Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-11
GENERAL PROGRAM ADOPTED
FoR PUTTING COURSE IN
OPERATION IN SCHOOLS.
@uDJEcr DIVIDED INTO
FOUR DISTINCT DIVISIONS
Food, Clothing, Shelter and Home Man
aasmsnt to BE studisd-stats Board
Of Control Seeking to Purchase Tract
8 fssf Land onsMississippi For Fort Mad
isen Prison Farm. *. ~
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Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, June 11.-The genera
program for putting the study of home
Economics into all the schools Of Iowa
Is being worked out by the depart
nent Of education. and some excellent
preliminary work has already beer
hone. At conference just concluded
lhe main features Of the program were
lgreed to by a committee Of educators
The plan is to adopt only general prin'
ciples and to leave it so that the teach
'ers may work out in their own way
the details, having in mind the mar
purpose to be accomplished.
The subject of home economics is d.
vided naturally into four divisions
food, clothing. shelter and home man
agement. Take the item Of food, FOL
instance, it is to be treated under the
heads of selection, preparation anc
use. The features to be kept in mino
under each head are to be emphasized
but the manner of teaching. the text
books, the equipment and ether condf-
lions ale to be left to the local au-
thorities or the teachers.
The committee which went over this
matter included the following well
known educators: Prof. Fred Mahan-
nah, in charge of normal school work
for the state; w. A. Jesup, Iowa City:
Barr. Drake University; Catherine
cSo &c
college, Ames; Miss Charlie Tidd, Des
Moines college, Olive Young, state
teachers. college; Beth Wardall, state
university.
When the outline OF treatment of the
entire subject of home economics Is
completed it will be adopted by the de
partment and serve as a guide in all
high school and grade work in the
state. The first step is to get it adopted
in the normal work of the high schools
and colleges.
The state board of control is trying
to secure lease on a large. tract OF
and along the Mississippi river near
Fort Madison, with option to buy same,
and to utilize it for labor Of the con-
victs Of the state prison. The owners
of the Keokuk dam bough, vast areas
of land along the river part Of which
has been overfiowed by the rise in the
level of the river water. but great
deal Of which can be dikeJ off and
made useful. A company has been
formed at Fort Madison to secure a
tract Of 10000 acres Of this wet land
to be surrounded by a dixie and to be
filled in 50 as to make good farm land
The state has chance to get part o.
this land.
The plan would be for the state to
take over considerable tract of the
land. to utilize convict labor in the
building of dixie, to have the land
cleared of brush and timber and what
filling is needed, and ultimately to
make good farm land of it. The state
Is in better position to do this than
any private contractor.
It appears an effort is being made
by the officials Of Fort Madison to en-
oarrass the state in proper handling OF
the convicts at the prison. The city
council has passed an ordinance to
make it an offense for any convict to
De found on the streets of the city. In
this way it is hoped that the state will
be compelled to give up making use OF
the labor of the convicts. The state
may buy some land in order to have
a place where it's labor can be used.
AS a sequel to the backing up of the
coal operators on lower rates for haul
ing Iowa coal within Iowa, and &C
ceptance of the higher rate, the rail-
roads have abandoned their suits in
federal court to prevent putting the
lower rate into effect. This order for q
lower rate on coal was one of the last
things which the late Willard Eaton,
as commissioner, wrote UP for the
commission, and it was so revolution
agreed to fight the lower rates thru
federal court
But the cases have been hanging
fire long time. Now that the coal OPP
orators have asked that the old rate
be restored and an order has been en-
tered to that effect the suits are can
celed. 1t closes up an interesting in
cident in interstate rate regulation.
There was no question involved of tho
right Of the state to make the regula-
ton.
Cooperation In library work is
Transforming American libraries and
adding immensely to their value to the
public. 1t used to be that each library
was a little world to itself and was
managed as If there was no other
library anywhere. but this is now
much changed.
A. ]. Small, of the Iowa state law
library. has just returned from attend
ance at the library convention in
Washington and more particularly the
meeting of the association of law IL
brarians. He made committee report