Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-13
SUPERINTENDENT DEYOE VISITS
AND coMMENDs TOWNSHIP
PLAN IN LYON COUNTY.
PROVES NEXT BEST THING
TO CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS
Plan is to Build Extra Room on Con-
trail Building For Advanced Studies
by Older Notwithstanding and
Similar Studies Taueht-Rrindley
For Secretary Of Tax Commission.
Special to Tfmes-Republican.

Special to Tines-Republican-
Des Moines, June 13.-State- Super
intendent Deyoe is attending a school
rally and picnic In Garfield township,
Lyon county, today, in which Lake
wood is situated and not far from
Doom. He went to speak at the meet
ing and to commend the school pat
rons for what they are doing and to
advance cause which he believes to
be worth a great deal to the rural
schools of the state. In that township
instead of effecting consolidation Of
the schools they combined and built
an additional room to the school house
nearest the center Of the township and
opened it as a township high school.
This plan is growing in popularity and
in some places the extra room is used
as a sort Of special school for the larg-
err boys and girls for a short time each
winter, and in which bookkeeping and
similar things are taught. MIR. Deyoe
alternative for the consolidated school
and as perhaps more suitable than the
central school plan in some places. AT
any rate he will look into the plan
carefully and urge that it be tried
where the consolidation plan is OBJ
jectionable. This is tho third annual
commencement at the Garfield town.
ship high school and a big all day pic
mic will be INDUCED in, with games,
speeches and play.
1t Is reported that Prof. John r.
Brindley is to be made secretary Of the
tax commission appointed by Governor
Carroll for the purpose Of recommend
ing revision Of the Iowa tax and as
sessment laws. Professor Brindley was
a candidate for appointment as mem
Der of the commission and it was sup
posed he would be one Of the commits
sion because of his great ability in the
study Of the question.
The state capitol Of Iowa will never
be finished. Workmen are now engaged
in putting a concrete floor in the attic
above the state law library, in order
that the place may be used for stor-
age purposes. The floor is now deemed
unsafe. Provision was made for this
by the last legislature.
Iowa is represented at the national
meeting Of the Charities and Correc-
TOMS Association, now being held in
Boston, by Chairman Robinson Of the
board Of control, by Superintendent
Kuser Of the tEldora institution. Super
intendent Sessions Of the Davenport
| institution, and the two state home
finding agents, and others. Judge Rob-
inson has written back to his office
that the meeting is an unusually good
one.
Des Mnines high school children ac-
quire the habit Of independence and
exercise it. freely. Their commence
ment exercises were held on one OF the
hottest nights Of the year, last Friday
night, and several thousand Of them
gathered in the coliseum. But when
speakers on the program spoke too
long to suit them they proceeded to
make known their hostility and to the
embarrassment of one speaker insisted
upon doing 80 much applauding that
he couldn't finish the speech. The ora
tor was Harvey bingham.
Some Of the prisoners in the state
prison and reformatory are discovering
that whether the judges recognize IL
or not the indeterminate sentence law
passed three years ago is in full force
in Iowa and judges Of the court nave
no power to fix the time of ending OF
sente nce. In some districts Judges
still undertake-to limit the time when
prisoners shall remain in custody. But
the limitation amounts to nothing more
than a recommendation to the parole
board which has the final say as to
Sol ~ ro1c
eral Of the district judges have never
become reconctled to the new order or
things and are still insistent that pro-
eressive legislation is all wrong.
Professors p. w. Crowley and G. H.
Teller newly appointed assistants 10
the state food and dairy commissioners
renorted for duty to Commissioner
Barney this week and started OUT Tor
work in the state. Both have had the
four wear dairy course at the State
College and are thoroughly familiar
with every phase Of the subject. Just
at present they will devote some time
To seeing to it that the new law as to
ice cream is complied with and that
nreparations for the Fourth Of July
do not include any cheap stuff to be
nalmed off for ice cream. But both Will
work in the field in the dairy interest
the year round.
Mr.. Barney has now nearly closed up
all the work Of distributing licenses
for users Of the Babcock cream test.
The whole northern part OF the state
has been we'll worked out and the
few delinquents have been notified to
get busy with the applications and ex-