Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-15
Lawyers Tor Iowa City and Ames app
peared and delivered their arguments.

| peared and delivered their arguments.
Mr.. Weaver, for Iowa City. charged
that Jim Thewin, OF the board, was a
bulldozer and that Secretary Boyd had
falsified a record. His entire plea was
a disgusting elimination of members Of
the board without enlightenment as to
why there should be two engineering
schools maintained by the state at eX
| travagant expense when one good
| school could accommodate all of the
| students. He did say that the attend
ance at the Iowa City school had been
gaining while that at Ames had been
| declining, but the board insists that
pretty we'll known turnout the state
| that the Ames engineering school just
now is by far the better.
Judge Lee, Of Ames. appeared for his
town and much to the amusement OF
many contended seriously that the
board had acted wisely in concentrat-
| ing engineering at Ames at Iowa City's
| expense. but had erred in removing to
| Iowa City the teachers college in do
| nestle science. Judge Lee argued tina !,
! the boys at Ames need the girls around
because 40 per cent Of them were mar
! rying their college girl friends. Inas-
, much as the board claims the proper
| ton of girls in attendance to be as I
! to ! some Of those girls must be keep
ing up more than one establishment.
The board Of education had told the
! legislature that the best kind Of an en-
! a million dollars and that if Iowa were
to maintain two schools she must in
vest two million dollars where one
would do the business. No refutation
! to this was attempted.
| The board had claimed that a teach
ers' college in domestic science had
better be conducted at the university
because all the other courses in liberal
arts and in the fine arts which women
naturally should have Were there. If
Ames is to become a great school OF
technology or vocational school the at
tendance of women is bound to decline
and no refutation to either proposition
was attempted.
| The board had claimed that the
|Cc oil cho
on the preparation of teachers for rural
and grade schools of which there was
so much need and that young women
! wishing to take full college courses
with post graduate work should be ac-
comm odated at Iowa City where the
university was prepared for them That
this would not injure the normal sch DOL
was apparent from the fact that there
We're more students in attendance he
fore the college courses We're added
than there have been since and the
record of cost complained Of by the
committee of the legislature in the
Whipple report proved the collegiate
| courses at Cedar Falls to be an eA
| tpavagance. No refutation was at
| tempted to this so far as the report in
| the Des Moines newspapers developed.
| II seemed that the partisans OF each
i school town Were sore because some
! thing was going to be amputated from
each and not being able to make
! case gainst the wisdom of the boards
action their attorneys proceeded to
abuse certain members of the board.
Jim Trewin. has record in politics
which could easily account for some
| opposition but it should be remembered
that Ex- Senator Funk is a member of
! the board heartily upholding its action
and that Mr.. Hughes, OF the board.
proba bly, had as much TO say in its
final decision as did Mr.. Trewin. II
| should also be remembered that Ex
! Senator Smith. OF Usage, for so long
| president Of the senate and the one
who had probably blocked Jim Trewin
| in more political efforts than any other
one man, IS heartily upholding the
board tho not member of it. Senator
| Smith was a leader in the senate in
| creating the board. as he says, for the
purpose Of doing just what it has done
There were house members SO partisan
as to applaud the Incorporate remarks
of the lawyers which was unseemly on
! the part of a deliberative body but in
to consider this controversy on its
merits.