Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-11
WOMAN president
Of IOWA TEACHERS
HEADS ASSOCIATION ron rpy,Rp
TIME N PITY.
YEARS.
CRITICS OF ArHLErcs
GO 70 see FOOTBALL oAnR
Very Successful Convention ~ Aseese.
alton Comes to ciess-%Aueh 8kilj In
Politics Shown by Teaehees-oeoopee
Z. Washington Among speaker ~
Closing Program.

Des Moines. Nov. l1.-For the third
time in ffty years a woman will head
the teachers Of Iowa. Miss Alice Dil-
ley, principal Of the Osceola schools,
was last night elected president Of the
Iowa State Teachers Association. fol-
lowing her nomination yesterday altar
noon. s
The program OF the last day Of the
convention. which viii close this altar
noon. included an address by Prot. EsSa
Barnes. OF Philadelphia. on tho ''Train-
ing of Our Lower Nerve Centers.-
Sarah Louise Arnold. dean Of Simmons
College. Boston, Mass. was scheduled
to speak. her subject being "Jane and
Her Teachers" Booker r. washinEton,
the negro educator, arrived here today
to deliver an address on Education
and Its Influence in tho Solution Of eha.
Race Problem"
Too Much Society.
Mrs. 8. X. Stevenson. in an address
before the Iowa congress Of Mothe9a.
urged moro outdoor exercise and Lees
indoor dancing for tho girls OF high
school age. and declared that there -
too much sacrificing Of girls physi-.
cal make up In order to maintain social
or intellectual supremacy. Tho girls
are not strong enough" she said. "to
do their school work ana be members
Of the different clubs and sororities.
They will break under tho nervous
strain"
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State Teachers College In an address
children and said that tho greatest
truth concerning nysteries which arise
In childs life
| To prevent future controversies be-
tween men and women teachers In the
choice OF offices the executive commit
tee agreed to submit n resolution TO
the general association recommending
that woman be given place on th0
tticket every ffth year.
= Score Athletics; See Game.
| Following the wholesale condcmna-
tion of athletics In the college section
OF the state teachers association the
visitors had a fine opportunity to Wit
ness the failure Of high school athletics
| to decline. 1t was the occasion Tor tho
annual contest between West High and
East High an event that always calls
out a bigger crowd of Des Moines
football enthusiasts than any college
event In fact tho crowd in Drake
stadium was the largest that ever
gathered there for any purpose what
ever. And a good many OF the visiting
| teachers were to be found there rather
than at the round tables ana other dry
places where educators gathered.
| Skill IN Politics.
The $500 members OF the association
as registered also had opportunity To
exercise their skill In politics. No ses
sion OF the state teachers association
has ever been more fruitful Of politics
The fight for control developed some
thing fierce. The women took q large
hand and carried on hard fight for
the executive committee and were I'm
| ally appeased to some extent by having
woman made president. Along with
this was fight which seemed to be az
between Des Moines and the outside
cities for control. and this developed SO
much III feeling that the executive
committee will at least consider put
ting the association on wheels agnin.
| Very Successful Convention.
But after all. II was the most sue
cessful state convention OK teachers
ever held with the exception OF that OF
last year. and probably the net profits
will be larger than last year. as ex-
penses were not SO great. An enroll
ment OF 500 makes a big convention
even for Des Moines to care for, but
all were we'll satisfied.
A great many Of the older educators
attended this meeting and some Of them
are Of the opinion that there Is no great
advantage, from an educational stand
point in having such large conventions.
OF necessity the meeting must b
broken up into many meetings and tho
General sessions. are OF comparatively
little value. AS TO whether or not any
Of the suggestions Of the president. tho
state superintendent. the legislative
committee or the departments. will be
adopted. remains to be seen but There
wa. some comment among the teach
ers to the effect that perhaps too many
suggestions had been made and little
provision for doing any specific thing,
| The sessions closed at noon today.