Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-22
HENRY WALLACE WOULD CALL
HALT ON MEN ATTACKING
EDUCATION BOARD.
PUBLIC SCHOOL QUESTIONS
OF FAR GREATER MOMENT
Effort to S;detrack All Other School
Problems by Preeipitating Useless
Fight on Coordination Plans Injuri.
BID
Special to Times Republican.


Des Moines, jan 22.--Henry Wallace
takes exception to the program which
has been laid out by a few of crowd
ing all educational questions aside that
the college quarrel shal. have the right
OF way in the Legislature, and he gets
over on Governor Clarkes program OF
Gevoting the energies OF the state for
awhile to betterment of the rural
schools and grade schools. He says:
1T is a good time to consider
whether the state owes any considera-
ton to the farm boys and girls who
now get no education after they fin
ish the work in their little rural
schools. Ii is a good time to consider
the matter of establishing district
state industrial schools. And it is a
good time to reme1nbe that Iowa is
far behind most other states in the
educational opportunities it affords its
youth. We trust the legislature Will
take hold of the real problem and
not permit its attention to be diverted
by the clamor of the partisans Of the
three institutions. TO US it does not
seem Very important whether five or
six hundred engineering students go TO
the university or to Ames. Nor does
it matter particularly whether three
or four hundred girls get their instruc-
lions for teaching domestic economy
at Ames or Iowa City. We are think
ing Of the forty or fifty thousand girls
who do not get farther than the local
school ipl Of
fifty to hundred thousand boys who
must go into the trades without any
educational help from the state. Why
not take this opportunity to study our
real educational problem
Senator Doran is one Of the few
men conspicuous in public life who
consistently opposed the biennial cleo
of the opinion that it was a bad move
times it was submitted I'VE have
lost a good deal by the biennial cleo
tons plan,' he said the other day." I'VE
are not training our young men TO
study the problems of state as we were.
Those campaigns were educational and
inspiring. We see the result in that
vote and there is larger number each
year who are absolutely Indifferent to
their great duty OF voting and having
a hand in government. There is COM
plant Of ignorant voting. It is no
wonder. When a man is asked to forget
all about politics for nearly two years
made mistake
i
1t is probable that there will be APP
pointed a special committee in one or
both the houses to handle the subject
Of establishment of additional! state
normal schools. Those who are de-
sirous of urging the work of better
training of teachers to higher basis
have asked that a special committee
be designated for this purpose. 9th
crwise it may become complicated with
either the rural school problem or the
college quarrel. and be lost sight Of.
The advocates OF more normal schools
point to the fact that always this sub
ect is one shunted off by reason of
other matters and it never gets full
consideration. They want the legislat-
ure to meet the subject square!y. The
cities that are now known to be after
normal schools are:
Shenandoah, Page county, Eighth
district.
Bloomfield, Davis county, Sixth dis
trict.
Denison. Crawford county, Tenth dis
trict.
Perry. Dallas county. Seventh dis
trict.
Creston, Union county, Eighth dis
trict.
1t is probable there will be other cit
les getting into the game very soon.
Both Denison and Shenandoah nave
buildings to offer for the use of the
state.
For one thing, the advocates of the
additional normal schools, will NOT
readily join in the fight against the
state board of ed',cation which board
is advocating additional normal
schools. The impression is that part
Of the fight against the board of edu-
cation is to prevent additional normal