The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-09-09
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Iowa State Board Of Education
Takes Up War Situation.
STATE PROFESSORS MAROONED
Number of Them Have Net Been
Heard From For Long Time and
Will Be Given Leaves Of ,scnce.
Confer Over New Rate Case.

Will Be Given Leaves Of u.scnce.
Confer Over New Rate Case.
Des Moines, Sept. "a meeting OF
the state board CT education has been
called for next week and one Of the
questions to be disposed of will be fill
ing the places OF several of the pro
fesscrs at the state college, who are in
Europe and cannot get back.
Some of the faculty have not been
heard from for some time and it is
greatly feared that they have met with
trouble Leaves of absence will be en-
tended whenever possible and all pos
sible efforts he made to secure return
of all
Delegates to Farm Meetings.
The governor appointed delegates |
to the farmers national congress at
Fort Worth, including J. E. Taylor OF |
| Lakin of Emerson, H. Fl. CLANCY OF |
Glenwood, j. d. Ross Of Shenandoah
| w. p. Adams Of Odebo!t, c. S. Grouse
of Prescott, w. b. Seeley of Mount
Pleasant. David Morgan Of Red Oak
Joseph Bremen of Corning and G. w.
Engelke Of Sidney.
He also named delegates to the ma
tional dairy show, Chicago. includ
ing Bruce Crossley of Council Bluffs,
J. !. Lovestrom of Glenwoo1, II. &.
Homan Of Corning, p. O. Adams OF
GlenwoOd, W. b. Quarton OF Algona,
NJ. c. Peterson of Sidney and A. c.
Hanson OF Eenison.
| Eoad Controversy.
The government engineers have
made concessions to the state highway
commission in the matter of the plans
for road work being done in the state
partly with federal aid. 1t was found
that the plans for road work as made
by the federal engineers lacked a great
! deal of conforming to the high stand
ard set by the state highway commits
sion for all roads in the state. The
federal authorities threatened to with
| draw state aid if it became necessary
| to make the roads as good as demand
| ed by the state authorities, bat after a
series of conferences the federal engi-
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ty and made concessions which will
satisfy the state engineers.
Large Enrolment
Reports already coming to the de-
partment of public instruction are to
the effect that the enrolment in the
high schools of the state WILL at the
opening of the school year, exceed the
enrolment last year. These reports
especially refer to the students en-
rolled in the normal training courses
| Of the schools, as a complete record
Of all these must be kept by the state
1t is now believed that the increased
enrolment in these state aided high
schools will be more than the increase
Of last year. The normal work has be-
come decidedly popular and is adding
10 the number OF teachers in the state
very materially.
Confer over New Rate Case.
The state railroad commission is
holding another conference on the rate
question The representatives OF varl-
GUS cities in the interior of the state
met here to plan for the new interior
Iowa rate case before the interstate
> commerce commission They have
asked the commission to reopen the
case, which was disposed OF early III
The year when the commission Or
iered that new schedules be filed that
would remove the discrimination that
had long existed. The business inter
psts claim that the determinations
were made greater than before.
Christian Convention.
President Hill NJ. Bell OF Drake uni.
versity and a delegation OF Iowa peo-
ple will 20 to Atlanta, Ga. next month
10 attend the national meeting OF the
Church of Christ. DR.. Bell is presi,
dent Of the national association and
will deliver the address at Atlanta.
rhe Des Moines delegation will carry
an urgent invitation to the convention
to meet in Des MoineS two years
hence The expectation is that the
meeting next year will be in Los An
yeles, but les Moines will ask for 1t
he following year.
Holds Conferences.
Chairman Rawson CT the state Re-
publican committee went to Burling
ton to hold the first Of a series OF dis
trict conferences to be held in the In
terest OF the Republican party. He
will continue holding the conferences
throughout the next few weeks. The
Republican campaign will be started
this week by Senator Cnmmins ana
others who will become active in the
state after which there will be much
speech. making all along the line. Thus
far the Republicans have Kept still.
Germans Send Money to Europe.
Germans Of Davenport and Scott
county towns have already raised ST.
| 213 for relief of their countrymen dis
ablel in the great European war and
| for their orphans and families.