Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-08
.DEY()E SEES GRAND
SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT
STATE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 40
DRESS CLIMAX TO IOWA
TEACHERS MEETING. !,
FIRST FORWARD MOVEMENT
IN NEARLY HALF CENTURY
Nearly 900 Corporations Offering High
School Advantages - Higher Stand
ard Of Efficiency Being Required for
County ndsnts-smaiI High
School Playing Prominent Part.

Special to Times-RepuDlican.
Des Moines. Nov. s.-Climax to the
annual state convention Of educators
of Iowa was reached in the annual
address by the superintendent Of pub
lie instruction, Prof. A. NJ. Deyoe
whose administration is wrapped up il
the work of the better Iowa schools
commission. gave an address looking
hopefully forward to a grand develop
ment Of Iowa education:
Half century since revision OF
school laws and little constructive leg
islation unit! this year.
School must play leading part in re-
adjustment of state and national life.
Nearly 900 corporations offering
high school advantages in Iowa.
Communication of the effort to pro-
vide normal training for the teachers
in rural schools
Special commentator due Governor
Clarke for his influence in behalf Ut
better school legislation.
Identity Of interest of the rural COM
munities and the small towns
Higher standard of efficiency being
required for county superintendent.
Pride in the great growth of the
state educational institutions and the
idenominational colleges.
| Definite line of investiga ton Of cur
| rent educational problems the need of
| the hour.
| Vocational training in communities
! where the school and the factory can
lco-opecate
The campaign for better schools and
the best in all education, must be con-
tinued. according to the state superin-
tendent. In order to prevent any reac-
| ton and to realize best results from
what has already been gained. Educa
tional and social conditions in the
country must receive a :arge share Of
attention from this time. The farm
and the shop must be recognized as
factors Of immense Importance in the
changes as to social and industrial
conditions.
Great Changes Worked Out.
| To-day. we are in the midst of great
changes in social and Industrial con-
ditions and the farm and the shop
must be recognized as factors Of i'm.
mense Importance. The school must
IkS@US q ASoNAA6 pcAI III IH0 REIMBURSEMENT
of our state and national nfe," declared
| of Germany is credited with saying:
What you want to work out in the
community must be started in the
| school. Whatever you put into the
school curricula today will become
the pubic sentiment Of tomorrow"
Continuing Mr.. Deyoe said:
l f31AtnnVQrA mn rch oP social ava
industrial. 5deveaopment it is certain
that conditions concerning the rural
population; and the life Of those en-
| ployed in the other great industries
| must receive special recognition in the
school. Efficiency in education must
be the watchword. The necessity for
better farming requires that the farm.
er became educated in scientific agri-
culture. The abolition Of apprentice
| ship in the trades and the growth in
| the completely of machinery requires
| that the mechanic be more skilled than
when the manual arts were performed
largely by hand labor No less must
| the home surroundings be taken into
account as a chief element in making
any occupation attractive. An occupa.
| ton that, exalts the home will in turn
be exalted, itself. 1t is absurd to limit
the education Of the farmer. the
tradesman, and the housekeeper
to the study of Greek and Latin de-
rivatives, to the study nj mathematics
that bears no direct relation to their
occupations, and to the study Of the
sciences without proper application to
the specific work Of the individual The
proper teaching Of agriculture, manual
training. even to the extent of becom-
ing vocational. and home economics
in the school will prepare better farm
ers. better home makers and better
mechanics for tomorrow
High School Growth.
References was made 20 the growth
of the high school,. which formerly
played an Insignificant, par: in the ed
ucational affairs Of the state; but to-
day town and city communities vie
with each other in the erection OF
splendid buildings for public school
purposes. Now the high school is and
must continue to be the source Of sup
tply Of a very large percentage of the
teachers for the rural schools.
After recounting the movement
which led to the appointment Of the
better Iowa schools commission, he
said:
THE report and recommendations Of
no commission were ever received with
greater favor. No general assembly in
the history Of the state ever devoted
greater consideration 20 constructive
! measures than did the Thirty fifth,
which the test Of the next few years.
we believe. will demonstrate. Tho
members of the committee on legisla-
ton of the better Iowa schools com.
mission are worthy OF a place Of spe.
! cial mention in the history of educa-
| tional progress in the state. No less
mention should be male Of many
members of the Thirty fifth general
assembly whose interest in the cause
of the public schools was distin-
guished. Speaker Cunningham voiced
the prevailing sentiment as follows:
The reorganization Of the rural schools
is the most important question which
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