain that never in the history of
the state has there been any such
lbungling Of legislation as in regard to
school matters in the recent session
The attorney general win do his best
to make It all plain but some things
need an interpreter.