Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-07
TUITION STATUTE INCREASING
ATTENDANCE IN HIGH
SCHOOLS.
ALSO STIMULATES INTEREST
IN RURAL DISTRICTS
Law Does Not Dstract From Attend.
anes in Country But Rather Eneour.
ages Rural Pupils to Seek Higher
Edueation-New Point in Banking
Law-kenyon to Open Headquarters.
special to rimes-Repuhlican.

Special 10 IlmeS-Repuhllcan.
Des Moines, March THE state
tuition law under which the city and
town high schools are made available
for every child of school age in the
state, is working out for good to he
state in more ways than one, accord
ing to the reports received at the state
educational department.
The information received is to the
effect that in every county of the state
and almost in every district the law
has been brought into requisit.on and
that it has resulted in materially in
crea sing. the attendance in the hiSn
schools of the state. This increase
t.ues not detract from the attendance
at rural schools, for it is entirely of
those who otherwise would drop OUT OF
school.
The most important effect, however,
has been to stimulate q greater inter
est in the schools in the rural districts,
because it has given the pupils Of the
rura: schools a new hope. This year
over 5000 sets of questions were sent
out by the department to rural dis
trets to be used in the examinations of
rural pupils who desire to graduate
f ON the rural schools and thus qualify
themselves for the high school. This
is double the number called for last
year, showing that in the rural Co.'S
tr.cts of the state there is much lars-
tr demand fo- the diplomas or cerIif1-
Gates, which entitie the pupils to EN-
ter the town schools.
| It is rumored that a judge over m
| Guthrie county has decided that the
(; tuition law is violative Of the consti-
| tuition. If this is true the case VIII be
| fought thru the supreme court, for the
law is already recognized as one CT the
most valuable laws of progressive
Iowa.
! The state auditor yesterday raised a
new point in connection with the or
| galization of bank under the state
| law. He held that before the bank can
| open for business it must wait for the
| publication of notice for four weeks,
" hereas it has been the custom for
banks to become incorporated and be-
gin operations Immediately upon Ming
the articles. The bank in question: is A
| new savings bank at Guthrie Center.
Senator w. s. Kenyon will In few
| days open up state headquarters on
| the fifth floor Of the Fleming block in
this city For the present, at least the
work will be under direction of Senator
Fred Larrabee and Charles Rawson,
both active and earnest friends of the
! senator 1t is expected that Senator
Kenyon will be in the city next Mon
day afternoon and evening and will
| meet all friends who care to see him at
| that time.
The state tax commission has de-
cided it will not make a recommen:la-
ticr that the state adopt the pler OF
taxing public service and other state
wide corporations as a unit and for
taxation. This plan has been urged
ard it is working out we'll in other
states where tried, but it is found that
no such revolutionary change would DE
possible in Iowa until the state con-
st:tution is changed The change, IT
one is ever effected, must come grad
ua,ly as the result Of experience under
reform tax system.
George c. Scott, of Sioux City,
candidate for the republicanonomina-
ton for congress in the Eleventh dis
trict, appeared before the supreme
court today in argument. Mr.. Scott is
well pleased with the political outlook
for him in his district and is confident
he will be nominated and elected. He
is well known all over the state from
the fact that he is a lawyer of much
experience and also because of his SER
vice on the republican state committee.