Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-06

amendments ana supplementary lesis-
lation may be necessary In the future:
but. laying aside all petty criticism
and professional differences, iE u our
present privilege - we'll - our duty
to rally all the educational forces of
our respective communities in an &C.
tive campaign for better, schools.
III for any reason those new laws
should prove to be . failure when put
to tho test Of practical application IN
the administration Of our schools, q
popular reaction against school legls-
lation In Iowa 10 Inevitable. the new
ground we have gained after years
Of arduous endeavor may be lost. and
tho educational progress of the state
will be seriously retarded.
Therefore your committee earnest
ly suggests that It should be the aim
and purpose Of this council and Of the
State Teachers Association to dem
onstrate the wisdom and efficiency of
the new laws we have rather than to
recommend new legislation which must
be more or less theoretical and expert
mental in its nature.
=. To this end we recommend that
the members Of the Educational Coun-
ell pledge their best efforts (1) to
encourage tho people Of the state to
take advantage Of the new school legis-
lation to conserve and further their
educational advancement: (2) to CO.
operate heartily with school boards In
so recognising and redistricting the
schools committed to their care that
the largest possible good may accrue
to the schools Of every community
thru the operation Of the new law;
60 to inspire teachers with zeal in
preparing for the better salaries, the
larger opportunities and the more ef-
flcient service to their respective COM
munities afforded to them as a result
Of the new legislation; az to uphold
county superintendents and the Off
GERS Of the state department Of public
instruction in their difficult and vital
work Of adjusting the educational In
terests Of the state to meet the new
legal requirements created by the
school legislation Of the Thirty fifth
general assembly"
Recommendation Made.
The committee made specific rec
lamentations:
q comprehensive survey of the con-
NASAOA1Sp AOSuo ouu PAo640SS VI Ii0
schools Of Iowa.
That he shall organize and main
tain a bureau Of publicity whereby
knowledge Of actual school conditions
may be conveyed to the public.
That the department take full adj
Of the discretionary power
granted in relation to proper construc-
ton. heating, lighting and ventilation
OF public school buildings.
II no funds are available for these
things an appropriation from the leg
islature should be asked.
That all boards adopt and use the
courses Of study as prescribed by the
department to secure unity. system and
correlation Of school work.
That the department should prevent
the commercializing of the normal in
stitutes under the new law.
That agricultural, domestic science
and manual training be made simple
and be not confined to the high schools
but be taken into the primary and all
grades.
That rural school conditions be made
as attractive as possible that local
boards avail themselves Of opportunity
for state aid for consolidation, and
efforts be made to populari3e CONSOLE
dalton along well defined plans Of
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