Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-29
STATE rEAchgR4' CONVENTION
KEYNOTE 70 70 KEEP W
ooop WORK.
sENrlMEMT FAvoRABLE TO
DETrERMENT GAINING
Educ atienaI Council Meeting - Hear
Reports From Committees on. School
conditjops-Edusa OF Note Civ.
On Place on General Program A..
ranged Tor Messing in November
Special to Times Republican.


good work for better Iowa schools IS
TO be the keynote for the annual con-
vention OF the Iowa teachers to be held
in Des Moines commencing Nov. 3.
Preliminary announcements and part
Of the general program have been pre-
pared at the state department of pup.
lie instruction and by the committees
Of the State Teachers Association. In
a word addressed particularly to coun-
ty and city superintendent state sup
erintendent Deyoe says:
"The fifty-ninth annual meeting OF
the Iowa State Teachers Association
will convene in Des Moines, Nov. 8.
and s, 1918.
"a program of special interest and
importance has been prepared for every
session Of the general association anu
for the meetings Of the various oepai'-
ments and round tables.
THE cause Of the elementary Schools
particularly the rural. and the secoh-
Diary schools has received an impetus
from recent legislation in Iowa that mas
never been excelled by that OF any
state. Public sentiment favorapie 70
better schools has been gaining ground
in the state. This movement snouio
not be allowed to suffer because OF IN,
difference. There is always danger OF
reaction following any great step loF
ward unless interest il kept alive. Ino
splendid results obtained thru the el'
forts Of the special legislative commit.
tee appointed upon recommendation Q.
the better Iowa schools commission
should afford great encouragement 10
the State Teachers Association. A iaIse
and enthusiastic attendance OF inc
teachers Of Iowa will not only help 1ne
teachers themselves individually, nut
will continue to be great FACTOR IN
the promotion Of the educational inter-
ests Of our state.
at is recommended that teachers De
allowed to attend this meeting wthoue
loss Of time and salary.
Educational Council Meeting.
The educational council which meets
Nov s will have reports from various
committees on popular topics, amons
them: supplementary report OF the
better schools commission. how make
effective and conserve recent scnooi
LEGISLATION, the rural school, the present
status and the future Of secondary ecu.
cation in Iowa, and the preparation 0.
teachers to meet the requirements "
recent legislation.
The papers and addresses on the gen
eral program, so far as at present ar
ranged, are as follows:
Presidents address-Superinten
J H. Beveridge. Council Bluffs
Address, rs the Public School rail-
ure 90 r. Corson. editor Ohio Edu-
cational Monthly. Columbus.
Address, "The Relation Of knowledge
to ProEreas"-President Robert Judson
Alley, Orono. Me.
Address-Hon. H. o. Morrison, state
Superintendent. Concord. N. H.
Band concert $50 to 8 o'clock.
Address, "a Glimpse Of the Life and
Work Of Horace Mann'-Hon. $. u,
Tess, congressman Sixth Ohio district
president Antioch College.
Annual address-Hon. A. NJ. Deyoe.
Address, '"The New Conscience and
the Old Confidence"-Prof. Edward G.
Elliott, State University. Madison. Wis.
Address. "Play and Recreation In the
Country''-Dr. Henry 8. Curtis. Recre-
alton and Child Welfare, Olivet. Mich